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most often in Almaty
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on the site since 11 March 2023

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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Most in 2023: 663 observations

Observations 981 Species 278 Diaries 1 Map 263 Comments 308

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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

Barred Warbler 7 May 2024 · Aydarly, Almaty Region 2 photos (short) 😍 5

Clamorous Reed Warbler 13 May 2024 · Almaty

Black-crowned Night Heron 13 May 2024 · Almaty

Little Bittern 13 May 2024 · Almaty 😍 5🐤 1

Common Cuckoo 3 May 2024 · Sorbulak lake system, Almaty Region 😍 1

Long-legged Buzzard 3 May 2024 · Komsomol canal, Sorbulak Lake System, Al... 😍 2

Oriental Turtle Dove 3 May 2024 · Sorbulak lake system, Almaty Region 😍 1🐤 1

Garganey 3 May 2024 · Sorbulak lake system, Almaty Region 😍 2

Common Redshank 3 May 2024 · Sorbulak lake system, Almaty Region 😍 3

Temminck's Stint 3 May 2024 · Sorbulak lake system, Almaty Region 😍 3

Little Stint 3 May 2024 · Sorbulak lake system, Almaty Region 😍 3

Gadwall 3 May 2024 · Sorbulak lake system, Almaty Region

Eurasian Whimbrel 3 May 2024 · Sorbulak lake system, Almaty Region 😍 3🐤 1

Northern Lapwing 3 May 2024 · Sorbulak lake system, Almaty Region 😍 4

Isabelline Wheatear 3 May 2024 · Sorbulak lake surroundings, Almaty Regio... 😍 4

Eurasian Roller 3 May 2024 · Sorbulak lake surroundings, Almaty Regio... 😍 6

Great Reed Warbler 3 May 2024 · Sorbulak Lake System, Almaty Region 2 photos (short) 😍 7

Glossy Ibis 3 May 2024 · Sorbulak Lake System, Almaty Region 3 photos (short) 😍 6

Sykes's Warbler 28 Apr 2024 · Sorbulak lake system, Almaty Region 4 photos (short) 😍 2

Tree Pipit 28 Apr 2024 · Sorbulak Lake System, Almaty Region

Mute Swan 28 Apr 2024 · Sorbulak Lake System, Almaty Region

Black-Necked Grebe 28 Apr 2024 · Sorbulak Lake System, Almaty Region

Black-tailed Godwit 28 Apr 2024 · Sorbulak Lake System, Almaty Region

Common Pochard 28 Apr 2024 · Sorbulak Lake System, Almaty Region

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