Birds of Russia. Rare Birds Records.

	Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) © Nadejda Popova 2020-05-25 Irkutsk A very rare and episodically nesting vagrant in the Irkutsk Region and the Repubic of Buryatia. The first photo-record in the Baikal region.
	Bearded Tit (Panurus biarmicus) © Igor Fefelov 2020-05-22 Sukhovskaya, Angarsk District, Irkutsk Region The species has the much limited range in the Irkutsk Region. The first record in this region for the last ten years (and, additionally, outside of the only known breeding location).
	Eastern Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca) © Mishail Belousow 2020-05-17 A rare vagrant in the Tomsk Region.
	Black-headed Wagtail (Motacilla feldegg) © Vyacheslav Yusupov 2020-05-14 Krasnogorka New species of the Nizhny Novgorod region
	Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca) © Valerii Bogdanovich 2020-05-20 The first registration of this species in Republic of Butyatia, and in the 'Baikalian Siberia' in total, much east from its range.
	Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) © Andrei Kiselev 2020-05-03 Ozery.Moscow region First registration in the Moscow region
	Eurasian Stone Curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus) © Galina Katanova 2020-05-13 Vologda region A new species of the Volgograd region
	Bimaculated Lark (Melanocorypha bimaculata) © Galina Katanova 2020-05-10 Vologda region A new species of the Volgograd region
	Swan Goose (Anser cygnoides) © Marina Borovskaya 2020-05-04 Irkutskaya obl. pos. Kultuk A very rare vagrant in Irkutsk Region.
	Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) © Aleksey Bolshakov 2020-05-02 In Irkutsk Region, the species is a rare vagrant with an occasional breeding record.
	Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) © Evgeniy Sofronov 2020-04-28 A new species of the Ulyanovsk region
	Chinese Spot-billed Duck (Anas zonorhyncha) © Andrey Chernykh 2020-04-26 An encounter well west from the breeding range.
	Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) © Andrei Bespalov 2020-04-10
	Buff-Bellied Pipit (Anthus rubescens) © Dmitriy Shevtsov 2020-04-07 North Osetia, Vladikavkaz The second record in the North Caucasus. A new species of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania.
	Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula) © Sergey Chumakov 2020-03-10 The first photo-record in Krasnoyarsk Kray.
	Little Bunting (Ocyris pusilla) © Nina Shteinbrenner 2020-02-01 The first photo-record of this species at wintering in Siberia.
	Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula) © Alexandr Kochetkov 2020-01-27 Novosibirskaya oblast A rare guest in the Novosibirsk Region, having being not recorded since 1990s.
	Buff-Bellied Pipit (Anthus rubescens) © Ilya Ukolov 2020-01-07 Sochi, Krasnodar region The first record in the North Caucasus.
	Common Whitethroat (Sylvia communis) © Ilya Ukolov 2020-01-06 Sochi, Krasnodar region Apparently, the first record on the wintering ground in the EPR
	Redwing (Turdus iliacus) © Andrey Fedotov 2020-01-06 Primorsky Krai, Nakhodka city The first photo registration in the Primorsky krai.
	Common Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris) © Maxim Afanasiev 2020-01-05 Probably the northernmost record of this species in Yakutia.
	Lesser Short-toed Lark (Calandrella rufescens) © Vyacheslav Yusupov 2019-12-25 Tepelevo The first registration in the Nizhny Novgorod region.
	Spanish Sparrow (Passer hispaniolensis) © Khasan Zhurtov 2019-12-14 Nalchik, KBR The first registration in KBR.
	Siberian Black-backed Gull (Larus heuglini) © Khasan Zhurtov 2017-11-19 Maiskiy, KBR New species in KBR.
	Bewick's Swan (Cygnus bewickii) © Khasan Zhurtov 2019-11-23 Nalchik, KBR The first registration in KBR.
	Dunnock (Prunella modularis) © Andrei Bespalov 2019-10-10 The first record in the Altai Kray.
	Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus) © Khasan Zhurtov 2014-12-28 Chegem, KBR First record for KBR
	White Stork (Ciconia ciconia) © Vladimir Maer 2019-11-09 The easternmost record of a vagrant in Siberia.
	Desert Wheatear (Oenanthe deserti) © Andrey Chernykh 2019-10-27 A vagrant in Novosibirdsk Region.
	Desert Wheatear (Oenanthe deserti) © Ilya Sukhov 2019-10-19 The first photo-record and probably the first registration of this species in Novosibirsk Region.
	European Greenfinch (Chloris chloris) © Mihail Ivanov 2019-10-16 The rare nesting bird in Irkutsk Region. The first photo-record in this region.
	Rosy Starling (Sturnus roseus) © Denis & Raisa Sayfutdinov 2019-10-03 Kachug, Irkutsk region The 4th encounter in Irkutsk Region (a vagrant and an occasional breeder).
	Red Collared-dove (Streptopelia tranquebarica) © Steve Klasan 2019-09-11 Zaliv Vladimira, Poluostrov Rudanovskogo A rare vagrant species.
	Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata) © Evgeniya Николаевна 2019-04-22 Nizhnee Beloe Lake, Buryatia A rare vagrant for Buryatia.
	Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) © Natali Petrunina 2019-09-04 Balagannoe, Olskiy rayon, Sea of Okhotsk, Magadanskaya oblast, Rare vagrant North American species.
	European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) © Oleg Andreyenkov 2019-08-31 The first photo-record of this species in Novosibirsk Region.
	Savi's Warbler (Locustella luscinioides) © Dmitriy Shevtsov 2019-07-22 North Osetia, Kardzhin First record for Osetia
	Syrian Woodpecker (Dendrocopos syriacus) © Khasan Zhurtov 2019-07-18 Maiskiy, KBR First record for Kabardino-Balkaria
	Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus) © serg silan 2019-07-10 The species has been practically extinct in Irkutsk Region. The first photo-record in the region.
	Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca) © Khasan Zhurtov 2019-07-14 Mayskiy, KBR First nesting record for Kabardino-Balkaria