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most often in Mangystau Region
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on the site since 16 January 2016

828observations 148species 29%of the Birds.kz list 7 of 20regions 105comments

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7 of 20 regions of Kazakhstan

Mangystau Region796 Kostanay Region10 Akmola Region8 Almaty7 Almaty Region4 Karaganda Region2 Atyrau Region1

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Most in 2016: 236 observations

Observations 828 Species 148 Map 189 Comments 105

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all 2025 11 2022 4 2021 1 2020 34 2019 195 2018 123 2017 194 2016 236 2015 6 2014 4 2013 2 2012 2 2011 2 2010 1 2009 3 2008 4 2007 6

BIRD SPECIES

all species Mallard 50 Black-headed Gull 39 Caspian Gull 36 Great Cormorant 31 White Wagtail 25 Long-legged Buzzard 21 Pied Wheatear 20 Common Tern 18 Little Ringed Plover 16 House Sparrow 16 Black-winged Stilt 16 Ruff 15 Hooded Crow 14 Kentish Plover 14 Common Chaffinch 13 Wood Sandpiper 13 Crested Lark 12 Black-Bellied Sandgrouse 11 Common Starling 11 Ruddy Turnstone 11 Common Kestrel 11 Tufted Duck 10 Black-Necked Grebe 10 Great White Egret 9 Barn Swallow 9 Red-necked Phalarope 8 Little Stint 8 Common Sandpiper 8 White-winged Tern 8 Ruddy Shelduck 8 Steppe Grey Shrike 7 Common Swift 7 Greater Short-toed Lark 7 Spotted Flycatcher 7 Green Sandpiper 7 Red-breasted Merganser 7 Greater Flamingo 6 Common Snipe 6 Glossy Ibis 6 Grey Heron 6 Common Pochard 6 Common Redshank 6 Calandra Lark 6 Hoopoe 6 Rook 5 Greater Ringed Plover 5 Common Shelduck 5 Mew Gull 5 Golden Eagle 5 European Robin 5 Rosy Starling 5 Pied Avocet 5 Red-headed Bunting 5 Citrine Wagtail 4 Western Marsh-Harrier 4 Great Crested Grebe 4 Isabelline Wheatear 4 Eurasian Redstart 4 Finsch's Wheatear 4 Little Tern 4 Song Thrush 4 Fieldfare 4 Dunlin 4 Little Owl 4 Garganey 4 Eurasian Collared Dove 4 Caspian Plover 4 Common Coot 4 Common Chiffchaff 4 Horned Lark 3 Eurasian Blackbird 3 Black-tailed Godwit 3 Northern Reed Bunting 3 Chukar Partridge 3 Northern Pintail 3 Grey Plover 3 Bimaculated Lark 3 Macqueen's Bustard 3 Mistle Thrush 3 Montagu's Harrier 3 Sandwich Tern 3 Sky Lark 3 Bohemian Waxwing 3 Common Teal 3 Northern Wheatear 3 Gadwall 3 European Bee-eater 3 Steppe Eagle 3 Mute Swan 3 Bar-tailed Godwit 2 Common Buzzard 2 Black Kite 2 Rock Sparrow 2 Northern Shoveler 2 Rock Pigeon 2 Purple Heron 2 Red-backed Shrike 2 Great Tit 2 Slavonian Grebe 2 Curlew Sandpiper 2 Cattle Egret 2 Pallid Harrier 2 Common Raven 2 Little Bustard 2 Willow Warbler 2 Eurasian Whimbrel 2 Common Mynah 2 Gull-billed Tern 2 Lesser Grey Shrike 1 Lesser Short-toed Lark 1 Red-breasted Flycatcher 1 Red-crested Pochard 1 Common Rosefinch 1 Common Greenshank 1 Red-Necked Grebe 1 Booted Warbler 1 Slender-billed Gull 1 Terek Sandpiper 1 Temminck's Stint 1 Sykes's Warbler 1 Black-headed Wagtail 1 Common Whitethroat 1 Goosander 1 White-headed Duck 1 Northern Lapwing 1 Eurasian Magpie 1 Hawfinch 1 Whooper Swan 1 Grey Wagtail 1 Garden Warbler 1 Laughing Dove 1 White-tailed Lapwing 1 Baraba Steppe Gull 1 Common Crane 1 Spotted Redshank 1 Rough-legged Buzzard 1 Cinereous Vulture 1 Greater Sand Plover 1 White-tailed Sea-Eagle 1 Black Redstart 1 Black-winged Pratincole 1 Common Sparrowhawk 1 Spotted Crake 1 Great Grey Shrike 1 Black-throated Thrush 1 Eurasian Reed Warbler 1 Redwing 1 Eurasian Wigeon 1

REGION

all Mangystau Region 796Kostanay Region 10Akmola Region 8Almaty 7Almaty Region 4 Karaganda Region 2Atyrau Region 1

Caspian Gull 17 May 2019 · Aktau, Mangystau Region 🐤 2

Common Sandpiper 17 May 2019 · Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 1

Ruddy Turnstone 17 May 2019 · Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 2🐤 1

Black-Bellied Sandgrouse 11 May 2019 · Mangistau 🐤 1

Black-winged Stilt 11 May 2019 · Mangistau 2 photos (short) 😍 3

Wood Sandpiper 11 May 2019 · Mangistau 2 photos (short) 🐤 1

Little Tern 1 May 2019 · House 32, Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 2

Common Tern 1 May 2019 · House 32, Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 1

Little Ringed Plover 1 May 2019 · House 32, Aktau, Mangystau Region

House Sparrow 1 May 2019 · House 32, Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 2

Purple Heron 26 Apr 2019 · House 32, Aktau, Mangystau Region 2 photos (short) 🐤 2

Caspian Gull 26 Apr 2019 · House 32, Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 4

Mallard 26 Apr 2019 · House 32, Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 1

Mallard 26 Apr 2019 · House 32, Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 2

Black-headed Gull 26 Apr 2019 · House 32, Aktau, Mangystau Region

Caspian Gull 16 Apr 2019 · House 32, Aktau, Mangystau Region

Mallard 16 Apr 2019 · House 32, Aktau, Mangystau Region 🐤 1

White Wagtail 11 Apr 2019 · House 32, Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 1🐤 1

Common Tern 11 Apr 2019 · House 32, Aktau, Mangystau Region

Steppe Grey Shrike 6 Apr 2019 · Mangistau 😍 4

Mallard 11 Apr 2019 · Aktau, Mangystau Region 😍 1

Awards of Максут

4 awards · several levels in each

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25 25 species

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1 1 observation

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50 50 observations

100 100 observations

250 250 observations

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5/20 5 regions

awardgroup.years

1 1 year on the site

3 3 years on the site

5 5 years on the site

10 10 years on the site

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