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Sorbulak. Almaty oblast.


2017-03-29| Askar Isabekov
duration 8 часов
weather солнечно
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equipment Штурман 10х50
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# species number comment

1Black-Necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)1

2Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)20

3Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus)2

4Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)700

5Great White Egret (Egretta alba)10

6Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)5

7Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)2

8Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)3

9Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)20

10Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)2

11Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)20

12Common Teal (Anas crecca)2

13Gadwall (Anas strepera)2

14Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope)1

15Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)25

16Garganey (Anas querquedula)2

17Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)40

18Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina)20

19Common Pochard (Aythya ferina)30

20Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca)5

21Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)20

22White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala)3

23Goosander (Mergus merganser)10

24Black Kite (Milvus migrans)60

25Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)1

26Western Marsh-Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)2

27Common Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)1

28Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus)1

29White-tailed Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)2

30Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)7

31Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)2

32Common Coot (Fulica atra)500

33Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)25

34Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)150

35Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)10

36Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)10

37Dunlin (Calidris alpina)1

38Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)50

39Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)10

40Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)150

41Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)2

42Greater Short-toed Lark (Calandrella brachydactyla)2

43Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra)2

44Black-headed Wagtail (Motacilla feldegg)2

45Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola)20

46White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)3

47Masked Wagtail (Motacilla personata)40

48Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta)10

49Isabelline Shrike (Lanius isabellinus)4

50Steppe Grey Shrike (Lanius pallidirostris)1

51Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)150

52Common Mynah (Acridotheres tristis)

53Black-Billed Magpie (Pica pica)

54Rook (Corvus frugilegus)200

55Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)5

56Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)1

57Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola maurus)1

58Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka)6

59Desert Wheatear (Oenanthe deserti)2самец, самка

60Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)3

61Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)3

62Great Tit (Parus major)3

63Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)1

64Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)30

65Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)150

66Eurasian Linnet (Acanthis cannabina)50

67Desert Finch (Rhodospiza obsoleta)3

68Northern Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)20

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rare birds records


Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca)

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

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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).


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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