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Between Volga and Ural rivers. South of Iskra.


2017-05-31| Askar Isabekov
duration 30 минут
weather солнечно
rout
equipment бинокль Штурман 10х50
notes небольшое озеро рядом с фермой, травяные кустики


# species number comment

1Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)2

2Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)1

3Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)7

4Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica)1

5Hoopoe (Upupa epops)1

6Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)5

7Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)7

8Greater Short-toed Lark (Calandrella brachydactyla)3

9Rosy Starling (Sturnus roseus)1

10Black-Billed Magpie (Pica pica)1

11Red-headed Bunting (Emberiza bruniceps)2

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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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