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Almatinskaja obl.. g. Taldykorgan


2017-03-25| Alexandr Belyaev
duration 6 часов
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rout пруды-отстойники, с/х поле, р. Каратал, пустынное низкогорье
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# species number comment

1Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)2

2Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)

3Great White Egret (Egretta alba)1

4Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

5Common Teal (Anas crecca)

6Gadwall (Anas strepera)

7Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)

8Garganey (Anas querquedula)

9Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)

10Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina)

11Common Pochard (Aythya ferina)

12Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)

13Common Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)2

14Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus)1

15Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)4

16Chukar Partridge (Alectoris chukar)2

17Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)2

18Common Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)4

19Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)

20Hoopoe (Upupa epops)1

21Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra)10

22Black-headed Wagtail (Motacilla feldegg)5

23White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)1

24Masked Wagtail (Motacilla personata)15

25Turkestan Shrike (Lanius phoenicuroides)1

26Common Mynah (Acridotheres tristis)

27Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)

28Eurasian Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)

29Rook (Corvus frugilegus)

30Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)

31Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)

32Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti)5

33Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)4

34Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)2

35Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka)6

36Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)2

37Eversmann's Redstart (Phoenicurus erythronotus)15

38Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)2

39Black-throated Thrush (Turdus atrogularis)20

40Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)1

41Azure Tit (Parus cyanus)2

42Great Tit (Parus major)

43Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)

44Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)20

45Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)5

46European Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)

47Northern Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)5

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Great Snipe (Gallinago media)

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Aktau, Mangystau region

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Northern Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)

© Alexandr Fedulin
2026-03-30

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Northern Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)

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

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