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Richard's Pipit | Anthus richardi

© Oleg Belyalov | 2020-06-21 | Almaty region

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2024-04-20. Fedor Shakula: Steppe Eagle, Pallas's Sandgrouse, Steppe Grey Shrike, Desert Wheatear, Isabelline Wheatear, Pied Wheatear, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Greater Short-toed Lark, Barn Swallow, Citrine Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, House Sparrow, Eurasian Redstart, Western Marsh-Harrier, Pin-Tailed Sandgrouse, Caspian Gull, Common Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover, Common Oystercatcher, Gull-billed Tern, Northern Shoveler, Garganey, Irina Rekuts: Demoiselle Crane, Tufted Duck, Pavel A: Common Redshank, Robert Parker: Common Crane, Vasilii Bastaev: Eurasian Whimbrel, Slender-billed Gull, Terek Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Citrine Wagtail, Dunlin, Grey Plover, Little Ringed Plover.

2024-04-19. Andrey Shatalov: Bluethroat, Askar Auezov: Eurasian Roller, Eurasian Eagle-Owl, Black-winged Stilt, Little Owl, Crested Lark, Black-Bellied Sandgrouse, Galina Rosenberg: Demoiselle Crane, Ruddy Shelduck, Common Kestrel, Bluethroat, Whooper Swan, Eurasian Jackdaw, Irina Rekuts: Whooper Swan, Whooper Swan, Eurasian Jackdaw, Ruddy Shelduck, Bluethroat, Common Kestrel, Rook, Pied Wheatear, Sky Lark, Common Buzzard, Hybrid Bunting, Raouf Bairashev: Black-Necked Grebe, Vladimir Muravskiy: Common Mynah.

2024-04-18. Alexandr Belyaev: Crested Lark, Northern Wheatear, Little Bustard, Bimaculated Lark, Steppe Grey Shrike, Steppe Eagle, Chukar Partridge, Northern Lapwing, Tufted Duck, Caspian Gull, Goosander, Wood Pigeon, Black-throated Accentor, Black Kite, Tree Sparrow, Hen Harrier, Turkestan Tit, Desert Finch, Common Chiffchaff, Eversmann's Redstart, Tawny Pipit, Little Bustard, Greater Short-toed Lark, Calandra Lark, Rock Pigeon, Water Pipit, Turkestan Tit, Calandra Lark, Steppe Grey Shrike, Pine Bunting, Andrey Shatalov: Tree Pipit, Common Chiffchaff, Hoopoe, Askar Auezov: Rook, White Stork, Hera Iceberg: Red-crested Pochard, Hoopoe, Konstantin Andrussenko: Black Kite, Yellowhammer, Common Buzzard, Eurasian Jackdaw, Short-toed Snake-Eagle, Marina Merz: Northern Wheatear, Eurasian Linnet, Olga Sivokon: Meadow Bunting, Red-mantled Rosefinch, European Greenfinch, Common Chaffinch, Black-throated Thrush, Turkestan Tit, Wood Pigeon, Mistle Thrush, Common Mynah, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Raouf Bairashev: Northern Pintail, Black Kite, Calandra Lark, Tawny Pipit, Robert Parker: Greater Short-toed Lark, Steppe Eagle, Great White Egret, Caspian Gull, White Wagtail, Western Marsh-Harrier, Common Oystercatcher, Dalmatian Pelican, Red-crested Pochard, Baraba Steppe Gull, Eurasian Siskin, Barn Swallow, Eurasian Siskin, Northern Wheatear, Desert Finch, Hoopoe, Slender-billed Gull, Serg Silan: Great White Egret, Pallas's Gull, Common Kingfisher, Vadim Nagumanov: White Wagtail, Hoopoe, Black-headed Gull, Great Crested Grebe, Montagu's Harrier, Bluethroat, Viktor Kolesnikov: Tree Pipit, Common Chiffchaff, Great Cormorant, Black-Billed Magpie, Yelbossyn Babalyk: Blue-capped Redstart, Long-legged Buzzard, Little Ringed Plover, Black-headed Wagtail, Crested Lark, Zhaskairat Ermek: Black-headed Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, Western Marsh-Harrier, Common Starling, Red-crested Pochard, Black-Necked Grebe, Ruff, Green Sandpiper.

2024-04-17. Anna Yasko: Red-breasted Flycatcher, Eurasian Redstart, Eurasian Redstart, Galina Rosenberg: Common Starling, Willow Tit, Brambling, Nurum Sagaliyev: Pygmy Cormorant, Pallid Harrier, Northern Wheatear, Greylag Goose, Ruddy Shelduck, Golden Eagle, Rock Pigeon, Steppe Buzzard, Northern Pintail, Whooper Swan, Steppe Buzzard, Grey Partridge, Common Kestrel, Sky Lark, Common Starling, Northern Black Grouse, Little Bustard, Montagu's Harrier, Northern Lapwing, Common Chaffinch, Raouf Bairashev: Common Kestrel, Dalmatian Pelican, Great White Pelican, Robert Parker: Pallas's Sandgrouse, Serg Silan: Citrine Wagtail, Northern Pintail, Common Chiffchaff, Tufted Duck, Gadwall, Viktor Kalyuzhnov: Masked Wagtail, Yuriy Malkov: Greater White-fronted Goose, Bean Goose, Zhaskairat Ermek: Greater Short-toed Lark, Eurasian Whimbrel, Sandwich Tern, Dunlin, Caspian Gull, Common Swift, Lesser Short-toed Lark, Mute Swan.

2024-04-16. Galina Rosenberg: Hybrid Wagtail, Gani Nazarbek: Pied Avocet, Siberian Stonechat, Purple Heron, Ildar Khalitov: Laughing Dove, Coal Tit, Blue-capped Redstart, Northern Wren, Irina Rekuts: Fieldfare, Song Thrush, Masked Wagtail, Common Chaffinch, Black-throated Thrush, Common Starling, Malik Nukusbekov: White Stork, Variable Wheatear, Sergei Shmygalev: Eastern Imperial Eagle, Little Owl, Black Lark, Common Oystercatcher, White-Winged Woodpecker, Ruddy Shelduck, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Tawny Pipit, Saker Falcon, Viktoriya Zvyaginceva: Eurasian Scops-Owl, Black-headed Gull, Common Moorhen, Common Pheasant, Common Chiffchaff, Blue Whistling Thrush, Brown Dipper, Demoiselle Crane.

2024-04-15. Andrey Shatalov: Song Thrush, Great Crested Grebe, Song Thrush, Common Starling, Galina Rosenberg: Fieldfare, Black-throated Thrush, Song Thrush, Citrine Wagtail, Masked Wagtail, Hybrid Wagtail, Eurasian Goldfinch, Gani Nazarbek: Variable Wheatear, Common Starling, Gennadiy Dyakin: Lesser Whitethroat, Isabelline Shrike, Demoiselle Crane, Irina Rekuts: Fieldfare, Common Chiffchaff, Eurasian Goldfinch, Hybrid Wagtail, Citrine Wagtail, Siberian Common Starling, Garganey, Black-throated Thrush, Citrine Wagtail, Common Starling, Vadim Nagumanov: Wood Pigeon, Tufted Duck, Zhaskairat Ermek: Great Cormorant, Mute Swan.

2024-04-14. Maxim Morozov: Common Moorhen.

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2024-04-20. to photo # 07500086901 (Caspian Gull)

Robert Parker: Ok, thanks for the correction.


2024-04-20. to photo # 07500086601 (Greater Short-toed Lark)

Robert Parker: Ok, thanks. It's difficult to tell and unfortunately I don't have any other photos of it.


2024-04-20. to photo # 07500086601 (Greater Short-toed Lark)

Анна Ясько: Хвост слишком длинный для степного жаворонка. Нет белой каймы по внутренним маховым. Здесь стоит рассмотреть либо малого, либо серого жаворонка.


2024-04-20. to photo # 07500086902 (Caspian Gull)

Анна Ясько: Слишком светлые для халея. Скорее всего это неполовозрелые хохотуньи.


2024-04-20. to photo # 08480080501 (Common Buzzard)

Ирина Рекуц: Спасибо, Андрей!


2024-04-19. to photo # 08480080501 (Common Buzzard)

Андрей Коваленко: Канюк.


2024-04-18. to photo # 08920000301 (White Stork)

Анна Ясько: Аскар, укажите, пожалуйста, место съемки (в том числе на карте).


2024-04-18. to photo # 03930790602 (Steppe Grey Shrike)

Анна Ясько: Пустынный.


2024-04-18. to photo # 08920000203 (Rook)

Анна Ясько: Удивительно.


2024-04-18. to photo # 08920000203 (Rook)

Аскар Ауэзов: да, посмотрел другие фото всей стаи - действительно грачи. третья абсолютно точно, добавил ещё одно фото, четвертое не получилось загрузить [....]


2024-04-18. to photo # 03930790601 (Steppe Grey Shrike)

Александр Беляев: Или серый?


2024-04-18. to photo # 07340087201 (Pygmy Cormorant)

Анна Ясько: Немного севернее, чем в Наурзумском заповеднике.


2024-04-18. to photo # 07340089101 (Common Chaffinch)

Нурум Сагалиев: Предпологал, рақмет


2024-04-17. to photo # 07340089101 (Common Chaffinch)

Андрей Коваленко: Зяблик.


2024-04-17. to photo # 07340087201 (Pygmy Cormorant)

Андрей Коваленко: Это теперь самая северная точка в Казахстане...


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rare birds records


Naumann's Thrush (Turdus naumanni)

© Alexey Timoshenko
2024-04-02
kostanay reg.

The second record of the species on the territory of Kazakhstan. Previously, one bird was photographed in the southeast in the lower reaches of the Turgen River on November 5, 2016 (I. Bevza, kz.birds.watch).


Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca)

© Muhammed-Rahim Boranbaev
2024-03-04
Tasorpa, Kyzylsay natural park, Mangystau

A very rare wintering species for Mangystau, known only from the remains of the skin obtained from the vicinity of Fort Aleksandrovsky in 1892/93. (Zarudny, 1896).


Bearded Tit (Panurus biarmicus)

© Galina Rosenberg
2019-11-22
g.Altai.Vostochno-Kazachstanskaia oblast

The first registration of the species in the mountainous part of Altai.


White-winged Snowfinch (Montifringilla nivalis)

© Serg Silan
2024-02-28
Kazakhstan

The first record of the White-winged Snowfinch in Western Altai. Photo recording was made in the southern spurs of the Ulbinsky ridge in the valley of the Urankhaika River at an altitude of less than 800 m above sea level. The White-winged Snowfinch was previously not known for the Kazakh part of Altai, but was first recorded in Southern Altai on January 26, 2017 in the upper reaches of the Tautekeli River at an altitude of 2400 m, where it was subsequently recorded on March 10, 2021, and there were also several sightings in January and February 2023 in the Sarykora tract (Vorobiev, 2023).

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2024-04-18

Никита Канунников: Кеклик, тут без вариантов.

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Андрей Коваленко: Зяблик.

2024-04-18

Андрей Коваленко: Степной орел.

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Андрей Коваленко: Горный.

2024-04-18

Галина Розенберг: Чибис..

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