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most often in Almaty
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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

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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

Common Moorhen 28 Apr 2013 · Polya near Zhetygena, Almaty Region

Eurasian Roller 28 Apr 2013 · Polya near Zhetygena, Almaty Region

Common Cuckoo 28 Apr 2013 · Polya near Zhetygena, Almaty Region

Sulphur-bellied Warbler 28 Apr 2013 · Polya near Zhetygena, Almaty Region 2 photos (short) 😍 1

Ring-necked Pheasant 21 Apr 2013 · Almaty, Almaty

Wood Pigeon 19 Apr 2013 · Kurmangazy / Valikhanov streets, Almaty 4 photos (short) 😍 2

Lesser Whitethroat 19 Apr 2013 · Kurmangazy / Valikhanov streets, Almaty

Common Chiffchaff 19 Apr 2013 · Kurmangazy / Valikhanov streets, Almaty

Barn Swallow 14 Apr 2013 · Lavar, Almaty Region 3 photos (short)

Mistle Thrush 13 Apr 2013 · Prokhodnoe gorge, Almaty

Coal Tit 6 Apr 2013 · Kimasar gorge, Ile-Alatau National Park,... 3 photos (short)

Songar Tit 6 Apr 2013 · Kimasar gorge, Ile-Alatau National Park,... 3 photos (short)

Grey Wagtail 6 Apr 2013 · Kimasar gorge, Ile-Alatau National Park,... 4 photos (short) 😍 1

Goldcrest 6 Apr 2013 · Kamisary gorge, Almaty Region 3 photos (short) 😍 1

Black Kite 6 Apr 2013 · Kamisary gorge, Almaty Region

Spotted Nutcracker 6 Apr 2013 · Kamisary gorge, Almaty Region

Carrion Crow 6 Apr 2013 · Medeo, Almaty

Blue Whistling Thrush 6 Apr 2013 · Almaty 2 photos (short) 😍 1

White-bellied Dipper 6 Apr 2013 · Kimasar gorge, Ile-Alatau National Park,... 3 photos (short) 😍 1

Brown Dipper 6 Apr 2013 · Medeo, Almaty 3 photos (short)

Azure Tit 30 Mar 2013 · Botanical Garden, Almaty 2 photos (short) 😍 1

Wood Pigeon 30 Mar 2013 · Botanical Garden, Almaty

Grey-headed Goldfinch 30 Mar 2013 · Samal, Almaty 4 photos (short) 😍 2

European Greenfinch 30 Mar 2013 · Samal, Almaty 3 photos (short)

Awards of Айбек

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