Birds of Northern Eurasia. Rare Birds Records.

	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.
	Rustic Bunting (Emberiza rustica) © Igor Kozytsky 2020-02-16 Kharkivs'rf obl., Mala Rohan', Rohanka river Rare vagrant and wintering visitor. Just over ten observations are known in Ukraine.
	Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) © Ivan Bogdanovich 2012-05-08 Zhitkovichskiy r-n
	Black-winged Pratincole (Glareola nordmanni) © Ivan Bogdanovich 2019-11-11
	Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina) © Andrey Borodin 2020-01-30 Minsk
	Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides) © Maxim Yakovlev 2020-01-11 lake Kugurlui, Odessa region The first registration of species in Ukraine by winter season. The bird was observed by Maksym Yakovlev and Kostiantyn Pylypiuk.
	Hume's Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus humei) © Kostiantyn Pylypiuk 2020-02-05 This is the 4th registration in Ukraine and 4th registration for the Odesa region. The 2nd winter observation.
	Black-eared Wheatear (Oenanthe hispanica) © OLENA FOMINA 2019-05-11 Genicheskaya Gorka. It is a rare vagrant species in Ukraine. There is evidence of nesting of the species in the south of the Crimean peninsula.
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	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
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	Lesser Short-toed Lark (Calandrella rufescens) © Vyacheslav Yusupov 2019-12-25 Tepelevo The first registration in the Nizhny Novgorod region.
	Turkestan Short-toed Lark (Alaudala heinei) © Jurii Moskalenko 2019-11-26 Yahorlyk Kut peninsula. Kherson region Gray lark is a species of uncertain status. There is no reliable breeding data for the last 35 years. Single reliable observations available during migration and wintering.
	Little Bunting (Emberiza pusilla) © Jozef Sas 2019-09-22 Tyligul, Odesa region A rare vagrant bird for the fauna of Ukraine. The second reliable observation for the Odessa region and the Northwest Black Sea region. The bird was discovered by Polish animation photographers Józef Szołtun, Krzysztof Merski (aka Josef Sas), Paweł Makarewicz and Witold Lisicki in the lower lane of Tylihulskyi lyman.
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	Spanish Sparrow (Passer hispaniolensis) © Khasan Zhurtov 2019-12-14 Nalchik, KBR The first registration in KBR.
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	Siberian Black-backed Gull (Larus heuglini) © Khasan Zhurtov 2017-11-19 Maiskiy, KBR New species in KBR.
	Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) © Александр Mesiats 2019-11-13 Minsk region, Smolevichi city, Smolevichi reservoir 1st-winter Black-legged Kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla photographed at Smalyavichy district - 5th record for Belarus
	Red-breasted Goose (Branta ruficollis) © Andrei Shevchik 2019-11-16
	Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug) © Alexander Sobolev 2019-08-04 Lioznenskiy rayon
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	Bewick's Swan (Cygnus bewickii) © Khasan Zhurtov 2019-11-23 Nalchik, KBR The first registration in KBR.
	Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (Merops persicus) © Alexey Zolotov 2019-11-15 Kyiv The 4th confirmed registration in Ukraine and the first for the Kyiv region took place at the Kyiv Reservoir. The bird was discovered by Oleksiy Zolotov, Oleksiy Komarovskyi and Vakhtang Kipiani.
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	Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus) © Khasan Zhurtov 2014-12-28 Chegem, KBR First record for KBR
	Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius) © Sergo Travelian 2019-10-14 Kyiv The second record for 2019 year in Ukraine. Juvenile individual was photographed at Telbin Lake, Kyiv (North Ukraine) on October, 14. This is the 21th registration for Ukraine and this is the first registration for the Kyiv region. The first bird this year was observed on August 22, in the lower part of the Tylihulskyi lyman by P. Panchenko and O. Formaniuk.
	Moustached Warbler (Lusciniola melanopogon) © Family Kuzhel 2019-07-13 Heorhiivka Donetsk obl. The first prooved observation in the Left-Bank Ukraine.
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	Savi's Warbler (Locustella luscinioides) © Dmitriy Shevtsov 2019-07-22 North Osetia, Kardzhin First record for Osetia
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	Syrian Woodpecker (Dendrocopos syriacus) © Khasan Zhurtov 2019-07-18 Maiskiy, KBR First record for Kabardino-Balkaria
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	Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca) © Khasan Zhurtov 2019-07-14 Mayskiy, KBR First nesting record for Kabardino-Balkaria
	Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides) © Andrey Borodin 2019-03-13 Minsk
	Brent Goose (Branta bernicla) © Andrey Borodin 2019-04-06 Mogilevskiy r-n
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