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Asiatic Dowitcher (Limnodromus semipalmatus)

© Maxim Afanasiev

2013-05-25



A very rare vagrant in Yakutia.

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) .


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