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599observations 200species 39%of the Birds.kz list 7 of 20regions 78comments

big year 2026table

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186 species in 2026

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7 of 20 regions of Kazakhstan

Kostanay Region440 Astana70 Akmola Region62 East Kazakhstan Region15 Aktobe Region7 Pavlodar Region4 Ulytau Region1

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Song Thrush2 Nov
Common Treecreeper1 Nov
Willow Tit26 Sep

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Most in 2026: 370 observations

Observations 599 Species 200 Map 396 Comments 78

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all 2026 370 2025 177 2024 7 2023 8 2022 12 2021 8 2020 5 2019 1 2018 1 2017 2 2015 3 2014 1 2013 4

BIRD SPECIES

all species Little Bustard 11 Siberian Stonechat 9 Common Chiffchaff 8 Northern Wheatear 8 Rook 7 Long-tailed Tit 7 Steppe Eagle 7 Pallas's Sandgrouse 7 Mute Swan 7 Fieldfare 6 Whooper Swan 6 White-winged Tern 6 Merlin 6 Ruff 6 Greater Flamingo 6 Eastern Imperial Eagle 6 Coal Tit 6 Griffon Vulture 6 Spotted Flycatcher 6 Black Lark 6 Long-legged Buzzard 6 Eurasian Eagle-Owl 6 European Bee-eater 5 Long-eared Owl 5 Lesser Short-toed Lark 5 Oriental Turtle Dove 5 Grey Partridge 5 Caspian Gull 5 Mallard 5 Red-headed Bunting 5 Eurasian Collared Dove 5 Greylag Goose 5 Eurasian Spoonbill 5 Lesser Whitethroat 5 Montagu's Harrier 5 Common Chaffinch 5 Black-Necked Grebe 5 White Wagtail 4 Common Teal 4 Black-tailed Godwit 4 European Greenfinch 4 White-tailed Sea-Eagle 4 Great White Pelican 4 White-winged Lark 4 Common Tern 4 Common Sparrowhawk 4 Caspian Tern 4 Pallid Harrier 4 Cinereous Vulture 4 Lesser Grey Shrike 4 Demoiselle Crane 4 Common Kestrel 4 Great White Egret 4 Hen Harrier 4 Pallas's Gull 4 Short-eared Owl 4 Black Kite 4 Eurasian Curlew 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker 4 Turkestan Shrike 4 Red-necked Phalarope 4 White-tailed Lapwing 3 Northern Bullfinch 3 Western Marsh-Harrier 3 Common Shelduck 3 Eurasian Jackdaw 3 Marsh Sandpiper 3 Yellowhammer 3 Willow Tit 3 Blyth's Reed Warbler 3 Baraba Steppe Gull 3 Tree Sparrow 3 Red-backed Shrike 3 Common Snipe 3 Rosy Starling 3 Greater White-fronted Goose 3 Spotted Nutcracker 3 Pygmy Cormorant 3 European Nightjar 3 Bohemian Waxwing 3 Brambling 3 Eurasian Roller 3 Snowy Owl 3 Wood Pigeon 3 Common Pochard 3 Yellow Wagtail 3 Black-headed Gull 3 Grey Heron 3 Golden Eagle 3 Northern Reed Bunting 3 Tree Pipit 3 Dunlin 3 Tawny Pipit 3 Hoopoe 3 Eurasian Magpie 3 Gadwall 3 Great Tit 3 Hawfinch 3 Hooded Crow 3 Ruddy Shelduck 3 Common Cuckoo 3 Caspian Plover 3 Common Starling 3 Sky Lark 3 Eurasian Nuthatch 3 Little Stint 3 Northern Black Grouse 3 Great Cormorant 3 Kentish Plover 2 Long-tailed Rosefinch 2 House Sparrow 2 Common Redshank 2 Common Coot 2 Great Crested Grebe 2 Rock Pigeon 2 Black-winged Stilt 2 Slavonian Grebe 2 White-headed Duck 2 Greater Ringed Plover 2 Curlew Sandpiper 2 Common Swift 2 Eurasian Redstart 2 Red-footed Falcon 2 Lesser Kestrel 2 Goldcrest 2 Little Ringed Plover 2 Northern Lapwing 2 Common Mynah 2 Masked Wagtail 2 Garganey 2 Grey Wagtail 2 Eurasian Siskin 2 Wood Sandpiper 2 Pied Wheatear 2 Isabelline Wheatear 2 Black-winged Pratincole 2 Eurasian Linnet 2 Common Oystercatcher 2 Eurasian Hobby 2 Northern Pintail 2 Bluethroat 2 Grey-headed Goldfinch 2 Citrine Wagtail 2 Greenish Warbler 2 Pied Avocet 2 Eurasian Wigeon 2 Mistle Thrush 2 Great Bustard 2 Ortolan Bunting 2 Desert Wheatear 2 Dalmatian Pelican 2 Red-crested Pochard 2 Azure Tit 2 Great Grey Shrike 1 Horned Lark 1 Common Treecreeper 1 Common Rosefinch 1 Black Redstart 1 Glossy Ibis 1 Sand Martin 1 Common Whitethroat 1 Willow Warbler 1 Great Reed Warbler 1 Crested Lark 1 Temminck's Stint 1 Paddyfield Warbler 1 Eurasian Goldfinch 1 Sociable Lapwing 1 Common Moorhen 1 Purple Heron 1 Greater Short-toed Lark 1 Spanish Sparrow 1 Mew Gull 1 Bearded Tit 1 Arctic Loon 1 Red-Necked Grebe 1 Calandra Lark 1 Pine Bunting 1 Saker Falcon 1 Thrush Nightingale 1 Carrion Crow 1 Black Stork 1 Common Crane 1 Northern Shoveler 1 Spotted Redshank 1 Common Nightingale 1 Common Buzzard 1 Ruddy Turnstone 1 Tufted Duck 1 Common Sandpiper 1 Rough-legged Buzzard 1 Egyptian Vulture 1 Stock Pigeon 1 Song Thrush 1 European Robin 1 Barn Swallow 1 Spotted Crake 1 Little Tern 1 Slender-billed Gull 1 Eurasian Whimbrel 1

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all Kostanay Region 440Astana 70Akmola Region 62East Kazakhstan Region 15Aktobe Region 7 Pavlodar Region 4Ulytau Region 1

Only “needs identification” 1

2 Mute Swan 4 May 2025 · Karasu, Kostanay Region 😍 1🐤 1

2 Egyptian Vulture 11 May 2020 · Актюбинская область, Иргизский район 😍 1🐤 1

Griffon Vulture 11 May 2020 · Актюбинский район, Иргизский район 😍 1

2 Sociable Lapwing 14 Jun 2014 · Karasu, Kostanay Region 😍 1

3 Demoiselle Crane 13 May 2021 · Karasu, Kostanay Region 😍 2

European Nightjar 12 Jul 2020 · Torgay, Karasu, Kostanay Region 😍 2

Northern Wheatear 2 May 2021 · Karasu, Kostanay Region 😍 3

Hen Harrier 13 Apr 2021 · Torgay, Kostanay Region 😍 2

Red-necked Phalarope 12 May 2025 · Karasu, Kostanay Region 😍 3

European Black Redstart 7 May 2020 · Karasu, Kostanay Region 😍 3🐤 1

Lesser Grey Shrike 26 Jun 2013 · Uly-Zhylanshyk river, Kostanay Region 😍 2

Mute Swan 5 May 2025 · Karasu, Kostanay Region 😍 6

Bohemian Waxwing 3 Mar 2025 · Karasu, Kostanay Region 😍 1

Rosy Starling 2 May 2025 · Zhangeldin District, Kostanay Region 😍 1✍️ 1

Rook 11 Mar 2025 · Karasu, Kostanay Region 😍 1

Eurasian Jackdaw 11 Mar 2025 · Karasu, Kostanay Region 😍 1

Hooded Crow 12 Mar 2025 · Karasu, Kostanay Region 😍 3

Montagu's Harrier 15 May 2024 · Torgay, Kostanay Region 😍 1

Eurasian Curlew 12 May 2023 · Karasu, Kostanay Region 😍 1

Purple Heron 12 May 2022 · Karasu, Kostanay Region 😍 2

Rock Pigeon 10 Jan 2023 · Karasu, Kostanay Region 😍 1

Greylag Goose 2 Aug 2023 · Karasor, Kostanay Region 😍 3

Whooper Swan 6 Aug 2024 · Жангельдинский район, село Карасу 😍 1

Hawfinch 3 Oct 2023 · Жангельдинский район, село Карасу 😍 1

Awards of Нурыш

4 awards · several levels in each

awardgroup.species

10 10 species

25 25 species

50 50 species

100 100 species

150 150 species

200 200 species

awardgroup.observations

1 1 observation

10 10 observations

50 50 observations

100 100 observations

250 250 observations

500 500 observations

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3/20 3 regions

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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