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    • Sorbulak. Almaty oblast.

    2017-09-15| Askar Isabekov
    duration 3 часа
    weather солнечно
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    notes

    # species number comment
    1Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)2
    2Black-Necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)8
    3Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)5
    4Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus)12
    5Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
    6Great White Egret (Egretta alba)2
    7Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)1
    8Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)4
    9Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)80
    10Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
    11Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
    12Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
    13Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina)
    14Black Kite (Milvus migrans)7
    15Western Marsh-Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)4
    16Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus)3
    17Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)1
    18Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo)2
    19Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni)15
    20Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)2
    21Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)1
    22Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)3
    23Common Coot (Fulica atra)30
    24Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva)1
    25Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)5
    26Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)50
    27Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)5
    28Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)3
    29Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)5
    30Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)1
    31Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)2
    32Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)2
    33Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)5
    34Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)15
    35Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)70
    36Little Stint (Calidris minuta)100
    37Temminck's Stint (Calidris temminckii)30
    38Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)1
    39Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)3
    40Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)50
    41Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)5
    42Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
    43Eurasian Roller (Coracias garrulus)5
    44Hoopoe (Upupa epops)3
    45Northern House Martin (Delichon urbica)5
    46Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)500
    47Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)20
    48Greater Short-toed Lark (Calandrella brachydactyla)10
    49Lesser Short-toed Lark (Calandrella rufescens)10
    50Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra)200
    51Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)300
    52White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)70
    53Masked Wagtail (Motacilla personata)20
    54Isabelline Shrike (Lanius isabellinus)1
    55Turkestan Shrike (Lanius phoenicuroides)1
    56Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)30
    57Rosy Starling (Sturnus roseus)10
    58Common Mynah (Acridotheres tristis)2
    59Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)
    60Eurasian Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)10
    61Rook (Corvus frugilegus)200
    62Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)1
    63Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)2
    64Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka)1
    65Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)5

    authors

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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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    © Qanatbek Kenzhegulov
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    © Alexandr Fedulin
    2026-03-30

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    © Margarita Davydova
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    First president's park, Almaty

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