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Big Year 2018
The winner will submit the pictures of the largest number of bird species taken on the territory of India during this year.
You can see previous years competitions results here: 2017
participants
* number inside brackets means the number of species photographed in 2018
1. Ash Dibyendu (12) 2. Samodurowa Darja (6) | 3. Dixit Dhairya (2) 4. Shnayder Elena (2) |
all species photographed in 2018
* in order of appearance (number inside brackets means the date of first record "month-day" )
1. Merlin (2018-01-01) 2. Common Shelduck (2018-01-04) 3. Black-naped Monarch (2018-01-14) 4. Tickell's Blue-Flycatcher (2018-01-14) 5. Saker Falcon (2018-01-15) 6. Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush (2018-05-06) 7. Asian House-Martin (2018-09-24) 8. Dark-rumped Swift (2018-10-17) 9. House Crow (2018-11-05) 10. Orange-headed Thrush (2018-11-06) 11. Red-vented Bulbul (2018-11-07) | 12. Oriental Magpie-Robin (2018-11-09) 13. Purple-rumped Sunbird (2018-11-10) 14. White-browed Fantail (2018-11-11) 15. White-bellied Heron (2018-11-20) 16. Woolly-necked Stork (2018-12-11) 17. Purple Heron (2018-12-25) 18. Watercock (2018-12-25) 19. Swamp Francolin (2018-12-27) 20. Falcated Duck (2018-12-27) 21. Mallard (2018-12-27) 22. Black Stork (2018-12-31) |
rare birds records
Nilgiri (Scaly) Thrush (Zoothera dauma neilgherriensis)
© Askar Isabekov
2017-12-02
Eravikulam National Park. Munnar, Kerala.
rare record
Taiga Bean-Goose (Anser fabalis)
© Garg Sudhir
2015-02-14
Mangalsar Dam ( Mansarover) Tehla Village, Alwar Dist, Rajasthan, India
Very rare winter visitor.
recent video
2020-04-14. Hoopoe (Dr.Jayaprakash V).
2020-04-10. Indian Silverbill (Dr.Jayaprakash V).
2020-03-30. Large Grey Babbler (Dr.Jayaprakash V).
unidentified birds
2023-01-14
Pavel Parkhaev: Looks like immature male Bay-backed Shrike, Lanius vittatus
2020-11-29
Vladilen: Thank you!
2020-09-14
Аскар Исабеков: thank you, Machiel
2020-09-14
Machiel Valkenburg: Chestnut-eared Bunting
2020-08-30
Askar Isabekov: OK. Pavel, please look avibase taxonmy (link), which recognaze refectus as part of species (?) named as Buteo [buteo, refectus, japonicus, bannermani or socotraensis]. Absolutely unclear situation. Why this bird is not japonicus? Good question in my opinion. [....]