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    • Central and Northern Kazakhstan: results.

    2020-06-18| Gennadiy Dyakin


    1. Black-winged Pratincole

    # species number
    1Slavonian Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
    2Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
    3Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus)
    4Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
    5Eurasian Bittern (Botaurus stellaris)
    6Great White Egret (Egretta alba)
    7Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
    8Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
    9Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
    10Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
    11Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
    12Common Teal (Anas crecca)
    13Gadwall (Anas strepera)
    14Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope)
    15Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
    16Garganey (Anas querquedula)
    17Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
    18Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina)
    19Common Pochard (Aythya ferina)
    20Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
    21Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
    22Smew (Mergellus albellus)
    23Goosander (Mergus merganser)
    24Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
    25Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus)
    26Western Marsh-Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
    27Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus)
    28Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus)
    29Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
    30Common Quail (Coturnix coturnix)
    31Demoiselle Crane (Anthropoides virgo)
    32Common Coot (Fulica atra)
    33Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)
    34Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
    35Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
    36Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    37Common Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
    38Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
    39Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)
    40Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)
    41Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
    42Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
    43Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)
    44Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata)
    45Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
    46Black-winged Pratincole (Glareola nordmanni)
    47Pallas's Gull (Larus ichthyaetus)
    48Little Gull (Larus minutus)
    49Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)
    50Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)
    51Baraba Steppe Gull (Larus barabensis)
    52Mew Gull (Larus canus)
    53Black Tern (Chlidonias nigra)
    54White-winged Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)
    55Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
    56Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
    57Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus)
    58Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
    59Oriental Turtle Dove (Streptopelia orientalis)
    60Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
    61Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
    62Common Swift (Apus apus)
    63Eurasian Roller (Coracias garrulus)
    64European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster)
    65Hoopoe (Upupa epops)
    66Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
    67Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
    68Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)
    69Greater Short-toed Lark (Calandrella brachydactyla)
    70Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra)
    71White-winged Lark (Melanocorypha leucoptera)
    72Black Lark (Melanocorypha yeltoniensis)
    73Sky Lark (Alauda arvensis)
    74Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
    75Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola)
    76White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
    77Tawny Pipit (Anthus campestris)
    78Lesser Grey Shrike (Lanius minor)
    79European Golden Oriole (Oriolus oriolus)
    80Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
    81Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)
    82Eurasian Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
    83Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
    84Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
    85Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
    86Brown-necked Raven (Corvus ruficollis)
    87Common Raven (Corvus corax)
    88Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti)
    89Paddyfield Warbler (Acrocephalus agricola)
    90Blyth's Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus dumetorum)
    91Great Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus)
    92Booted Warbler (Hippolais caligata)
    93Common Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
    94Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)
    95Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola maurus)
    96Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
    97Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)
    98Eurasian Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
    99Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)
    100Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
    101Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
    102Great Tit (Parus major)
    103House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
    104Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
    105Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
    106Common Rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus)
    107Northern Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
    108Pine Bunting (Emberiza leucocephala)
    109Red-headed Bunting (Emberiza bruniceps)

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    © Qanatbek Kenzhegulov
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