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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 Uzbekistan during this year.

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

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

all species photographed in 2023


* in order of appearance (number inside brackets means the date of first record "month-day" )
1. Black-throated Thrush (2023-01-01)
2. Lesser Whitethroat (2023-01-01)
3. White-winged Woodpecker (2023-01-01)
4. Yellowhammer (2023-01-01)
5. Common Wood Pigeon (2023-01-01)
6. Water Rail (2023-01-02)
7. Laughing Dove (2023-01-02)
8. Hooded Crow (2023-01-02)
9. Crested Lark (2023-01-02)
10. Masked Wagtail (2023-01-02)
11. Common Myna (2023-01-02)
12. Desert Finch (2023-01-02)
13. Bearded Reedling (2023-01-03)
14. Pallas's Gull (2023-01-03)
15. Greylag Goose (2023-01-03)
16. Turkestan Tit (2023-01-04)
17. Yellow-breasted Tit (2023-01-04)
18. Blyth’s Rosefinch (2023-01-04)
19. Brambling (2023-01-04)
20. Eurasian Magpie (2023-01-05)
21. European Robin (2023-01-12)
22. Mistle Thrush (2023-01-12)
23. Little Bustard (2023-01-18)
24. Common Starling (2023-01-18)
25. Common Blackbird (2023-01-24)
26. Eastern Buzzard (2023-01-24)
27. Redwing (2023-01-24)
28. Pygmy Cormorant (2023-01-24)
29. Black-throated Accentor (2023-01-28)
30. Hen Harrier (2023-01-29)
31. Corn Bunting (2023-01-29)
32. Cinereous Vulture (2023-01-31)
33. Eurasian Griffon (2023-01-31)
34. Mute Swan (2023-01-31)
35. Great Bittern (2023-01-31)
36. Dalmatian Pelican (2023-01-31)
37. Goosander (2023-01-31)
38. Common Gull (2023-02-01)
39. Common Goldeneye (2023-02-03)
40. Long-legged Buzzard (2023-02-07)
41. Horned Lark / Shore Lark (2023-02-07)
42. Reed Bunting (2023-02-07)
43. Green Sandpiper (2023-02-08)
44. Eurasian Sparrowhawk (2023-02-08)
45. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2023-02-08)
46. Black Kite (2023-02-08)
47. Great Grey Shrike (2023-02-08)
48. White Stork (2023-02-10)
49. Brown Dipper (2023-02-10)
50. Pine Bunting (2023-02-26)
51. Isabelline Wheatear (2023-04-09)
52. Western Marsh Harrier (2023-04-16)
53. Eurasian Wryneck (2023-04-21)
54. Eastern Rock-nuthatch (2023-04-22)
55. Glossy Ibis (2023-04-26)
56. Eurasian Jackdaw (2023-04-30)
57. Little Tern (2023-05-13)
58. Blue Whistling Thrush (2023-06-03)
59. White-capped Bunting (2023-06-03)
60. Indian Sparrow (2023-06-11)
61. Little Egret (2023-06-11)
62. Little Bittern (2023-07-02)
63. Great Cormorant (2023-07-02)
64. Common Kingfisher (2023-07-30)
65. Oriental Carrion Crow (2023-07-30)
66. Gull-billed Tern (2023-08-06)
67. Purple Heron (2023-08-06)
68. Common Redshank (2023-08-06)
69. Marsh Sandpiper (2023-08-19)
70. Wood Sandpiper (2023-08-19)
71. Spotted Flycatcher (2023-09-01)
72. Sand Martin (2023-09-01)
73. Common Whitethroat (2023-09-02)
74. Chukar Partridge (2023-09-12)
75. Asian Desert Warbler (2023-09-13)
76. Little Grebe (2023-09-16)
77. Common Greenshank (2023-09-16)
78. Booted Eagle (2023-09-17)
79. Pander’s Ground-jay (2023-09-24)
80. Common Crane (2023-09-25)
81. Heuglin's Gull (2023-09-26)
82. Common Pheasant (2023-09-26)
83. Red-necked Phalarope (2023-09-26)
84. Peregrine Falcon (2023-09-26)
85. Tawny Pipit (2023-09-28)
86. Pallid Harrier (2023-09-29)
87. Common Quail (2023-09-29)
88. Osprey (2023-09-29)
89. Arctic Skua (2023-10-11)
90. Bar-tailed Treecreeper (2023-10-23)
91. Black Redstart (2023-11-03)
92. Fieldfare (2023-11-06)
93. Eurasian Siskin (2023-11-06)
94. White-browed Tit-warbler (2023-11-26)
95. Rufous-naped Tit (2023-11-26)
96. Golden Eagle (2023-11-26)
97. White-winged Grosbeak (2023-11-26)
98. Great Tit (2023-11-28)
99. Bohemian Waxwing (2023-12-28)

rare birds records


Northern Red-flanked Bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus)

© Bakhtiyor Mardonov
2024-02-21
Zarafshan National park.

First phto ficsation of species in Uzbekistan. Fifth record in the country and first in winter!


Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)

© Maksim Mitropolskiy
2023-10-11
Bukhara region, Alat district, Dengizkul lake

First photo record of this species in Uzbekistan


Western Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)

© Vyacheslav Yusupov
2021-12-01
Namangan

The first photo-registration in the winter period in Uzbekistan and Northern Eurasia.


Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)

© Timur Abduraupov
2019-06-01
Surkhandarya region, Aktepa hunting farm

First observation of this species in Uzbekistan

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recent video

2019-02-09. Grey Wagtail (Vyacheslav Yusupov), Sykes's Warbler (Vyacheslav Yusupov).

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unidentified birds


2023-12-26

Анна Ясько: Бормотушка. Похожа на северную из-за явной светлой брови и темной вершины клюва.

2023-04-16

John Pilgrim: Looks like a Terek Sandpiper to me...

2022-03-14

Игорь Фефелов: Во всяком случае, одно из двух морские голубки или озерные чайки. Больше похоже на озерную, но непонятно, не "зашкурена" ли голова шумами вместо [....]

2021-05-11

Анна Ясько: Кто-то из пеночек. Возможно, теньковка. Ноги вроде черноватые.

2020-11-27

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