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most often in Almaty Region
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on the site since 17 November 2011

162observations 116species 23%of the Birds.kz list 2 of 20regions 18comments 2diary entries

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Almaty Region136 Almaty26

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Most in 2013: 68 observations

Observations 162 Species 116 Diaries 2 Map 57 Comments 18

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all 2019 30 2014 47 2013 68 2011 17

BIRD SPECIES

all species Grey Wagtail 4 Isabelline Wheatear 4 Long-legged Buzzard 4 Long-tailed Shrike 4 Hoopoe 3 Turkestan Shrike 3 Lesser Grey Shrike 3 Eurasian Roller 3 Eversmann's Redstart 3 Steppe Eagle 2 Pied Wheatear 2 Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush 2 White Wagtail 2 Black Kite 2 Black-winged Stilt 2 Black-Necked Grebe 2 Mute Swan 2 Spanish Sparrow 2 Bohemian Waxwing 2 Common Greenshank 2 Indian Golden Oriole 2 Lesser Whitethroat 2 Eurasian Hobby 2 Ruff 2 Common Buzzard 2 European Bee-eater 2 Whooper Swan 2 Temminck's Stint 2 Little Ringed Plover 2 Short-toed Snake-Eagle 2 Lesser Sand Plover 2 European Greenfinch 2 Caspian Gull 2 Common Tern 1 Little Tern 1 Black-Bellied Sandgrouse 1 Pallas's Sandgrouse 1 Wood Pigeon 1 Oriental Turtle Dove 1 Common Cuckoo 1 Little Owl 1 Common Kingfisher 1 Barn Swallow 1 Sand Martin 1 Eurasian Crag Martin 1 Crested Lark 1 Greater Short-toed Lark 1 Calandra Lark 1 Bimaculated Lark 1 Tawny Pipit 1 Tree Pipit 1 Water Pipit 1 Red-backed Shrike 1 Brown Dipper 1 Common Chiffchaff 1 Hume's Warbler 1 Spotted Flycatcher 1 Long-tailed Tit 1 Azure Tit 1 Great Tit 1 White-crowned Penduline Tit 1 Corn Bunting 1 Pine Bunting 1 Rock Bunting 1 Northern Reed Bunting 1 Red-headed Bunting 1 Common Rosefinch 1 White-winged Grosbeak 1 Siberian Stonechat 1 Guldenstadt's Redstart 1 Himalayan Rubythroat 1 Bluethroat 1 Black-throated Thrush 1 Mistle Thrush 1 Blue Whistling Thrush 1 Indian Sparrow 1 Alpine Accentor 1 Brown Accentor 1 Black-throated Accentor 1 Spotted Nutcracker 1 Red-billed Chough 1 Yellow-billed Chough 1 Common Starling 1 Brown-necked Raven 1 Rosy Starling 1 Great White Pelican 1 Black Stork 1 Red-breasted Goose 1 Ruddy Shelduck 1 Common Shelduck 1 Garganey 1 Ferruginous Duck 1 White-headed Duck 1 Crested Honey-Buzzard 1 Hen Harrier 1 Common Sparrowhawk 1 Eastern Buzzard 1 Eastern Imperial Eagle 1 White-tailed Sea-Eagle 1 Peregrine Falcon 1 Lesser Kestrel 1 Common Moorhen 1 Grey Plover 1 Greater Sand Plover 1 Caspian Plover 1 Kentish Plover 1 Ibisbill 1 Green Sandpiper 1 Spotted Redshank 1 Common Sandpiper 1 Terek Sandpiper 1 Little Stint 1 Dunlin 1 Eurasian Whimbrel 1 Black-headed Gull 1 Baraba Steppe Gull 1

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all Almaty Region 136Almaty 26

2 Black-throated Accentor 23 Oct 2019 · Ozernoe gorge, Ile Alatau National Park,... 😍 1

Yellow-billed Chough 23 Oct 2019 · Ozernoe gorge, Ile Alatau National Park,...

2 Long-tailed Tit 23 Oct 2019 · Ozernoe gorge, Ile Alatau National Park,... 😍 1

3 Spotted Nutcracker 23 Oct 2019 · Ozernoe gorge, Ile Alatau National Park,... 😍 4

2 Eastern Buzzard 23 Oct 2019 · Ozernoe gorge, Ile Alatau National Park,... 😍 1

Alpine Accentor 23 Oct 2019 · Ozernoe gorge, Ile Alatau National Park,... 😍 1

5 Indian Sparrow 24 May 2014 · Kanshengel, desert Taukum, Yuzhnoe Priba... 😍 1

Spanish Sparrow 24 May 2014 · Kanshengel, desert Taukum, Yuzhnoe Priba... 😍 1

6 Black-Bellied Sandgrouse 24 May 2014 · Kanshengel, Almaty Region

Hoopoe 24 May 2014 · Kanshengel. Almaty oblast.

2 Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush 24 May 2014 · Kanshengel. Almaty oblast.

Bluethroat 24 May 2014 · Kanshengel. Almaty oblast.

Pied Wheatear 24 May 2014 · Kanshengel. Almaty oblast.

Hybrid Shrike 24 May 2014 · Taukum, Almaty Region

3 Long-legged Buzzard 24 May 2014 · Taukum, Almaty Region

2 Little Owl 24 May 2014 · Kanshengel, desert Taukum, Yuzhnoe Priba...

Hume's Warbler 24 May 2014 · Kanshengel, desert Taukum, Yuzhnoe Priba...

3 Common Kingfisher 24 May 2014 · Kanshengel, Almaty Region 😍 1

2 Baraba Steppe Gull 24 May 2014 · Kanshengel, Almaty Region

6 Lesser Whitethroat 24 May 2014 · Kanshengel, Almaty Region

8 Spotted Flycatcher 24 May 2014 · Kanshengel, Almaty Region 😍 1

Short-toed Snake-Eagle 24 May 2014 · Kanshengel, Almaty Region

2 Red-headed Bunting 24 May 2014 · Kanshengel, Almaty Region

Isabelline Wheatear 24 May 2014 · Kanshengel, Almaty Region

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