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    • Сорбулак.

    2015-10-31| Askar Isabekov
    # species number
    1Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)10
    2Black-Necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)5
    3Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
    4Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
    5Great White Egret (Egretta alba)7
    6Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)2
    7Bean Goose (Anser fabalis)100
    8Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)2
    9Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)110
    10Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)
    11Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
    12Common Teal (Anas crecca)
    13Gadwall (Anas strepera)
    14Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
    15Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
    16White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala)18
    17Goosander (Mergus merganser)4
    18Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis)100
    19Eastern Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca)1
    20White-tailed Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)10
    21Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)1
    22Merlin (Falco columbarius)1
    23Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)1
    24Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)1
    25Common Coot (Fulica atra)
    26Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)1
    27Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)2
    28Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)1
    29Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata)2
    30Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)
    31Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)
    32Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis)3
    33Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
    34Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
    35Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)2
    36Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
    37Common Mynah (Acridotheres tristis)
    38Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)
    39Eurasian Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
    40Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
    41Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
    42Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
    43Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)3
    44European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)1
    45Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)1?
    46Bearded Tit (Panurus biarmicus)50
    47Azure Tit (Parus cyanus)
    48Great Tit (Parus major)
    49Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
    50Eurasian Linnet (Acanthis cannabina)
    51Rock Bunting (Emberiza cia)1
    52Northern Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)

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    rare birds records


    Great Snipe (Gallinago media)

    © Vasilii Bastaev
    2026-05-08
    Karakol lake, Mangystau

    The second record of a rare migratory species this season.

    Great Snipe (Gallinago media)

    © Qanatbek Kenzhegulov
    2026-04-14
    Aktau, Mangystau region

    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)

    © Alexandr Fedulin
    2026-03-30

    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)

    © Margarita Davydova
    2021-04-02
    First president's park, Almaty

    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...

    unidentified birds

    2026-06-02

    Bassel Abi Jummaa: booted eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus)
    2026-06-02

    Bassel Abi Jummaa: Mostly a sedge warbler Anna . (Acro schoenobaenus )
    2026-06-02

    Bassel Abi Jummaa: OK great . Thanks Anna
    more unidentified birds...