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Big Year 2020
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 2018 2019
participants
* number inside brackets means the number of species photographed in 2020
1. Parkhaev Pavel (152) 2. V Dr.Jayaprakash (45) 3. Kovalev Konstanyin (35) 4. MUKHERJEE DEBASISH (19) | 5. Samuel Shalini T (11) 6. bishnoi A S (9) 7. Roy chowdhury Amlan (5) 8. Parthan Hasheed (3) |
all species photographed in 2020
* in order of appearance (number inside brackets means the date of first record "month-day" )
1. Brown Shrike (2020-01-15) 2. Citrine Wagtail (2020-01-15) 3. Black Drongo (2020-01-15) 4. Lesser Whistling-Duck (2020-01-15) 5. Pheasant-tailed Jacana (2020-01-15) 6. Jungle Babbler (2020-01-17) 7. Blue Whistling-Thrush (2020-01-23) 8. Rufous Sibia (2020-01-26) 9. Green-tailed Sunbird (2020-01-26) 10. White-browed Bulbul (2020-02-09) 11. Ashy Prinia (2020-02-09) 12. Pied Bushchat (2020-02-09) 13. Crested Serpent-Eagle (2020-02-22) 14. Green Bee-eater (2020-02-22) 15. Oriental Darter (2020-02-22) 16. Indian Robin (2020-02-22) 17. Red-whiskered Bulbul (2020-02-23) 18. Stork-billed Kingfisher (2020-03-01) 19. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2020-03-02) 20. Asian Openbill (2020-03-02) 21. Striated Babbler (2020-03-02) 22. Coppersmith Barbet (2020-03-02) 23. Common Tailorbird (2020-03-02) 24. White-throated Kingfisher (2020-03-02) 25. Red-vented Bulbul (2020-03-02) 26. Yellow-footed Pigeon (2020-03-02) 27. Oriental White-eye (2020-03-02) 28. Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher (2020-03-02) 29. Purple Sunbird (2020-03-02) 30. Rose-ringed Parakeet (2020-03-02) 31. Black-rumped Flameback (2020-03-02) 32. Common Hawk-Cuckoo (2020-03-02) 33. House Crow (2020-03-02) 34. Indian Peafowl (2020-03-02) 35. Indian Spot-billed Duck (2020-03-02) 36. Indian Pond-Heron (2020-03-02) 37. Long-tailed Shrike (2020-03-02) 38. Black-necked Stork (2020-03-02) 39. Asian Pied Starling (2020-03-02) 40. Purple Swamphen (2020-03-02) 41. White-breasted Waterhen (2020-03-02) 42. Indian Cormorant (2020-03-02) 43. House Sparrow (2020-03-02) 44. Ruddy-breasted Crake (2020-03-03) 45. Brown-headed Barbet (2020-03-03) 46. Spotted Owlet (2020-03-03) 47. Brown-headed Gull (2020-03-03) 48. Yellow-bellied Prinia (2020-03-03) 49. Indian Gray Hornbill (2020-03-03) 50. Greater Coucal (2020-03-03) 51. Indian Roller (2020-03-03) 52. Sind Sparrow (2020-03-04) 53. Sarus Crane (2020-03-04) 54. Large Gray Babbler (2020-03-04) 55. Intermediate Egret (2020-03-04) 56. Black-headed Ibis (2020-03-04) 57. Eurasian Moorhen (2020-03-04) 58. Northern Shoveler (2020-03-04) 59. Little Grebe (2020-03-04) 60. Gadwall (2020-03-04) 61. Cattle Egret (2020-03-04) 62. Painted Stork (2020-03-04) 63. Red-naped Ibis (2020-03-04) 64. Comb Duck (2020-03-04) 65. White-tailed Lapwing (2020-03-04) 66. Red-wattled Lapwing (2020-03-04) 67. Small Minivet (2020-03-04) 68. Common Woodshrike (2020-03-04) 69. Laughing Dove (2020-03-04) 70. Northern Pintail (2020-03-04) 71. Black Redstart (2020-03-04) 72. Little Cormorant (2020-03-04) 73. Plain Prinia (2020-03-04) 74. Oriental Pipit (2020-03-04) 75. Bay-backed Shrike (2020-03-04) 76. Red Avadavat (2020-03-04) 77. Pied Cuckoo (2020-03-04) 78. Bonelli's Eagle (2020-03-05) 79. Zitting Cisticola (2020-03-05) 80. Wire-tailed Swallow (2020-03-05) 81. Bronze-winged Jacana (2020-03-05) 82. Shikra (2020-03-06) 83. Red-headed Vulture (2020-03-07) 84. Pied Kingfisher (2020-03-07) 85. River Lapwing (2020-03-07) 86. Brown Boobook (2020-03-07) 87. Changeable Hawk-Eagle (2020-03-07) 88. White-eyed Buzzard (2020-03-07) 89. White-cheeked Bulbul (2020-03-07) 90. Common Greenshank (2020-03-07) 91. Little Egret (2020-03-07) 92. White-capped Redstart (2020-03-07) 93. Plumbeous Redstart (2020-03-07) 94. White-browed Wagtail (2020-03-07) 95. Red Collared-Dove (2020-03-07) 96. Black Kite (2020-03-07) 97. Eurasian Hoopoe (2020-03-07) 98. Indian Chat (2020-03-07) 99. Crested Kingfisher (2020-03-08) 100. Collared Falconet (2020-03-08) 101. Mountain Hawk-Eagle (2020-03-08) 102. Small Niltava (2020-03-08) 103. Taiga Flycatcher (2020-03-08) 104. Chestnut-headed Bee-eater (2020-03-08) | 105. Greater Flameback (2020-03-08) 106. Woolly-necked Stork (2020-03-08) 107. White-rumped Vulture (2020-03-09) 108. Orange-bellied Leafbird (2020-03-09) 109. Pale-billed Flowerpecker (2020-03-09) 110. Himalayan Flameback (2020-03-09) 111. Great Slaty Woodpecker (2020-03-09) 112. Black-crested Bulbul (2020-03-09) 113. Fire-tailed Sunbird (2020-03-10) 114. Black-headed Jay (2020-03-10) 115. Yellow-browed Tit (2020-03-10) 116. Green Shrike-Babbler (2020-03-11) 117. Blyth's Swift (2020-03-11) 118. Upland Pipit (2020-03-11) 119. Peregrine Falcon (2020-03-11) 120. Gray-winged Blackbird (2020-03-11) 121. White-tailed Nuthatch (2020-03-11) 122. Black Eagle (2020-03-11) 123. Coal Tit (2020-03-11) 124. Slaty-headed Parakeet (2020-03-11) 125. Streaked Laughingthrush (2020-03-11) 126. Rock Bunting (2020-03-11) 127. Russet Sparrow (2020-03-11) 128. Black-hooded Oriole (2020-03-11) 129. Verditer Flycatcher (2020-03-12) 130. Ultramarine Flycatcher (2020-03-12) 131. Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher (2020-03-12) 132. White-throated Fantail (2020-03-12) 133. Pale-rumped Warbler (2020-03-12) 134. Hume's Warbler (2020-03-12) 135. Blue-winged Minla (2020-03-12) 136. Eurasian Sparrowhawk (2020-03-12) 137. Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch (2020-03-12) 138. Red-rumped Swallow (2020-03-12) 139. Fire-breasted Flowerpecker (2020-03-12) 140. Black-lored Tit (2020-03-12) 141. Gray Bushchat (2020-03-12) 142. Egyptian Vulture (2020-03-12) 143. Kalij Pheasant (2020-03-12) 144. Whistler's Warbler (2020-03-12) 145. Spotted Forktail (2020-03-12) 146. Red-billed Blue-Magpie (2020-03-12) 147. Asian Koel (2020-03-12) 148. Greater Yellownape (2020-03-13) 149. Brown Wood-Owl (2020-03-13) 150. Great Barbet (2020-03-13) 151. Gray Treepie (2020-03-13) 152. Tickell's Thrush (2020-03-13) 153. White-collared Blackbird (2020-03-13) 154. Brown-fronted Woodpecker (2020-03-13) 155. Gray-faced Woodpecker (2020-03-13) 156. Oriental Turtle-Dove (2020-03-13) 157. White-crested Laughingthrush (2020-03-13) 158. Red-billed Leiothrix (2020-03-13) 159. White-throated Laughingthrush (2020-03-13) 160. Blue-fronted Redstart (2020-03-13) 161. Himalayan Woodpecker (2020-03-13) 162. Striated Laughingthrush (2020-03-13) 163. Black-chinned Babbler (2020-03-13) 164. Slaty-blue Flycatcher (2020-03-13) 165. Siberian Stonechat (2020-03-13) 166. Black-throated Thrush (2020-03-13) 167. Rufous-bellied Eagle (2020-03-14) 168. Lesser Yellownape (2020-03-14) 169. White-bellied Erpornis (2020-03-14) 170. Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker (2020-03-14) 171. Speckled Piculet (2020-03-14) 172. Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo (2020-03-14) 173. Bronzed Drongo (2020-03-14) 174. Black-throated Tit (2020-03-14) 175. Gray-hooded Warbler (2020-03-14) 176. Scarlet Minivet (2020-03-14) 177. Large-billed Crow (2020-03-14) 178. Gray Francolin (2020-03-20) 179. Dark-fronted Babbler (2020-03-20) 180. Indian Blackbird (2020-03-22) 181. Indian Golden Oriole (2020-03-23) 182. Alexandrine Parakeet (2020-03-26) 183. Plum-headed Parakeet (2020-04-04) 184. Indian Silverbill (2020-04-07) 185. Rock Pigeon (2020-04-12) 186. Oriental Honey-buzzard (2020-04-13) 187. Rufous Treepie (2020-04-14) 188. Jerdon's Bushlark (2020-04-15) 189. Tickell's Blue-Flycatcher (2020-04-18) 190. Common Myna (2020-04-18) 191. Purple-rumped Sunbird (2020-04-29) 192. Nilgiri Flycatcher (2020-05-02) 193. Cinereous Tit (2020-06-01) 194. Scaly-breasted Munia (2020-06-17) 195. Spotted Dove (2020-06-28) 196. Vernal Hanging-Parrot (2020-06-28) 197. White-bellied Drongo (2020-07-26) 198. Blue-faced Malkoha (2020-07-27) 199. Plain Flowerpecker (2020-09-18) 200. Ruddy Shelduck (2020-11-18) 201. Black-capped Kingfisher (2020-11-21) 202. Collared Kingfisher (2020-11-22) 203. Striated Heron (2020-11-22) 204. Chestnut-tailed Starling (2020-12-20) 205. Orange-headed Thrush (2020-12-25) 206. Common Sandpiper (2020-12-25) 207. White-rumped Munia (2020-12-25) |
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. [....]