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The Checklist of the Birds of Northern Eurasia


Gaviiformes

Podicipediformes

Gaviiformes

    Albatrosses

    11. Short-tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus)
    12. Black-footed Albatross (Phoebastria nigripes)
    13. Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis)

    Petrels

    14. Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
    15. Providence Petrel (Pterodroma solandri)
    16. Mottled Petrel (Pterodroma inexpectata)
    17. Bonin Petrel (Pterodroma hypoleuca)
    18. White-necked Petrel (Pterodroma cervicalis)
    19. Streaked Shearwater (Calonectris leucomelas)
    20. Cory’s Shearwater (Calonectris borealis)
    21. Balearic Shearwater (Puffinus mauretanicus)
    22. Levantine shearwater (Puffinus yelkouan)
    23. Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus)
    24. Short-tailed Shearwater (Puffinus tenuirostris)
    25. Flesh-footed Shearwater (Puffinus carneipes)
    26. Great Shearwater (Puffinus gravis)
    27. Buller's Shearwater (Puffinus bulleri)
    28. Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys)

Pelecaniformes

    Pelicans

    29. European Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)
    30. Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma monorhis)
    31. Leach's or Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa)
    32. Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma furcata)

Gaviiformes

Pelecaniformes

Ciconiiformes

Phoenicopteriformes

Anseriformes

Falconiformes

Galliformes

Gruiformes

Charadriiformes

Pterocletiformes

Columbiformes

Cuculiformes

Strigiformes

Caprimulgiformes

Apodiformes

Coraciiformes

Upupiformes

Piciformes

Passeriformes

Gaviiformes

rare birds records


Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)

© Yury Podverbny
2026-01-23



Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus)

© Valtri Yurko
2026-01-12
Minsk



Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)

© Khasan Zhurtov
2026-01-09
Maiskiy,KBR



European Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)

© Natalia Savranska
2026-01-06
Pantaivka

First winter record of the European Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)


Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)

© Alexandr Balaev
2025-10-24
Москва, Царицынские пруды

According to available data, this is the third observation of the species in Russia and the first photo on the website. The gull was discovered by E. Shmeleva on 23 October 2025, in Moscow at the Tsaritsyno Ponds. For the first time, the Ring-billed Gull, which inhabits North America and regularly visits Europe, was tracked by a tracker to Nizhny Novgorod in 2022, where its nesting with a Common Gull was recorded. The following year, it was also found there.


Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus)

© Yury Podverbny
2025-09-18

Очень редкий гнездящийся и транзитно-мигрирующий в Беларуси вид. Кроме транзитной миграции, возможны залёты на территорию страны вне сезона гнездования.


Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)

© Valery Dombrovski
2025-09-07
Gomel region, Zhitkovichi district, Turov

Редкий залётный вид в Беларуси


Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)

© Dmitriy Shevtsov
2025-08-22
North Osetia, Brut



Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)

© Khasan Zhurtov
2025-08-23
Tambukan,KBR



Red Knot (Calidris canutus)

© Yury Podverbny
2025-07-27

Редкий залётный транзитно-мигрирующий вид

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unidentified birds


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