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most often in Almaty Region
Canon 7D mark II sigma 150-600
on the site since 3 January 2020

654observations 220species 43%of the Birds.kz list 4 of 20regions 85comments 1diary entry

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4 of 20 regions of Kazakhstan

Almaty Region536 Almaty96 Zhetysu Region15 Aktobe Region7

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Most in 2023: 209 observations

Observations 654 Species 220 Diaries 1 Map 341 Comments 85

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all 2024 117 2023 209 2022 205 2021 26 2020 95 2015 2

BIRD SPECIES

all species Long-legged Buzzard 13 Northern Wheatear 9 Isabelline Wheatear 9 Mute Swan 8 Hoopoe 8 Common Chaffinch 8 Eversmann's Redstart 7 Steppe Eagle 6 Brown Dipper 6 Corn Bunting 6 Saxaul Sparrow 6 Little Ringed Plover 6 Dalmatian Pelican 6 Great Tit 6 Siberian Stonechat 6 House Sparrow 6 Mallard 6 Pied Wheatear 6 Grey Wagtail 5 Black-Bellied Sandgrouse 5 Common Redshank 5 Common Kestrel 5 Black-headed Wagtail 5 Whooper Swan 5 Common Sparrowhawk 5 Red-crested Pochard 5 Great White Egret 5 Crested Lark 5 Little Bustard 5 Tree Sparrow 5 Caspian Gull 5 Wood Pigeon 5 Demoiselle Crane 5 Great Cormorant 5 Ruddy Shelduck 5 Shikra 5 Masked Wagtail 5 Common Chiffchaff 5 Common Pheasant 5 Northern Lapwing 5 Ferruginous Duck 5 Calandra Lark 5 Black-winged Stilt 5 Rosy Starling 4 Eurasian Hobby 4 Western Marsh-Harrier 4 Black Redstart 4 White-tailed Sea-Eagle 4 Common Shelduck 4 Great Crested Grebe 4 White-winged Grosbeak 4 White-Winged Woodpecker 4 Turkestan Shrike 4 Common Buzzard 4 Eurasian Blackbird 4 Eurasian Redstart 4 White-headed Duck 4 Common Whitethroat 4 Blue Whistling Thrush 4 Rock Bunting 4 Citrine Wagtail 4 Isabelline Shrike 4 Azure Tit 4 Chukar Partridge 4 Grey Heron 4 Rock Pigeon 4 Tree Pipit 4 Lesser Whitethroat 4 Tawny Pipit 4 Long-tailed Shrike 4 Eurasian Magpie 4 Green Sandpiper 4 Common Oystercatcher 4 Eurasian Collared Dove 4 Red-headed Bunting 4 Common Cuckoo 4 Grey-headed Goldfinch 4 Common Coot 4 Greater Sand Plover 4 Common Mynah 4 Oriental Turtle Dove 4 Common Moorhen 4 Rook 3 Carrion Crow 3 Mistle Thrush 3 Common Rosefinch 3 Great White Pelican 3 Northern Reed Bunting 3 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater 3 Bluethroat 3 Yellow-eyed Pigeon 3 White-browed Tit-Warbler 3 Indian Golden Oriole 3 Turkestan Tit 3 Brown Accentor 3 Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush 3 Temminck's Stint 3 Blue-capped Redstart 3 European Bee-eater 3 Eurasian Jackdaw 3 Black-tailed Godwit 3 Rock Sparrow 3 Lesser Grey Shrike 3 Mongolian Finch 3 Eurasian Roller 3 Steppe Grey Shrike 3 Sky Lark 3 Common Kingfisher 3 Garganey 3 Pallas's Sandgrouse 3 White Wagtail 3 Northern Shoveler 3 Montagu's Harrier 3 Black-throated Accentor 2 Coal Tit 2 Horned Lark 2 Common Treecreeper 2 Lesser Short-toed Lark 2 Red-fronted Serin 2 Long-eared Owl 2 Yellow Wagtail 2 Ibisbill 2 Red-mantled Rosefinch 2 Black-headed Gull 2 Black Kite 2 Black-Necked Grebe 2 Barn Swallow 2 Short-toed Snake-Eagle 2 White-capped Bunting 2 Golden Eagle 2 Guldenstadt's Redstart 2 White-crowned Penduline Tit 2 Common Sandpiper 2 Peregrine Falcon 2 Gadwall 2 Eurasian Curlew 2 Eurasian Whimbrel 2 Upland Buzzard 2 Sand Martin 2 Greylag Goose 2 Black Tern 2 Laughing Dove 2 Common Nightingale 2 Northern Pintail 2 Cinereous Vulture 2 Caspian Plover 2 Lammergeier 2 Common Tern 2 Goosander 2 Sykes's Warbler 2 Desert Wheatear 2 Asian Desert Warbler 2 Pygmy Cormorant 2 Eastern Imperial Eagle 2 Bohemian Waxwing 2 Meadow Bunting 2 Rufous Bush Robin 2 Booted Eagle 2 Brambling 1 Yellowhammer 1 Common Teal 1 Little Bittern 1 Water Pipit 1 Greater Spotted Eagle 1 Wallcreeper 1 Hooded Crow 1 Marsh Sandpiper 1 Gull-billed Tern 1 Little Grebe 1 Eurasian Wryneck 1 Wood Sandpiper 1 European Greenfinch 1 Lesser Sand Plover 1 Lesser Kestrel 1 Sulphur-bellied Warbler 1 Brown-necked Raven 1 Sociable Lapwing 1 Eurasian Scops-Owl 1 Little Stint 1 Great Reed Warbler 1 Red-billed Chough 1 White-winged Lark 1 Pied Avocet 1 Rough-legged Buzzard 1 Spotted Flycatcher 1 Grey Partridge 1 Eurasian Dipper 1 Clamorous Reed Warbler 1 Barred Warbler 1 Pander's Ground-Jay 1 Himalayan Rubythroat 1 Terek Sandpiper 1 Eastern Buzzard 1 Northern Wren 1 Desert Finch 1 Common Starling 1 Eastern Rock Nuthatch 1 Common Pochard 1 Hume's Warbler 1 Common Greenshank 1 Purple Heron 1 Grey-necked Bunting 1 Crested Honey-Buzzard 1 Osprey 1 Richard's Pipit 1 Eurasian Stone Curlew 1 Black Stork 1 Saker Falcon 1 Red-rumped Swallow 1 Black-throated Thrush 1 Himalayan Snowcock 1 Indian Sparrow 1 Himalayan Accentor 1 Goldcrest 1 Pallid Scops Owl 1 Eurasian Siskin 1 Ortolan Bunting 1 Spotted Redshank 1 Blue Rock Thrush 1 Blyth's Reed Warbler 1

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all Almaty Region 536Almaty 96Zhetysu Region 15Aktobe Region 7

2 White-capped Bunting 29 Apr 2023 · Kokpek, Almaty Region 😍 1

Rock Bunting 29 Apr 2023 · Kokpek gorge, Almaty Region

Long-tailed Shrike 10 May 2023 · Ile-Alatau National Park, Almaty Region

Corn Bunting 10 May 2023 · Ile-Alatau National Park, Almaty Region

Eurasian Blackbird 10 May 2023 · Ile-Alatau National Park, Almaty Region

2 Indian Golden Oriole 10 May 2023 · Ile-Alatau National Park, Almaty Region 😍 3🐤 1

Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush 15 Apr 2023 · Taukumy, Almaty Region 😍 2

Isabelline Shrike 16 Apr 2023 · Taukumy, Almaty Region 😍 2

Pallas's Sandgrouse 13 Apr 2023 · Kanshengel, Taukum sands, Southern Balkh... 😍 5

Great White Egret 13 Apr 2023 · Topar lakes, Almaty Region

Grey Heron 23 Apr 2023 · Sorbulak Lake System, Almaty Region

Common Teal 13 Apr 2023 · Zhelturanga, Almaty Region 😍 1

Saxaul Sparrow 13 Apr 2023 · Zhelturanga, Southern Balkhash area, Alm... 😍 6

Barn Swallow 12 Apr 2023 · Araltobe, Almaty Region 😍 1

Common Starling 12 Apr 2023 · Araltobe, Yuzhnoe Pribalkhashe, Almaty R...

Steppe Buzzard 12 Apr 2023 · Zhelturanga, Almaty Region

Bluethroat 12 Apr 2023 · Zhelturanga, Almaty Region 😍 4

Osprey 12 Apr 2023 · Kunaevsky bridge, Ile river, Almaty Regi...

Black-headed Wagtail 12 Apr 2023 · Kunaevsky bridge, Ile river, Almaty Regi... 😍 1

Saxaul Sparrow 12 Apr 2023 · Ile, Almaty Region 😍 3

House Sparrow 12 Apr 2023 · Ile floodplain, Yuzhnoe Pribalkhashe, Al... 😍 2

Steppe Buzzard 12 Apr 2023 · Zhelturanga, Southern Balkhash area, Alm... 😍 6

White-Winged Woodpecker 12 Apr 2023 · Jelturanga, Taukum sands, Southern Balkh... 😍 4

2 Yellow-eyed Pigeon 12 Apr 2023 · Yuzhnoe Pribalkhashe, Almaty Region 😍 2🐤 2

Awards of Елбосын

5 awards · several levels in each

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10 10 species

25 25 species

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100 100 species

150 150 species

200 200 species

awardgroup.observations

1 1 observation

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100 100 observations

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3/20 3 regions

awardgroup.years

1 1 year on the site

3 3 years on the site

5 5 years on the site

awardgroup.diary

1 1 diary entry

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