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    2016-03-20| Sergei Shmygalev

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    # species number
    1Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)30
    2Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)2
    3Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)11
    4Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)2
    5Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)50
    6Goosander (Mergus merganser)6
    7Black Kite (Milvus migrans)5
    8Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)1
    9Common Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)1
    10Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus)4
    11Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis)1
    12Eastern Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca)2
    13White-tailed Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)2
    14Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)12
    15Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
    16Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)2
    17Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)13
    18Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis)8
    19Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus)18
    20Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
    21Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)2
    22Little Owl (Athene noctua)5
    23Hoopoe (Upupa epops)2
    24White-Winged Woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucopterus)2
    25Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)
    26Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra)
    27Bimaculated Lark (Melanocorypha bimaculata)
    28Sky Lark (Alauda arvensis)
    29White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)2
    30Masked Wagtail (Motacilla personata)4
    31Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)6
    32Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)
    33Eurasian Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
    34Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
    35Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
    36Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
    37Black-throated Accentor (Prunella atrogularis)15
    38Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)2
    39Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka)3
    40Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)
    41Eversmann's Redstart (Phoenicurus erythronotus)25
    42Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)3
    43Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)6
    44Blue Tit (Parus caeruleus)2
    45Turkestan Tit (Parus bokharensis)
    46House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
    47Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
    48Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
    49Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
    50European Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)8
    51Grey-headed Goldfinch (Carduelis caniceps)12
    52Red-mantled Rosefinch (Carpodacus rhodochlamys)3
    53Long-tailed Rosefinch (Uragus sibiricus)6
    54Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)
    55Pine Bunting (Emberiza leucocephala)
    56Northern Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)5

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    rare birds records


    Great Snipe (Gallinago media)

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

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    Great Snipe (Gallinago media)

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

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    © Alexandr Fedulin
    2026-03-30

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

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