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2018-05-10| Gennadiy Dyakin


1. Red-throated Pipit


2. Black-eared Wheatear


3. Black-headed Bunting


4. Trumpeter Finch


5. Semi-collared Flycatcher


6. Greater Flamingo


7. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard


8. Cattle Egret


9. Whiskered Tern


10. Bar-tailed Godwit


11. Broad-billed Sandpiper


12. Pied Bushchat


13. Yellow-backed Wagtail


14. Willow Warbler


# species number

1Black-Necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)

2Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)

3Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)

4Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus)

5Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)

6Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)

7Great White Egret (Egretta alba)

8Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)

9Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)

10Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)

11Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)

12Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)

13Greylag Goose (Anser anser)

14Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)

15Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)

16Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)

17Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

18Gadwall (Anas strepera)

19Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope)

20Garganey (Anas querquedula)

21Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)

22Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina)

23Common Pochard (Aythya ferina)

24Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)

25White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala)

26Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)

27Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

28Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (Pernis apivorus)

29Black Kite (Milvus migrans)

30Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)

31Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus)

32Montagu's Harrier (Circus pygargus)

33Western Marsh-Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)

34Common Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)

35Shikra (Accipiter badius)

36Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus)

37Booted Eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus)

38Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)

39Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug)

40Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)

41Chukar Partridge (Alectoris chukar)

42Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)

43Common Coot (Fulica atra)

44Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)

45Greater Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)

46Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)

47Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)

48Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)

49Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)

50Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)

51Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)

52Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)

53Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)

54Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)

55Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)

56Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)

57Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)

58Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)

59Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)

60Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)

61Little Stint (Calidris minuta)

62Temminck's Stint (Calidris temminckii)

63Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)

64Dunlin (Calidris alpina)

65Sanderling (Calidris alba)

66Broad-billed Sandpiper (Limicola falcinellus)

67Eurasian Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)

68Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)

69Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)

70Collared Pratincole (Glareola pratincola)

71Pallas's Gull (Larus ichthyaetus)

72Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)

73Slender-billed Gull (Larus genei)

74Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)

75White-winged Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)

76Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida)

77Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica)

78Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)

79Little Tern (Sterna albifrons)

80Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis)

81Stock Pigeon (Columba oenas)

82Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)

83Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)

84Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)

85Eurasian Eagle-Owl (Bubo bubo)

86Little Owl (Athene noctua)

87European Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)

88Common Swift (Apus apus)

89Alpine Swift (Apus melba)

90Eurasian Roller (Coracias garrulus)

91European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster)

92Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (Merops persicus)

93Hoopoe (Upupa epops)

94Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)

95Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)

96Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)

97Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)

98Lesser Short-toed Lark (Calandrella rufescens)

99Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra)

100Bimaculated Lark (Melanocorypha bimaculata)

101Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)

102Sky Lark (Alauda arvensis)

103Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)

104Black-headed Wagtail (Motacilla feldegg)

105Yellow-backed Wagtail (Motacilla lutea)

106Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola)

107Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)

108White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)

109Red-throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus)

110Turkestan Shrike (Lanius phoenicuroides)

111Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)

112European Golden Oriole (Oriolus oriolus)

113Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

114Rosy Starling (Sturnus roseus)

115Rook (Corvus frugilegus)

116Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)

117Paddyfield Warbler (Acrocephalus agricola)

118Blyth's Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus dumetorum)

119Eurasian Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)

120Booted Warbler (Hippolais caligata)

121Syke's Warbler (Hippolais rama)

122Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)

123Common Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)

124Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)

125Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)

126Greenish Warbler (Phylloscopus trochiloides)

127Streaked Scrub Warbler (Scotocerca inquieta)

128Semi-collared Flycatcher (Ficedula semitorquata)

129Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)

130Pied Bushchat (Saxicola caprata)

131Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)

132Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka)

133Eastern Black-eared Wheatear (Oenanthe melanoleuca)

134Finsch's Wheatear (Oenanthe finschii)

135Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)

136Eurasian Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)

137Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)

138Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)

139Bearded Tit (Panurus biarmicus)

140House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)

141Indian Sparrow (Passer indicus)

142Rock Sparrow (Petronia petronia)

143Pale Rock-Finch (Carpospiza brachydactyla)

144European Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)

145Common Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)

146Trumpeter Finch (Bucanetes githagineus)

147Desert Finch (Rhodospiza obsoleta)

148Common Rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus)

149Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza hortulana)

150Black-headed Bunting (Emberiza melanocephala)

151Red-headed Bunting (Emberiza bruniceps)

comments:
2018-06-02. санжар:

Хотел бы присоединиться к словам Гены и сказать огромное спасибо Ане и Диме!

Было настолько круче лететь не в никуда, а к друзьям. И это ощущение не оставляло всю поездку.

Давно уже у меня не было таких продуктивных и интересных поездок по стране. А так, чтобы шесть лайферов сразу!

А не прозевал бы черноголовую овсянку и полуошейниковую мухоловку - так вообще восемь было бы )))

Главное - воробья ака самку желчной овсянки не прозевал, а то бы обратно щас летел. В любом случае - дорожка на Мангыстау проложена и теперь с удовольствием буду возвращаться!


2018-06-02. Анна Ясько:

Санжар, Геннадий, Александр, спасибо и вам всем за хорошую компанию, за опыт, за новые впечатления! Рада было очно познакомиться со всеми вами.


2018-06-03. Александр Беляев:

Я так же благодарен Анне и Дмитрию и команде Руфата за поездки по Прикаспию. Восемь лайферов за поездку.



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