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Big Year 2021
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 2020
participants
* number inside brackets means the number of species photographed in 2021
1. V Dr.Jayaprakash (35) | 2. MUKHERJEE DEBASISH (12) |
all species photographed in 2021
* in order of appearance (number inside brackets means the date of first record "month-day" )
1. Tickell's Blue-Flycatcher (2021-01-08) 2. Brown-breasted Flycatcher (2021-01-09) 3. Malabar Pied-Hornbill (2021-01-09) 4. Oriental White-eye (2021-01-10) 5. White-bellied Blue-Flycatcher (2021-01-10) 6. Jungle Owlet (2021-01-11) 7. Laughing Dove (2021-01-18) 8. Coppersmith Barbet (2021-01-21) 9. Common Tailorbird (2021-02-01) 10. Greater Flamingo (2021-02-05) 11. Large Gray Babbler (2021-02-06) 12. Purple-rumped Sunbird (2021-02-06) 13. Indian Robin (2021-02-07) 14. Gray Francolin (2021-02-08) 15. Indian Roller (2021-02-17) 16. Jungle Babbler (2021-02-24) 17. White-throated Kingfisher (2021-02-28) 18. Black Drongo (2021-03-03) 19. Spotted Owlet (2021-03-14) 20. Eurasian Hoopoe (2021-03-18) 21. Asian Koel (2021-04-01) 22. Cinereous Tit (2021-04-04) 23. Painted Stork (2021-04-10) | 24. Indian Silverbill (2021-04-10) 25. Chestnut-tailed Starling (2021-04-11) 26. Little Grebe (2021-04-13) 27. Common Kingfisher (2021-04-13) 28. White-browed Bulbul (2021-04-30) 29. Ashy Prinia (2021-05-17) 30. Oriental Skylark (2021-07-17) 31. White-browed Wagtail (2021-08-10) 32. Scaly-breasted Munia (2021-08-22) 33. Shikra (2021-08-28) 34. Common Hawk-Cuckoo (2021-09-17) 35. Purple Sunbird (2021-10-07) 36. Greater Coucal (2021-10-07) 37. Blue-faced Malkoha (2021-10-08) 38. Cattle Egret (2021-10-15) 39. Indian Peafowl (2021-11-11) 40. Pied Bushchat (2021-11-11) 41. Red-vented Bulbul (2021-11-21) 42. Indian Golden Oriole (2021-12-05) 43. Blyth's Reed-Warbler (2021-12-05) 44. Asian Paradise-Flycatcher (2021-12-09) 45. Booted Warbler (2021-12-11) 46. Rufous Treepie (2021-12-21) |
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. [....]