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    • Almatinskaja obl.. g. Taldykorgan

    2017-04-08| Alexandr Belyaev
    duration 6 часов
    weather пасмурно
    rout лоховое редколесье, пруды-отстойники, р. Каратал, пустынное низкогорье на правом берегу Каратала
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    # species number comment
    1Black-Necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)6
    2Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)30
    3Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)1
    4Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)2
    5Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)5
    6Common Teal (Anas crecca)3
    7Gadwall (Anas strepera)
    8Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope)10
    9Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)5
    10Garganey (Anas querquedula)
    11Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
    12Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina)1
    13Common Pochard (Aythya ferina)
    14Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca)5
    15Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
    16Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
    17Common Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)1
    18Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)1
    19Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis)1
    20Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)10
    21Chukar Partridge (Alectoris chukar)10
    22Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)5
    23Demoiselle Crane (Anthropoides virgo)68
    24Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)2
    25Common Coot (Fulica atra)50
    26Little Bustard (Tetrax tetrax)1
    27Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)10
    28Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)20
    29Common Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)2
    30Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)3
    31Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)15
    32Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)100
    33Stock Pigeon (Columba oenas)4
    34Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
    35Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)2
    36Hoopoe (Upupa epops)4
    37Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)4
    38Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola)15
    39White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)15
    40Masked Wagtail (Motacilla personata)100
    41Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta)5
    42Isabelline Shrike (Lanius isabellinus)2
    43Turkestan Shrike (Lanius phoenicuroides)5
    44Common Mynah (Acridotheres tristis)
    45Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)
    46Eurasian Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)5
    47Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
    48Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
    49Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)5
    50Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti)20
    51Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)15
    52Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)3
    53Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka)10
    54Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)3
    55Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)5
    56Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)10
    57Black-throated Thrush (Turdus atrogularis)100
    58Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)5
    59Azure Tit (Parus cyanus)5
    60Great Tit (Parus major)
    61Eastern Rock Nuthatch (Sitta tephronota)4две пары у гнезд
    62House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
    63Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
    64Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)20
    65Grey-headed Goldfinch (Carduelis caniceps)20
    66Long-tailed Rosefinch (Uragus sibiricus)1
    67Northern Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)4

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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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