Rare birds missing on iNats
Ladies and gentlemen,
@scops @kattenkwaad @terrajanis @loggi @opisska @lucaboscain @drilvonen @axelgosseries
You are the top iNats birdwatchers of Armenia, thus you might be interested...
I've collected the list of rare species, which are present in Armenian checklists on eBirds, but have no observations in Armenia on iNats. Here is the table:
| Latin name | English name | Russian name | Status | Last location on eBird |
| Anser erythropus | Lesser White-fronted Goose | Пискулька | Red Book | Norashen Reserve (2019) |
| Cygnus cygnus | Whooper Swan | Лебедь-кликун | Red Book | M10, Gegharkunik Province (40.423, 45.106), Gegark'unik' (2023) |
| Mareca penelope | Eurasian Wigeon | Свиязь | Armash Fish Ponds, Ararat (2023) | |
| Mergus serrator | Red-breasted Merganser | Средний крохаль | Hayravank Monastery, Gegark'unik' (2019) | |
| Phoenicopterus roseus | Greater Flamingo | Фламинго обыкновенный | Red Book | Masis - Fish Ponds, Ararat (2023) |
| Podiceps grisegena | Red-necked Grebe | Серощёкая поганка | Red Book | AM-Armenia (40,5643,45,0139), Gegark'unik' (2017) |
| Crex crex | Corn Crake | Коростель | Red Book | Hors Conservation Area, Vajoc Dzor (39,86, 45,197), Vayoc Jor (2022) |
| Zapornia pusilla | Baillon's Crake | Погоныш-крошка | Armash Fish Ponds, Ararat (2019) | |
| Pluvialis squatarola | Black-bellied Plover | Тулес | Armash Fish Ponds, Ararat (2023) | |
| Pluvialis apricaria | European Golden Plover | Золотистая ржанка | Armash Fish Ponds, Ararat (2023) | |
| Anarhynchus leschenaultii | Greater Sand-Plover | Толстоклювый зуёк | Red Book | Armash Fish Ponds, Ararat (2016) |
| Numenius arquata | Eurasian Curlew | Большой кроншнеп | Red Book | Armash Fish Ponds, Ararat (2022) |
| Limosa lapponica | Bar-tailed Godwit | Малый веретенник | Armash IBA, Ararat (2018) | |
| Gallinago media | Great Snipe | Дупель | Red Book | Selim/Vardenyats Pass, Gegark'unik' (2023) |
| Arenaria interpres | Ruddy Turnstone | Камнешарка | Armash Fish Ponds, Ararat (2023) | |
| Calidris falcinellus | Broad-billed Sandpiper | Грязовик | Norashen (Նորաշեն) Reserve, Gegark'unik' (2023) | |
| Hydrocoloeus minutus | Little Gull | Малая чайка | Yerevanyan Lake, Erevan (18 Nov 2023) | |
| Ichthyaetus melanocephalus | Mediterranean Gull | Черноголовая чайка | Armash Fish Ponds, Ararat (2023) | |
| Larus fuscus | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Клуша | Armash Fish Ponds, Ararat (2023) | |
| Accipiter badius | Shikra | Туркестанский тювик | sevan national park, Gegark'unik' (2020) | |
| Aegolius funereus | Boreal Owl | Мохноногий сыч | Red Book | Arthurs Aghveran Restort, Kotayk' (2022) |
| Dendrocopos leucotos | White-backed Woodpecker | Белоспинный дятел | Lori Province (40.693, 44.771), Lorri (2014) | |
| Falco vespertinus | Red-footed Falcon | Кобчик | Red Book | Armash Fish Ponds, Ararat (2022) |
| Lanius phoenicuroides | Red-tailed Shrike | Туркестанский жулан | Gorayk, Syunik' (2019) | |
| Hippolais icterina | Icterine Warbler | Зелёная пересмешка | Armash Fish Ponds, Ararat (2023) | |
| Locustella fluviatilis | River Warbler | Речной сверчок | Norashen (Նորաշեն) Reserve, Gegark'unik' (2000) | |
| Locustella naevia | Common Grasshopper Warbler | Обыкновенный сверчок | Road to Zedea, Vayoc Jor (2022) | |
| Regulus ignicapilla | Common Firecrest | Красноголовый королёк | Dilijan NP - Haghartsin Monastery Area, Tavuš (2019) | |
| Luscinia luscinia | Thrush Nightingale | Восточный соловей | Dilijan City Park, Tavuš (2023) | |
| Ficedula albicollis | Collared Flycatcher | Мухоловка-белошейка | Kapan, Syunik' (2023) | |
| Oenanthe deserti | Desert Wheatear | Пустынная каменка | Goris- Thatev, Armenië, Syunik' (2018) | |
| Bucanetes mongolicus | Mongolian Finch | Монгольский снегирь | Red Book | Vedi Hills, Ararat (2015) |
I hope that may inspire you to find some of them and add iNats observations as well!
And here is the list of species, which are present in the Red Book of Armenia, but have no observation neither on eBird nor on iNats:
| Пустынная куропатка | Ammoperdix griseogularis |
| Казарка краснозобая | Branta ruficollis |
| Кречетка | Vanellus gregarius |
| Дрофа | Otis tarda |
| Курдистанская каменка | Oenanthe xanthoprymna |
| Султанка | Porphyrio porphyrio |
| Гусь белолобый | Anser albifrons |
| Обыкновенный турпан | Melanitta fusca |
| Стрепет | Tetrax tetrax |
And this list is not that hopeless - some of these species where found not that long ago in nearby areas (e.g. Ammoperdix griseogularis).
Comments
Haha Armenia is really undercovered on iNat when I am among the top observers after a single week-long visit :)
You are the only one, who reported Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) so far and the first one who reported Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug) here...
Are there specific species that we shoulld search for in Tavush that you think are under-reported?
From Tavush perspective, these are bird species listed in eBirds checklists absent from Armenia observations on iNats:
Greater Flamingo (Dilijan City Park, Sep 2023)
Mediterranean Gull (Tavush build site, 2015)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Dilijan NP, 2013)
White-backed Woodpecker (Dilijan NP, 2014)
Common Firecrest (Dilijan NP, 2019)
Thrush Nightingale (Dilijan City Park, Sep 2023)
Most footprints are rather old, but there are couple rather fresh as well)
And I forgot Yellow-billed Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus ) - there is only one unconfirmed observation on iNats. I think that Yellow-billed Chough should be realistic even in winter season.
ok thanks!
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