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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
White-winged Tern3 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

Long-legged Buzzard 17 Oct 2024 · Chundzha, Almaty Region

Water Pipit 17 Oct 2024 · Chundzha, Almaty Region 😍 4

Cinereous Vulture 17 Oct 2024 · Chundzha, Almaty Region 😍 2

Rock Bunting 16 Oct 2024 · Chundzha, Almaty Region 😍 2

Great Cormorant 28 Aug 2024 · alakol 😍 2

Black-winged Stilt 28 Aug 2024 · alakol 2 photos (short) 😍 3

Temminck's Stint 28 Aug 2024 · alakol 😍 2

Common Redshank 28 Aug 2024 · alakol 😍 2

Caspian Gull 28 Aug 2024 · alakol 😍 2

Lesser Grey Shrike 26 Aug 2024 · alakol 😍 2

Isabelline Shrike 26 Aug 2024 · alakol

Isabelline Shrike 26 Aug 2024 · alakol 2 photos (short) 😍 2

Greenish Warbler 26 Aug 2024 · alakol 2 photos (short) 😍 1

Great White Egret 26 Aug 2024 · alakol 2 photos (short) 😍 1🐤 1

Spotted Flycatcher 26 Aug 2024 · alakol 2 photos (short) 😍 2

Siberian Stonechat 26 Aug 2024 · alakol 😍 3

Black-headed Gull 26 Aug 2024 · alakol 😍 3

Common Moorhen 26 Aug 2024 · alakol 😍 2

Siberian Stonechat 26 Aug 2024 · alakol 😍 3

Glossy Ibis 20 Aug 2024 · Sorbulak, Almaty Region 😍 6

Common Kestrel 10 May 2024 · Kuldzha, Almaty Region 2 photos (short) 😍 2

Common Pheasant 10 May 2024 · Kuldzha, Almaty Region

Eurasian Roller 10 May 2024 · Kuldzha, Almaty Region 2 photos (short) 😍 1

Common Mynah 10 May 2024 · Kuldzha, Almaty Region 😍 2

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