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most often in Atyrau Region
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on the site since 25 September 2019

2 048observations 319species 62%of the Birds.kz list 17 of 20regions 179comments

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44-thplace of 93

44 species in 2026

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where they watch birds

17 of 20 regions of Kazakhstan

Atyrau Region430 Karaganda Region235 Kyzylorda Region175 Almaty169 East Kazakhstan Region169 West Kazakhstan Region165 Zhambyl Region131 Turkistan Region102 Zhetysu Region89 Almaty Region88

7 more regions

Abai Region86 North Kazakhstan Region76 Pavlodar Region52 Aktobe Region38 Kostanay Region34 Mangystau Region8 Akmola Region1

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Red Crossbill30 Aug
Crested Honey-Buzzard30 Aug
Corn Bunting11 Apr

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Most in 2024: 499 observations

Observations 2 048 Species 319 Map 654 Comments 179

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all 2026 49 2025 456 2024 499 2023 338 2022 278 2021 209 2020 73 2019 129 2018 1 2017 15 2016 1

BIRD SPECIES

all species Steppe Eagle 45 Long-legged Buzzard 30 Common Chiffchaff 23 Common Sparrowhawk 23 Northern Lapwing 21 Little Ringed Plover 20 Greater Short-toed Lark 20 Demoiselle Crane 19 White Wagtail 19 Yellow Wagtail 19 Common Kestrel 19 Ruddy Shelduck 18 Black-headed Gull 18 Calandra Lark 18 Pied Wheatear 18 Masked Wagtail 18 Caspian Gull 17 Tawny Pipit 17 Northern Wheatear 17 Common Chaffinch 16 Black Lark 16 Lesser Whitethroat 16 Mute Swan 16 White-tailed Sea-Eagle 15 Pallas's Gull 15 Whooper Swan 15 Great Cormorant 14 Grey Heron 14 White-winged Lark 14 Little Bustard 14 Eastern Imperial Eagle 14 Tree Sparrow 14 Isabelline Wheatear 14 Pallas's Sandgrouse 13 Hen Harrier 13 Mallard 13 Northern Reed Bunting 13 Black-winged Stilt 13 Sky Lark 13 Common Starling 12 Lesser Kestrel 12 Common Shelduck 12 Great Crested Grebe 12 Black Kite 12 Temminck's Stint 12 Booted Warbler 12 Black-Bellied Sandgrouse 12 Red-headed Bunting 12 Brambling 12 European Robin 11 Western Marsh-Harrier 11 Grey Partridge 11 Common Redshank 11 Eurasian Collared Dove 11 Great White Egret 11 Turkestan Shrike 11 Siberian Stonechat 11 Azure Tit 11 Great Tit 11 Common Sandpiper 11 Pallid Harrier 11 Crested Lark 11 Bluethroat 10 Desert Wheatear 10 Eurasian Blackbird 10 Green Sandpiper 10 Hoopoe 10 Common Teal 10 House Sparrow 10 Black-throated Thrush 10 Black Redstart 10 European Bee-eater 10 Booted Eagle 10 Glossy Ibis 9 Northern Shoveler 9 Common Swift 9 Purple Heron 9 Mistle Thrush 9 Bohemian Waxwing 9 Red-crested Pochard 9 Horned Lark 9 Lesser Short-toed Lark 9 Sand Martin 9 Mew Gull 9 Common Tern 9 Spanish Sparrow 9 Spotted Flycatcher 9 Common Snipe 9 Eurasian Linnet 8 Black-throated Accentor 8 Eurasian Siskin 8 Montagu's Harrier 8 Eurasian Curlew 8 Eurasian Redstart 8 Steppe Grey Shrike 8 Eurasian Magpie 8 Rook 8 Eurasian Jackdaw 8 Common Rosefinch 8 Grey Wagtail 8 Oriental Turtle Dove 8 Rosy Starling 8 Eurasian Hobby 8 Gadwall 8 Wood Sandpiper 8 Blue Tit 7 Barn Swallow 7 Pygmy Cormorant 7 Yellowhammer 7 Garganey 7 Kentish Plover 7 Carrion Crow 7 Common Buzzard 7 Blue Whistling Thrush 7 Hooded Crow 7 Grey-necked Bunting 7 White-winged Tern 7 Sykes's Warbler 7 Song Thrush 7 Ruff 7 Common Pochard 7 Black-tailed Godwit 7 Gull-billed Tern 7 Little Stint 7 Red-backed Shrike 7 Golden Eagle 7 Eurasian Roller 7 Desert Finch 7 Common Coot 7 Common Whitethroat 6 Shikra 6 Tufted Duck 6 Pied Avocet 6 Turkestan Tit 6 Tree Pipit 6 Common Oystercatcher 6 Northern Pintail 6 Common Cuckoo 6 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater 6 Marsh Sandpiper 6 Wood Pigeon 6 Greenish Warbler 6 European Greenfinch 6 Chukar Partridge 6 Black Stork 6 Great Spotted Woodpecker 6 Upland Buzzard 6 Hawfinch 6 Grey-headed Goldfinch 6 Greater Sand Plover 6 Common Mynah 6 Little Owl 5 Laughing Dove 5 Pine Bunting 5 Asian Desert Warbler 5 Blyth's Reed Warbler 5 Baraba Steppe Gull 5 Little Tern 5 Cinereous Vulture 5 Paddyfield Warbler 5 Willow Warbler 5 Common Raven 5 Citrine Wagtail 5 Pin-Tailed Sandgrouse 5 Common Kingfisher 5 Rock Bunting 5 Great Grey Shrike 5 Black-winged Pratincole 5 Fieldfare 5 Short-toed Snake-Eagle 5 Redwing 5 Red-fronted Serin 4 Curlew Sandpiper 4 Common Greenshank 4 Coal Tit 4 Rufous Bush Robin 4 Goosander 4 Caspian Tern 4 Common Goldeneye 4 Lesser Grey Shrike 4 Collared Pratincole 4 Osprey 4 Black-Necked Grebe 4 Eastern Buzzard 4 Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush 4 Rough-legged Buzzard 4 Red-necked Phalarope 4 Eversmann's Redstart 4 Common Moorhen 4 Eurasian Whimbrel 4 Common Pheasant 4 Northern House Martin 4 Ortolan Bunting 4 Ferruginous Duck 4 White-Winged Woodpecker 4 Twite 4 Red-footed Falcon 4 Black Tern 4 Hume's Warbler 4 Black-headed Wagtail 4 White-tailed Lapwing 3 Willow Tit 3 White-winged Grosbeak 3 Black-crowned Night Heron 3 Brown-necked Raven 3 Brown Dipper 3 Greater Flamingo 3 Whinchat 3 Slender-billed Gull 3 Blackcap 3 Barred Warbler 3 Merlin 3 Red-rumped Swallow 3 Dalmatian Pelican 3 Eurasian Goldfinch 3 Red-Necked Grebe 3 Greater White-fronted Goose 3 Water Pipit 3 Stock Pigeon 3 Smew 3 Cetti's Warbler 3 Common Crane 3 Eurasian Golden Plover 3 Macqueen's Bustard 3 Little Grebe 3 Greater Scaup 2 European Golden Oriole 2 Great Bustard 2 Dunlin 2 Long-tailed Tit 2 Indian Golden Oriole 2 Northern Wren 2 Rock Pigeon 2 Little Egret 2 White-Backed Woodpecker 2 Western Grasshopper Warbler 2 Slavonian Grebe 2 Common Treecreeper 2 Red-breasted Goose 2 Goldcrest 2 Greylag Goose 2 Sandwich Tern 2 Common Nightingale 2 Alpine Swift 2 Blue-capped Redstart 2 Terek Sandpiper 2 Ruddy Turnstone 2 Menetries Warbler 2 Long-tailed Rosefinch 2 Eurasian Wigeon 2 Sanderling 2 Red-breasted Merganser 2 Saker Falcon 2 Eurasian Stone Curlew 2 Meadow Pipit 2 Black Woodpecker 2 Red-breasted Flycatcher 2 Eurasian Bittern 1 Richard's Pipit 1 Yellow-breasted Tit 1 Northern Black Grouse 1 Pale Sand Martin 1 Egyptian Vulture 1 Spotted Redshank 1 Bean Goose 1 Common Quail 1 Caspian Plover 1 Grey Plover 1 Thrush Nightingale 1 Yellow-backed Wagtail 1 Pander's Ground-Jay 1 Short-eared Owl 1 Bimaculated Lark 1 Corn Bunting 1 Bar-tailed Godwit 1 Crested Honey-Buzzard 1 European Nightjar 1 Eastern Rock Nuthatch 1 Saxaul Sparrow 1 Eurasian Dipper 1 Meadow Bunting 1 Yellow-billed Chough 1 Arctic Loon 1 Greater Ringed Plover 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 1 Eurasian Penduline Tit 1 Eurasian Jay 1 Eurasian Wryneck 1 Red-billed Chough 1 Wallcreeper 1 Little Bunting 1 Isabelline Shrike 1 Long-eared Owl 1 Cattle Egret 1 Yellow-browed Warbler 1 White-browed Tit-Warbler 1 Greater Spotted Eagle 1 Common Redpoll 1 Northern Bullfinch 1 Great White Pelican 1 Snow Bunting 1 Mongolian Finch 1 Great Reed Warbler 1 Icterine Warbler 1 Sociable Lapwing 1 Whiskered Tern 1 White-headed Duck 1 Himalayan Vulture 1 Northern Hazelhen 1 Red Crossbill 1 Little Bittern 1 Eurasian Eagle-Owl 1 Pied Flycatcher 1 Long-tailed Duck 1 Long-tailed Shrike 1 Bewick's Swan 1 Streaked Scrub Warbler 1 White-crowned Penduline Tit 1 Red-throated Pipit 1

REGION

all Atyrau Region 430Karaganda Region 235Kyzylorda Region 175Almaty 169East Kazakhstan Region 169 West Kazakhstan Region 165Zhambyl Region 131Turkistan Region 102Zhetysu Region 89Almaty Region 88Abai Region 86North Kazakhstan Region 76Pavlodar Region 52Aktobe Region 38Kostanay Region 34Mangystau Region 8Akmola Region 1

Only “needs identification” 3

Steppe Eagle 10 Oct 2025 · Almatinskaya oblast'. s. Aksujek 😍 5

2 Water Pipit 10 Oct 2025 · Sorbulak lake system, Almaty Region 😍 4

Whooper Swan 10 Oct 2025 · Sorbulak lake system, Almaty Region

Great Crested Grebe 10 Oct 2025 · Sorbulak lake system, Almaty Region 😍 5

Eastern Imperial Eagle 10 Oct 2025 · Sorbulak lake system, Almaty Region 😍 2🐤 1

Long-legged Buzzard 16 Nov 2025 · Kimasar gorge, Ile-Alatau National Park,...

2 Wallcreeper 16 Nov 2025 · Kimasar gorge, Ile-Alatau National Park,... 😍 11✍️ 1🐤 1

Tawny Pipit 23 Jul 2025 · Aktogajskij r-on. Karagandinskaya obl. 😍 2

2 Greater Short-toed Lark 23 Jul 2025 · Aktogajskij r-on. Karagandinskaya obl. 😍 2

Sky Lark 23 Jul 2025 · Shubartau outskirts, Karaganda Region

2 Greenish Warbler 22 Jul 2025 · Shubartau outskirts, Karaganda Region

Laughing Dove 9 Apr 2025 · Dendropark, Almaty 😍 5🐤 1

Grey Wagtail 9 Apr 2025 · Dendropark, Almaty 😍 3🐤 1

Masked Wagtail 9 Apr 2025 · Dendropark, Almaty 😍 8

Blue Whistling Thrush 9 Apr 2025 · Almaty 😍 3🐤 2

Bohemian Waxwing 18 Apr 2025 · Gorky Park, Almaty 😍 3

European Robin 17 Mar 2025 · Gorky Park, Almaty

Brambling 28 Mar 2025 · Gorky Park, Almaty 😍 2

Rock Bunting 30 Mar 2025 · Almaty, Almaty

2 Common Chiffchaff 30 Mar 2025 · Almaty, Almaty 😍 6

Blue-capped Redstart 30 Mar 2025 · Almaty, Almaty 😍 8🐤 1

Pied Wheatear 21 Mar 2025 · Kapshagay Reservoir, Almaty Region 😍 2

Common Sparrowhawk 21 Mar 2025 · Kapshagay Reservoir, Almaty Region 😍 2

2 Eversmann's Redstart 21 Mar 2025 · Kapshagay Reservoir, Almaty Region 😍 7

Awards of Леонид

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15/20 15 regions

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5 5 years on the site

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