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Atyrau, Quadrate sump


2017-05-09| Askar Isabekov
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# species number comment

1Black-Necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)200

2Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)5

3Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)25

4Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)10

5Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)15

6Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)100

7Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)2

8Garganey (Anas querquedula)50

9Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)10

10Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina)350

11Western Marsh-Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)10

12Common Coot (Fulica atra)30

13Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)10

14Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)30

15Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)2

16Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)1

17Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)5

18Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)10

19Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)1

20Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)1

21Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)35

22Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)50

23Little Stint (Calidris minuta)15

24Temminck's Stint (Calidris temminckii)15

25Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)3

26Dunlin (Calidris alpina)35

27Pallas's Gull (Larus ichthyaetus)10

28Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)50

29Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)250

30Black Tern (Chlidonias nigra)2

31White-winged Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)4

32Hoopoe (Upupa epops)1

33Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)3

34Black-headed Wagtail (Motacilla feldegg)5

35White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)1

36Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)3

37Bearded Tit (Panurus biarmicus)4

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rare birds records


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).


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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