Birds of Siberia. Rare Birds Records.

rare birds records

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Amur White Wagtail (Motacilla alba leucopsis)

© Sergey L. Volkov

Vitimsky nature reserve, Northern Transbaikalia

Motacilla alba leucopsis. Vagrant subspecies in Eastern Siberia

Asiatic Dowitcher (Limnodromus semipalmatus)

© Maxim Afanasiev

A very rare vagrant in Yakutia.

Eurasian Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)

© Maxim Afanasiev

A vagrant record in the western Yakutia (probably the first find in this area).

Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)

© Maxim Afanasiev

The fourth record in Yakutia.

Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)

© Maxim Afanasiev

Very rare vagrant in Yakutia.

White-cheeked Starling (Sturnus cineraceus)

© Tatyana Archimaeva

r.Cheder, Tuva

A rare vagrant in Tuva.

Rosy Starling (Sturnus roseus)

© Tatyana Archimaeva

Chadanskiy ugol'nyi razrez, Dzun-Khemchikskiy r-n, Tuva

Very rare species in Tuva.

Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)

© Mihail Ivanov

A very rare vagrant for Irkutsk Region.

Plumbeous Water Redstart (Rhyacornis fuliginosus)

© Natalia Shaburova

Pokoyniki bay, Lake Baikal, Baikali-Lenski NR, Olkhon District, Irkutsk Region

The first confirmed record in Russia.

Chinese Pond-heron (Ardeola bacchus)

© Natalia Shaburova

Pokoyniki bay, Lake Baikal, Baikali-Lenski NR, Olkhon District, Irkutsk Region

The 3rd record for Lake Baikal, and the 2nd - for Irkutsk Region.

Laughing Dove (Streptopelia senegalensis)

© Nina Shteinbrenner

Hakasija

Presumably, the first record of this species in Khakasia.

Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)

© Tatiana Semenova

The first record in Buryatia. The point if it mighr belong to the eastern form T. (merula) mandarinus is being discussed.

Upland Buzzard (Buteo hemilasius)

© Vladislav Zhizhkov

Altai

The 3rd documented record for Altai Province. Also, very rare vagrant on plain parts of this region.

Great White Egret (Casmerodius albus)

© Vadim Ivushkin

Res. Buryatia

Sixth species registration in Buryatia. In total, there are 10 meetings of this species in the Baikal area. In Buryatia 3 - for the second half of the 20th century. At the beginning of the 21st century: in the Irkutsk region 3, in Buryatia - 3. In 2017, two registrations (in Western and Southern Buryatia). Data on materials Yu.I. Melnikov (2016).

Slender-billed Gull (Larus genei)

© Igor Fefelov

Selenga River delta, Kabansk District, Buryatia

The 2nd registration in the Selenga River delta. In total, only about ten records is known in the Eastern Asia east from the breeding range of this species.

Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)

© Aleksandr Gontcharov

The first observation in Kemerovo Region after 1926.

Sociable Lapwing (Chettusia gregaria)

© Nadezhda Orlova

Sychevka, Altai Krai

The first photo record of this species for the eastern part of Altaiski Krai.

Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)

© Valerii Bogdanovich

Buryatia. Selenginsky region, Gusinoe lake.

A rare vagrant in Transbaikalia. First foto-proof for Republic of Buryatia. These birds may be arrived migrants or may have spent winter in the open water close to the electric plant.

Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus)

© Sofia Buntovskaya

Listvyanka, Irkutsk Oblast', Lake Baikal

A rare vagrant in the southern part of the Lake Baikal area. The first wintering trial.

Japanese Waxwing (Bombycilla japonica)

© Yuri Karpov

Slyudyanka, Irkutsk Region

A rare record much west from the species range.

Booted Eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus)

© Sergey L. Volkov

Vitimsky nature reserve, Northern Transbaikalia

Rare vagrant in northern Trans-Baikal area

Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)

© Konstantin Samodurow

Reliable winter photo registration in the Tomsk region. Earlier, finches were observed several times in last days of November, but the nature of their further staying remained in question.

Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)

© Alexandr Belyaev

Altajskij kraj, Kosihinskij r-n, p. Ukrainskij

A host of this Cuckoo fledgling is Grasshopper Warbler. An occasional nest paratisism by Cuckoo on this species, which is not mentioned in the known list of Cuckoo's host species.

Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)

© Yuri Karpov

Slyudyanka, Irkutsk Region

The first record of this species in Irkutsk Region.

Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)

© Sergey L. Volkov

Vitimsky nature reserve, Northern Transbaikalia

The northeasternmost registration of this species in the East Siberia. It's also interesting the birds seems to belong to the western subspecies gibraltariensis.