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    • Жабаглы-Байгекум-Сарыбулак--нулевая точка 44/62-Ажар-Казалинск-Жабаглы

    2019-05-29| Svetlana Baskakova
    # species number
    1Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)2
    2Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)2вид не определен
    3Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)3
    4Great White Egret (Egretta alba)8
    5Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)20
    6Greylag Goose (Anser anser)2
    7Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)10
    8Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)1
    9Gadwall (Anas strepera)2
    10Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina)4
    11Western Marsh-Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)15
    12Shikra (Accipiter badius)1
    13Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus)20
    14Short-toed Snake-Eagle (Circaetus gallicus)1
    15Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)10
    16Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo)1
    17Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)12
    18Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)8
    19Common Coot (Fulica atra)5
    20Macqueen's Bustard (Chlamydotis macqueenii)4
    21Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)6
    22Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)4
    23Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)13
    24Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)1
    25Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)1
    26Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)6
    27Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)1
    28Little Stint (Calidris minuta)1
    29Black-winged Pratincole (Glareola nordmanni)35
    30Pallas's Gull (Larus ichthyaetus)1
    31Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)14
    32Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)37
    33Black Tern (Chlidonias nigra)10
    34Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica)1
    35Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)42
    36Little Tern (Sterna albifrons)1
    37Pallas's Sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus)2
    38Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)250
    39Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)5
    40Laughing Dove (Streptopelia senegalensis)4
    41Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)2
    42Little Owl (Athene noctua)9
    43European Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)5
    44Common Swift (Apus apus)15
    45Eurasian Roller (Coracias garrulus)43
    46European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster)150
    47Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (Merops persicus)500
    48Hoopoe (Upupa epops)9
    49Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)250
    50Red-rumped Swallow (Hirundo daurica)1
    51Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)25
    52Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)200
    53Greater Short-toed Lark (Calandrella brachydactyla)50
    54Lesser Short-toed Lark (Calandrella rufescens)300
    55Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra)10
    56Bimaculated Lark (Melanocorypha bimaculata)5
    57Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)3
    58Black-headed Wagtail (Motacilla feldegg)2
    59Masked Wagtail (Motacilla personata)14
    60Tawny Pipit (Anthus campestris)2
    61Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)2
    62Long-tailed Shrike (Lanius schach)2
    63Lesser Grey Shrike (Lanius minor)4
    64Steppe Grey Shrike (Lanius pallidirostris)30
    65European Golden Oriole (Oriolus oriolus)5
    66Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)15
    67Rosy Starling (Sturnus roseus)400
    68Common Mynah (Acridotheres tristis)150
    69Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)100+
    70Pander's Ground-Jay (Podoces panderi)13
    71Eurasian Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)100+
    72Rook (Corvus frugilegus)2000
    73Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)70
    74Blyth's Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus dumetorum)3
    75Clamorous Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus stentoreus)2
    76Syke's Warbler (Hippolais rama)30
    77Upcher's Warbler (Hippolais languida)6
    78Eastern Orphean Warbler (Sylvia hortensis)1
    79Common Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)1
    80Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)4
    81Asian Desert Warbler (Sylvia nana)40
    82Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)10
    83Finsch's Wheatear (Oenanthe finschii)60
    84Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)700
    85Rufous Bush Robin (Cercotrichas galactotes)15
    86Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)3
    87Turkestan Tit (Parus bokharensis)1
    88House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)20
    89Indian Sparrow (Passer indicus)50
    90Spanish Sparrow (Passer hispaniolensis)15
    91Saxaul Sparrow (Passer ammodendri)4
    92Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)25
    93Desert Finch (Rhodospiza obsoleta)20
    94Common Rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus)2
    95Red-headed Bunting (Emberiza bruniceps)20

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    rare birds records


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    © Vasilii Bastaev
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    Great Snipe (Gallinago media)

    © Qanatbek Kenzhegulov
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    © Alexandr Fedulin
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    © Margarita Davydova
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