Big Year in Xinjiang. Birds of Xinjiang, China.

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Big Year 2025

The winner will submit the pictures of the largest number of bird species taken on the territory of XinJiang during this year.

You can see previous years competitions results here: 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

participants

* number inside brackets means the number of species photographed in 2025

1. Rick Wang (347)

2. DING Peng (306)

3. Nzy (279)

4. yang feifei (277)

5. AhuiVision (259)

6. Black lark (236)

7. dinmin (228)

8. Yang (181)

9. YXSHZ wolf (167)

10. AAA (144)

11. hongliangyang (116)

12. Rezaq Hassan (113)

13. angel (102)

14. lixiangren (70)

15. Ligareen (65)

16. wangjianli (28)

17. jack (11)

18. hpx (8)

19. TOM (4)

20. wukefan (4)

21. Hsishu (3)

22. Lee Tao (3)

23. DTHXT (2)

24. zhang (1)

all species photographed in 2025

* in order of appearance (number inside brackets means the date of first record "month-day" )

1. Upland Buzzard (2025-01-01)

2. Twite (2025-01-01)

3. House Sparrow (2025-01-01)

4. Himalayan Griffon (2025-01-01)

5. Black-throated Accentor (2025-01-01)

6. Lammergeier (2025-01-01)

7. Godlewski's Bunting (2025-01-01)

8. Golden Eagle (2025-01-01)

9. European Greenfinch (2025-01-01)

10. Eurasian Magpie (2025-01-01)

11. Brambling (2025-01-01)

12. Siberian Accentor (2025-01-01)

13. Common Chaffinch (2025-01-02)

14. Azure-winged Magpie (2025-01-02)

15. Great Tit (2025-01-02)

16. European Robin (2025-01-02)

17. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2025-01-02)

18. Blue-capped Redstart (2025-01-02)

19. Solitary Snipe (2025-01-02)

20. Cinereous Vulture (2025-01-02)

21. Asian Short-toed Lark (2025-01-02)

22. Rock Dove (2025-01-02)

23. Saker Falcon (2025-01-02)

24. Eurasian Wren (2025-01-02)

25. Red-billed Chough (2025-01-02)

26. Eurasian Tree Sparrow (2025-01-02)

27. Mallard (2025-01-02)

28. Common Merganser (2025-01-02)

29. Yellow-legged Gull (2025-01-02)

30. Great Egret (2025-01-02)

31. Whooper Swan (2025-01-02)

32. Smew (2025-01-02)

33. Common Pochard (2025-01-02)

34. Greater Scaup (2025-01-02)

35. Red-crested Pochard (2025-01-02)

36. Carrion Crow (2025-01-02)

37. Water Rail (2025-01-02)

38. Hen Harrier (2025-01-02)

39. Ferruginous Pochard (2025-01-02)

40. Common Goldeneye (2025-01-02)

41. White-winged Redstart (2025-01-03)

42. Common Buzzard (2025-01-03)

43. Fieldfare (2025-01-03)

44. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2025-01-03)

45. Azure Tit (2025-01-03)

46. Common Starling (2025-01-03)

47. Eversmann's Redstart (2025-01-03)

48. Silver-throated Bushtit (2025-01-03)

49. European Goldfinch (2025-01-03)

50. Great Gray Shrike (2025-01-04)

51. Horned Lark (2025-01-04)

52. Brown Accentor (2025-01-04)

53. Plain Mountain Finch (2025-01-04)

54. Chukar Partridge (2025-01-04)

55. Common Blackbird (2025-01-04)

56. Eurasian Treecreeper (2025-01-04)

57. Turkestan Tit (2025-01-04)

58. Reed Bunting (2025-01-05)

59. Naumann's Thrush (2025-01-05)

60. Mistle Thrush (2025-01-05)

61. Redwing (2025-01-05)

62. Black-throated Thrush (2025-01-05)

63. Great Cormorant (2025-01-05)

64. Pallas's Gull (2025-01-05)

65. White-browned Tit Warber (2025-01-05)

66. Hill Pigeon (2025-01-05)

67. Hooded Crow (2025-01-06)

68. Eastern Buzzard (2025-01-06)

69. Rock Bunting (2025-01-06)

70. Grey Heron (2025-01-07)

71. Common Raven (2025-01-07)

72. Greater White-fronted Goose (2025-01-07)

73. Eurasian Coot (2025-01-07)

74. Western Marsh Harrier (2025-01-07)

75. Little Grebe (2025-01-07)

76. Common Myna (2025-01-07)

77. Common Kestrel (2025-01-07)

78. Pygmy Cormorant (2025-01-07)

79. Mute Swan (2025-01-07)

80. Water Pipit (2025-01-07)

81. Kentish Plover (2025-01-07)

82. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2025-01-07)

83. Eurasian Teal (2025-01-07)

84. Eurasian Sparrow Hawk (2025-01-08)

85. Bearded Reedling (2025-01-08)

86. Black Kite (2025-01-08)

87. Taiga Bean Goose (2025-01-08)

88. Ruddy Shelduck (2025-01-08)

89. White-tailed Sea Eagle (2025-01-08)

90. Green Sandpiper (2025-01-08)

91. Tundra Bean Goose (2025-01-08)

92. Gadwall (2025-01-08)

93. Common Shelduck (2025-01-09)

94. Northern Pintail (2025-01-09)

95. Tufted Duck (2025-01-09)

96. Eurasian Collared Dove (2025-01-09)

97. Common Crane (2025-01-09)

98. Eurasian Wigeon (2025-01-09)

99. Black-headed Gull (2025-01-09)

100. Northern Shoveler (2025-01-09)

101. Great Crested Grebe (2025-01-09)

102. Common Moorhen (2025-01-09)

103. Common Kingfisher (2025-01-09)

104. Common Pheasant (2025-01-09)

105. Long-legged Buzzard (2025-01-09)

106. Northern Goshawk (2025-01-10)

107. Graylag Goose (2025-01-10)

108. Mongolian Gull (2025-01-10)

109. Eurasian Woodcock (2025-01-10)

110. Chinese Spot-billed Duck (2025-01-10)

111. Altai Snowcock (2025-01-10)

112. Bohemian Waxwing (2025-01-10)

113. White-throated Dipper (2025-01-10)

114. Red-throated Thrush (2025-01-10)

115. Swan Goose (2025-01-11)

116. Great Bittern (2025-01-11)

117. Northern Lapwing (2025-01-11)

118. White Wagtail (2025-01-11)

119. Hume's Leaf Warbler (2025-01-11)

120. Black Stork (2025-01-11)

121. Spanish Sparrow (2025-01-11)

122. Black-crowned Night Heron (2025-01-11)

123. Tundra Swan (2025-01-11)

124. Crested Lark (2025-01-12)

125. Eurasian Skylark (2025-01-12)

126. Merlin (2025-01-12)

127. Stock Dove (2025-01-12)

128. Tarim Babbler (2025-01-13)

129. Steppe Eagle (2025-01-13)

130. Goldcrest (2025-01-13)

131. Ibisbill (2025-01-13)

132. Pine Bunting (2025-01-13)

133. Hawfinch (2025-01-15)

134. Long-eared Owl (2025-01-15)

135. Mongolian Ground Jay (2025-01-15)

136. Desert Finch (2025-01-15)

137. Red-fronted Serin (2025-01-16)

138. Saxaul Sparrow (2025-01-16)

139. Grey Partridge (2025-01-17)

140. Eurasian Jackdaw (2025-01-17)

141. Mew Gull (2025-01-18)

142. Red Crossbill (2025-01-19)

143. Coal Tit (2025-01-19)

144. Eurasian Bullfinch (2025-01-20)

145. White-winged Grosbeak (2025-01-22)

146. Yellowhammer (2025-01-22)

147. Ural Owl (2025-01-25)

148. Willow Tit (2025-01-25)

149. Boreal Owl (2025-01-26)

150. White-winged Lark (2025-01-28)

151. Black Lark (2025-01-28)

152. White-winged Woodpecker (2025-01-29)

153. Lapland Longspur (2025-01-29)

154. White-backed Woodpecker (2025-01-29)

155. Eurasian Siskin (2025-01-30)

156. Peregrine Falcon (2025-01-31)

157. Little Owl (2025-02-01)

158. Rough-legged Hawk (2025-02-01)

159. Rock Sparrow (2025-02-03)

160. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2025-02-04)

161. Black Woodpecker (2025-02-04)

162. Eurasian Nuthatch (2025-02-04)

163. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2025-02-05)

164. Grey-headed Woodpecker (2025-02-05)

165. Common Wood Pigeon (2025-02-06)

166. Rook (2025-02-07)

167. Laughing Dove (2025-02-15)

168. Wallcreeper (2025-02-26)

169. Blue Whistling Thrush (2025-02-26)

170. White-capped Water Redstart (2025-02-26)

171. Spotted Nutcracker (2025-02-27)

172. Daurian Partridge (2025-03-06)

173. Common Chiff-chaff (2025-03-13)

174. Xinjiang Ground Jay (2025-03-14)

175. Greater Spotted Eagle (2025-03-15)

176. Isabelline Shrike (2025-03-15)

177. Common Hoopoe (2025-03-16)

178. White-crowned Penduline Tit (2025-03-17)

179. Garganey (2025-03-17)

180. Black-necked Grebe (2025-03-18)

181. Citrine Wagtail (2025-03-18)

182. Pied Wheatear (2025-03-18)

183. Common Redshank (2025-03-18)

184. Meadow Pipit (2025-03-18)

185. Eurasian Crag Martin (2025-03-19)

186. Cetti's Warbler (2025-03-20)

187. Black-winged Stilt (2025-03-20)

188. Buff-bellied Pipit (2025-03-20)

189. Little Ringed Plover (2025-03-20)

190. Rufous-tailed Shrike (2025-03-23)

191. Booted Eagle (2025-03-24)

192. Pale Sand Swallow (2025-03-24)

193. Isabelline Wheatear (2025-03-25)

194. Desert Wheatear (2025-03-26)

195. Mongolian Finch (2025-03-26)

196. Alpine Chough (2025-03-26)

197. Rufous-naped Tit (2025-03-26)

198. Himalayan Snowcock (2025-03-26)

199. Common Swift (2025-03-29)

200. Eurasian Curlew (2025-03-29)

201. Pied Avocet (2025-03-29)

202. Steppe Grey Shrike (2025-03-30)

203. Desert Whitethroat (2025-03-30)

204. Bluethroat (2025-04-01)

205. Pacific Golden Plover (2025-04-01)

206. Brown-headed Gull (2025-04-03)

207. Western Osprey (2025-04-03)

208. Great Reed Warbler (2025-04-03)

209. Black-tailed Godwit (2025-04-05)

210. Paddyfield Warbler (2025-04-05)

211. Barn Swallow (2025-04-06)

212. Northern Wheatear (2025-04-06)

213. Western Yellow Wagtail (2025-04-06)

214. Oriental Turtle Dove (2025-04-07)

215. Common Tern (2025-04-07)

216. Demoiselle Crane (2025-04-07)

217. White-headed Duck (2025-04-08)

218. Common Cuckoo (2025-04-09)

219. Pallid Scops Owl (2025-04-09)

220. Grey Wagtail (2025-04-09)

221. Spotted Great Rosefinch (2025-04-09)

222. White-winged Snowfinch (2025-04-10)

223. Black Redstart (2025-04-10)

224. Siberian Stonechat (2025-04-11)

225. Bar-headed Goose (2025-04-11)

226. Pallas's Bunting (2025-04-11)

227. Lesser Kestrel (2025-04-12)

228. Eurasian Oystercatcher (2025-04-12)

229. Common Linnet (2025-04-13)

230. Black-bellied Sandgrouse (2025-04-14)

231. Greater Short-toed Lark (2025-04-14)

232. Eurasian Scops Owl (2025-04-14)

233. Corn Bunting (2025-04-14)

234. Tawny Pipit (2025-04-14)

235. Bimaculated Lark (2025-04-16)

236. Northern House Martin (2025-04-16)

237. Glossy Ibis (2025-04-17)

238. Dalmatian Pelican (2025-04-18)

239. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2025-04-19)

240. Caspian Tern (2025-04-20)

241. Common Sandpiper (2025-04-21)

242. Red-throated Pipit (2025-04-21)

243. Tree Pipit (2025-04-21)

244. Lesser Whitethroat (2025-04-21)

245. Savi's Warbler (2025-04-24)

246. Greater Sand Plover (2025-04-26)

247. Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker (2025-04-26)

248. Little Tern (2025-04-26)

249. Lesser Sand Plover (2025-04-26)

250. Sand Martin (2025-04-26)

251. Common Greenshank (2025-04-27)

252. Mountain Chiff-chaff (2025-04-27)

253. Ortolan Bunting (2025-04-28)

254. Little Bittern (2025-04-30)

255. Barred Warbler (2025-04-30)

256. Sykes' Warbler (2025-05-01)

257. Common Nightingale (2025-05-01)

258. Shikra (2025-05-01)

259. Red-footed Falcon (2025-05-01)

260. Black Grouse (2025-05-01)

261. Common Quail (2025-05-02)

262. European Roller (2025-05-02)

263. Brown-headed Bunting (2025-05-02)

264. Lesser Grey Shrike (2025-05-02)

265. Blue Rock Thrush (2025-05-02)

266. European Bee-eater (2025-05-02)

267. Richard' s Pipit (2025-05-02)

268. Short-toed Snake Eagle (2025-05-02)

269. Grey-necked Bunting (2025-05-02)

270. Calandra Lark (2025-05-02)

271. Eurasian Wryneck (2025-05-03)

272. Black Tern (2025-05-04)

273. Great Bustard (2025-05-05)

274. Montagu's Harrier (2025-05-05)

275. Common Rosefinch (2025-05-05)

276. Common Redstart (2025-05-06)

277. Dunlin (2025-05-06)

278. Collared Pratincole (2025-05-07)

279. Horned Grebe (2025-05-08)

280. Whimbrel (2025-05-08)

281. Eurasian Spoonbill (2025-05-10)

282. Ruddy Turnstone (2025-05-10)

283. Eastern Yellow Wagtail (2025-05-11)

284. Temminck's Stint (2025-05-12)

285. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2025-05-12)

286. European Nightjar (2025-05-13)

287. Whiskered Tern (2025-05-14)

288. Little Stint (2025-05-14)

289. Terek Sandpiper (2025-05-14)

290. Wood Sandpiper (2025-05-14)

291. Asian Desert Warbler (2025-05-16)

292. Spotted Redshank (2025-05-16)

293. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2025-05-16)

294. Marsh Sandpiper (2025-05-16)

295. Spotted Flycatcher (2025-05-17)

296. Sulphur-bellied Warbler (2025-05-17)

297. Booted Warbler (2025-05-17)

298. Red-backed Shrike (2025-05-17)

299. Common Snipe (2025-05-17)

300. Long-toed Stint (2025-05-17)

301. Eurasian Crimson-winged Finch (2025-05-17)

302. Greater Whitethroat (2025-05-18)

303. Eurasian Golden Oriole (2025-05-18)

304. Gull-billed Tern (2025-05-18)

305. Corncrake (2025-05-18)

306. Grey Plover (2025-05-19)

307. Macqueen's Bustard (2025-05-19)

308. Eurasian Hobby (2025-05-21)

309. Rosy Starling (2025-05-23)

310. Songar Tit (2025-05-26)

311. Greenish Warbler (2025-05-26)

312. Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler (2025-05-30)

313. White-winged Tern (2025-06-01)

314. Crested Honey-buzzard (2025-06-02)

315. Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin (2025-06-04)

316. European Turtle Dove (2025-06-05)

317. Altai Accentor (2025-06-06)

318. White-tail Rubythroat (2025-06-06)

319. Common Grasshopper Warbler (2025-06-06)

320. Black-headed Penduline Tit (2025-06-06)

321. Eurasian Reed Warbler (2025-06-06)

322. Rock Ptarmigan (2025-06-20)

323. Eurasian Dotterel (2025-06-20)

324. Indian Golden Oriole (2025-06-21)

325. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2025-06-25)

326. Song Thrush (2025-06-26)

327. Yellow-breasted Bunting (2025-06-26)

328. Hume's Short-toed Lark (2025-06-29)

329. Tibetan Lark (2025-06-29)

330. Tibetan Snowcock (2025-06-30)

331. Brandt's Mountain Finch (2025-06-30)

332. Black-necked Crane (2025-06-30)

333. Rufous-necked Snowfinch (2025-06-30)

334. Black-throated Diver (2025-07-06)

335. Velvet Scoter (2025-07-07)

336. Ruff (2025-07-20)

337. Curlew Sandpiper (2025-07-20)

338. Brown Dipper (2025-07-25)

339. Hume's Whitethroat (2025-07-25)

340. Ground Tit (2025-07-26)

341. Oriental Bullfinch (2025-07-27)

342. Relict Gull (2025-07-29)

343. Red-necked Phalarope (2025-07-29)

344. Long-tailed Shrike (2025-07-30)

345. Barbary Falcon (2025-08-05)

346. Little Bustard (2025-08-26)

347. Daurian Jackdaw (2025-08-28)

348. Swinhoe's Snipe (2025-09-02)

349. Little Crake (2025-09-04)

350. Meadow Bunting (2025-09-06)

351. Tibetan Snowfinch (2025-09-06)

352. Pintail Snipe (2025-09-07)

353. Common Ringed Plover (2025-09-08)

354. Broad-billed Sandpiper (2025-09-13)

355. Tibetan Sandgrouse (2025-09-15)

356. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2025-09-18)

357. Rosy Pipit (2025-09-18)

358. Parasitic Jaeger (2025-09-21)

359. Mandarin Duck (2025-09-25)

360. Willow Ptarmigan (2025-09-29)

361. Red-necked Grebe (2025-10-10)

362. Black-legged Kittiwake (2025-10-16)

363. Dusky Thrush (2025-10-19)

364. Great White Pelican (2025-10-21)

365. Pallas's Leaf Warbler (2025-10-22)

366. Red-breasted Merganser (2025-10-24)

367. Chinese Pond Heron (2025-10-26)

368. Slender-billed Gull (2025-10-28)

369. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2025-11-06)

370. Pallas's Rosefinch (2025-11-08)

371. Common Redpoll (2025-11-16)

372. Olive-backed Pipit (2025-12-06)

373. Japanese Waxwing (2025-12-15)

Big Year 2026

1. dinmin (35)
2. AhuiVision (31)
3. angel (18)
4. DING Peng (7)

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rare birds records

Pygmy Cormorant (Microcarbo pygmeus)

Dec. 28, 2018, LIU Zhongde found this species in Manas River wetland.

Pied Bushchat (Saxicola caprata)

15 Sept 2018, shot from Dafdar,Tashkurghan has been confirmed a new record in Xinjiang.

Sinai Rosefinch (Carpodacus synoicus)

Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)

27 May 2018, photo by Allan from Kuntibes,Akto has been confirmed a new record in Xinjiang.

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unidentified birds

2025-12-31

丁鹏: 较长的三级飞羽，个人觉得是大短趾百灵幼鸟或雌鸟

2025-12-31

丁鹏: 无法识别

2025-12-31

苟军: 缺乏关键识别特征，先放入待识别鸟种

2025-12-31

苟军: 缺乏关键特征

2025-12-31

苟军: 拍摄角度不太好，缺乏完整的识别特征。褐柳莺在阿尔泰山繁殖，通常5月底会有少量过境。

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