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most often in Almaty
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on the site since 7 September 2012

227observations 172species 34%of the Birds.kz list 5 of 20regions 47comments

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5 of 20 regions of Kazakhstan

Almaty74 Almaty Region55 Zhambyl Region44 Zhetysu Region42 Turkistan Region12

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Most in 2013: 187 observations

Observations 227 Species 172 Map 80 Comments 47

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BIRD SPECIES

all species Siberian Stonechat 4 Great Tit 4 Lesser Whitethroat 4 Eurasian Blackbird 3 White-winged Grosbeak 3 Northern Lapwing 3 Turkestan Shrike 3 Wood Pigeon 3 Common Whitethroat 2 Common Chiffchaff 2 White-Winged Woodpecker 2 Hume's Warbler 2 Pied Wheatear 2 Laughing Dove 2 Spotted Flycatcher 2 White-headed Duck 2 Mute Swan 2 Tree Pipit 2 Isabelline Shrike 2 Bluethroat 2 Black-throated Thrush 2 Common Buzzard 2 Mistle Thrush 2 Long-tailed Shrike 2 House Sparrow 2 Tree Sparrow 2 Himalayan Accentor 2 Common Mynah 2 Greater Short-toed Lark 2 Eurasian Magpie 2 Spotted Nutcracker 2 Eurasian Jackdaw 2 Rook 2 Carrion Crow 2 Hooded Crow 2 Caspian Gull 2 Common Starling 2 Kentish Plover 2 Rock Bunting 2 Yellow Wagtail 2 Common Chaffinch 2 Brambling 2 European Greenfinch 2 Citrine Wagtail 2 Common Oystercatcher 1 Green Sandpiper 1 Wood Sandpiper 1 Common Greenshank 1 Common Redshank 1 Common Sandpiper 1 Ruff 1 Little Stint 1 Temminck's Stint 1 Dunlin 1 Eurasian Whimbrel 1 Black-winged Pratincole 1 Collared Pratincole 1 Pallas's Gull 1 Relict Gull 1 Black-headed Gull 1 Black Tern 1 White-winged Tern 1 Caspian Tern 1 Common Tern 1 Little Tern 1 Rock Pigeon 1 Eurasian Collared Dove 1 Oriental Turtle Dove 1 Common Cuckoo 1 Eurasian Eagle-Owl 1 Long-eared Owl 1 European Bee-eater 1 Eurasian Roller 1 Hoopoe 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 Barn Swallow 1 Northern House Martin 1 Sand Martin 1 Pale Sand Martin 1 Crested Lark 1 Calandra Lark 1 Sky Lark 1 Black-headed Wagtail 1 Grey Wagtail 1 White Wagtail 1 Masked Wagtail 1 Tawny Pipit 1 Red-backed Shrike 1 Lesser Grey Shrike 1 Great Grey Shrike 1 Eurasian Dipper 1 Brown Dipper 1 Cetti's Warbler 1 Great Reed Warbler 1 Barred Warbler 1 Greenish Warbler 1 Sulphur-bellied Warbler 1 Goldcrest 1 White-browed Tit-Warbler 1 Bearded Tit 1 Songar Tit 1 Coal Tit 1 Black-breasted Tit 1 Yellow-breasted Tit 1 Azure Tit 1 Turkestan Tit 1 White-crowned Penduline Tit 1 Corn Bunting 1 Northern Reed Bunting 1 Ortolan Bunting 1 Eurasian Siskin 1 Grey-headed Goldfinch 1 Eurasian Linnet 1 Plain Mountain Finch 1 Common Rosefinch 1 Red Crossbill 1 Desert Wheatear 1 Isabelline Wheatear 1 Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush 1 Blue-capped Redstart 1 Black Redstart 1 Eversmann's Redstart 1 European Robin 1 Redwing 1 Blue Whistling Thrush 1 Indian Sparrow 1 Black-throated Accentor 1 Indian Golden Oriole 1 Common Raven 1 Rosy Starling 1 Little Grebe 1 Black-Necked Grebe 1 Great Crested Grebe 1 Dalmatian Pelican 1 Great Cormorant 1 Pygmy Cormorant 1 Great White Egret 1 Grey Heron 1 Eurasian Spoonbill 1 White Stork 1 Black Stork 1 Greylag Goose 1 Whooper Swan 1 Ruddy Shelduck 1 Common Shelduck 1 Mallard 1 Garganey 1 Red-crested Pochard 1 Osprey 1 Crested Honey-Buzzard 1 Black Kite 1 Montagu's Harrier 1 Western Marsh-Harrier 1 Common Sparrowhawk 1 Long-legged Buzzard 1 Eastern Buzzard 1 Short-toed Snake-Eagle 1 Booted Eagle 1 Lammergeier 1 Eurasian Hobby 1 Common Kestrel 1 Chukar Partridge 1 Common Pheasant 1 Common Crane 1 Demoiselle Crane 1 Common Moorhen 1 Common Coot 1 Grey Plover 1 Little Ringed Plover 1 Lesser Sand Plover 1 Black-winged Stilt 1 Pied Avocet 1

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all Almaty 74Almaty Region 55Zhambyl Region 44Zhetysu Region 42Turkistan Region 12

White-headed Duck 11 May 2013 · Vicinity of Lake Alakol, Almaty Province 😍 1

Eurasian Hobby 11 May 2013 · Koshkarkol, Zhetysu Region

Eurasian Spoonbill 11 May 2013 · Alakol lake, Akshi, Jetisu Region

Common Sparrowhawk 11 May 2013 · Alakol lake, Akshi, Jetisu Region

Eurasian Linnet 11 May 2013 · Lake Alakol, Almaty Province

Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush 11 May 2013 · Lake Alakol, Almaty Province 2 photos (short) 😍 1

Oriental Turtle Dove 10 May 2013 · Lake Alakol, Almaty Province

Greater Short-toed Lark 10 May 2013 · Lake Alakol, Almaty Province

Greylag Goose 10 May 2013 · Lake Alakol, Almaty Province

Eurasian Whimbrel 10 May 2013 · Lake Alakol, Almaty Province 2 photos (short)

Kentish Plover 10 May 2013 · Lake Alakol, Almaty Province 😍 2🐤 1

Great Reed Warbler 10 May 2013 · Lake Alakol, Almaty Province

Common Oystercatcher 10 May 2013 · Lake Alakol, Almaty Province 😍 1

Black-winged Pratincole 10 May 2013 · Lake Alakol, Almaty Province 2 photos (short) 😍 1

Collared Pratincole 10 May 2013 · Lake Alakol, Almaty Province 2 photos (short)

Mute Swan 10 May 2013 · Lake Alakol, Almaty Province

Northern Lapwing 10 May 2013 · Lake Alakol, Almaty Province 3 photos (short) 😍 1

Northern Lapwing 10 May 2013 · Lake Alakol, Almaty Province 😍 1

Red-backed Shrike 10 May 2013 · Lake Alakol, Almaty Province 2 photos (short)

European Bee-eater 10 May 2013 · Lake Alakol, Almaty Province 2 photos (short)

Greater Short-toed Lark 10 May 2013 · Lake Alakol, Almaty Province 2 photos (short)

Indian Sparrow 10 May 2013 · Lake Alakol, Almaty Province 2 photos (short)

Northern House Martin 10 May 2013 · Lake Alakol, Almaty Province 2 photos (short)

Steppe Eurasian Skylark 9 May 2013 · Lake Alakol, Almaty Province

Awards of Айбек

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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

awardgroup.years

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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