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Taldykurgan


2017-03-22| Askar Isabekov
duration 2 часа
weather солнечно, слабый ветер
rout река Каратал
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# species number comment

1Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)2

2Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus)

3Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)40

4Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)10

5Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)10

6Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)10

7Garganey (Anas querquedula)2

8Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina)20

9Black Kite (Milvus migrans)40

10Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)3

11Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)1

12Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus)4

13Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis)30

14White-tailed Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)1

15Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug)1

16Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)5

17Common Coot (Fulica atra)10

18Common Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)5

19Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)4

20Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)1

21Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)15

22Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)5

23Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)

24Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola)10

25White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)1

26Masked Wagtail (Motacilla personata)15

27Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta)15

28Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor)1

29Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)

30Eurasian Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)

31Rook (Corvus frugilegus)500

32Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)

33Northern Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)1

34Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti)3

35Azure Tit (Parus cyanus)2

36Great Tit (Parus major)

37Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)20

38Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)2

39Northern Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)5

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rare birds records


Great Snipe (Gallinago media)

© Vasilii Bastaev
2026-05-08
Karakol lake, Mangystau

The second record of a rare migratory species this season.


Great Snipe (Gallinago media)

© Qanatbek Kenzhegulov
2026-04-14
Aktau, Mangystau region

A rare passage species in Kazakhstan. The most recent photographic record in the country was made on 21 April 2022 in the Suzak District of Turkestan Region (Martin Grienenberger; see the website gallery). In Mangystau Region, only two records supported by photographic evidence are known from recent decades of the 21st century: 20–24 May 2009 in the Kenderli area (Neve et al., 2010) and the present observation.


Northern Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)

© Alexandr Fedulin
2026-03-30

A new species for the Teniz-Korgalzhinsky region. The first photographic confirmation on the website for the Kazakh Uplands. Recorded on March 28 and 30 in different parts of the village.


Northern Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)

© Margarita Davydova
2021-04-02
First president's park, Almaty

The first photo recording of a Northern Bullfinch in Almaty on the website is a rare sighting for a region where they were previously observed during wintering in the mid-20th century and have now become only occasionally encountered.

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