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Springs in Big Boguty Mts


2017-07-30| Askar Isabekov
duration 2,5 часа
weather солнечно
rout Большие Богуты + Кокпек
equipment
notes с О.Беляловым, Б.М.Губиным


# species number comment

1Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus)2

2Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis)1

3Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug)1

4Chukar Partridge (Alectoris chukar)50

5Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)5Кокпек

6Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis)12

7Pallas's Sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus)5

8Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)3

9Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)3Кокпек

10Eurasian Roller (Coracias garrulus)10

11Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)2

12Greater Short-toed Lark (Calandrella brachydactyla)50

13Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)20brandti

14Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola)1

15Tawny Pipit (Anthus campestris)1

16Turkestan Shrike (Lanius phoenicuroides)4

17Steppe Grey Shrike (Lanius pallidirostris)1

18Rosy Starling (Sturnus roseus)5

19Common Mynah (Acridotheres tristis)4

20Asian Desert Warbler (Sylvia nana)2

21Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka)2

22Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)5

23Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (Monticola saxatilis)3

24House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)2

25Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)3

26Rock Sparrow (Petronia petronia)2

27Eurasian Linnet (Acanthis cannabina)3

28Mongolian Finch (Bucanetes mongolicus)1

29Common Rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus)1

30Grey-necked Bunting (Emberiza buchanani)10

31Red-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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