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Forest Well, Southern Kazakhstan.


2017-07-08| Askar Isabekov
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1Shikra (Accipiter badius)2гнездо

2Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus)2

3Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)2

4Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)

5Greater Short-toed Lark (Calandrella brachydactyla)

6Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra)

7Masked Wagtail (Motacilla personata)

8Common Mynah (Acridotheres tristis)

9Black-Billed Magpie (Pica pica)

10Syke's Warbler (Hippolais rama)1

11Upcher's Warbler (Hippolais languida)

12Rufous Bush Robin (Cercotrichas galactotes)2

13Indian Sparrow (Passer indicus)

14Desert Finch (Rhodospiza obsoleta)

15Red-headed Bunting (Emberiza bruniceps)

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Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca)

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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
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Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos chrysaetos)

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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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