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Kurty-Sorbulak


2021-08-29| Gennadiy Dyakin


1. Grey Plover


2. White-headed Duck


3. White-tailed Sea-Eagle


# species number

1Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)10

2Black-Necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)

3Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)30

4Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus)50

5Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)2000

6Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)1

7Great White Egret (Egretta alba)20

8Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)10

9Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)3000+

10Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)3

11Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

12Gadwall (Anas strepera)

13Garganey (Anas querquedula)

14Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)

15Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina)

16Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca)

17White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala)15

18Black Kite (Milvus migrans)

19Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus)1

20Western Marsh-Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)4

21Common Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)1

22Eastern Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca)1

23White-tailed Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)5

24Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo)2

25Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)2

26Chukar Partridge (Alectoris chukar)голос

27Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)

28Common Coot (Fulica atra)

29Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)3

30Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva)5

31Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)

32Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)2

33Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)

34Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)

35Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)20

36Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)

37Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)

38Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)5

39Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)

40Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)

41Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)100

42Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)

43Little Stint (Calidris minuta)

44Temminck's Stint (Calidris temminckii)

45Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)3

46Dunlin (Calidris alpina)2

47Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)1

48Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata)5

49Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)10

50Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)

51Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)

52Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus)

53Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)

54Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)2

55Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)1

56Eurasian Roller (Coracias garrulus)10

57Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)10

58Hoopoe (Upupa epops)2

59Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)

60Red-rumped Swallow (Hirundo daurica)1

61Pale Sand Martin (Riparia diluta)

62Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)

63Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)

64Masked Wagtail (Motacilla personata)

65Turkestan Shrike (Lanius phoenicuroides)3

66Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)1

67Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)300

68Rosy Starling (Sturnus roseus)1

69Common Mynah (Acridotheres tristis)

70Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)

71Eurasian Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)

72Rook (Corvus frugilegus)

73Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)

74Blyth's Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus dumetorum)

75Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)

76Greenish Warbler (Phylloscopus trochiloides)

77Hume's Warbler (Phylloscopus humei)

78Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)

79Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola maurus)

80Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka)1

81Great Tit (Parus major)

82Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)

83Common Rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus)1

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