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North Trans-Caspian Sea area. Grove near salt lake Khaki.


2017-05-28| Askar Isabekov
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notes первые рощи у солончака Соленые грязи Хаки, при подъезде с юга


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1Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)1

2Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)1

3Eastern Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca)1гнездо

4Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)1

5Eurasian Roller (Coracias garrulus)2

6European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster)2

7Hoopoe (Upupa epops)2

8Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)3

9Greater Short-toed Lark (Calandrella brachydactyla)3

10Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra)3

11Lesser Grey Shrike (Lanius minor)1

12Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)4

13Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)1

14Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)8

15Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)4

16Red-headed Bunting (Emberiza bruniceps)2

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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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