Big Year in Xinjiang. Birds of Xinjiang, China.

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Big Year 2023

The winner will submit the pictures of the largest number of bird species taken on the territory of XinJiang during this year.

You can see previous years competitions results here: 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

participants

* number inside brackets means the number of species photographed in 2023

1. Rick Wang (333)

2. yang feifei (257)

3. AhuiVision (209)

4. BAI (188)

5. wangjianli (169)

6. angel (166)

7. hongliangyang (128)

8. Black lark (124)

9. Rezaq Hassan (117)

10. Tiddler (107)

11. Marmot (39)

12. Binzhao Lv (37)

13. Lee Tao (34)

14. Liujianming (16)

15. jack (14)

16. wukefan (14)

17. zhangxingmin (9)

18. Ivan Feng (7)

19. hpx (3)

20. AimuraT (2)

21. Gloden Euphratica (2)

22. Stefan Wang (1)

23. dinmin (1)

24. liang nigulayi (1)

all species photographed in 2023

* in order of appearance (number inside brackets means the date of first record "month-day" )

1. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2023-01-01)

2. European Robin (2023-01-01)

3. Great Egret (2023-01-02)

4. Pygmy Cormorant (2023-01-02)

5. Smew (2023-01-03)

6. Water Rail (2023-01-03)

7. Mallard (2023-01-03)

8. Eurasian Wren (2023-01-03)

9. Eurasian Teal (2023-01-03)

10. Boreal Owl (2023-01-04)

11. Silver-throated Bushtit (2023-01-04)

12. Goldcrest (2023-01-04)

13. Brambling (2023-01-04)

14. Eurasian Sparrow Hawk (2023-01-05)

15. Great Tit (2023-01-05)

16. Common Chaffinch (2023-01-05)

17. White-throated Dipper (2023-01-05)

18. Black-throated Accentor (2023-01-06)

19. House Sparrow (2023-01-06)

20. Rough-legged Hawk (2023-01-06)

21. Upland Buzzard (2023-01-06)

22. Long-eared Owl (2023-01-07)

23. Black-throated Thrush (2023-01-07)

24. White-winged Grosbeak (2023-01-07)

25. Common Merganser (2023-01-07)

26. Naumann's Thrush (2023-01-07)

27. Lapland Longspur (2023-01-07)

28. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2023-01-07)

29. Crested Lark (2023-01-07)

30. Mistle Thrush (2023-01-07)

31. Common Kestrel (2023-01-07)

32. European Greenfinch (2023-01-07)

33. Steppe Grey Shrike (2023-01-07)

34. Stock Dove (2023-01-07)

35. Common Buzzard (2023-01-07)

36. Long-legged Buzzard (2023-01-07)

37. Great Gray Shrike (2023-01-07)

38. Common Blackbird (2023-01-07)

39. Eurasian Tree Sparrow (2023-01-07)

40. Azure Tit (2023-01-07)

41. Ferruginous Pochard (2023-01-08)

42. Yellowhammer (2023-01-09)

43. Horned Lark (2023-01-09)

44. Water Pipit (2023-01-09)

45. Bearded Reedling (2023-01-09)

46. Common Pheasant (2023-01-09)

47. Brown Accentor (2023-01-09)

48. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2023-01-10)

49. Pallas's Bunting (2023-01-12)

50. Reed Bunting (2023-01-12)

51. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2023-01-13)

52. Bohemian Waxwing (2023-01-13)

53. Carrion Crow (2023-01-13)

54. Eurasian Skylark (2023-01-13)

55. Whooper Swan (2023-01-13)

56. Ruddy Shelduck (2023-01-13)

57. Pine Bunting (2023-01-13)

58. Saker Falcon (2023-01-14)

59. Merlin (2023-01-14)

60. Red-fronted Serin (2023-01-15)

61. Plain Mountain Finch (2023-01-15)

62. Little Owl (2023-01-15)

63. Rook (2023-01-15)

64. Greater White-fronted Goose (2023-01-15)

65. Taiga Bean Goose (2023-01-15)

66. Tundra Bean Goose (2023-01-15)

67. Common Crane (2023-01-15)

68. Eurasian Siskin (2023-01-16)

69. Spotted Nutcracker (2023-01-16)

70. Common Starling (2023-01-19)

71. Common Magpie (2023-01-19)

72. Short-eared Owl (2023-01-23)

73. Ibisbill (2023-01-23)

74. White-tailed Sea Eagle (2023-01-23)

75. Red-throated Thrush (2023-01-23)

76. Azure-winged Magpie (2023-01-24)

77. Eastern Buzzard (2023-01-25)

78. Eurasian Collared Dove (2023-01-27)

79. Alpine Chough (2023-01-27)

80. Lammergeier (2023-01-27)

81. Rock Dove (2023-01-27)

82. Wallcreeper (2023-01-27)

83. Common Goldeneye (2023-01-28)

84. Turkestan Tit (2023-01-28)

85. Eversmann's Redstart (2023-01-28)

86. Spanish Sparrow (2023-01-28)

87. Laughing Dove (2023-01-28)

88. Eurasian Woodcock (2023-01-30)

89. Chukar Partridge (2023-02-01)

90. Daurian Partridge (2023-02-02)

91. Hen Harrier (2023-02-04)

92. Western Marsh Harrier (2023-02-04)

93. Black Kite (2023-02-04)

94. Great Cormorant (2023-02-04)

95. Himalayan Griffon (2023-02-05)

96. Saxaul Sparrow (2023-02-06)

97. Red-crested Pochard (2023-02-06)

98. Hooded Crow (2023-02-08)

99. Mute Swan (2023-02-08)

100. Gadwall (2023-02-08)

101. Pallas's Gull (2023-02-08)

102. Eurasian Coot (2023-02-08)

103. Golden Eagle (2023-02-14)

104. Hill Pigeon (2023-02-14)

105. Twite (2023-02-14)

106. Spotted Great Rosefinch (2023-02-14)

107. Red-billed Chough (2023-02-14)

108. Northern Goshawk (2023-02-14)

109. White-browned Tit Warber (2023-02-15)

110. Solitary Snipe (2023-02-15)

111. White-winged Redstart (2023-02-15)

112. Godlewski's Bunting (2023-02-15)

113. Common Moorhen (2023-02-17)

114. Common Raven (2023-02-17)

115. Cetti's Warbler (2023-02-17)

116. Red Crossbill (2023-02-20)

117. Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker (2023-02-20)

118. Songar Tit (2023-02-20)

119. Coal Tit (2023-02-23)

120. Willow Tit (2023-02-23)

121. Isabelline Shrike (2023-02-25)

122. Grey Heron (2023-02-26)

123. Tufted Duck (2023-02-28)

124. Northern Pintail (2023-02-28)

125. Eurasian Wigeon (2023-03-01)

126. Common Pochard (2023-03-01)

127. Red-breasted Merganser (2023-03-01)

128. White-winged Woodpecker (2023-03-01)

129. Peregrine Falcon (2023-03-02)

130. Garganey (2023-03-02)

131. Eurasian Jackdaw (2023-03-05)

132. White Wagtail (2023-03-05)

133. Black-necked Grebe (2023-03-05)

134. European Goldfinch (2023-03-06)

135. Common Shelduck (2023-03-07)

136. Northern Lapwing (2023-03-12)

137. Isabelline Wheatear (2023-03-12)

138. Meadow Bunting (2023-03-12)

139. Rock Sparrow (2023-03-12)

140. Northern Shoveler (2023-03-12)

141. Steppe Eagle (2023-03-16)

142. Black-headed Gull (2023-03-16)

143. Pied Avocet (2023-03-16)

144. Great Crested Grebe (2023-03-16)

145. Graylag Goose (2023-03-16)

146. Yellow-legged Gull (2023-03-16)

147. Citrine Wagtail (2023-03-16)

148. Pied Wheatear (2023-03-16)

149. Desert Wheatear (2023-03-16)

150. Common Hoopoe (2023-03-17)

151. Tarim Babbler (2023-03-17)

152. Asian Short-toed Lark (2023-03-17)

153. Desert Finch (2023-03-17)

154. Little Grebe (2023-03-20)

155. Kentish Plover (2023-03-20)

156. Little Ringed Plover (2023-03-21)

157. Common Redshank (2023-03-21)

158. Xinjiang Ground Jay (2023-03-21)

159. Black Stork (2023-03-21)

160. Eurasian Treecreeper (2023-03-21)

161. Western Yellow Wagtail (2023-03-22)

162. Eurasian Curlew (2023-03-26)

163. Rufous-tailed Shrike (2023-03-26)

164. Blue Whistling Thrush (2023-03-27)

165. Black-winged Stilt (2023-03-27)

166. Dusky Thrush (2023-03-27)

167. Desert Whitethroat (2023-03-29)

168. Bluethroat (2023-03-29)

169. Grey Wagtail (2023-03-29)

170. Eurasian Oystercatcher (2023-03-29)

171. Common Chiff-chaff (2023-03-29)

172. Common Swift (2023-03-31)

173. Great Reed Warbler (2023-04-01)

174. Paddyfield Warbler (2023-04-01)

175. Greater Spotted Eagle (2023-04-01)

176. Booted Eagle (2023-04-01)

177. Asian Desert Warbler (2023-04-02)

178. Western Osprey (2023-04-04)

179. Eurasian Crag Martin (2023-04-05)

180. Northern House Martin (2023-04-05)

181. Sand Martin (2023-04-05)

182. Pallid Scops Owl (2023-04-06)

183. Barn Swallow (2023-04-06)

184. Black Redstart (2023-04-08)

185. Common Snipe (2023-04-08)

186. Common Linnet (2023-04-08)

187. Northern Wheatear (2023-04-08)

188. Black-tailed Godwit (2023-04-08)

189. Barbary Falcon (2023-04-09)

190. Cinereous Vulture (2023-04-10)

191. Black-crowned Night Heron (2023-04-10)

192. Black Grouse (2023-04-13)

193. Lesser Kestrel (2023-04-13)

194. Ruff (2023-04-14)

195. Montagu's Harrier (2023-04-14)

196. Black Lark (2023-04-15)

197. Demoiselle Crane (2023-04-15)

198. Common Tern (2023-04-16)

199. Himalayan Snowcock (2023-04-16)

200. Caspian Tern (2023-04-17)

201. Pale Sand Swallow (2023-04-17)

202. Siberian Stonechat (2023-04-19)

203. Greater Short-toed Lark (2023-04-20)

204. Tree Pipit (2023-04-20)

205. Rock Bunting (2023-04-23)

206. Tundra Swan (2023-04-23)

207. Green Sandpiper (2023-04-23)

208. Common Sandpiper (2023-04-24)

209. Tawny Pipit (2023-04-24)

210. Eurasian Scops Owl (2023-04-24)

211. Bimaculated Lark (2023-04-24)

212. Hume's Leaf Warbler (2023-04-24)

213. White-crowned Penduline Tit (2023-04-24)

214. Eurasian Spoonbill (2023-04-24)

215. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2023-04-25)

216. Common Cuckoo (2023-04-28)

217. Mongolian Gull (2023-04-29)

218. Fieldfare (2023-04-29)

219. Horned Grebe (2023-04-30)

220. Little Tern (2023-05-02)

221. Dunlin (2023-05-02)

222. Black Tern (2023-05-02)

223. Temminck's Stint (2023-05-02)

224. Common Greenshank (2023-05-02)

225. Lesser Sand Plover (2023-05-02)

226. Common Nightingale (2023-05-03)

227. Greater Whitethroat (2023-05-03)

228. Common Rosefinch (2023-05-03)

229. Oriental Turtle Dove (2023-05-04)

230. Short-toed Snake Eagle (2023-05-05)

231. Barred Warbler (2023-05-07)

232. Honey Buzzard (2023-05-07)

233. Whimbrel (2023-05-08)

234. Common Kingfisher (2023-05-10)

235. European Bee-eater (2023-05-10)

236. Spotted Redshank (2023-05-10)

237. European Roller (2023-05-10)

238. White-winged Tern (2023-05-10)

239. Eurasian Reed Warbler (2023-05-11)

240. Red-footed Falcon (2023-05-13)

241. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2023-05-13)

242. Wood Sandpiper (2023-05-14)

243. Terek Sandpiper (2023-05-14)

244. Greater Sand Plover (2023-05-14)

245. Alpine Swift (2023-05-14)

246. White-headed Duck (2023-05-14)

247. White-backed Woodpecker (2023-05-14)

248. Spotted Flycatcher (2023-05-14)

249. Grey-headed Woodpecker (2023-05-14)

250. Little Bittern (2023-05-15)

251. Sykes' Warbler (2023-05-15)

252. Mongolian Finch (2023-05-15)

253. Shikra (2023-05-16)

254. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2023-05-16)

255. Red-necked Phalarope (2023-05-16)

256. Little Stint (2023-05-16)

257. Indian Golden Oriole (2023-05-16)

258. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2023-05-17)

259. Red-backed Shrike (2023-05-17)

260. Lesser Grey Shrike (2023-05-17)

261. Richard' s Pipit (2023-05-17)

262. Gull-billed Tern (2023-05-17)

263. Eastern Yellow Wagtail (2023-05-17)

264. Eurasian Hobby (2023-05-17)

265. Black Woodpecker (2023-05-18)

266. Eurasian Wryneck (2023-05-18)

267. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2023-05-18)

268. Grey-necked Bunting (2023-05-18)

269. Lesser Whitethroat (2023-05-18)

270. Ortolan Bunting (2023-05-19)

271. Brown-headed Gull (2023-05-20)

272. Tibetan Snowfinch (2023-05-20)

273. Hume's Short-toed Lark (2023-05-20)

274. Booted Warbler (2023-05-22)

275. Common Wood Pigeon (2023-05-22)

276. Bar-tailed Godwit (2023-05-23)

277. Grey Plover (2023-05-23)

278. Ruddy Turnstone (2023-05-23)

279. Curlew Sandpiper (2023-05-23)

280. Great Bustard (2023-05-23)

281. Eurasian Golden Oriole (2023-05-23)

282. Calandra Lark (2023-05-23)

283. Rosy Starling (2023-05-23)

284. Ground Tit (2023-05-23)

285. White-winged Snowfinch (2023-05-23)

286. Robin Accentor (2023-05-23)

287. Bar-headed Goose (2023-05-23)

288. Common Redstart (2023-05-24)

289. Eurasian Nuthatch (2023-05-24)

290. European Nightjar (2023-05-24)

291. Pacific Golden Plover (2023-05-24)

292. Sedge Warbler (2023-05-25)

293. Savi's Warbler (2023-05-25)

294. Brown-headed Bunting (2023-05-26)

295. Black-bellied Sandgrouse (2023-05-26)

296. Whiskered Tern (2023-05-26)

297. Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin (2023-05-26)

298. Blue-capped Redstart (2023-05-29)

299. Greenish Warbler (2023-05-29)

300. European Turtle Dove (2023-06-02)

301. Glossy Ibis (2023-06-02)

302. Corn Bunting (2023-06-03)

303. Collared Pratincole (2023-06-03)

304. Black-headed Penduline Tit (2023-06-04)

305. Blue Rock Thrush (2023-06-06)

306. Common Myna (2023-06-06)

307. Great White Pelican (2023-06-07)

308. Common Grasshopper Warbler (2023-06-09)

309. Rufous-naped Tit (2023-06-11)

310. Sulphur-bellied Warbler (2023-06-11)

311. Mountain Chiff-chaff (2023-06-13)

312. Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler (2023-06-19)

313. Hume's Whitethroat (2023-06-20)

314. White-tail Rubythroat (2023-06-20)

315. Black-throated Diver (2023-06-20)

316. Yellow-breasted Bunting (2023-06-20)

317. Egyptian Vulture (2023-06-21)

318. Altai Accentor (2023-06-29)

319. Brandt's Mountain Finch (2023-06-29)

320. Velvet Scoter (2023-07-07)

321. Rock Ptarmigan (2023-07-08)

322. Willow Ptarmigan (2023-07-08)

323. Eurasian Dotterel (2023-07-08)

324. Corncrake (2023-07-08)

325. Fork-tailed Swift (2023-07-08)

326. Altai Snowcock (2023-07-09)

327. Dalmatian Pelican (2023-07-10)

328. Moustached Warbler (2023-07-14)

329. Pallas's Fish Eagle (2023-07-16)

330. Long-toed Stint (2023-07-28)

331. Marsh Sandpiper (2023-07-28)

332. Common Quail (2023-08-08)

333. Long-tailed Shrike (2023-08-17)

334. Tibetan Snowcock (2023-08-20)

335. Pintail Snipe (2023-08-21)

336. Little Gull (2023-08-25)

337. Indian Pond Heron (2023-08-25)

338. Black-necked Crane (2023-08-25)

339. Snow Pigeon (2023-08-25)

340. Blyth's Pipit (2023-08-28)

341. Little Bustard (2023-09-10)

342. Pallid Harrier (2023-09-12)

343. Crested Honey-buzzard (2023-09-13)

344. Mongolian Ground Jay (2023-09-16)

345. Dusky Warbler (2023-09-17)

346. Wood Warbler (2023-09-17)

347. Macqueen's Bustard (2023-09-23)

348. Common Ringed Plover (2023-09-30)

349. Lesser White-fronted Goose (2023-10-06)

350. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2023-10-07)

351. Grey-backed Shrike (2023-10-07)

352. Tibetan Sandgrouse (2023-10-07)

353. Great Bittern (2023-10-08)

354. Brown Dipper (2023-10-09)

355. Hawfinch (2023-11-01)

356. Redwing (2023-11-03)

357. Eurasian Bullfinch (2023-11-04)

358. Siberian Accentor (2023-11-05)

359. Orange-flanked Bluetail (2023-11-12)

360. Common Redpoll (2023-11-12)

361. Greater Flamingo (2023-11-19)

362. Oriental Bullfinch (2023-11-21)

363. Buff-bellied Pipit (2023-11-22)

364. Pallas's Leaf Warbler (2023-11-25)

365. Meadow Pipit (2023-11-26)

366. Glaucous Gull (2023-12-25)

367. Mew Gull (2023-12-25)

Big Year 2024

1. Rick Wang (290)
2. AhuiVision (183)
3. dinmin (153)
4. Yang (121)
5. Rezaq Hassan (114)
6. yang feifei (114)
7. lixiangren (88)
8. Tiddler (84)
9. Marmot (69)
10. BAI (59)

more...

rare birds records

Pygmy Cormorant (Microcarbo pygmeus)

Dec. 28, 2018, LIU Zhongde found this species in Manas River wetland.

Pied Bushchat (Saxicola caprata)

15 Sept 2018, shot from Dafdar,Tashkurghan has been confirmed a new record in Xinjiang.

Sinai Rosefinch (Carpodacus synoicus)

Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)

27 May 2018, photo by Allan from Kuntibes,Akto has been confirmed a new record in Xinjiang.

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2024-05-01

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2024-04-11

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2024-04-07

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2024-04-03

大显: 谢谢苟会长！

2024-01-28

小鱼: 大鵟

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