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most often in Almaty Region
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319observations 134species 26%of the Birds.kz list 5 of 20regions 119comments

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32 species in 2026

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5 of 20 regions of Kazakhstan

Almaty Region238 Zhetysu Region44 Abai Region17 Turkistan Region11 Almaty9

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Little Bittern10 Aug
Common Greenshank3 Aug
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all 2026 39 2025 138 2024 50 2023 11 2022 16 2020 65

BIRD SPECIES

all species Siberian Stonechat 13 Pied Wheatear 11 Black Kite 10 Common Chaffinch 8 Common Kestrel 7 Turkestan Shrike 7 Common Buzzard 6 White-tailed Sea-Eagle 6 Great White Egret 6 Grey Heron 5 Little Ringed Plover 5 Black-throated Thrush 5 Lesser Whitethroat 5 Common Chiffchaff 5 Long-legged Buzzard 5 Red-headed Bunting 5 Common Starling 5 Black-winged Stilt 5 White-Winged Woodpecker 4 Eurasian Roller 4 Wood Pigeon 4 Ruddy Shelduck 4 Red-crested Pochard 4 Eversmann's Redstart 4 Black-headed Wagtail 4 Calandra Lark 4 Black-headed Gull 3 Spotted Flycatcher 3 Dalmatian Pelican 3 Northern Lapwing 3 Isabelline Shrike 3 Masked Wagtail 3 Chukar Partridge 3 Common Moorhen 3 Hoopoe 3 Blue-capped Redstart 3 Lesser Grey Shrike 3 Great White Pelican 3 Rosy Starling 3 Mallard 2 Great Cormorant 2 Glossy Ibis 2 Whooper Swan 2 Montagu's Harrier 2 Western Marsh-Harrier 2 Common Sparrowhawk 2 Cinereous Vulture 2 Himalayan Vulture 2 Eurasian Hobby 2 Common Pheasant 2 Common Oystercatcher 2 Common Redshank 2 Caspian Gull 2 Black-Bellied Sandgrouse 2 Common Kingfisher 2 Barn Swallow 2 Sky Lark 2 Yellow Wagtail 2 Tree Pipit 2 Blyth's Reed Warbler 2 Common Whitethroat 2 Azure Tit 2 Rock Bunting 2 Northern Reed Bunting 2 European Greenfinch 2 Grey-headed Goldfinch 2 Isabelline Wheatear 2 Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush 2 Black Redstart 2 Tree Sparrow 2 Common Mynah 2 Eurasian Jackdaw 2 Northern Black Grouse 1 Lesser Kestrel 1 Merlin 1 Carrion Crow 1 Egyptian Vulture 1 Little Bittern 1 Brown-necked Raven 1 Golden Eagle 1 Citrine Wagtail 1 Grey Wagtail 1 Short-toed Snake-Eagle 1 Pygmy Cormorant 1 Water Pipit 1 Eastern Buzzard 1 Shikra 1 Smew 1 Steppe Grey Shrike 1 Eurasian Dipper 1 Cetti's Warbler 1 Paddyfield Warbler 1 Common Nightingale 1 Great Reed Warbler 1 Great Crested Grebe 1 Tufted Duck 1 Ferruginous Duck 1 Greenish Warbler 1 Hume's Warbler 1 Northern Shoveler 1 Fieldfare 1 White-crowned Penduline Tit 1 Corn Bunting 1 Yellowhammer 1 Eurasian Blackbird 1 Mistle Thrush 1 Northern Pintail 1 Mute Swan 1 Brambling 1 Saxaul Sparrow 1 Rook 1 Common Rosefinch 1 Eurasian Stone Curlew 1 Common Coot 1 Red-mantled Rosefinch 1 Common Greenshank 1 Black Stork 1 Common Sandpiper 1 Temminck's Stint 1 Eurasian Whimbrel 1 Demoiselle Crane 1 Northern Wheatear 1 White-winged Tern 1 Gull-billed Tern 1 Caspian Tern 1 Black-crowned Night Heron 1 Grey Partridge 1 Rock Pigeon 1 Eurasian Collared Dove 1 Oriental Turtle Dove 1 Common Cuckoo 1 Eurasian Scops-Owl 1 European Nightjar 1 Rock Sparrow 1

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all Almaty Region 238Zhetysu Region 44Abai Region 17Turkistan Region 11Almaty 9

Only “needs identification” 1

Black-crowned Night Heron 6 May 2020 · Kapshagay Reservoir, Almaty Region 😍 5

Eurasian Roller 6 May 2020 · Kapshagay Reservoir, Almaty Region 😍 8

3 Grey Heron 6 May 2020 · Kapshagay Reservoir, Almaty Region 😍 7

3 Black-winged Stilt 4 May 2020 · Kapshagay Reservoir, Almaty Region 😍 4

2 Northern Lapwing 4 May 2020 · Kapshagay Reservoir, Almaty Region 😍 1

Ruddy Shelduck 28 Apr 2020 · Ile, Almaty Region 😍 2

4 Calandra Lark 28 Apr 2020 · Middle Ile river, Qonaev, Almaty Region 😍 8

Sky Lark 28 Apr 2020 · Middle Ile river, Qonaev, Almaty Region 😍 5

Common Oystercatcher 11 Apr 2020 · Kapshagay Reservoir, Almaty Region

4 Montagu's Harrier 27 Apr 2020 · Ile, Almaty Region 😍 13

Tree Pipit 16 Apr 2020 · Kapshagay Reservoir, Almaty Region

2 Whooper Swan 12 Apr 2020 · Kapshagay Reservoir, Almaty Region 😍 2

2 Common Redshank 13 Apr 2020 · Kapshagay Reservoir, Almaty Region 😍 13

4 Great White Pelican 12 Apr 2020 · Kapshagay Reservoir, Almaty Region 😍 20

2 Black-headed Wagtail 10 Apr 2020 · Kapshagay Reservoir, Almaty Region 😍 5

Grey-headed Wagtail 10 Apr 2020 · Kapshagay Reservoir, Almaty Region 😍 9

3 Great White Egret 11 Apr 2020 · Kapshagay Reservoir, Almaty Region 😍 6🐤 1

Black-headed Gull 10 Apr 2020 · Kapshagay Reservoir, Almaty Region 😍 9🐤 1

Great White Pelican 10 Apr 2020 · Kapshagay Reservoir, Almaty Region 😍 1

Common Starling 10 Apr 2020 · Kapshagay Reservoir, Almaty Region 😍 2

3 Great Crested Grebe 7 Apr 2020 · Kapshagay Reservoir, Almaty Region 😍 10

2 Hoopoe 7 Apr 2020 · Kapshagay Reservoir, Almaty Region 😍 12

Great White Egret 6 Apr 2020 · Kapshagay Reservoir, Almaty Region 😍 3

Great White Egret 6 Apr 2020 · Kapshagay Reservoir, Almaty Region 😍 9

Awards of Гера

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25 25 species

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1 1 observation

10 10 observations

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100 100 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

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