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most often in Mangystau Region
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on the site since 24 December 2014

483observations 174species 34%of the Birds.kz list 11 of 20regions 101comments

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11 of 20 regions of Kazakhstan

Mangystau Region108 Zhambyl Region101 Almaty100 Almaty Region53 Aktobe Region46 Atyrau Region45 West Kazakhstan Region13 Kostanay Region7 North Kazakhstan Region6 Karaganda Region2

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200720172026

Most in 2015: 76 observations

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all 2022 34 2021 11 2020 9 2019 65 2018 8 2017 58 2016 61 2015 76 2014 66 2013 4 2012 14 2011 8 2010 28 2009 14 2008 10 2007 17

BIRD SPECIES

all species Lammergeier 45 Mute Swan 17 Cinereous Vulture 14 Golden Eagle 13 Greater Flamingo 12 Steppe Eagle 11 Long-legged Buzzard 9 Eurasian Hobby 9 Great White Pelican 8 White-tailed Sea-Eagle 7 Northern Black Grouse 7 White-headed Duck 7 Demoiselle Crane 7 Himalayan Vulture 5 Great Crested Grebe 5 Black-winged Stilt 5 Red-crested Pochard 5 Garganey 5 Common Kestrel 5 Ruff 5 Black-Necked Grebe 4 Pallas's Gull 4 Gadwall 4 Common Coot 4 Eurasian Curlew 4 Little Ringed Plover 4 Common Pochard 4 Glossy Ibis 4 Goosander 4 Black-Bellied Sandgrouse 4 Whooper Swan 4 Ferruginous Duck 3 Tufted Duck 3 Rosy Starling 3 Turkestan Shrike 3 Himalayan Rubythroat 3 Common Rosefinch 3 Black-tailed Godwit 3 Desert Wheatear 3 Slender-billed Gull 3 Osprey 3 Little Tern 3 Chukar Partridge 3 Hen Harrier 3 Caspian Gull 3 Bluethroat 3 Western Marsh-Harrier 3 Pin-Tailed Sandgrouse 3 Pied Avocet 3 Steppe Grey Shrike 3 Ruddy Turnstone 3 Red-necked Phalarope 3 Ruddy Shelduck 3 Himalayan Snowcock 2 Red-Necked Grebe 2 Dalmatian Pelican 2 Great Cormorant 2 Great White Egret 2 Little Egret 2 Grey Heron 2 Purple Heron 2 White Stork 2 Greylag Goose 2 Bewick's Swan 2 Common Shelduck 2 Mallard 2 Northern Pintail 2 Greater Scaup 2 Common Goldeneye 2 Smew 2 Red-breasted Merganser 2 Black Kite 2 Pallid Harrier 2 Montagu's Harrier 2 Rough-legged Buzzard 2 Short-toed Snake-Eagle 2 Eastern Imperial Eagle 2 Red-footed Falcon 2 Common Crane 2 Common Moorhen 2 Little Bustard 2 Caspian Plover 2 Common Oystercatcher 2 Dunlin 2 Collared Pratincole 2 Black-headed Gull 2 Siberian Black-backed Gull 2 White-winged Tern 2 Common Tern 2 Little Owl 2 European Nightjar 2 Eurasian Roller 2 Hoopoe 2 Calandra Lark 2 Tawny Pipit 2 Water Pipit 2 Red-backed Shrike 2 Red-headed Bunting 2 Siberian Stonechat 2 Pied Wheatear 2 Blue-capped Redstart 2 Blue Whistling Thrush 2 Carrion Crow 2 Hooded Crow 2 Twite 1 Merlin 1 Eurasian Wigeon 1 Griffon Vulture 1 European Golden Oriole 1 Egyptian Vulture 1 Baraba Steppe Gull 1 Mew Gull 1 Northern Wheatear 1 Gull-billed Tern 1 Sandwich Tern 1 House Sparrow 1 Booted Eagle 1 Common Sparrowhawk 1 Eurasian Honey-Buzzard 1 Common Cuckoo 1 Black-crowned Night Heron 1 Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush 1 Common Kingfisher 1 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater 1 Common Mynah 1 Eurasian Redstart 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 Barn Swallow 1 Crested Lark 1 Greater Short-toed Lark 1 Slavonian Grebe 1 White-winged Lark 1 Black Lark 1 Sky Lark 1 Citrine Wagtail 1 Grey Wagtail 1 White Wagtail 1 Masked Wagtail 1 Arctic Loon 1 Tree Pipit 1 Black-throated Thrush 1 Long-tailed Duck 1 Eurasian Blackbird 1 Great Grey Shrike 1 Northern Shoveler 1 Eurasian Reed Warbler 1 Bearded Tit 1 Northern Reed Bunting 1 Little Bunting 1 Ortolan Bunting 1 Mistle Thrush 1 Common Chaffinch 1 White-tailed Lapwing 1 Northern Lapwing 1 Greater Sand Plover 1 Greater Ringed Plover 1 European Greenfinch 1 Green Sandpiper 1 Wood Sandpiper 1 Common Greenshank 1 Common Redshank 1 Spotted Redshank 1 Common Sandpiper 1 Eurasian Golden Plover 1 Grey Plover 1 Temminck's Stint 1 Curlew Sandpiper 1 Grey-headed Goldfinch 1 Common Snipe 1 Eurasian Stone Curlew 1 Eurasian Whimbrel 1 Common Pheasant 1 Bar-tailed Godwit 1 Black-winged Pratincole 1

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all Mangystau Region 108Zhambyl Region 101Almaty 100Almaty Region 53Aktobe Region 46 Atyrau Region 45West Kazakhstan Region 13Kostanay Region 7North Kazakhstan Region 6Karaganda Region 2Akmola Region 1

Lammergeier 11 Nov 2017 · Kimasar, Ile-Alatau National Park, Almat... 4 photos (short) 😍 1

White Wagtail 17 Oct 2017 · Emba (Jem)

Bewick's Swan 17 Oct 2017 · Emba (Jem) 4 photos (short) 😍 1✍️ 1

Mute Swan 3 Oct 2017 · Karabatan, Atyrau Region 5 photos (short) 😍 1

Mute Swan 3 Oct 2017 · Karabatan, Atyrau Region 4 photos (short)

Mute Swan 3 Oct 2017 · Karabatan, Atyrau Region 5 photos (short)

Steppe Eagle 2 Oct 2017 · Makat 4 photos (short)

Black-headed Gull 14 Sep 2017 · Plague Control Station, Atyrau, Atyrau R... 3 photos (short) 😍 1

Steppe Eagle 12 Sep 2017 · Atyrau, Atyrau Region 4 photos (short) 😍 1

Eurasian Hobby 7 Sep 2017 · Kapshagay Reservoir, Almaty Region 2 photos (short)

Black-headed Gull 3 Sep 2017 · Kapshagay Reservoir, Almaty Region 3 photos (short) 😍 1

Eurasian Hobby 27 Aug 2017 · Kapshagay Reservoir, Almaty Region 2 photos (short)

Long-legged Buzzard 24 Jul 2017 · Balkhash, Zhambyl Region 2 photos (short)

Long-legged Buzzard 28 Jul 2017 · Akbakai. 2 photos (short) 😍 2

Himalayan Rubythroat 22 Jul 2017 · Pass Trapetsiya, Almaty Region 2 photos (short)

Himalayan Rubythroat 22 Jul 2017 · Pass Trapetsiya, Almaty Region 3 photos (short) 😍 2

White-headed Duck 11 Jun 2017 · Atyrau, Atyrau Region 4 photos (short)

Common Shelduck 20 May 2017 · Karabatan, Atyrau Region 4 photos (short) 😍 3

Hoopoe 17 May 2017 · Plague Control Station, Atyrau, Atyrau R... 2 photos (short)

Ruff 18 May 2017 · Atyrau. Sokolok.

Siberian Stonechat 8 May 2017 · Kurtinskoye reservoir, Almaty Region

Turkestan Shrike 8 May 2017 · Kurtinskoye reservoir, Almaty Region 3 photos (short)

Northern Black Grouse 3 May 2017 · KimAsar, Almaty 2 photos (short)

Northern Black Grouse 3 May 2017 · KimAsar, Almaty 3 photos (short)

Awards of Валерий

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