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most often in Mangystau Region
on the site since 10 February 2024

1 137observations 262species 51%of the Birds.kz list 11 of 20regions 103comments 4diary entries

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11 of 20 regions of Kazakhstan

Mangystau Region376 Almaty Region311 Almaty270 Kyzylorda Region87 Zhetysu Region46 Shymkent17 Abai Region12 Turkistan Region9 West Kazakhstan Region4 Aktobe Region4

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Most in 2025: 677 observations

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BIRD SPECIES

all species Great Cormorant 21 Pied Wheatear 20 Carrion Crow 19 Caspian Gull 19 Black-headed Gull 18 Eurasian Magpie 17 Common Kestrel 17 Black-winged Stilt 14 Common Chiffchaff 14 Common Pheasant 13 Black Kite 13 Crested Lark 13 Mallard 13 Great White Egret 12 Masked Wagtail 12 Common Tern 12 Grey Heron 11 Ruddy Shelduck 11 White Wagtail 10 Dunlin 10 Azure Tit 10 Barn Swallow 10 Common Shelduck 10 Tree Sparrow 10 Lesser Short-toed Lark 9 Rook 9 Kentish Plover 9 Common Sandpiper 9 Steppe Eagle 9 Grey Wagtail 9 Great Tit 8 Wood Sandpiper 8 Hooded Crow 8 Red-necked Phalarope 8 Little Ringed Plover 8 Hume's Warbler 8 Common Chaffinch 8 House Sparrow 8 Chukar Partridge 8 Mistle Thrush 8 Common Mynah 8 Dalmatian Pelican 8 Rock Bunting 8 Coal Tit 8 Common Redshank 8 Isabelline Wheatear 8 Rock Pigeon 8 Mute Swan 7 Common Starling 7 Slender-billed Gull 7 Desert Wheatear 7 Common Oystercatcher 7 Northern Shoveler 7 Red-fronted Serin 7 Steppe Grey Shrike 7 Western Marsh-Harrier 7 Collared Pratincole 7 Grey-headed Goldfinch 7 Long-legged Buzzard 6 Northern Wheatear 6 Eurasian Blackbird 6 Black-throated Thrush 6 Turkestan Shrike 6 Rosy Starling 6 Eurasian Redstart 6 Yellow Wagtail 6 Green Sandpiper 6 Garganey 6 Great Crested Grebe 6 Eurasian Jackdaw 6 Common Raven 6 Hoopoe 6 Temminck's Stint 5 Eversmann's Redstart 5 Horned Lark 5 Greenish Warbler 5 Golden Eagle 5 Wood Pigeon 5 White-winged Tern 5 Spotted Flycatcher 5 Brambling 5 Red-breasted Flycatcher 5 Eastern Buzzard 5 Upland Buzzard 5 Siberian Stonechat 5 White-winged Grosbeak 5 Common Coot 5 Common Kingfisher 5 Pygmy Cormorant 5 Grey Plover 5 Common Rosefinch 5 Greater Sand Plover 5 Willow Warbler 5 Blue-capped Redstart 5 Bluethroat 4 Pallas's Gull 4 Common Teal 4 Finsch's Wheatear 4 Little Tern 4 Black-Necked Grebe 4 Northern Reed Bunting 4 Montagu's Harrier 4 Eurasian Collared Dove 4 Caspian Plover 4 Little Stint 4 Laughing Dove 4 Bar-tailed Godwit 4 Glossy Ibis 4 Common Whitethroat 4 Black-throated Accentor 4 Blue Whistling Thrush 4 Eurasian Roller 4 Citrine Wagtail 4 European Greenfinch 4 Red-crested Pochard 4 Common Swift 4 Tawny Pipit 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker 4 Gadwall 4 Corn Bunting 4 Little Egret 3 Ruff 3 Water Rail 3 White-browed Tit-Warbler 3 Northern Pintail 3 Oriental Turtle Dove 3 Pied Avocet 3 Wallcreeper 3 White-tailed Sea-Eagle 3 Desert Finch 3 Greater Flamingo 3 Brown Dipper 3 Common Cuckoo 3 Indian Sparrow 3 Red-headed Bunting 3 Egyptian Vulture 3 Eurasian Whimbrel 3 Red-mantled Rosefinch 3 Eurasian Siskin 3 Common Moorhen 3 Goldcrest 3 Marsh Sandpiper 3 Lesser Whitethroat 3 Black-headed Wagtail 3 Common Greenshank 2 Ferruginous Duck 2 Eurasian Hobby 2 Ortolan Bunting 2 Song Thrush 2 Curlew Sandpiper 2 Lesser Kestrel 2 Long-tailed Tit 2 White-crowned Penduline Tit 2 Black-Bellied Sandgrouse 2 Alpine Swift 2 White-headed Duck 2 Long-tailed Rosefinch 2 Yellow-billed Chough 2 Eastern Imperial Eagle 2 Meadow Pipit 2 Greater Ringed Plover 2 Sykes's Warbler 2 Spotted Nutcracker 2 Sky Lark 2 European Nightjar 2 Gull-billed Tern 2 Booted Eagle 2 Pallid Harrier 2 Eurasian Wryneck 2 Common Pochard 2 European Bee-eater 2 Eurasian Wigeon 2 Pallas's Sandgrouse 2 Bearded Tit 2 Red-Necked Grebe 2 Tufted Duck 2 Whiskered Tern 2 Terek Sandpiper 2 Water Pipit 2 Common Snipe 2 Pine Bunting 2 Whooper Swan 2 Common Buzzard 2 Indian Golden Oriole 2 European Robin 2 Cinereous Vulture 2 Eurasian Curlew 2 Bimaculated Lark 2 Rough-legged Buzzard 2 Northern Wren 2 Common Nightingale 2 Black-crowned Night Heron 2 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater 2 Lammergeier 2 Common Sparrowhawk 2 Great Grey Shrike 2 Northern Lapwing 2 Long-eared Owl 1 Eurasian Goldfinch 1 Bohemian Waxwing 1 Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker 1 Black-tailed Godwit 1 Common Goldeneye 1 Plain Mountain Finch 1 Black Redstart 1 Common Crane 1 Sanderling 1 Siberian Black-backed Gull 1 Yellowhammer 1 Asian Desert Warbler 1 Red Crossbill 1 Hen Harrier 1 Grey Partridge 1 Clamorous Reed Warbler 1 Little Bittern 1 Sulphur-bellied Warbler 1 Eurasian Linnet 1 Sandwich Tern 1 Purple Heron 1 Eurasian Eagle-Owl 1 Red-throated Pipit 1 Spanish Sparrow 1 Barbary Falcon 1 Red-footed Falcon 1 Grey-necked Bunting 1 Great Reed Warbler 1 Red-breasted Merganser 1 Whinchat 1 Cattle Egret 1 Tree Pipit 1 Pale Sand Martin 1 Brown Accentor 1 Osprey 1 Little Owl 1 Great White Pelican 1 Godlewski's Bunting 1 Griffon Vulture 1 Eurasian Dipper 1 Saker Falcon 1 Demoiselle Crane 1 Northern Goshawk 1 Songar Tit 1 Northern House Martin 1 Lesser Grey Shrike 1 Meadow Bunting 1 Black-winged Pratincole 1 Himalayan Rubythroat 1 Cetti's Warbler 1 Turkestan Tit 1 Peregrine Falcon 1 Guldenstadt's Redstart 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 Greater Short-toed Lark 1 Eurasian Golden Plover 1 Greater Scaup 1 Squacco Heron 1 Sand Martin 1 Merlin 1 Isabelline Shrike 1 Little Bustard 1 Paddyfield Warbler 1 Red-billed Chough 1

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all Mangystau Region 376Almaty Region 311Almaty 270Kyzylorda Region 87Zhetysu Region 46 Shymkent 17Abai Region 12Turkistan Region 9West Kazakhstan Region 4Aktobe Region 4East Kazakhstan Region 1

Caspian Gull 7 Apr 2025 · 5A microdistrict embankment, Aktau, Mang... 😍 1

Hooded Crow 7 Apr 2025 · 5A microdistrict embankment, Aktau, Mang... 😍 3

White Wagtail 7 Apr 2025 · 5A microdistrict embankment, Aktau, Mang... 😍 5

Black-Necked Grebe 7 Apr 2025 · 5A microdistrict embankment, Aktau, Mang... 😍 5🐤 2

Barn Swallow 7 Apr 2025 · 5A microdistrict embankment, Aktau, Mang...

2 Green Sandpiper 7 Apr 2025 · Embankment, Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 6

Water Rail 7 Apr 2025 · Embankment, Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 4🐤 1

Common Redshank 6 Apr 2025 · Aralsk, Aral, Kyzylorda Region 😍 4

2 Marsh Sandpiper 6 Apr 2025 · Aralsk, Aral, Kyzylorda Region 😍 8

3 Black-winged Stilt 6 Apr 2025 · Aralsk, Aral, Kyzylorda Region 😍 8🐤 2

2 Common Oystercatcher 6 Apr 2025 · Aralsk, Aral, Kyzylorda Region 😍 6

2 Isabelline Wheatear 6 Apr 2025 · Aralsk, Aral, Kyzylorda Region 😍 5

Common Starling 6 Apr 2025 · Aralsk, Aral, Kyzylorda Region

Common Shelduck 6 Apr 2025 · Aralsk, Aral, Kyzylorda Region 😍 2

Citrine Wagtail 6 Apr 2025 · Aralsk, Aral, Kyzylorda Region 😍 3

2 Desert Finch 6 Apr 2025 · Aralsk, Aral, Kyzylorda Region 😍 12🐤 1

Common Pheasant 15 Mar 2025 · Saka burial mounds Park, Almaty 😍 1🐤 1

Hen Harrier 15 Mar 2025 · Saka burial mounds Park, Almaty 😍 1

Chukar Partridge 15 Mar 2025 · Saka burial mounds Park, Almaty 😍 1

Black-headed Gull 15 Mar 2025 · Saka burial mounds Park, Almaty

Corn Bunting 15 Mar 2025 · Saka burial mounds Park, Almaty 😍 6

Eurasian Linnet 15 Mar 2025 · Saka burial mounds Park, Almaty

Black-throated Thrush 6 Mar 2025 · Botanical Garden, Almaty 😍 4

Azure Tit 6 Mar 2025 · Botanical Garden, Almaty 😍 4

Awards of Павел

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1 1 diary entry

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