Big Year in Xinjiang. Rick Wang. Birds of Xinjiang, China

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1. Long-tailed Duck (2019-01-03)

2. Mew Gull (2019-01-03)

3. Yellow-legged Gull (2019-01-03)

4. Common Merganser (2019-01-03)

5. Common Goldeneye (2019-01-03)

6. Mallard (2019-01-03)

7. Whooper Swan (2019-01-03)

8. Desert Finch (2019-01-03)

9. Smew (2019-01-03)

10. Wallcreeper (2019-01-04)

11. Common Linnet (2019-01-04)

12. Lapland Longspur (2019-01-26)

13. Hooded Crow (2019-01-26)

14. Carrion Crow (2019-01-26)

15. Golden Eagle (2019-01-26)

16. Eurasian Tree Sparrow (2019-01-26)

17. House Sparrow (2019-01-26)

18. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2019-01-26)

19. Horned Lark (2019-01-26)

20. Redwing (2019-01-27)

21. Common Raven (2019-01-27)

22. Red-billed Chough (2019-01-27)

23. Eurasian Sparrow Hawk (2019-01-27)

24. Chukar Partridge (2019-01-27)

25. Rock Sparrow (2019-01-27)

26. Eurasian Treecreeper (2019-01-27)

27. Brambling (2019-01-27)

28. Upland Buzzard (2019-01-27)

29. Hen Harrier (2019-01-27)

30. Rough-legged Hawk (2019-01-29)

31. Little Grebe (2019-01-29)

32. Bearded Reedling (2019-01-29)

33. Reed Bunting (2019-01-29)

34. Pygmy Cormorant (2019-01-29)

35. European Goldfinch (2019-01-29)

36. European Greenfinch (2019-01-29)

37. Hawfinch (2019-01-29)

38. Black-throated Thrush (2019-01-29)

39. Dalmatian Pelican (2019-01-29)

40. White-tailed Sea Eagle (2019-01-29)

41. Crested Lark (2019-01-29)

42. Great Gray Shrike (2019-01-29)

43. Goldcrest (2019-02-04)

44. Little Owl (2019-02-06)

45. White-throated Dipper (2019-02-06)

46. Eurasian Wren (2019-02-06)

47. White-winged Redstart (2019-02-07)

48. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2019-02-07)

49. Mistle Thrush (2019-02-14)

50. Common Chaffinch (2019-02-14)

51. Coal Tit (2019-02-14)

52. Eurasian Siskin (2019-02-14)

53. Azure Tit (2019-02-14)

54. Black-throated Accentor (2019-03-11)

55. Corn Bunting (2019-03-14)

56. Eversmann's Redstart (2019-03-23)

57. Spanish Sparrow (2019-03-24)

58. Common Blackbird (2019-03-25)

59. Eastern Buzzard (2019-03-27)

60. Bluethroat (2019-03-27)

61. Rufous-tailed Shrike (2019-03-27)

62. Citrine Wagtail (2019-03-27)

63. Western Yellow Wagtail (2019-03-27)

64. Pied Wheatear (2019-03-27)

65. Short-toed Snake Eagle (2019-03-28)

66. Desert Wheatear (2019-03-28)

67. Isabelline Wheatear (2019-03-28)

68. Eurasian Skylark (2019-03-28)

69. Greater Short-toed Lark (2019-03-28)

70. Bimaculated Lark (2019-03-31)

71. Solitary Snipe (2019-03-31)

72. Cetti's Warbler (2019-03-31)

73. Common Chiff-chaff (2019-03-31)

74. Black Redstart (2019-03-31)

75. Water Pipit (2019-03-31)

76. Common Redshank (2019-03-31)

77. Little Ringed Plover (2019-03-31)

78. Northern Lapwing (2019-03-31)

79. Tufted Duck (2019-03-31)

80. Red-crested Pochard (2019-03-31)

81. Ruddy Shelduck (2019-03-31)

82. Eurasian Teal (2019-03-31)

83. Gadwall (2019-03-31)

84. Black-necked Grebe (2019-03-31)

85. Common Moorhen (2019-03-31)

86. Great Cormorant (2019-03-31)

87. Great Egret (2019-03-31)

88. Black Kite (2019-03-31)

89. Common Kestrel (2019-03-31)

90. Rock Dove (2019-03-31)

91. Eurasian Collared Dove (2019-03-31)

92. Great Tit (2019-03-31)

93. Common Starling (2019-03-31)

94. White Wagtail (2019-03-31)

95. Eurasian Magpie (2019-03-31)

96. Long-legged Buzzard (2019-04-01)

97. Northern Shoveler (2019-04-01)

98. Eurasian Coot (2019-04-01)

99. Graylag Goose (2019-04-01)

100. Great Crested Grebe (2019-04-01)

101. Eurasian Wigeon (2019-04-01)

102. Garganey (2019-04-01)

103. Pallas's Gull (2019-04-01)

104. Black-headed Gull (2019-04-01)

105. Grey Heron (2019-04-01)

106. Common Hoopoe (2019-04-01)

107. Pied Avocet (2019-04-01)

108. Black-tailed Godwit (2019-04-01)

109. Northern Pintail (2019-04-01)

110. Black-bellied Sandgrouse (2019-04-02)

111. Lesser Kestrel (2019-04-02)

112. Siberian Stonechat (2019-04-02)

113. Pine Bunting (2019-04-02)

114. Tawny Pipit (2019-04-02)

115. Common Myna (2019-04-02)

116. Himalayan Griffon (2019-04-02)

117. White-winged Woodpecker (2019-04-02)

118. Ibisbill (2019-04-02)

119. Common Pheasant (2019-04-02)

120. Isabelline Shrike (2019-04-05)

121. Laughing Dove (2019-04-06)

122. Common Crane (2019-04-07)

123. Northern House Martin (2019-04-07)

124. Eurasian Jackdaw (2019-04-07)

125. Red-fronted Serin (2019-04-07)

126. Plain Mountain Finch (2019-04-07)

127. Godlewski's Bunting (2019-04-07)

128. Common Swift (2019-04-09)

129. Barn Swallow (2019-04-09)

130. Eurasian Crag Martin (2019-04-09)

131. Sand Martin (2019-04-09)

132. Booted Eagle (2019-04-09)

133. Northern Wheatear (2019-04-09)

134. Black Stork (2019-04-09)

135. Desert Whitethroat (2019-04-09)

136. Meadow Bunting (2019-04-09)

137. Western Osprey (2019-04-10)

138. Common Shelduck (2019-04-10)

139. Ferruginous Pochard (2019-04-10)

140. Common Pochard (2019-04-10)

141. Eurasian Curlew (2019-04-10)

142. Black-winged Stilt (2019-04-10)

143. Turkestan Tit (2019-04-10)

144. Asian Short-toed Lark (2019-04-10)

145. Green Sandpiper (2019-04-14)

146. Common Wood Pigeon (2019-04-14)

147. Grey Wagtail (2019-04-14)

148. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2019-04-18)

149. Eurasian Scops Owl (2019-04-18)

150. Stock Dove (2019-04-18)

151. Hume's Leaf Warbler (2019-04-18)

152. Great Reed Warbler (2019-04-21)

153. Paddyfield Warbler (2019-04-21)

154. Caspian Tern (2019-04-21)

155. Common Tern (2019-04-21)

156. Little Tern (2019-04-21)

157. Mongolian Gull (2019-04-21)

158. Common Sandpiper (2019-04-21)

159. Kentish Plover (2019-04-21)

160. Blue-capped Redstart (2019-04-21)

161. Pallas's Bunting (2019-04-21)

162. Hill Pigeon (2019-04-24)

163. Black Lark (2019-04-26)

164. Saker Falcon (2019-04-26)

165. Demoiselle Crane (2019-04-26)

166. Rook (2019-04-26)

167. Black Grouse (2019-04-26)

168. Horned Grebe (2019-04-27)

169. Montagu's Harrier (2019-04-27)

170. Calandra Lark (2019-04-27)

171. Steppe Eagle (2019-04-27)

172. Asian Desert Warbler (2019-04-28)

173. Mongolian Ground Jay (2019-04-28)

174. Black Tern (2019-04-28)

175. Common Greenshank (2019-04-28)

176. Common Cuckoo (2019-04-29)

177. Azure-winged Magpie (2019-04-30)

178. Eurasian Oystercatcher (2019-05-04)

179. White-winged Tern (2019-05-04)

180. White-headed Duck (2019-05-04)

181. Common Redstart (2019-05-04)

182. Daurian Partridge (2019-05-04)

183. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2019-05-04)

184. White-backed Woodpecker (2019-05-04)

185. Gull-billed Tern (2019-05-04)

186. Tree Pipit (2019-05-05)

187. Grey-headed Woodpecker (2019-05-05)

188. Black Woodpecker (2019-05-05)

189. Eurasian Wryneck (2019-05-05)

190. Fieldfare (2019-05-05)

191. Yellowhammer (2019-05-05)

192. Rock Bunting (2019-05-05)

193. Eurasian Hobby (2019-05-12)

194. Barred Warbler (2019-05-13)

195. Grey Plover (2019-05-13)

196. Temminck's Stint (2019-05-13)

197. Terek Sandpiper (2019-05-13)

198. Whimbrel (2019-05-13)

199. Whiskered Tern (2019-05-13)

200. Rosy Starling (2019-05-14)

201. Saxaul Sparrow (2019-05-14)

202. Common Rosefinch (2019-05-14)

203. Shikra (2019-05-14)

204. Common Nightingale (2019-05-14)

205. European Bee-eater (2019-05-14)

206. Western Marsh Harrier (2019-05-14)

207. Ruff (2019-05-14)

208. Common Snipe (2019-05-15)

209. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2019-05-16)

210. Oriental Turtle Dove (2019-05-16)

211. Greater Whitethroat (2019-05-16)

212. Twite (2019-05-17)

213. Grey-necked Bunting (2019-05-17)

214. Steppe Grey Shrike (2019-05-17)

215. Indian Golden Oriole (2019-05-17)

216. European Roller (2019-05-19)

217. European Turtle Dove (2019-05-20)

218. Brown-headed Bunting (2019-05-21)

219. Lammergeier (2019-05-21)

220. Brown Accentor (2019-05-21)

221. Altai Accentor (2019-05-21)

222. White-winged Grosbeak (2019-05-21)

223. White-tail Rubythroat (2019-05-21)

224. Alpine Chough (2019-05-21)

225. Booted Warbler (2019-05-22)

226. Asian Dowitcher (2019-05-23)

227. Ruddy Turnstone (2019-05-23)

228. Mute Swan (2019-05-23)

229. Red-backed Shrike (2019-05-23)

230. Spotted Flycatcher (2019-05-23)

231. White-crowned Penduline Tit (2019-05-23)

232. Greenish Warbler (2019-05-24)

233. Macqueen's Bustard (2019-05-24)

234. Red-footed Falcon (2019-05-24)

235. Silver-throated Bushtit (2019-05-25)

236. Little Stint (2019-05-25)

237. Lesser Grey Shrike (2019-05-25)

238. Richard' s Pipit (2019-05-25)

239. Savi's Warbler (2019-05-25)

240. Common Kingfisher (2019-05-26)

241. Eurasian Golden Oriole (2019-05-26)

242. Mongolian Finch (2019-05-26)

243. Barbary Falcon (2019-05-26)

244. Black-crowned Night Heron (2019-05-27)

245. Little Bittern (2019-05-27)

246. Greater Sand Plover (2019-05-30)

247. Collared Pratincole (2019-05-30)

248. Corncrake (2019-05-30)

249. Northern Goshawk (2019-06-02)

250. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2019-06-02)

251. Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker (2019-06-02)

252. Pallas's Fish Eagle (2019-06-03)

253. European Nightjar (2019-06-03)

254. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2019-06-04)

255. Common Buzzard (2019-06-05)

256. Pale Sand Swallow (2019-06-15)

257. Eurasian Reed Warbler (2019-06-15)

258. Sulphur-bellied Warbler (2019-06-16)

259. Ortolan Bunting (2019-06-18)

260. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2019-06-19)

261. Great Bustard (2019-06-19)

262. Common Quail (2019-06-19)

263. Grey Partridge (2019-06-20)

264. Spotted Nutcracker (2019-06-27)

265. Rock Ptarmigan (2019-06-30)

266. Great White Pelican (2019-07-04)

267. Moustached Warbler (2019-07-07)

268. Songar Tit (2019-07-11)

269. Sykes' Warbler (2019-07-15)

270. Peregrine Falcon (2019-07-17)

271. Common Grasshopper Warbler (2019-07-18)

272. Willow Tit (2019-07-25)

273. Fork-tailed Swift (2019-07-26)

274. Eurasian Nuthatch (2019-07-27)

275. Dusky Warbler (2019-07-28)

276. Lesser Whitethroat (2019-07-28)

277. Blue Rock Thrush (2019-08-08)

278. White-browned Tit Warber (2019-08-08)

279. Himalayan Snowcock (2019-08-09)

280. White-winged Snowfinch (2019-08-09)

281. Marsh Sandpiper (2019-08-10)

282. Curlew Sandpiper (2019-08-10)

283. Wood Sandpiper (2019-08-10)

284. Pacific Golden Plover (2019-08-10)

285. Red-necked Phalarope (2019-08-10)

286. Brandt's Mountain Finch (2019-08-11)

287. Broad-billed Sandpiper (2019-08-19)

288. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2019-08-19)

289. Arctic Warbler (2019-08-19)

290. Little Gull (2019-08-21)

291. Red-necked Grebe (2019-08-31)

292. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (2019-09-06)

293. Dunlin (2019-09-06)

294. Little Bustard (2019-09-12)

295. Spotted Redshank (2019-09-13)

296. Cinereous Vulture (2019-09-14)

297. Sanderling (2019-09-20)

298. Common Ringed Plover (2019-10-02)

299. Greater Spotted Eagle (2019-10-02)

300. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2019-10-08)

301. Xinjiang Ground Jay (2019-10-09)

302. Tarim Babbler (2019-10-10)

303. Rufous-naped Tit (2019-10-11)

304. Brown-headed Gull (2019-10-11)

305. Tibetan Sandgrouse (2019-10-11)

306. Hume's Whitethroat (2019-10-12)

307. Mountain Chiff-chaff (2019-10-12)

308. Willow Warbler (2019-10-12)

309. Hume's Short-toed Lark (2019-10-12)

310. Long-tailed Shrike (2019-10-12)

311. Spotted Great Rosefinch (2019-10-13)

312. Taiga Bean Goose (2019-10-19)

313. Greater White-fronted Goose (2019-10-22)

314. Tundra Bean Goose (2019-10-22)

315. Long-eared Owl (2019-10-30)

316. Water Rail (2019-11-03)

317. Naumann's Thrush (2019-11-03)

318. Bohemian Waxwing (2019-11-03)

319. Bar-headed Goose (2019-11-03)

320. Boreal Owl (2019-11-04)

321. European Robin (2019-11-06)

322. Meadow Pipit (2019-11-14)

323. Common Redpoll (2019-11-14)

324. Red-throated Thrush (2019-12-01)

325. Red Crossbill (2019-12-24)

326. Ural Owl (2019-12-29)

327. Pallas's Rosefinch (2019-12-29)

328. Eurasian Bullfinch (2019-12-29)

329. Oriental Bullfinch (2019-12-31)

recent uploads

2020-01-01. Ural Owl, Pallas's Rosefinch, Eurasian Bullfinch, Oriental Bullfinch.

2019-12-29. Ural Owl, Pallas's Rosefinch, Eurasian Bullfinch, Long-eared Owl.

2019-12-28. Red-throated Thrush, Meadow Pipit, Upland Buzzard, European Robin, Wallcreeper, Alpine Chough, Red Crossbill, Red-mantled Rosefinch, White-tailed Sea Eagle, Dalmatian Pelican, Great White Pelican, Daurian Partridge, Pygmy Cormorant, Rough-legged Hawk, Eurasian Sparrow Hawk, Smew, Eurasian Eagle-Owl, Eurasian Eagle-Owl.

2019-12-01. White-throated Dipper, Ibisbill, Lammergeier, Himalayan Griffon, Long-eared Owl, Black-throated Thrush, Red-throated Thrush, Bohemian Waxwing.

2019-11-15. Little Owl, European Robin, Bohemian Waxwing, European Goldfinch, Meadow Pipit, Common Redpoll, Wallcreeper, Rock Sparrow, Solitary Snipe, Chukar Partridge, Cinereous Vulture.

2019-11-06. European Robin, Meadow Bunting, Black-throated Thrush.

2019-11-05. Boreal Owl, Long-eared Owl, Eurasian Siskin, Pallas's Bunting.

2019-11-04. Water Rail, Naumann's Thrush, Bohemian Waxwing, Ibisbill, Common Wood Pigeon, Stock Dove, White-headed Duck, Bar-headed Goose, Common Pheasant, Horned Lark, Little Owl.

2019-10-30. Long-eared Owl, Goldcrest, Great Tit, Azure Tit.

2019-10-28. Greater White-fronted Goose, Reed Bunting, Mute Swan.

2019-10-23. Northern Goshawk, Greater White-fronted Goose, Taiga Bean Goose, Tundra Bean Goose, Taiga Bean Goose.

2019-10-20. Taiga Bean Goose, Taiga Bean Goose.

2019-10-15. Spotted Great Rosefinch, Whooper Swan, Ferruginous Pochard.

2019-10-13. White-winged Redstart, Hume's Whitethroat, Eurasian Wren, Brown Accentor, Mountain Chiff-chaff, Willow Warbler, Hume's Short-toed Lark, Long-tailed Shrike, Spotted Redshank, Bluethroat.

2019-10-12. Rufous-naped Tit, White-browned Tit Warber, Common Pheasant, Brown-headed Gull, Tibetan Sandgrouse.

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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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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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