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    • Талдыкурган. Пойма Каратала

    2018-01-21| Sanzhar Abdikhalyk
    # species number
    1Great White Egret (Egretta alba)
    2Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
    3Eastern Buzzard (Buteo japonicus)
    4White-tailed Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
    5Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
    6Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
    7Ibisbill (Ibidorhyncha struthersii)
    8Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
    9Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
    10Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
    11Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
    12White-Winged Woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucopterus)
    13Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta)
    14Common Mynah (Acridotheres tristis)
    15Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)
    16Eurasian Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
    17Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
    18Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
    19Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
    20Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
    21Northern Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
    22Black-throated Thrush (Turdus atrogularis)
    23Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
    24Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)
    25Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
    26Azure Tit (Parus cyanus)
    27Great Tit (Parus major)
    28Turkestan Tit (Parus bokharensis)
    29House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
    30Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
    31Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
    32European Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
    33Eurasian Siskin (Carduelis spinus)
    34Grey-headed Goldfinch (Carduelis caniceps)
    35Red-mantled Rosefinch (Carpodacus rhodochlamys)
    36Long-tailed Rosefinch (Uragus sibiricus)
    37Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
    38Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)

    comments:
    2018-01-21. Александр Катунцев:

    Отличный зимний бердинг!

    2022-10-11. Gou Jun:

    Hello Sanzhar!
    I am the Gou Jun of the Xinjiang Bird Watching Association. We have not contacted it for a long time. I hope you are good. I hope we can re -establish a contact. If you can see this message, please contact me (xinjiangheli@163.com). good luck！


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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.
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    Bassel Abi Jummaa: OK great . Thanks Anna
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