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most often in East Kazakhstan Region
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3 493observations 261species 51%of the Birds.kz list 5 of 20regions 1 776comments 10diary entries

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107 species in 2026

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5 of 20 regions of Kazakhstan

East Kazakhstan Region3 383 Zhetysu Region48 Almaty40 Abai Region21 Almaty Region1

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Brandt's Rosefinch8 Feb

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Most in 2015: 341 observations

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all 2026 177 2025 194 2024 236 2023 329 2022 306 2021 208 2020 304 2019 161 2018 257 2017 308 2016 221 2015 341 2014 286 2013 158 2012 7

BIRD SPECIES

all species Blyth's Reed Warbler 97 Common Chiffchaff 71 Yellowhammer 65 Black Kite 51 Fieldfare 49 Caspian Gull 48 Black-throated Thrush 47 Northern Bullfinch 43 Grey-headed Goldfinch 42 Common Kingfisher 41 Great Cormorant 41 Eurasian Dipper 41 Meadow Bunting 41 Mallard 41 Common Rosefinch 40 Masked Wagtail 40 Grey Wagtail 40 Tree Pipit 39 Black-headed Gull 38 Common Chaffinch 38 Common Whitethroat 37 Spotted Flycatcher 36 Common Goldeneye 36 Lesser Whitethroat 36 Common Starling 35 Eurasian Blackbird 33 Hawfinch 33 Tree Sparrow 33 White Wagtail 32 Carrion Crow 32 Red-backed Shrike 32 Long-tailed Rosefinch 32 Barn Swallow 31 Bohemian Waxwing 31 Siberian Stonechat 30 Citrine Wagtail 29 Pied Wheatear 29 White-Backed Woodpecker 28 Common Redpoll 27 House Sparrow 27 Brambling 27 Common Sandpiper 26 Eurasian Redstart 26 Goosander 26 Grey-Headed Woodpecker 26 Great Spotted Woodpecker 26 Pine Bunting 26 Eurasian Goldfinch 26 Eurasian Magpie 25 Green Sandpiper 25 Hume's Warbler 25 Great Tit 25 Ruddy Shelduck 24 Common Sparrowhawk 24 Northern Wheatear 24 Great White Egret 24 Rock Pigeon 23 Yellow Wagtail 23 Willow Tit 22 Little Ringed Plover 22 Long-tailed Tit 22 Northern Reed Bunting 22 Azure Tit 22 Song Thrush 22 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 21 European Greenfinch 21 Rook 21 Gadwall 21 Common Nightingale 21 Northern Black Grouse 21 Hooded Crow 20 Rock Bunting 20 Greenish Warbler 20 Common Tern 20 European Golden Oriole 20 Eurasian Siskin 19 Common Kestrel 19 Common Buzzard 18 Hoopoe 18 White-crowned Penduline Tit 17 Great Crested Grebe 17 Eastern Imperial Eagle 17 Oriental Turtle Dove 17 Eurasian Linnet 17 Eurasian Jackdaw 16 Tufted Duck 16 Baikal Bullfinch 16 White-tailed Sea-Eagle 15 Common Cuckoo 15 Eurasian Nuthatch 15 Water Pipit 15 Little Stint 15 Temminck's Stint 15 Baraba Steppe Gull 14 Garganey 14 Thrush Nightingale 14 Ortolan Bunting 14 Sky Lark 13 Eversmann's Redstart 13 Eurasian Wryneck 12 Dalmatian Pelican 12 Grey Heron 12 Northern Shoveler 12 Common Teal 12 Pallas's Gull 12 Common Oystercatcher 12 Pallas's Rosefinch 12 Long-legged Buzzard 12 European Bee-eater 12 Bluethroat 11 Rosy Starling 11 Northern Pintail 11 Eurasian Hobby 11 Demoiselle Crane 11 Steppe Eagle 11 Pale Sand Martin 10 Common Redshank 10 Mistle Thrush 10 Black Stork 10 Common Raven 10 Smew 9 Sand Martin 9 Golden Eagle 9 Horned Lark 9 Northern Lapwing 9 Black-winged Stilt 9 Upland Buzzard 8 Caspian Tern 8 Red-necked Phalarope 8 Kentish Plover 8 Wood Sandpiper 8 Common Coot 8 Greylag Goose 8 Eurasian Jay 7 Common Snipe 7 Coal Tit 7 Greater Short-toed Lark 7 Isabelline Wheatear 7 Terek Sandpiper 7 Black Lark 7 Northern Hazelhen 7 Common Pochard 7 Ruff 7 Red Crossbill 7 Booted Warbler 7 Common Swift 6 Red-headed Bunting 6 Black-throated Accentor 6 Common Mynah 6 Eurasian Curlew 6 Paddyfield Warbler 6 Desert Wheatear 5 Common Greenshank 5 Eurasian Wigeon 5 Eurasian Collared Dove 5 Northern Goshawk 5 Common Crane 5 Lapland Longspur 5 Whooper Swan 5 Spotted Nutcracker 5 Common Treecreeper 5 Ural Owl 4 Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush 4 Northern House Martin 4 Turkestan Shrike 4 Tawny Pipit 4 Grey Partridge 4 Common Moorhen 4 Wood Pigeon 4 Pacific Golden Plover 4 Bewick's Swan 4 Western Marsh-Harrier 4 Barred Warbler 4 Pallas's Sandgrouse 4 Olive-backed Pipit 4 Red-crested Pochard 4 Asian Rosy-Finch 4 Black Woodpecker 4 Long-tailed Duck 3 Sulphur-bellied Warbler 3 Common Shelduck 3 Common Pheasant 3 Goldcrest 3 Calandra Lark 3 Sykes's Warbler 3 European Nightjar 3 Redwing 3 Plain Mountain Finch 3 Little Tern 3 Rough-legged Buzzard 3 Booted Eagle 2 Black Redstart 2 Hen Harrier 2 Mew Gull 2 Lesser Kestrel 2 Godlewski's Bunting 2 Baillon's Crake 2 Eurasian Penduline Tit 2 Pallid Harrier 2 Peregrine Falcon 2 Little Owl 2 Black-tailed Godwit 2 Merlin 2 Taiga Flycatcher 2 Greater Flamingo 2 Water Rail 2 Rustic Bunting 2 Eurasian Roller 2 European Robin 2 Stock Pigeon 1 Sanderling 1 Grey-necked Bunting 1 Indian Sparrow 1 Eurasian Whimbrel 1 Yellow-billed Chough 1 Pacific Swift 1 Black-Necked Grebe 1 Brown Shrike 1 Arctic Loon 1 Great Reed Warbler 1 Guldenstadt's Redstart 1 Siberian Rubythroat 1 Himalayan Accentor 1 Great White Pelican 1 Red-footed Falcon 1 Western Grasshopper Warbler 1 Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker 1 Marsh Sandpiper 1 Cetti's Warbler 1 Greater Ringed Plover 1 Spotted Redshank 1 Short-eared Owl 1 Laughing Dove 1 Arctic Warbler 1 Dusky Warbler 1 Northern Wren 1 Ferruginous Duck 1 Pied Flycatcher 1 White-winged Lark 1 White's Thrush 1 Steppe Grey Shrike 1 Greater Spotted Eagle 1 Pied Avocet 1 Isabelline Shrike 1 Grey Plover 1 Lesser Grey Shrike 1 Eurasian Reed Warbler 1 Eurasian Scops-Owl 1 Mute Swan 1 Willow Warbler 1 White-winged Snowfinch 1 Chukar Partridge 1 Twite 1 Saker Falcon 1 Eurasian Woodcock 1 Brandt's Rosefinch 1 Osprey 1 Dunlin 1 Mongolian Finch 1 White-winged Tern 1 Great Grey Shrike 1

REGION

all East Kazakhstan Region 3383Zhetysu Region 48Almaty 40Abai Region 21Almaty Region 1

Only “needs identification” 3

European Bee-eater 19 Aug · Kurchum, East Kazakhstan Region 😍 4🐤 1

Wood Sandpiper 19 Aug · Kurchum, East Kazakhstan Region 2 photos (short) 🐤 1

Great White Egret 19 Aug · Kurchum, East Kazakhstan Region 😍 1

Black Woodpecker 19 Aug · Kurchum, East Kazakhstan Region 2 photos (short) 😍 8🐤 2

Common Tern 18 Aug · Kuygan, East Kazakhstan Region 🐤 1

Caspian Gull 18 Aug · Kuygan, East Kazakhstan Region

Great Crested Grebe 18 Aug · Kuygan, East Kazakhstan Region 😍 4

Yellow Wagtail 18 Aug · Kuygan, East Kazakhstan Region 😍 3

Common Kestrel 18 Aug · Ulan District, East Kazakhstan Region 😍 1

Yellow Wagtail 18 Aug · Ulan District, East Kazakhstan Region 2 photos (short) 😍 1

Rock Bunting 18 Aug · Ulan District, East Kazakhstan Region 😍 4

Spotted Flycatcher 18 Aug · Ulan District, East Kazakhstan Region 😍 4

Siberian Stonechat 18 Aug · Ulan District, East Kazakhstan Region 😍 4

Black Kite 18 Aug · Ulan District, East Kazakhstan Region 2 photos (short) 😍 5🐤 1

Rook 18 Aug · Ulan District, East Kazakhstan Region 😍 2

Ortolan Bunting 18 Aug · Ulan District, East Kazakhstan Region 😍 5

Red-backed Shrike 18 Aug · Ulan District, East Kazakhstan Region 2 photos (short) 😍 1🐤 1

Tree Sparrow 17 Aug · Ulan District, East Kazakhstan Region 😍 3

Masked Wagtail 17 Aug · Ulan District, East Kazakhstan Region 😍 2

Mallard 17 Aug · Ulan District, East Kazakhstan Region 2 photos (short) 😍 3

Common Chiffchaff 15 Aug · Serebriansk, East Kazakhstan Region 3 photos (short) 😍 2

Tree Pipit 11 Aug · Serebriansk, East Kazakhstan Region

Temminck's Stint 11 Aug · Serebriansk, East Kazakhstan Region 4 photos (short) 😍 5

Awards of Сергей

6 awards · several levels in each

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25 25 species

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100 100 species

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250 250 species

awardgroup.observations

1 1 observation

10 10 observations

50 50 observations

100 100 observations

250 250 observations

500 500 observations

1K 1 000 observations

2.5K 2 500 observations

awardgroup.regions

3/20 3 regions

5/20 5 regions

awardgroup.years

1 1 year on the site

3 3 years on the site

5 5 years on the site

10 10 years on the site

awardgroup.pioneer

1 New species for the site

awardgroup.diary

1 1 diary entry

10 10 diary entries

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