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on the site since 17 November 2011 · last visit today

3 368observations 232species 45%of the Birds.kz list 3 of 20regions 430comments 36diary entries

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72 species in 2026

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3 of 20 regions of Kazakhstan

Almaty2 449 Almaty Region918 Ulytau Region1

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Eastern Yellow Wagtail6 Nov
Alpine Accentor6 Nov
Paddyfield Warbler20 Sep

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Most in 2022: 947 observations

Observations 3 368 Species 232 Diaries 36 Map 339 Comments 430

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all 2026 600 2025 330 2024 155 2023 643 2022 947 2021 163 2020 7 2019 3 2015 2 2014 111 2013 117 2012 3 2011 90 2010 30 2009 146 2008 21

BIRD SPECIES

all species Great Cormorant 142 Common Kingfisher 141 Common Mynah 118 Brown Dipper 114 Mallard 112 Eurasian Blackbird 105 Carrion Crow 84 Black-headed Gull 83 Eurasian Magpie 79 Common Kestrel 76 Masked Wagtail 72 Rook 66 Common Chaffinch 66 Great Tit 63 Common Sparrowhawk 59 Great White Egret 59 Grey Wagtail 53 Common Pheasant 52 Eurasian Collared Dove 48 Azure Tit 44 Eversmann's Redstart 44 Hooded Crow 39 Common Sandpiper 37 Red-fronted Serin 37 Blue Whistling Thrush 36 Brambling 34 Common Chiffchaff 33 House Sparrow 33 Laughing Dove 32 Mistle Thrush 30 Goldcrest 30 Black Kite 27 Barn Swallow 26 Grey-headed Goldfinch 26 Pied Wheatear 25 Eastern Buzzard 24 Tree Sparrow 23 Long-legged Buzzard 22 Wood Pigeon 22 Black-throated Thrush 21 Siberian Stonechat 21 White-browed Tit-Warbler 21 Red-mantled Rosefinch 21 Great Crested Grebe 20 Rock Pigeon 19 Grey Heron 19 White-winged Grosbeak 19 Black-winged Stilt 19 Little Ringed Plover 18 Spotted Flycatcher 18 Eurasian Hobby 18 Isabelline Wheatear 18 European Greenfinch 18 Eurasian Siskin 17 Long-tailed Rosefinch 17 Hume's Warbler 16 Ruddy Shelduck 16 Common Whitethroat 16 Ruff 15 Corn Bunting 15 Common Moorhen 15 Wood Sandpiper 15 Eurasian Roller 14 Dalmatian Pelican 14 Turkestan Shrike 14 Bohemian Waxwing 14 White-tailed Sea-Eagle 13 Whooper Swan 13 Northern Lapwing 12 Black-throated Accentor 12 Caspian Gull 12 Rock Bunting 12 Garganey 12 Eurasian Jackdaw 12 Eurasian Dipper 12 Long-eared Owl 11 Blyth's Reed Warbler 11 Calandra Lark 11 Common Starling 10 Red-crested Pochard 10 Greenish Warbler 10 White Wagtail 10 Yellowhammer 10 Pine Bunting 9 Hoopoe 9 Yellow Wagtail 9 Northern Reed Bunting 9 Steppe Eagle 9 Common Tern 8 Lesser Grey Shrike 8 Crested Lark 8 Black-Necked Grebe 8 Long-tailed Tit 8 Lesser Whitethroat 8 Citrine Wagtail 8 Common Nightingale 8 Green Sandpiper 8 Oriental Turtle Dove 7 Temminck's Stint 7 Mute Swan 7 Pied Avocet 7 Common Redshank 6 Black-headed Wagtail 6 Western Marsh-Harrier 6 Black-Bellied Sandgrouse 6 Rosy Starling 6 European Robin 6 Red-rumped Swallow 6 Northern Wheatear 6 Chukar Partridge 6 European Bee-eater 6 Yellow-billed Chough 5 Common Greenshank 5 Common Shelduck 5 Golden Eagle 5 Demoiselle Crane 5 Northern Pintail 5 Rough-legged Buzzard 5 Isabelline Shrike 5 Common Coot 5 Great White Pelican 5 Water Pipit 5 Guldenstadt's Redstart 5 Pygmy Cormorant 4 White-crowned Penduline Tit 4 Northern Wren 4 Eurasian Linnet 4 Montagu's Harrier 4 Common Snipe 4 Upland Buzzard 4 Gadwall 4 Common Rosefinch 4 Red-headed Bunting 4 Lesser Kestrel 4 Horned Lark 4 Tree Pipit 4 Common Teal 4 Long-tailed Shrike 4 Eurasian Curlew 4 Curlew Sandpiper 3 Little Grebe 3 Fieldfare 3 Common Raven 3 Red-backed Shrike 3 Ruddy Turnstone 3 Common Oystercatcher 3 Sand Martin 3 Common Pochard 3 White-headed Duck 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker 3 Coal Tit 3 Eastern Imperial Eagle 3 Common Buzzard 3 Pallas's Sandgrouse 3 Black-tailed Godwit 3 Red-necked Phalarope 3 Red-billed Chough 3 Little Stint 3 Ferruginous Duck 3 Eurasian Crag Martin 2 Bluethroat 2 Cinereous Vulture 2 Black Redstart 2 Egyptian Vulture 2 Cetti's Warbler 2 Little Bittern 2 Hen Harrier 2 Red Crossbill 2 Tufted Duck 2 Booted Warbler 2 Eurasian Goldfinch 2 Lesser Short-toed Lark 2 Grey-necked Bunting 2 Alpine Swift 2 Black-crowned Night Heron 2 Blue-capped Redstart 2 Lammergeier 2 Great Grey Shrike 2 Grey Plover 2 Pacific Golden Plover 2 Spanish Sparrow 2 Booted Eagle 2 Little Bustard 2 Steppe Grey Shrike 2 Kentish Plover 2 Tawny Pipit 2 Little Owl 2 Desert Finch 2 Yellow-browed Warbler 1 Eurasian Wigeon 1 Merlin 1 Eurasian Scops-Owl 1 Alpine Accentor 1 Barred Warbler 1 Common Swift 1 Mew Gull 1 Black Stork 1 Northern Shoveler 1 Shikra 1 Meadow Bunting 1 Saxaul Sparrow 1 European Nightjar 1 Stock Pigeon 1 Gull-billed Tern 1 Crested Honey-Buzzard 1 Spotted Nutcracker 1 Northern House Martin 1 Desert Wheatear 1 Himalayan Rubythroat 1 Short-toed Snake-Eagle 1 White-Winged Woodpecker 1 Paddyfield Warbler 1 Eurasian Eagle-Owl 1 Rock Sparrow 1 Bewick's Swan 1 Common Cuckoo 1 Grey Partridge 1 Brown Accentor 1 Brown-necked Raven 1 Himalayan Vulture 1 Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush 1 Eastern Rock Nuthatch 1 Greater Short-toed Lark 1 Goosander 1 Saker Falcon 1 Peregrine Falcon 1 Wallcreeper 1 Asian Desert Warbler 1 Eastern Yellow Wagtail 1 Plain Mountain Finch 1 Greater Spotted Eagle 1 Terek Sandpiper 1

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all Almaty 2449Almaty Region 918Ulytau Region 1

Common Kingfisher 2 Oct · Sairan, Bolshaya Almatinka river, Almaty 3 photos (short) 😍 3

Common Kingfisher 2 Oct · Sairan, Bolshaya Almatinka river, Almaty 4 photos (short) 😍 3

Common Kingfisher 2 Oct · Sairan, Bolshaya Almatinka river, Almaty 3 photos (short) 😍 6

Common Kingfisher 2 Oct · Sairan, Bolshaya Almatinka river, Almaty 😍 7

Brown Dipper 30 Sep · Sairan, Bolshaya Almatinka river, Almaty 😍 2

Brown Dipper 30 Sep · Sairan, Bolshaya Almatinka river, Almaty 5 photos (short) 😍 4

Brown Dipper 30 Sep · Sairan, Bolshaya Almatinka river, Almaty 3 photos (short) 😍 6

Brown Dipper 2 Oct · Sairan, Bolshaya Almatinka river, Almaty 😍 10

Great Cormorant 1 Oct · Sairan, Bolshaya Almatinka river, Almaty 3 photos (short) 😍 3

Black-headed Gull 1 Oct · Sairan, Bolshaya Almatinka river, Almaty 😍 3

Common Kingfisher 30 Sep · Sairan, Bolshaya Almatinka river, Almaty 3 photos (short) 😍 5

Great Cormorant 30 Sep · Sairan, Bolshaya Almatinka river, Almaty 3 photos (short) 😍 5

Common Kingfisher 30 Sep · Sairan, Bolshaya Almatinka river, Almaty 4 photos (short) 😍 4

Common Kingfisher 29 Sep · Sairan, Bolshaya Almatinka river, Almaty 2 photos (short) 😍 9

Brown Dipper 30 Sep · Sairan, Bolshaya Almatinka river, Almaty 😍 5

Common Kingfisher 30 Sep · Sairan, Bolshaya Almatinka river, Almaty 😍 7

Black-headed Gull 29 Sep · Sairan, Bolshaya Almatinka river, Almaty 2 photos (short) 😍 6

Common Kingfisher 29 Sep · Sairan, Bolshaya Almatinka river, Almaty 4 photos (short) 😍 7

Common Kingfisher 29 Sep · Sairan, Bolshaya Almatinka river, Almaty 3 photos (short) 😍 4

Common Kingfisher 29 Sep · Sairan, Bolshaya Almatinka river, Almaty 😍 4

Great Cormorant 29 Sep · Sairan, Bolshaya Almatinka river, Almaty 😍 3

Black-headed Gull 1 Oct · Sairan, Bolshaya Almatinka river, Almaty 😍 4

Common Kingfisher 1 Oct · Sairan, Bolshaya Almatinka river, Almaty 😍 8

Red-necked Phalarope 28 Sep · Sairan, Bolshaya Almatinka river, Almaty 5 photos (short) 😍 5

Awards of Рауф

5 awards · several levels in each

awardgroup.species

10 10 species

25 25 species

50 50 species

100 100 species

150 150 species

200 200 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

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.diary

1 1 diary entry

10 10 diary entries

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