Birds of Ukraine. Unidentified Birds.

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classification

Gaviiformes

Gaviidae

Podicipediformes

Podicipedidae

Procellariiformes

Pelecaniformes

Ciconiiformes

Phoenicopteriformes

Anseriformes

Falconiformes

Galliformes

Gruiformes

Charadriiformes

Pterocletiformes

Columbiformes

Cuculiformes

Strigiformes

Caprimulgiformes

Apodiformes

Coraciiformes

Upupiformes

Piciformes

Passeriformes

unidentified birds

2021-06-18 | Chornobyl exclusion zone, Kyiv region | Andrew Simon

2021-04-11 | Chornobyl exclusion zone, Kyiv region | Andrew Simon

2022-01-13 | Kiev region | ALENA FOMINA

2022-01-04 | Odesa region | ALENA FOMINA

2021-12-25 | Kyiv Oblast | Yuriy Kodrul

2021-10-11 | Urozhaine, Donetsk obl. | Family Kuzhel

2021-02-28 | Kherson Oblast | Yuriy Kodrul

2020-10-13 | Kozynci, Kyiv region | Andrew Simon

2018-11-17 | Khmelnytsky region, ornithological reserve "Velykobereznyanskyi" | Olexandr Ghryb

2020-10-01 | | Kyrylo Gorshkov

2020-09-06 | Kozynci, Kyiv region | Andrew Simon

2020-09-06 | Hryhorivka | Olga Malygina

2020-08-30 | Bortnychi | Oleg Rozhko

2020-08-27 | Maidanivka, Kyiv region | Andrew Simon

2020-08-16 | | Vasil Bodnar

1961-01-01 | Uman | Valentin Kasianchuk

2019-07-11 | Orane, Kyiv region | Andrew Simon

2019-05-25 | near Kozyntsi village | Konstantin Pismennyi

2018-03-31 | | Oleg Martsun

2016-05-03 | Novoyavorovsk, Livovska oblast. | Oksana Raldugina

2014-09-19 | | Uri Muhin

Big Year 2022

1. ALENA FOMINA (77)
2. Andrew Simon (38)
3. Vitaliy Mosienko (32)
4. Dmytro Petrychenko (31)
5. A Zhuravel (26)
6. Andrey Mis\'kov (24)
7. Irina Ortik (22)
8. Natalia Drabina (22)
9. Alex Komarovskiy (18)
10. Oleh Snitsar (17)

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rare birds records

Lesser Short-toed Lark (Alaudala heinei)

Rare vagrant and wintering species. There is no reliable information on nesting in the last 10 years. At the same time the species is also observed in Bulgaria and Cyprus. The first confirmed record in Odesa region.

Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)

The rare wintering species. Young individuals are more common.

Black-throated Accentor (Prunella atrogularis)

Black-throated Accentor is a new species in the fauna of Ukraine. It is a rare vagrant species in Europe, most observed during the autumn migration. This year, three observations on Europe in general, in particular, the first record for the country also in Poland.

Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)

Vary Rare vagrant species in East Europe. The first record in Ukraine.

Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)

Rare migratory and wintering species. The second observation this year: on February 13, one bird was photographed by Serhiy Liubchenko in Kyiv on Lake Telbin, in the Odesa region 17.02 P. Panchenko noted in the top of the Sukhyi estuary also one individual (not yet published), 29.12 one bird was photographed near the village Velykyi Dalnyk near the Odesa city dump(K. Pylypiuk and S. Kovaliov).

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recent video

2022-01-04. Eurasian Bittern (David Golodetsky).

2021-11-10. Northern Bullfinch (Alexender Zabolotnyy).

2021-11-07. Great Tit (Stanislavs Gr).

2021-11-04. Rook (Alexender Zabolotnyy).

2021-11-02. Grey Partridge (Andrew Simon).

2021-10-31. Common Sparrowhawk (Alexender Zabolotnyy).

2021-10-28. Hooded Crow (Alexender Zabolotnyy).

2021-10-24. European Robin (Stanislavs Gr).

2021-10-19. Tree Sparrow (Alexender Zabolotnyy).

2021-10-17. Long-eared Owl (Stanislavs Gr).

2021-10-05. Hooded Crow (Alexender Zabolotnyy).

2021-09-21. White Wagtail (Alexender Zabolotnyy).

2021-09-12. Eurasian Green Woodpecker (Alexender Zabolotnyy).

2021-09-10. Mute Swan (Vitalii Kazannyk), Whooper Swan (Vitalii Kazannyk).