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Almaty Region67 East Kazakhstan Region9 Almaty5

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Most in 2022: 69 observations

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BIRD SPECIES

all species Black-throated Accentor 2 Crested Honey-Buzzard 2 Eurasian Bittern 1 Great White Egret 1 Mute Swan 1 Whooper Swan 1 Ruddy Shelduck 1 Common Shelduck 1 Mallard 1 Red-crested Pochard 1 Tufted Duck 1 Long-tailed Duck 1 Common Goldeneye 1 Smew 1 Goosander 1 Eurasian Honey-Buzzard 1 Common Sparrowhawk 1 Shikra 1 Long-legged Buzzard 1 Eastern Buzzard 1 Eastern Imperial Eagle 1 White-tailed Sea-Eagle 1 Common Kestrel 1 Common Pheasant 1 Pied Avocet 1 Green Sandpiper 1 Rufous-necked Stint 1 Pallas's Gull 1 Black-headed Gull 1 Caspian Gull 1 Mew Gull 1 Rock Pigeon 1 Eurasian Collared Dove 1 European Nightjar 1 Grey-Headed Woodpecker 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 Calandra Lark 1 Horned Lark 1 Sky Lark 1 White Wagtail 1 Steppe Grey Shrike 1 Northern Wren 1 White-browed Tit-Warbler 1 Azure Tit 1 Great Tit 1 Wallcreeper 1 Common Treecreeper 1 Corn Bunting 1 Yellowhammer 1 Northern Reed Bunting 1 Common Chaffinch 1 Brambling 1 Red-fronted Serin 1 European Greenfinch 1 Eurasian Siskin 1 Eurasian Goldfinch 1 Grey-headed Goldfinch 1 Eurasian Linnet 1 Twite 1 Hawfinch 1 Eversmann's Redstart 1 European Robin 1 Black-throated Thrush 1 Fieldfare 1 Eurasian Blackbird 1 Redwing 1 House Sparrow 1 Tree Sparrow 1 Common Mynah 1 Eurasian Jay 1 Eurasian Magpie 1 Spotted Nutcracker 1 Eurasian Jackdaw 1 Rook 1 Carrion Crow 1 Hooded Crow 1 Little Grebe 1 Common Raven 1 Great Crested Grebe 1

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all Almaty Region 67East Kazakhstan Region 9Almaty 5

European Nightjar 15 May 2012 · Kanshengel, Almaty Region 😍 1

Eurasian Bittern 15 May 2012 · Toparskaya system lakes, Almaty Region 😍 1

4 Rufous-necked Stint 23 Sep 2012 · Sorbulak lake system, Almaty Region

Spotted Nutcracker 29 Sep 2012 · Kimasar gorge, Ile-Alatau National Park,... 😍 2

Black-throated Accentor 29 Sep 2012 · Kimasar gorge, Ile-Alatau National Park,...

Shikra 15 May 2012 · Zheltorangy, Almaty Region 😍 2

Steppe Grey Shrike 15 May 2012 · Almaty oblast - Topar Lakes 😍 1

White-browed Tit-Warbler 15 Jul 2012 · Almaty Region

East Siberian White Wagtail 13 May 2009 · Kanshengel, desert Taukum, Yuzhnoe Priba...

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