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most often in Mangystau Region
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229observations 160species 31%of the Birds.kz list 13 of 20regions 114comments

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13 of 20 regions of Kazakhstan

Mangystau Region97 Atyrau Region50 Kyzylorda Region22 Turkistan Region20 East Kazakhstan Region16 Aktobe Region6 Zhambyl Region4 Ulytau Region4 Abai Region3 Astana3

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Karaganda Region2 North Kazakhstan Region1 Akmola Region1

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Eurasian Hobby19 Aug
Sand Martin18 Aug
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Most in 2017: 28 observations

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all 2026 21 2023 15 2022 20 2021 5 2019 19 2018 14 2017 28 2016 23 2015 9 2014 12 2013 1 2012 19 2011 27 2010 2 2009 12 2008 1 2006 1

BIRD SPECIES

all species Steppe Grey Shrike 4 Black-winged Stilt 4 Short-toed Snake-Eagle 3 Griffon Vulture 3 Ruff 3 Black-tailed Godwit 3 Rock Sparrow 3 Common Mynah 3 Steppe Eagle 3 Rock Pigeon 3 Spotted Flycatcher 3 Red-headed Bunting 3 Greater Flamingo 3 Great Cormorant 3 Rosy Starling 3 Horned Lark 3 Pallas's Sandgrouse 2 Eastern Black-eared Wheatear 2 Eurasian Collared Dove 2 Whooper Swan 2 Egyptian Vulture 2 Common Cuckoo 2 Eurasian Eagle-Owl 2 Cinereous Vulture 2 Greater Sand Plover 2 Little Owl 2 Alpine Swift 2 Glossy Ibis 2 Common Shelduck 2 Osprey 2 Black Kite 2 Pied Avocet 2 Pallid Harrier 2 Common Raven 2 Western Marsh-Harrier 2 Wood Sandpiper 2 Calandra Lark 2 Red-necked Phalarope 2 Little Stint 2 Black-headed Wagtail 2 Common Sparrowhawk 2 Dunlin 2 Red-backed Shrike 2 Common Buzzard 2 Common Snipe 2 Common Chiffchaff 2 Black-headed Gull 2 Caspian Gull 2 Little Bustard 2 Mute Swan 2 Black-Bellied Sandgrouse 2 Eurasian Whimbrel 1 Black-winged Pratincole 1 Slender-billed Gull 1 White-winged Tern 1 Common Tern 1 Pin-Tailed Sandgrouse 1 Oriental Turtle Dove 1 Laughing Dove 1 Long-eared Owl 1 Pallid Scops Owl 1 Common Swift 1 European Bee-eater 1 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater 1 Eurasian Roller 1 Hoopoe 1 White-Winged Woodpecker 1 Northern House Martin 1 Sand Martin 1 Crested Lark 1 Lesser Short-toed Lark 1 White-winged Lark 1 Black Lark 1 Yellow Wagtail 1 White Wagtail 1 Masked Wagtail 1 Tawny Pipit 1 Paddyfield Warbler 1 Blyth's Reed Warbler 1 Lesser Whitethroat 1 Hume's Warbler 1 Pied Flycatcher 1 Long-tailed Tit 1 Common Chaffinch 1 Brambling 1 Desert Finch 1 Common Rosefinch 1 Siberian Stonechat 1 Northern Wheatear 1 Pied Wheatear 1 Variable Wheatear 1 Finsch's Wheatear 1 Desert Wheatear 1 Isabelline Wheatear 1 Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush 1 Eurasian Redstart 1 European Robin 1 Bluethroat 1 Song Thrush 1 House Sparrow 1 Indian Sparrow 1 Saxaul Sparrow 1 European Golden Oriole 1 Pander's Ground-Jay 1 Eurasian Jackdaw 1 Rook 1 Hooded Crow 1 Brown-necked Raven 1 Common Starling 1 Masked Shrike 1 Black-Necked Grebe 1 Slavonian Grebe 1 Red-Necked Grebe 1 Great Crested Grebe 1 Great White Egret 1 Grey Heron 1 Purple Heron 1 Eurasian Spoonbill 1 Black Stork 1 Greylag Goose 1 Ruddy Shelduck 1 Mallard 1 Common Teal 1 Eurasian Wigeon 1 Northern Shoveler 1 Red-crested Pochard 1 Common Goldeneye 1 White-headed Duck 1 Long-legged Buzzard 1 Eastern Imperial Eagle 1 Golden Eagle 1 White-tailed Sea-Eagle 1 Lammergeier 1 Saker Falcon 1 Desert Lark 1 Eurasian Hobby 1 Lesser Kestrel 1 Common Kestrel 1 Northern Black Grouse 1 Chukar Partridge 1 Grey Partridge 1 Common Pheasant 1 Common Crane 1 Demoiselle Crane 1 Baillon's Crake 1 Common Coot 1 Macqueen's Bustard 1 Eurasian Stone Curlew 1 Greater Ringed Plover 1 Little Ringed Plover 1 Caspian Plover 1 Kentish Plover 1 Northern Lapwing 1 White-tailed Lapwing 1 Ruddy Turnstone 1 Green Sandpiper 1 Common Sandpiper 1 Temminck's Stint 1 Curlew Sandpiper 1 Sanderling 1

REGION

all Mangystau Region 97Atyrau Region 50Kyzylorda Region 22Turkistan Region 20East Kazakhstan Region 16 Aktobe Region 6Zhambyl Region 4Ulytau Region 4Abai Region 3Astana 3Karaganda Region 2North Kazakhstan Region 1Akmola Region 1

Greater Sand Plover 5 May 2022 · Mangistau Oblast, Karakiyanskiy District 😍 3

Lammergeier 22 Apr 2022 · Ustyurtsky Nature Reserve, Mangystau Reg... 😍 1

Griffon Vulture 22 Apr 2022 · Ustyurtsky Nature Reserve, Mangystau Reg... 😍 2

Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush 25 Apr 2022 · Mangistau region, Karakiyanskiy district 😍 3

Macqueen's Bustard 3 May 2018 · Mangystau Region 😍 1

Masked Shrike 13 May 2017 · Southern Ustyurt ✍️ 1🐤 1

2 Variable Wheatear 19 May 2015 · Beltau, Turkistan Region

Laughing Dove 26 May 2012 · Kyzilorda region 😍 1

Egyptian Vulture 3 May 2012 · Ustyurtsky Nature Reserve, Mangystau Reg... 😍 1

Lesser Kestrel 6 May 2012 · Ustyurtsky Nature Reserve, Mangystau Reg... 😍 2

Black-Bellied Sandgrouse 5 May 2012 · Ustyurtsky Nature Reserve, Mangystau Reg... 😍 1

Eastern Black-eared Wheatear 4 May 2012 · Ustyurtsky Nature Reserve, Mangystau Reg... 😍 1

Desert Wheatear 11 Jun 2006 · Volga-Ural sands

Awards of Марк

5 awards · several levels in each

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25 25 species

50 50 species

100 100 species

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10 10 observations

50 50 observations

100 100 observations

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3/20 3 regions

5/20 5 regions

10/20 10 regions

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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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1 New species for the site

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