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Big Almaty Lake.


2012-06-10| Askar Isabekov


1. Himalayan Rubythroat (Luscinia pectoralis)


2. Red-mantled Rosefinch (Carpodacus rhodochlamys)


3. White-winged Grosbeak (Mycerobas carnipes)


4. Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis haringtoni)


# species number

1Black Kite (Milvus migrans)

2Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)

3Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)

4Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)

5Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)

6Black-throated Accentor (Prunella atrogularis)

7White-browed Tit-Warbler (Leptopoecile sophiae)

8Blue-capped Redstart (Phoenicurus caeruleocephalus)

9Himalayan Rubythroat (Luscinia pectoralis)

10Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)

11Grey-headed Goldfinch (Carduelis caniceps)

12Red-mantled Rosefinch (Carpodacus rhodochlamys)

13White-winged Grosbeak (Mycerobas carnipes)

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