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981observations 278species 54%of the Birds.kz list 8 of 20regions 308comments 1diary entry

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8 of 20 regions of Kazakhstan

Almaty516 Almaty Region362 Turkistan Region45 East Kazakhstan Region14 Zhambyl Region14 Kostanay Region12 Shymkent11 Astana7

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BIRD SPECIES

all species Common Pheasant 29 Tree Sparrow 22 Eurasian Collared Dove 17 Common Sparrowhawk 15 Eversmann's Redstart 14 Common Mynah 14 Common Chaffinch 13 Common Kestrel 13 Carrion Crow 13 Wood Pigeon 13 Eurasian Magpie 13 Common Chiffchaff 12 Brambling 11 Mistle Thrush 11 European Greenfinch 11 Black Kite 10 Eurasian Siskin 10 Grey-headed Goldfinch 10 Masked Wagtail 10 Grey Wagtail 10 Common Cuckoo 10 Black-throated Thrush 10 Mallard 9 Eurasian Blackbird 9 Rock Pigeon 9 Azure Tit 8 Barn Swallow 8 Long-legged Buzzard 8 Blue Whistling Thrush 8 Rook 8 Ruddy Shelduck 8 Red-fronted Serin 8 Eastern Buzzard 8 Eurasian Jackdaw 8 Tree Pipit 7 Common Moorhen 7 Red-mantled Rosefinch 7 Rock Bunting 7 Oriental Turtle Dove 7 House Sparrow 7 Common Rosefinch 7 Hume's Warbler 7 Blyth's Reed Warbler 7 Golden Eagle 7 Bohemian Waxwing 7 Eurasian Roller 7 Western Marsh-Harrier 6 Lesser Whitethroat 6 Northern Wren 6 Chukar Partridge 6 Siberian Stonechat 6 Great White Egret 6 Pied Wheatear 5 Spotted Flycatcher 5 Goldcrest 5 Great Crested Grebe 5 Black-headed Gull 5 Red-billed Chough 5 Steppe Eagle 5 Great Tit 5 Crested Lark 5 Lammergeier 5 Isabelline Wheatear 5 Corn Bunting 5 Great Cormorant 5 White-browed Tit-Warbler 5 Eurasian Hobby 5 Plain Mountain Finch 5 Yellow-billed Chough 5 Coal Tit 4 Rosy Starling 4 Hooded Crow 4 Greenish Warbler 4 Grey Heron 4 White-headed Duck 4 Long-tailed Tit 4 Hoopoe 4 Guldenstadt's Redstart 4 Sykes's Warbler 4 Bluethroat 4 Dalmatian Pelican 4 Lesser Short-toed Lark 4 Water Pipit 4 Common Starling 4 Laughing Dove 4 Black-winged Stilt 4 Brown Accentor 4 White-winged Grosbeak 3 Northern Shoveler 3 White Wagtail 3 Common Sandpiper 3 Northern Lapwing 3 Gadwall 3 Garganey 3 Brown Dipper 3 Hen Harrier 3 Red-breasted Rosefinch 3 Common Quail 3 Blue-capped Redstart 3 Eurasian Linnet 3 Common Nightingale 3 Black-throated Accentor 3 Pygmy Cormorant 3 Common Raven 3 Common Tern 3 Common Coot 3 Common Goldeneye 3 Whooper Swan 3 Calandra Lark 3 Caspian Gull 3 White-tailed Sea-Eagle 3 Little Ringed Plover 3 Turkestan Shrike 3 Pied Avocet 3 Common Buzzard 3 Lesser Grey Shrike 3 Long-eared Owl 3 Black-Necked Grebe 3 Common Redshank 3 Alpine Swift 3 Terek Sandpiper 3 Great Grey Shrike 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker 2 Tawny Pipit 2 Eurasian Crag Martin 2 European Bee-eater 2 Tufted Duck 2 Common Shelduck 2 Isabelline Shrike 2 Spotted Redshank 2 Crested Honey-Buzzard 2 Himalayan Snowcock 2 Eurasian Dipper 2 Black Stork 2 Yellow Wagtail 2 Northern Bullfinch 2 Cinereous Vulture 2 Northern Pintail 2 Red-headed Bunting 2 Common Oystercatcher 2 Black-crowned Night Heron 2 Red-crested Pochard 2 Black-tailed Godwit 2 Glossy Ibis 2 Lesser Kestrel 2 Spotted Nutcracker 2 Grey-necked Bunting 2 Yellowhammer 2 Long-tailed Rosefinch 2 Green Sandpiper 2 Mute Swan 2 Common Greenshank 2 Eastern Imperial Eagle 2 Upland Buzzard 2 Smew 2 Northern Reed Bunting 2 White-winged Snowfinch 2 Common Swift 2 Eurasian Curlew 2 Little Bittern 2 Himalayan Vulture 2 Black-Bellied Sandgrouse 2 Pine Bunting 2 Common Whitethroat 2 Temminck's Stint 2 Common Kingfisher 2 Citrine Wagtail 2 Booted Eagle 2 White-Winged Woodpecker 2 European Robin 2 Little Stint 2 Long-tailed Shrike 2 Common Pochard 2 Great White Pelican 2 Black-headed Wagtail 2 Turkestan Tit 2 Goosander 1 Ortolan Bunting 1 Song Thrush 1 Collared Pratincole 1 Gull-billed Tern 1 Indian Sparrow 1 Bean Goose 1 Pale Sand Martin 1 Shikra 1 Marsh Sandpiper 1 Willow Tit 1 Pacific Golden Plover 1 Baraba Steppe Gull 1 White-tailed Lapwing 1 Cetti's Warbler 1 Red-necked Phalarope 1 Himalayan Rubythroat 1 Yellow-breasted Tit 1 Eurasian Redstart 1 Himalayan Accentor 1 Spanish Sparrow 1 Red-backed Shrike 1 Common Snipe 1 Great Reed Warbler 1 Meadow Pipit 1 White Stork 1 Common Teal 1 Desert Wheatear 1 Red Crossbill 1 Little Gull 1 Great Bustard 1 Yellow-eyed Pigeon 1 Finsch's Wheatear 1 Baillon's Crake 1 Menetries Warbler 1 Demoiselle Crane 1 Saxaul Sparrow 1 Meadow Bunting 1 Blue Rock Thrush 1 Rufous Bush Robin 1 White-winged Tern 1 Brandt's Rosefinch 1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 1 Eurasian Goldfinch 1 Lesser Sand Plover 1 Eurasian Jay 1 Eurasian Wryneck 1 Boreal Owl 1 Ruff 1 Barred Warbler 1 Eurasian Scops-Owl 1 Rustic Bunting 1 Merlin 1 Little Bustard 1 Eurasian Wigeon 1 Wallcreeper 1 Pallas's Sandgrouse 1 Greater Spotted Eagle 1 Red-rumped Swallow 1 Red-breasted Flycatcher 1 Kentish Plover 1 Eastern Rock Nuthatch 1 Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush 1 Songar Tit 1 White-capped Bunting 1 Fieldfare 1 Purple Heron 1 Dunlin 1 Little Owl 1 Northern Wheatear 1 Northern House Martin 1 Eurasian Whimbrel 1 Hawfinch 1 Black-breasted Tit 1 Ural Owl 1 Grey-Headed Woodpecker 1 Sand Martin 1 Greylag Goose 1 Wood Sandpiper 1 Paddyfield Warbler 1 Black Tern 1 Common Crane 1 Baikal Bullfinch 1 Ruddy Turnstone 1 Grey Partridge 1 Clamorous Reed Warbler 1 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater 1 Pied Bushchat 1 Western Grasshopper Warbler 1 Greater Sand Plover 1 Sky Lark 1 Greater Ringed Plover 1 Eurasian Nuthatch 1 Desert Finch 1 Bewick's Swan 1 Richard's Pipit 1 Common Redpoll 1 Peregrine Falcon 1 Ferruginous Duck 1 Grey Plover 1 Variable Wheatear 1 Little Grebe 1

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all Almaty 516Almaty Region 362Turkistan Region 45East Kazakhstan Region 14Zhambyl Region 14 Kostanay Region 12Shymkent 11Astana 7

Eurasian Hobby 21 May 2024 · Sorbulak lake system, Almaty Region 😍 2

Ruddy Turnstone 21 May 2024 · Sorbulak, Almaty Region 2 photos (short)

Spotted Redshank 21 May 2024 · Sorbulak lake system, Almaty Region

Lesser Sand Plover 21 May 2024 · Sorbulak, Almaty Region 3 photos (short) 😍 3

Terek Sandpiper 21 May 2024 · Sorbulak Lake System, Almaty Region 😍 4

Terek Sandpiper 21 May 2024 · Sorbulak Lake System, Almaty Region 😍 4🐤 3

Wood Pigeon 11 May 2024 · Sanatorium, Almaty

Common Pheasant 11 May 2024 · Sanatorium, Almaty 😍 4

Blue Whistling Thrush 11 May 2024 · Almaty 2 photos (short) 🐤 1

Golden Eagle 18 May 2024 · Almaty Region 3 photos (short) 😍 1🐤 1

Greenish Warbler 28 May 2024 · Big Almaty Lake, Almaty

Long-tailed Shrike 17 May 2024 · Sairan, Bolshaya Almatinka river, Almaty 😍 4

Pied Wheatear 8 May 2024 · Ile floodplain, Almaty Region 😍 4

Common Rosefinch 8 May 2024 · Ile floodplain, Almaty Region 2 photos (short) 😍 5

Crested Honey-Buzzard 8 May 2024 · Ile floodplain, Almaty Region 3 photos (short) 😍 2

White-Winged Woodpecker 8 May 2024 · Ile floodplain, Almaty Region 2 photos (short) 😍 2

Pallas's Sandgrouse 8 May 2024 · Karaturanga, Almaty oblast' 4 photos (short) 😍 4🐤 1

Saxaul Sparrow 8 May 2024 · Ile river floodplain, Almaty Region 3 photos (short) 😍 4

Rosy Starling 7 May 2024 · Karaturanga, Almaty Region 😍 5

Northern Wheatear 7 May 2024 · Kanshengel, desert Taukum, Yuzhnoe Priba... 😍 2

Hoopoe 7 May 2024 · Kanshengel, desert Taukum, Yuzhnoe Priba...

Crested Lark 7 May 2024 · Kurty, Almaty Region 😍 2

Calandra Lark 7 May 2024 · Kurtinskoye reservoir, Almaty Region 😍 3

Long-legged Buzzard 7 May 2024 · Mezhdurechensk, Almaty Region 😍 1

Awards of Ильдар

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3/20 3 regions

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1 1 diary entry

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