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on the site since 19 May 2014

1 151observations 264species 51%of the Birds.kz list 12 of 20regions 2diary entries

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12 of 20 regions of Kazakhstan

Almaty Region341 Zhetysu Region230 Zhambyl Region191 Abai Region153 Almaty140 Pavlodar Region32 Ulytau Region30 Karaganda Region12 Akmola Region10 East Kazakhstan Region9

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Kyzylorda Region2 Mangystau Region1

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Most in 2016: 417 observations

Observations 1 151 Species 264 Diaries 2 Map 175

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all 2024 19 2021 101 2020 273 2019 1 2018 6 2017 238 2016 417 2015 70 2014 6 2013 5 2012 2 2011 3 2010 7 2009 1 2008 2

BIRD SPECIES

all species Long-legged Buzzard 26 Turkestan Shrike 23 Saker Falcon 18 Golden Eagle 18 Macqueen's Bustard 15 Isabelline Wheatear 13 Little Bustard 13 Blue Whistling Thrush 13 Steppe Eagle 12 Tawny Pipit 12 Eastern Imperial Eagle 12 Common Pheasant 12 Little Owl 12 Common Kestrel 10 Azure Tit 9 White Wagtail 9 Caspian Gull 9 Demoiselle Crane 9 Calandra Lark 9 Pied Wheatear 9 Great Bustard 9 Common Chaffinch 9 Little Ringed Plover 9 Mallard 8 Masked Wagtail 8 Saxaul Sparrow 8 Northern Reed Bunting 8 Common Redshank 8 Common Sparrowhawk 8 Ruddy Shelduck 8 Siberian Stonechat 8 Green Sandpiper 8 Steppe Grey Shrike 8 Greater Short-toed Lark 8 Lesser Whitethroat 7 Northern Goshawk 7 Red-headed Bunting 7 Common Tern 7 Barn Swallow 7 Northern Shoveler 7 Spotted Flycatcher 7 White-tailed Sea-Eagle 7 Pied Avocet 7 Lesser Grey Shrike 7 Bluethroat 7 Desert Wheatear 7 Eurasian Blackbird 7 Black Lark 7 Short-toed Snake-Eagle 7 Grey Wagtail 7 Eurasian Curlew 7 Yellowhammer 7 Eversmann's Redstart 7 Red-mantled Rosefinch 6 Common Starling 6 Lesser Short-toed Lark 6 Tree Pipit 6 Eurasian Collared Dove 6 Black-headed Gull 6 Black-Bellied Sandgrouse 6 White-Winged Woodpecker 6 Yellow Wagtail 6 Pallas's Sandgrouse 6 Booted Warbler 6 Northern Lapwing 6 Long-tailed Rosefinch 6 Pin-Tailed Sandgrouse 6 Common Chiffchaff 6 Common Cuckoo 6 Eurasian Roller 6 Chukar Partridge 6 Horned Lark 6 Ortolan Bunting 5 Isabelline Shrike 5 Bohemian Waxwing 5 Mute Swan 5 Rosy Starling 5 Lammergeier 5 Brambling 5 Pallid Harrier 5 Blue-capped Redstart 5 Northern Black Grouse 5 Marsh Sandpiper 5 Hume's Warbler 5 Pine Bunting 5 Black Kite 5 Eurasian Siskin 5 Tree Sparrow 5 Eurasian Hobby 5 Grey-headed Goldfinch 5 Cinereous Vulture 5 Greater Sand Plover 5 Great Tit 5 Great Cormorant 5 Black-winged Stilt 5 Common Oystercatcher 5 Goosander 4 Black Redstart 4 Eurasian Jackdaw 4 Short-eared Owl 4 Great Crested Grebe 4 Pallas's Gull 4 Common Teal 4 Hen Harrier 4 Crested Lark 4 Turkestan Tit 4 Great White Pelican 4 Common Sandpiper 4 Himalayan Vulture 4 Northern Pintail 4 Great White Egret 4 Great Grey Shrike 4 Black-throated Thrush 4 Black-headed Wagtail 4 Oriental Turtle Dove 4 Common Shelduck 4 Common Kingfisher 4 White-winged Grosbeak 4 Eurasian Stone Curlew 4 Red-fronted Serin 4 Crested Honey-Buzzard 4 Booted Eagle 4 Wood Pigeon 4 Common Pochard 4 European Bee-eater 4 Merlin 4 Common Rosefinch 4 Black Stork 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker 4 Hoopoe 4 Northern Wheatear 4 Black-tailed Godwit 4 Grey Partridge 4 Hooded Crow 3 Western Marsh-Harrier 3 Bimaculated Lark 3 Montagu's Harrier 3 Curlew Sandpiper 3 Long-tailed Tit 3 Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush 3 Shikra 3 Spanish Sparrow 3 Rough-legged Buzzard 3 Grey-necked Bunting 3 Twite 3 Sky Lark 3 European Nightjar 3 Eurasian Goldfinch 3 White-winged Tern 3 Citrine Wagtail 3 Eurasian Scops-Owl 3 Bearded Tit 3 Little Tern 3 Mistle Thrush 3 Dalmatian Pelican 3 Ibisbill 3 Red-crested Pochard 3 Asian Desert Warbler 3 Kentish Plover 3 Northern Wren 3 Temminck's Stint 3 Grey Heron 3 Red-backed Shrike 3 Red-footed Falcon 3 Common Buzzard 3 Common Moorhen 3 Corn Bunting 3 European Golden Oriole 3 Common Nightingale 3 White-winged Lark 3 Eurasian Linnet 3 Ferruginous Duck 3 Little Stint 3 Brown-necked Raven 3 Grey Plover 3 Greylag Goose 3 Mongolian Finch 2 Common Mynah 2 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater 2 Peregrine Falcon 2 Lesser Kestrel 2 Garganey 2 Common Coot 2 Gull-billed Tern 2 Rufous Bush Robin 2 Goldcrest 2 Eurasian Eagle-Owl 2 Common Snipe 2 Eurasian Wigeon 2 European Robin 2 Indian Sparrow 2 Gadwall 2 Black Tern 2 Northern House Martin 2 Eastern Rock Nuthatch 2 Black-Necked Grebe 2 Eurasian Whimbrel 2 Smew 2 Upland Buzzard 2 European Greenfinch 2 Yellow-billed Chough 2 Common Crane 2 Eurasian Redstart 2 Common Whitethroat 2 Collared Pratincole 2 Pygmy Cormorant 2 Black-throated Accentor 2 Meadow Bunting 2 Mew Gull 2 Carrion Crow 2 Whooper Swan 2 Yellow-eyed Pigeon 2 Spotted Redshank 2 Desert Finch 2 Wallcreeper 2 Wood Sandpiper 2 Pander's Ground-Jay 2 Arctic Loon 1 Slender-billed Gull 1 Red-necked Phalarope 1 Eastern Buzzard 1 Red-breasted Rosefinch 1 Rock Sparrow 1 Caspian Tern 1 Rock Bunting 1 Blyth's Reed Warbler 1 Water Rail 1 Ruff 1 Richard's Pipit 1 Baraba Steppe Gull 1 Indian Pond Heron 1 Common Quail 1 Tufted Duck 1 Ruddy Turnstone 1 Greater Spotted Eagle 1 Common Raven 1 Caspian Plover 1 Plain Mountain Finch 1 Little Grebe 1 House Sparrow 1 Willow Warbler 1 Terek Sandpiper 1 Egyptian Vulture 1 Common Redpoll 1 Barbary Falcon 1 Common Swift 1 Dunlin 1 Western Grasshopper Warbler 1 Laughing Dove 1 Common Goldeneye 1 Brown Dipper 1 Yellow-backed Wagtail 1 Pale Sand Martin 1 Eurasian Bittern 1 Eurasian Magpie 1 Willow Tit 1 Black-crowned Night Heron 1 Himalayan Snowcock 1 Fieldfare 1 Sociable Lapwing 1 Great Reed Warbler 1 Osprey 1 Spotted Nutcracker 1 Eurasian Penduline Tit 1

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all Almaty Region 341Zhetysu Region 230Zhambyl Region 191Abai Region 153Almaty 140 Pavlodar Region 32Ulytau Region 30Karaganda Region 12Akmola Region 10East Kazakhstan Region 9Kyzylorda Region 2Mangystau Region 1

2 Eurasian Siskin 7 Apr 2021 · Sunkar, Almaty 😍 1

Black-throated Accentor 5 Mar 2021 · Sunkar, Almaty 😍 1

Northern Reed Bunting 28 Feb 2021 · Sorbulak lake system, Almaty Region 😍 2

Smew 28 Feb 2021 · Sorbulak lake system, Almaty Region 😍 3

Caspian Gull 28 Feb 2021 · Sorbulak lake system, Almaty Region 😍 2

Northern Pintail 28 Feb 2021 · Sorbulak lake system, Almaty Region 😍 6

Ferruginous Duck 28 Feb 2021 · Sorbulak lake system, Almaty Region 😍 5

Whooper Swan 28 Feb 2021 · Sorbulak lake system, Almaty Region 😍 6

Long-legged Buzzard 17 Feb 2021 · Lower Ile river, left bank, Sunkar hunti... 😍 1

2 Chukar Partridge 17 Feb 2021 · Lower Ile river, left bank, Sunkar hunti... 😍 6

Calandra Lark 17 Feb 2021 · Lower Ile river, left bank, Sunkar hunti... 😍 7

Yellowhammer 17 Feb 2021 · Lower Ile river, left bank, Sunkar hunti... 😍 5

Grey-headed Goldfinch 23 Jan 2021 · Sunkar, Almaty 😍 2

Brambling 23 Jan 2021 · Sunkar, Almaty 😍 6

2 Red-fronted Serin 22 Jan 2021 · Sunkar, Almaty 😍 3

Yellowhammer 19 Jan 2021 · Lower Ile river, left bank, Sunkar hunti... 😍 1

Red-mantled Rosefinch 19 Jan 2021 · Lower Ile river, left bank, Sunkar hunti...

Bohemian Waxwing 19 Jan 2021 · Lower Ile river, left bank, Sunkar hunti...

Ring-necked Pheasant 19 Jan 2021 · Lower Ile river, left bank, Sunkar hunti...

2 Red-breasted Rosefinch 16 Jan 2021 · Almaty 😍 2🐤 1

Himalayan Snowcock 16 Jan 2021 · Almaty 😍 1

Lammergeier 16 Jan 2021 · Ozernoe gorge, Ile-Alatau National Park,... 😍 2

2 Yellow-billed Chough 16 Jan 2021 · Ozernoe gorge, Ile-Alatau National Park,... 😍 1

Hen Harrier 16 Jan 2021 · Ozernoe gorge, Ile-Alatau National Park,...

Awards of Сергей

5 awards · several levels in each

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