327 997
pictures

2 612
blog posts

509 photographed species of 532 (95%)

found 32 new species for Kazakhstan

search

classification:

Sorbulak, Competition.

2012-10-07| Askar Isabekov

We finished third out of four, but the slogan of our competition as on Olympic Games is “The Games themselves are better than the race and the prize”, therefore I was pleased. 78 species of birds were photographed by all participants, it is pretty good result to this season of year. Below is a list of birds consisted birds were saw / photographed by our group plus the most interesting of birds were shot by other competitors.

1. Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)

2. Common Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)

3. Great White Egret (Egretta alba)

4. Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo)

5. Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)

6. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis)

7. Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis)

8. Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)


#	species	number

1	Black-Necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)

2	Slavonian Grebe (Podiceps auritus)

3	Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)

4	Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)

5	Great White Egret (Egretta alba)

6	Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)

7	Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope)

8	Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)

9	Black Kite (Milvus migrans)

10	Common Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)

11	Rough-legged Buzzard (Buteo lagopus)

12	Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)

13	Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis)

14	Barbary Falcon (Falco pelegrinoides)

15	Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo)

16	Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)

17	Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)

18	Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)

19	Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)

20	Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis)

21	Stock Pigeon (Columba oenas)

22	Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)

23	Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)

24	Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)

25	White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)

26	Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)

27	Buff-bellied Pipit (Anthus rubescens)

28	Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta)

29	Isabelline Shrike (Lanius isabellinus)

30	Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

31	Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)

32	Eurasian Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)

33	Rook (Corvus frugilegus)

34	Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)

35	Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)

36	Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)

37	Hume's Warbler (Phylloscopus humei)

38	Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)

39	Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)

40	Black-throated Thrush (Turdus atrogularis)

41	Eurasian Penduline Tit (Remiz pendulinus)

42	Great Tit (Parus major)

43	Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)

44	Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)

45	Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)

46	Eurasian Linnet (Acanthis cannabina)

47	Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)

48	Pine Bunting (Emberiza leucocephala)

49	Rock Bunting (Emberiza cia)

50	Northern Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)

comments:

no comments

calendar

2026

jan	feb	mar	apr
may	jun	jul	aug
sep	oct	nov	dec

2025

jan	feb	mar	apr
may	jun	jul	aug
sep	oct	nov	dec

2024

jan	feb	mar	apr
may	jun	jul	aug
sep	oct	nov	dec

2023

jan	feb	mar	apr
may	jun	jul	aug
sep	oct	nov	dec

2022

jan	feb	mar	apr
may	jun	jul	aug
sep	oct	nov	dec

2021

jan	feb	mar	apr
may	jun	jul	aug
sep	oct	nov	dec

2020

jan	feb	mar	apr
may	jun	jul	aug
sep	oct	nov	dec

2019

jan	feb	mar	apr
may	jun	jul	aug
sep	oct	nov	dec

2018

jan	feb	mar	apr
may	jun	jul	aug
sep	oct	nov	dec

2017

jan	feb	mar	apr
may	jun	jul	aug
sep	oct	nov	dec

2016

jan	feb	mar	apr
may	jun	jul	aug
sep	oct	nov	dec

2015

jan	feb	mar	apr
may	jun	jul	aug
sep	oct	nov	dec

2014

jan	feb	mar	apr
may	jun	jul	aug
sep	oct	nov	dec

2013

jan	feb	mar	apr
may	jun	jul	aug
sep	oct	nov	dec

2012

jan	feb	mar	apr
may	jun	jul	aug
sep	oct	nov	dec

2011

jan	feb	mar	apr
may	jun	jul	aug
sep	oct	nov	dec

2010

jan	feb	mar	apr
may	jun	jul	aug
sep	oct	nov	dec

2009

jan	feb	mar	apr
may	jun	jul	aug
sep	oct	nov	dec

2008

jan	feb	mar	apr
may	jun	jul	aug
sep	oct	nov	dec

2007

jan	feb	mar	apr
may	jun	jul	aug
sep	oct	nov	dec

2006

jan	feb	mar	apr
may	jun	jul	aug
sep	oct	nov	dec

2005

jan	feb	mar	apr
may	jun	jul	aug
sep	oct	nov	dec

rare birds records

Great Snipe (Gallinago media)

The second record of a rare migratory species this season.

Great Snipe (Gallinago media)

A rare passage species in Kazakhstan. The most recent photographic record in the country was made on 21 April 2022 in the Suzak District of Turkestan Region (Martin Grienenberger; see the website gallery). In Mangystau Region, only two records supported by photographic evidence are known from recent decades of the 21st century: 20–24 May 2009 in the Kenderli area (Neve et al., 2010) and the present observation.

Northern Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)

A new species for the Teniz-Korgalzhinsky region. The first photographic confirmation on the website for the Kazakh Uplands. Recorded on March 28 and 30 in different parts of the village.

Northern Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)

The first photo recording of a Northern Bullfinch in Almaty on the website is a rare sighting for a region where they were previously observed during wintering in the mid-20th century and have now become only occasionally encountered.

more rarities...