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most often in Zhambyl Region
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on the site since 10 March 2013

914observations 222species 43%of the Birds.kz list 9 of 20regions 86comments 1diary entry

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11 species in 2026

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9 of 20 regions of Kazakhstan

Zhambyl Region389 Almaty269 Almaty Region208 Akmola Region23 North Kazakhstan Region16 Zhetysu Region4 Turkistan Region2 Karaganda Region2 Kyzylorda Region1

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Most in 2017: 228 observations

Observations 914 Species 222 Diaries 1 Map 435 Comments 86

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BIRD SPECIES

all species Common Pheasant 16 Common Kestrel 16 Pied Wheatear 15 Great Tit 14 Common Chaffinch 14 Black Kite 13 Eastern Buzzard 13 Common Sparrowhawk 13 Common Chiffchaff 13 Eurasian Blackbird 12 Mallard 12 Corn Bunting 12 Black-throated Thrush 11 Masked Wagtail 11 Siberian Stonechat 10 Black-headed Gull 10 Grey-headed Goldfinch 10 Great White Egret 10 Brambling 9 Bohemian Waxwing 9 Grey Heron 9 Yellow-breasted Tit 9 Northern Reed Bunting 9 Turkestan Shrike 9 Little Ringed Plover 9 Carrion Crow 8 Eurasian Collared Dove 8 Goldcrest 8 Western Marsh-Harrier 8 Common Coot 8 Eurasian Magpie 8 Hoopoe 8 Isabelline Wheatear 8 Great Crested Grebe 8 Azure Tit 7 Mistle Thrush 7 Pygmy Cormorant 7 Eversmann's Redstart 7 Wood Pigeon 7 Demoiselle Crane 7 Great Cormorant 7 Ruddy Shelduck 7 Northern Lapwing 7 Eurasian Hobby 7 Citrine Wagtail 6 Black Redstart 6 Barn Swallow 6 Isabelline Shrike 6 Common Redshank 6 Dalmatian Pelican 6 Hen Harrier 6 White-browed Tit-Warbler 6 Red-headed Bunting 6 Eurasian Roller 6 Green Sandpiper 6 Common Moorhen 6 White-tailed Sea-Eagle 6 Blue-capped Redstart 6 Common Whitethroat 6 Chukar Partridge 6 European Greenfinch 6 Eurasian Jackdaw 5 Eurasian Siskin 5 Caspian Gull 5 Black-winged Stilt 5 Grey Wagtail 5 Tree Pipit 5 Common Sandpiper 5 Red-crested Pochard 5 Common Buzzard 5 Common Mynah 5 Red-fronted Serin 5 Spotted Flycatcher 5 Red-billed Chough 5 Red-mantled Rosefinch 5 Gadwall 5 Common Starling 5 Black-throated Accentor 5 Hume's Warbler 5 Lesser Grey Shrike 5 Garganey 5 Himalayan Rubythroat 4 Mute Swan 4 White-winged Grosbeak 4 Calandra Lark 4 Turkestan Tit 4 Long-tailed Shrike 4 White Wagtail 4 Oriental Turtle Dove 4 Tree Sparrow 4 Long-legged Buzzard 4 Water Pipit 4 Rosy Starling 4 House Sparrow 4 Rook 4 Blue Whistling Thrush 4 Common Cuckoo 4 Bluethroat 4 Rock Bunting 4 Ruff 4 European Bee-eater 4 Hooded Crow 4 Common Rosefinch 4 Laughing Dove 4 Common Kingfisher 3 Northern Pintail 3 Crested Lark 3 Northern Wheatear 3 Steppe Eagle 3 Tufted Duck 3 White Stork 3 Common Tern 3 Long-tailed Rosefinch 3 Northern Bullfinch 3 Northern Shoveler 3 Black Stork 3 Northern House Martin 3 Common Swift 3 Fieldfare 3 Pied Avocet 3 Common Oystercatcher 3 Eurasian Wigeon 3 Goosander 2 Northern Wren 2 Lesser Kestrel 2 Eurasian Curlew 2 Short-eared Owl 2 Yellowhammer 2 White-Winged Woodpecker 2 Short-toed Snake-Eagle 2 Black Lark 2 Spanish Sparrow 2 White-Backed Woodpecker 2 Eastern Imperial Eagle 2 Common Teal 2 Spotted Nutcracker 2 Great Bustard 2 Eurasian Dipper 2 Booted Eagle 2 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 2 Water Rail 2 Greenish Warbler 2 Little Bustard 2 Wallcreeper 2 Greater Spotted Eagle 2 Red-rumped Swallow 2 Grey-necked Bunting 2 Black-Necked Grebe 2 Golden Eagle 2 Guldenstadt's Redstart 2 Rock Pigeon 2 Great White Pelican 2 Lesser Whitethroat 2 Daurian Partridge 2 Brown Dipper 2 Common Raven 2 Greater Short-toed Lark 2 Indian Golden Oriole 2 Pine Bunting 1 Siberian Black-backed Gull 1 Black-Bellied Sandgrouse 1 Songar Tit 1 Common Greenshank 1 Himalayan Vulture 1 Yellow-billed Chough 1 Kentish Plover 1 Plain Mountain Finch 1 Ibisbill 1 Upland Buzzard 1 Hawfinch 1 Asian Paradise Flycatcher 1 Yellow Wagtail 1 Long-eared Owl 1 Jack Snipe 1 Eurasian Scops-Owl 1 Sand Martin 1 Greylag Goose 1 Black-tailed Godwit 1 Pallid Harrier 1 Barred Warbler 1 Common Quail 1 Common Pochard 1 Eurasian Linnet 1 Eurasian Wryneck 1 Horned Lark 1 Eurasian Goldfinch 1 Common Crane 1 Brown Accentor 1 Common Nightingale 1 White-winged Tern 1 Rufous Bush Robin 1 Cinereous Vulture 1 Red-Necked Grebe 1 Desert Wheatear 1 Lammergeier 1 Little Bittern 1 Coal Tit 1 Common Snipe 1 Greater Sand Plover 1 Arctic Warbler 1 Sky Lark 1 Himalayan Accentor 1 Sulphur-bellied Warbler 1 White-headed Duck 1 Eurasian Nuthatch 1 Greater Flamingo 1 Great Grey Shrike 1 Eurasian Redstart 1 Barbary Falcon 1 Peregrine Falcon 1 Little Stint 1 Ferruginous Duck 1 Red-footed Falcon 1 Common Goldeneye 1 Shikra 1 Whooper Swan 1 Little Grebe 1 Common Shelduck 1 Tawny Pipit 1 Montagu's Harrier 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 Dunlin 1

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all Zhambyl Region 389Almaty 269Almaty Region 208Akmola Region 23North Kazakhstan Region 16 Zhetysu Region 4Turkistan Region 2Karaganda Region 2Kyzylorda Region 1

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Александр Балыкин

Great White Egret Egretta alba

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г. Тараз , Комсомольское озеро · shot 19 February 2010

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Александр Балыкин

Great White Egret Egretta alba

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Taraz, Komsomol lake. · shot 19 February 2010

Awards of Александр

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5/20 5 regions

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