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Sorbulak. Almaty oblast.


2017-02-19| Askar Isabekov
duration 7 часов
weather снег, памурно
rout малый Сорбулак - Большой Сорбулак
equipment
notes с Олегом Беляловым


# species number comment

1Great White Egret (Egretta alba)4шлюз 1вдхр

2Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)10

3Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)30

4Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)10

5Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)150

6Common Teal (Anas crecca)2

7Gadwall (Anas strepera)2

8Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope)2

9Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)20

10Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)5

11Common Pochard (Aythya ferina)30

12Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)

13Goosander (Mergus merganser)25

14Common Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)1Караой

15Eastern Buzzard (Buteo japonicus)2

16Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis)2

17White-tailed Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)35

18Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)1

19Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)1

20Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)5

21Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)

22Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)

23Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)10

24Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)10

25Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta)1

26Black-Billed Magpie (Pica pica)

27Eurasian Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)

28Rook (Corvus frugilegus)

29Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)

30Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)

31Black-throated Thrush (Turdus atrogularis)1

32Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)3

33Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)7

34Great Tit (Parus major)5

35House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)

36Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)

37Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)30

38Grey-headed Goldfinch (Carduelis caniceps)20

39Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)150

40Northern Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)10

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rare birds records


Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca)

© Muhammed-Rahim Boranbaev
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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
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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

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Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos chrysaetos)

© Aldiyar Saparbayev
2024-01-26
Outskirts of Uralsk

The first photographic record of a rare species for the region. In the past, it nested in places around Ilek and the Urals, and by the 60s of the 20th century only vagrants were encountered in the summer (Korelov, 1962). There is information about record of two single birds on September 18 and September 19, 2007 in the area of the Karachaganak gas condensate field (V.A. Kovshar, 2008).

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