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268observations 161species 31%of the Birds.kz list 5 of 20regions 5comments

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88 species in 2026

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5 of 20 regions of Kazakhstan

Turkistan Region257 Kostanay Region5 Almaty Region3 Zhambyl Region2 Shymkent1

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Black Kite22 May
Great Crested Grebe20 May
Purple Heron30 Apr

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Most in 2025: 170 observations

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BIRD SPECIES

all species Common Starling 5 Siberian Stonechat 4 Long-legged Buzzard 4 Common Teal 4 Steppe Eagle 3 Booted Eagle 3 Grey Heron 3 Turkestan Tit 3 Spotted Flycatcher 3 Glossy Ibis 3 White Stork 3 Lesser Grey Shrike 3 Carrion Crow 3 Mute Swan 3 Common Cuckoo 3 Dalmatian Pelican 3 Mallard 3 Pallas's Gull 3 Black-winged Stilt 3 Indian Golden Oriole 3 Common Kestrel 3 Kentish Plover 3 Pied Wheatear 3 Eurasian Hobby 3 White-tailed Sea-Eagle 3 Hooded Crow 2 Rosy Starling 2 Great White Egret 2 Greater White-fronted Goose 2 Ruddy Shelduck 2 Northern Shoveler 2 Common Goldeneye 2 Osprey 2 Hen Harrier 2 Western Marsh-Harrier 2 Shikra 2 Eastern Imperial Eagle 2 Common Crane 2 Common Coot 2 Little Bustard 2 White-tailed Lapwing 2 Common Oystercatcher 2 Common Sandpiper 2 Ruff 2 Common Snipe 2 Black-headed Gull 2 Black-Bellied Sandgrouse 2 Wood Pigeon 2 Oriental Turtle Dove 2 Pallid Scops Owl 2 Little Owl 2 European Nightjar 2 Common Kingfisher 2 Eurasian Roller 2 Barn Swallow 2 Red-rumped Swallow 2 Crested Lark 2 Calandra Lark 2 Citrine Wagtail 2 Grey Wagtail 2 Tree Pipit 2 Turkestan Shrike 2 Red-backed Shrike 2 Asian Paradise Flycatcher 2 Great Tit 2 Desert Finch 2 Desert Wheatear 2 Isabelline Wheatear 2 Eurasian Blackbird 2 Mistle Thrush 2 Blue Whistling Thrush 2 Spanish Sparrow 2 Common Mynah 2 Eurasian Magpie 2 Eurasian Jackdaw 2 Rook 2 Rock Pigeon 1 Eurasian Collared Dove 1 Northern Wheatear 1 Whooper Swan 1 Eurasian Eagle-Owl 1 Great Cormorant 1 Variable Wheatear 1 Finsch's Wheatear 1 Egyptian Nightjar 1 Rock Sparrow 1 European Bee-eater 1 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater 1 Black-throated Accentor 1 Hoopoe 1 Eurasian Wryneck 1 White-Winged Woodpecker 1 Rufous Bush Robin 1 Eversmann's Redstart 1 Northern House Martin 1 Bluethroat 1 Black-throated Thrush 1 Fieldfare 1 Great Crested Grebe 1 White Wagtail 1 Masked Wagtail 1 Great White Pelican 1 Isabelline Shrike 1 Black-Necked Grebe 1 House Sparrow 1 Greylag Goose 1 Great Grey Shrike 1 Steppe Grey Shrike 1 Cetti's Warbler 1 Paddyfield Warbler 1 Sykes's Warbler 1 Lesser Whitethroat 1 Menetries Warbler 1 Common Chiffchaff 1 Streaked Scrub Warbler 1 Indian Sparrow 1 Eurasian Spoonbill 1 Bearded Tit 1 Yellow-breasted Tit 1 Pander's Ground-Jay 1 Purple Heron 1 Common Sparrowhawk 1 Common Buzzard 1 Black Kite 1 Crested Honey-Buzzard 1 White-crowned Penduline Tit 1 Golden Eagle 1 Goosander 1 Egyptian Vulture 1 Cinereous Vulture 1 Smew 1 Tufted Duck 1 Chukar Partridge 1 Common Pheasant 1 Eastern Rock Nuthatch 1 Demoiselle Crane 1 Common Moorhen 1 Wallcreeper 1 Great Bustard 1 Meadow Bunting 1 Macqueen's Bustard 1 Little Ringed Plover 1 Greater Sand Plover 1 Red-crested Pochard 1 Ortolan Bunting 1 Garganey 1 Pied Avocet 1 Red-headed Bunting 1 Green Sandpiper 1 Common Redshank 1 Common Chaffinch 1 Red-fronted Serin 1 Little Stint 1 Temminck's Stint 1 European Greenfinch 1 Eurasian Wigeon 1 Tree Sparrow 1 Slender-billed Gull 1 Common Tern 1 Common Rosefinch 1 Pygmy Cormorant 1

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all Turkistan Region 257Kostanay Region 5Almaty Region 3Zhambyl Region 2Shymkent 1

Only “needs identification” 1

Glossy Ibis 30 Apr · Shoshkakol lake, Turkistan Region 😍 3

White-tailed Lapwing 30 Apr · Shoshkakol lake, Turkistan Region 😍 6

Purple Heron 30 Apr · Shoshkakol lake, Turkistan Region 😍 2

Common Moorhen 30 Apr · Shoshkakol lake, Turkistan Region 😍 1

Siberian Stonechat 30 Apr · Shoshkakol lake, Turkistan Region 😍 1

Siberian Stonechat 30 Apr · Shoshkakol lake, Turkistan Region

Temminck's Stint 30 Apr · Shoshkakol lake, Turkistan Region

Eurasian Roller 30 Apr · C.Ертай, Zhambyl Region 😍 1

Red-rumped Swallow 30 Apr · C.Ертай, Zhambyl Region 😍 2

Black-winged Stilt 30 Apr · Chimkent-Shoshkakol, Turkistan Region

Turkestan Shrike 30 Apr · Chimkent-Shoshkakol, Turkistan Region

Yellow-breasted Tit 30 Apr · Boralday, Turkistan Region 🐤 1

Booted Eagle 30 Apr · Boralday, Turkistan Region 😍 2

Common Kingfisher 30 Apr · Boralday, Turkistan Region 😍 5

Long-legged Buzzard 30 Apr · Boralday, Turkistan Region 😍 1

Indian Golden Oriole 30 Apr · Boralday, Turkistan Region 😍 6

Common Sandpiper 30 Apr · Boralday, Turkistan Region 😍 1

Common Cuckoo 29 Apr · Boralday, Turkistan Region 😍 4

Common Rosefinch 29 Apr · Boralday, Turkistan Region

Lesser Whitethroat 29 Apr · Boralday, Turkistan Region 😍 1

Spotted Flycatcher 29 Apr · Boralday, Turkistan Region

Grey Wagtail 29 Apr · Boralday, Turkistan Region 😍 5

Tree Pipit 29 Apr · Boralday, Turkistan Region

Mistle Thrush 29 Apr · Boralday, Turkistan Region

Awards of Айдос

4 awards · several levels in each

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10 10 species

25 25 species

50 50 species

100 100 species

150 150 species

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1 1 observation

10 10 observations

50 50 observations

100 100 observations

250 250 observations

awardgroup.regions

3/20 3 regions

5/20 5 regions

awardgroup.years

1 1 year on the site

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