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most often in Almaty
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on the site since 21 October 2025

613observations 187species 36%of the Birds.kz list 4 of 20regions 117comments

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16-thplace of 93

182 species in 2026

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4 of 20 regions of Kazakhstan

Almaty443 Almaty Region157 Astana12 Karaganda Region1

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new species in 2026

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Northern Reed Bunting4 Nov
Hen Harrier25 Oct
Saker Falcon25 Oct

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Most in 2026: 535 observations

Observations 613 Species 187 Map 211 Comments 117

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BIRD SPECIES

all species Common Kestrel 27 Common Kingfisher 24 Eastern Buzzard 21 Blue-capped Redstart 14 Siberian Stonechat 14 Azure Tit 11 Common Sparrowhawk 11 Eversmann's Redstart 11 Long-legged Buzzard 11 Bohemian Waxwing 10 Common Buzzard 9 Black Kite 9 Red-fronted Serin 8 Lammergeier 8 Lesser Whitethroat 8 Great White Egret 7 Goldcrest 7 Common Chiffchaff 7 Eurasian Blackbird 6 Red-backed Shrike 6 Common Pheasant 6 Spotted Flycatcher 6 Himalayan Rubythroat 6 Great Cormorant 6 Great Tit 6 Common Raven 5 Steppe Eagle 5 Grey-headed Goldfinch 5 Blue Whistling Thrush 5 Red-headed Bunting 5 Pied Wheatear 5 White-winged Grosbeak 5 Eurasian Siskin 5 Carrion Crow 5 Tree Sparrow 5 Coal Tit 5 Golden Eagle 5 Black-headed Gull 5 Common Rosefinch 5 White-browed Tit-Warbler 5 Mistle Thrush 5 Rock Bunting 5 Northern Wren 4 Black Redstart 4 Water Pipit 4 Common Chaffinch 4 Plain Mountain Finch 4 House Sparrow 4 Brambling 4 Black-throated Accentor 4 Mallard 4 Grey Wagtail 4 Common Sandpiper 4 Hume's Warbler 4 Masked Wagtail 4 Blyth's Reed Warbler 4 Great Crested Grebe 4 Common Tern 4 Eurasian Roller 4 Eurasian Hobby 3 Bluethroat 3 Western Marsh-Harrier 3 Calandra Lark 3 Barn Swallow 3 Turkestan Shrike 3 Caspian Gull 3 Citrine Wagtail 3 Barred Warbler 3 Greenish Warbler 3 Wallcreeper 3 Dalmatian Pelican 3 Red-rumped Swallow 3 Guldenstadt's Redstart 3 Alpine Accentor 3 Tree Pipit 3 Northern Wheatear 3 Brown Dipper 3 Ruddy Shelduck 3 Common Cuckoo 3 Common Coot 3 Black-throated Thrush 3 Baraba Steppe Gull 2 Rosy Starling 2 European Greenfinch 2 Little Ringed Plover 2 Hooded Crow 2 Indian Golden Oriole 2 Green Sandpiper 2 Red-mantled Rosefinch 2 White-tailed Sea-Eagle 2 Lesser Grey Shrike 2 Rock Pigeon 2 Eastern Imperial Eagle 2 Crested Honey-Buzzard 2 Cetti's Warbler 2 Booted Eagle 2 Corn Bunting 2 Wood Pigeon 2 Crested Lark 2 Common Moorhen 2 Hoopoe 2 Long-tailed Shrike 2 Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker 2 Eurasian Magpie 2 Grey Heron 2 Himalayan Vulture 2 Long-eared Owl 2 Laughing Dove 2 Black-winged Stilt 1 Cinereous Vulture 1 Common Swift 1 Short-toed Snake-Eagle 1 Black Stork 1 Montagu's Harrier 1 Northern Shoveler 1 White-crowned Penduline Tit 1 Tawny Pipit 1 White Wagtail 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 Isabelline Wheatear 1 Northern Lapwing 1 Collared Pratincole 1 Northern House Martin 1 Egyptian Vulture 1 Garganey 1 Glossy Ibis 1 Sand Martin 1 Wood Sandpiper 1 Paddyfield Warbler 1 Rock Sparrow 1 Black-tailed Godwit 1 Yellowhammer 1 Black-crowned Night Heron 1 Eurasian Linnet 1 Yellow-backed Wagtail 1 Common Oystercatcher 1 Eurasian Collared Dove 1 Shikra 1 White-winged Lark 1 Common Nightingale 1 Ruddy Turnstone 1 Northern Pintail 1 Rook 1 Eurasian Jackdaw 1 Common Shelduck 1 Common Starling 1 Ortolan Bunting 1 Indian Sparrow 1 European Nightjar 1 Red-billed Chough 1 Pygmy Cormorant 1 Greater Short-toed Lark 1 Hen Harrier 1 Horned Lark 1 Common Treecreeper 1 Sulphur-bellied Warbler 1 Water Rail 1 Ruff 1 Common Pochard 1 Spotted Nutcracker 1 Eurasian Dipper 1 European Bee-eater 1 Merlin 1 Yellow Wagtail 1 Common Mynah 1 Oriental Turtle Dove 1 Saker Falcon 1 Red-crested Pochard 1 Common Teal 1 Godlewski's Bunting 1 Little Bittern 1 Kentish Plover 1 Common Whitethroat 1 Yellow-billed Chough 1 Mute Swan 1 Common Greenshank 1 Black-Necked Grebe 1 Common Redshank 1 Chukar Partridge 1 Songar Tit 1 Terek Sandpiper 1 Temminck's Stint 1 Great Reed Warbler 1 Turkestan Tit 1 Little Stint 1 Ferruginous Duck 1 Northern Reed Bunting 1

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all Almaty 443Almaty Region 157Astana 12Karaganda Region 1

Only “needs identification” 2

Red-rumped Swallow 7 May · Saka burial mounds, Almaty 😍 3

Common Kestrel 7 May · Saka burial mounds, Almaty 😍 3

Chukar Partridge 7 May · Saka burial mounds, Almaty 😍 6🐤 1

Indian Golden Oriole 7 May · Saka burial mounds, Almaty 😍 4

Eurasian Roller 7 May · Saka burial mounds, Almaty 😍 7

3 Eurasian Hobby 7 May · Saka burial mounds, Almaty 😍 7

2 Turkestan Shrike 7 May · Saka burial mounds, Almaty 😍 8

Eurasian Jackdaw 7 May · Saka burial mounds, Almaty 😍 5

Eurasian Roller 7 May · Saka burial mounds, Almaty 😍 3

Eurasian Roller 7 May · Saka burial mounds, Almaty 😍 8

2 Great Cormorant 7 May · Saka burial mounds, Almaty 😍 3

2 Long-legged Buzzard 5 May · Saka burial mounds, Almaty 😍 7

2 Yellow Wagtail 5 May · Saka burial mounds, Almaty 😍 4

Common Kestrel 5 May · Saka burial mounds, Almaty

Short-toed Snake-Eagle 5 May · Saka burial mounds, Almaty 😍 5

Black Kite 5 May · Saka burial mounds, Almaty 😍 6

3 Ruddy Shelduck 5 May · Saka burial mounds, Almaty 😍 4

3 Lesser Grey Shrike 5 May · Saka burial mounds, Almaty 😍 2

2 Eurasian Roller 5 May · Saka burial mounds, Almaty 😍 5

Calandra Lark 5 May · Saka burial mounds, Almaty 😍 8

Corn Bunting 5 May · Saka burial mounds, Almaty 😍 11

2 Long-legged Buzzard 5 May · Saka burial mounds, Almaty 😍 1

2 European Greenfinch 3 May · 28 Panfilov Guardsmen Park, Almaty 😍 11

2 Common Kingfisher 3 May · Pond near Airport, Almaty 😍 3

Awards of Руслан

4 awards · several levels in each

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25 25 species

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150 150 species

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3/20 3 regions

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1 1 year on the site

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