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Kanshegel. Almaty oblast.


2017-04-15| Askar Isabekov
duration 2 часа
weather в основном солнечно, сильный ветер
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notes с Александром Костюриным


# species number comment

1Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)4

2Black Kite (Milvus migrans)1

3Common Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)1

4Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus)5

5Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)2

6Demoiselle Crane (Anthropoides virgo)1

7Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)5

8Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)2

9Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis)20

10Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus)2

11Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)20

12Hoopoe (Upupa epops)1

13Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)2

14Greater Short-toed Lark (Calandrella brachydactyla)5

15Lesser Short-toed Lark (Calandrella rufescens)2

16Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra)15

17Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)1

18Black-headed Wagtail (Motacilla feldegg)2

19Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola)10

20White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)2

21Masked Wagtail (Motacilla personata)15

22Tawny Pipit (Anthus campestris)1

23Isabelline Shrike (Lanius isabellinus)2

24Turkestan Shrike (Lanius phoenicuroides)1

25Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)5

26Common Mynah (Acridotheres tristis)5

27Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)2

28Rook (Corvus frugilegus)

29Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)1

30Brown-necked Raven (Corvus ruficollis)2

31Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola maurus)2

32Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)2

33Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka)7в т ч 1 самец vitatta

34Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)5

35Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)5

36Black-throated Thrush (Turdus atrogularis)30

37Indian Sparrow (Passer indicus)10

38Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)10

39Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)20

40Desert Finch (Rhodospiza obsoleta)1

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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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