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    • Almatinskaja obl.. g. Taldykorgan

    2017-03-16| Alexandr Belyaev
    duration 6 часов
    weather Солнце в дымке
    rout Окрестности г. Талдыкоргана
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    notes

    # species number comment
    1Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)5
    2Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)1
    3Great White Egret (Egretta alba)5
    4Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)15
    5Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)2
    6Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
    7Common Teal (Anas crecca)
    8Gadwall (Anas strepera)
    9Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope)
    10Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
    11Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
    12Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina)
    13Common Pochard (Aythya ferina)
    14Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca)
    15Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
    16Black Kite (Milvus migrans)2
    17Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)2самец+ самка
    18Common Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)2
    19Rough-legged Buzzard (Buteo lagopus)2
    20Upland Buzzard (Buteo hemilasius)1
    21Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus)1
    22Eastern Buzzard (Buteo japonicus)4
    23Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis)3
    24White-tailed Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)1
    25Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)5
    26Chukar Partridge (Alectoris chukar)голоса
    27Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)2по голосу
    28Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)2по голосам около десятка
    29Common Coot (Fulica atra)25
    30Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)15
    31Common Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)3
    32Ibisbill (Ibidorhyncha struthersii)4
    33Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)6
    34Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)3
    35Solitary Snipe (Gallinago solitaria)1
    36Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)3
    37Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)1
    38Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
    39White-Winged Woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucopterus)1
    40Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra)
    41Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola)5
    42White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)1
    43Masked Wagtail (Motacilla personata)15
    44Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta)15
    45Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor)1
    46Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)2
    47Common Mynah (Acridotheres tristis)
    48Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)
    49Eurasian Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
    50Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
    51Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
    52Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
    53Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)30
    54Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti)2по голосу
    55Eversmann's Redstart (Phoenicurus erythronotus)1самец
    56Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)30
    57Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)5
    58Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)2
    59Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)2
    60Azure Tit (Parus cyanus)
    61Great Tit (Parus major)
    62House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
    63Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
    64European Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
    65Grey-headed Goldfinch (Carduelis caniceps)350большая стая+ небольшие группы
    66Eurasian Linnet (Acanthis cannabina)10
    67Red-mantled Rosefinch (Carpodacus rhodochlamys)1самка
    68Long-tailed Rosefinch (Uragus sibiricus)10две стайки по 5 штук
    69Baikal Bullfinch (Pyrrhula cineracea)52самца+3самки
    70Northern Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)100

    authors

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    Abdikhalyk Sanzhar
    Amirekul Kudaibergen
    Andryuchshenko Artem
    Antonov Mikhail
    Ayé Raffael
    Barashkova Anna
    Baskakova Svetlana
    Bastaev Vasilii
    Bell Darren
    Belyaev Alexandr
    Disero Tim
    Isabekov Askar
    Ishchenko Ilia
    Ishkov Leonid
    Iskak Indira
    Ivanova Maria
    Kanunnikov Nikita
    Khristinetsky Daniil
    Kovalenko Andrey
    Kurochkin Alexey
    Lukin Genady
    Malyshkin Igor
    Molino Felix
    Naizagarin Aidar
    Ongarbayev Nurlan
    Rage Vitaliy
    Saparbayev Aldiyar
    Yasko Anna
    Zvyaginceva Viktoriya

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    © Alexandr Fedulin
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    © Margarita Davydova
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