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Eurasian Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)

© Maxim Afanasiev

2017-05-21



A vagrant record in the western Yakutia (probably the first find in this area).

Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)

© Maxim Afanasiev

2017-06-23



The fourth record in Yakutia.

Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)

© Maxim Afanasiev

2015-06-05



Very rare vagrant in Yakutia.

Slavonian Grebe (Podiceps auritus)

© Khasan Zhurtov

2017-11-26
Bylyn,KBR



First record for Kabardino-Balkaria

Oriental Pratincole (Glareola maldivarum)

© Dmitry Korobov

2007-06-24
Primorskiy Kray



Rare vagrant species.

White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)

© Valery Shokhrin

2013-08-22
Prymorskykray, Lazovsry rayon, selo Glazkovka



Rare vagrant species.

Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)

© Valery Shokhrin

2015-10-22
Prymorsry kray, Lazovsry rayon, buhta Petrova



Rare vagrant species.

Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)

© Sergey Lakomov

2017-11-20
Severo-Kurilsk.Paramushir



Vagrant North American species to the North of the Kuril Islands

Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)

© Alexander Perevozov

2012-03-15
Kronotsky Reserve, Kamchatka



Rare passage species from North of America

White-necked Petrel (Pterodroma cervicalis)

© Dmitry Korobov

2014-10-18
Sahalin



The first registration of White-necked Petrel Pterodroma cervicalis in territorial waters of Russia

White-cheeked Starling (Sturnus cineraceus)

© Tatyana Archimaeva

2010-06-19
r.Cheder, Tuva



A rare vagrant in Tuva.

Rosy Starling (Sturnus roseus)

© Tatyana Archimaeva

2015-06-10
Chadanskiy ugol'nyi razrez, Dzun-Khemchikskiy r-n, Tuva



Very rare species in Tuva.

Ashy Drongo (Dicrurus leucophaeus)

© Dmitry Korobov

2011-06-07
Primorskiy Kray



First record for Russia

Saunders's Gull (Larus saundersi)

© Dmitry Korobov

2011-04-29
Primorsky Krai



Rare, occasionally species.

Red Collared-dove (Streptopelia tranquebarica)

© Dmitry Korobov

2013-12-04
Primorsky Krai



A rare record. For Primorye, the sign is slightly more than 10 meetings since 1876.

Yellow-bellied Tit (Parus venustulus)

© Victoria Kharchenko

2016-07-19
Ussuri Reserve



The second meeting in Russia (out of three). The first registration was in the Amur Region (Muravyovka). The third registration was also in Primorye.

Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)

© Mihail Ivanov

2017-10-07



A very rare vagrant for Irkutsk Region.

Plumbeous Water Redstart (Rhyacornis fuliginosus)

© Natalia Shaburova

2013-10-06
Pokoyniki bay, Lake Baikal, Baikali-Lenski NR, Olkhon District, Irkutsk Region



The first confirmed record in Russia.

Chinese Pond-heron (Ardeola bacchus)

© Natalia Shaburova

2009-06-28
Pokoyniki bay, Lake Baikal, Baikali-Lenski NR, Olkhon District, Irkutsk Region



The 3rd record for Lake Baikal, and the 2nd - for Irkutsk Region.

Relict Gull (Larus relictus)

© Dmitry Korobov

2017-11-04
Primorsky Krai



Second record for Primorksiy kray

Mountain Hawk-Eagle (Nisaetus nipalensis)

© Dmitry Korobov

2017-04-03
Primorskiy Kray



Rare nesting species of the Far East

Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)

© Maksim Antipin

2017-06-20
108 km to Peard Bay, Chukchi sea



Rare record northamerican sparrow in Russia territory

Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)

© Ekaterina Khudyakova

2016-07-19
Ust'evoe, Kamchatka



Rare record american shorebird to Kamchatka

White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)

© Dmitry Korobov

2014-02-10
Primorsky Krai



Rare record north american species for Far East Russia

Laughing Dove (Streptopelia senegalensis)

© Nina Shteinbrenner

2017-03-23
Hakasija



Presumably, the first record of this species in Khakasia.

Grey-capped Woodpecker (Dendrocopos canicapillus)

© Vasiliy Dugintsov

2015-12-02
Amurskaya oblast, Blagoveschensk



Rare (3th) record for Amur region

Yellow Bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis)

© Yuri Gluschenko

2016-07-09
Primorskyi kray, Khasan



Yet another proof for Yellow bittern nesting in Primorye

White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)

© Alexey Antonov

2008-04-27
Amur region, Khingan Nature Reserve, Lebedinoe lake



Rare records for Amur region

Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)

© Tatiana Semenova

2016-09-17



The first record in Buryatia. The point if it mighr belong to the eastern form T. (merula) mandarinus is being discussed.

Blyth's Pipit (Anthus godlewskii)

© Yuri Gluschenko

2015-05-18
Bolshoi Pelis Is.



Second record Blyth's pipit for Far East Russia

Grey-headed Lapwing (Microsarcops cinereus)

© Ilya Ukolov

2016-06-03
Primorsky kray, Khasan region



Rare visitor for Russia

Spoon-billed Sandpiper (Eurynorhynchus pygmeus)

© Nikolay Yakushev

2017-06-02
Meynypilgyno, Chukotka




Eastern White Egret (Casmerodius modestus)

© Vladimir Arkhipov

2015-06-19
Kurilskoe Lake, Kamchatka, Russia



Об этом залёте восточной белой цапли на Камчатку и других интересных находках подробнее здесь

Black-footed Albatross (Phoebastria nigripes)

© Evgeny Mamaev

2017-07-06
Commander I., Commander Islands Nature and Biosphere Reserve



Quite rare for the Commander Islands waters

Fairy Pitta (Pitta nympha)

© Yuri Gluschenko

2015-05-20
Bolshoy Pelis island



Firds record for Russia

Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)

© Alexandr Masalev

2017-09-25



The second registration in the European part of Russia and the first for the Kostroma region.

Upland Buzzard (Buteo hemilasius)

© Vladislav Zhizhkov

2017-09-16
Altai



The 3rd documented record for Altai Province. Also, very rare vagrant on plain parts of this region.

Great White Egret (Casmerodius albus)

© Vadim Ivushkin

2017-05-19
Res. Buryatia



Sixth species registration in Buryatia. In total, there are 10 meetings of this species in the Baikal area. In Buryatia 3 - for the second half of the 20th century. At the beginning of the 21st century: in the Irkutsk region 3, in Buryatia - 3. In 2017, two registrations (in Western and Southern Buryatia). Data on materials Yu.I. Melnikov (2016).

Yellow-billed Loon (Gavia adamsii)

© Anna Golubeva

2017-07-13



In spring, these loons are regularly encountered near the Murmansk coast, in the area of Bolshoi Ainov Island [May 4 and 22–31, 1964, Kokhanov and Skokova, 1967], here adult and immature birds were recorded from May 21 to June 9, 1979. , in 1977 a single loon was recorded on May 16 (Kokhanov, oral communication) .

Slender-billed Gull (Larus genei)

© Igor Fefelov

2017-06-11
Selenga River delta, Kabansk District, Buryatia



The 2nd registration in the Selenga River delta. In total, only about ten records is known in the Eastern Asia east from the breeding range of this species.


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