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Fetisovo, Kenderli bay, Mangistau.


2017-10-03| Askar Isabekov
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1Common Teal (Anas crecca)10

2Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)1

3Common Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)1

4Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus)2

5Merlin (Falco columbarius)1

6Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)1

7Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)3

8Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)3

9Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis)500

10Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)1

11Hoopoe (Upupa epops)1

12Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)

13Lesser Short-toed Lark (Calandrella rufescens)

14Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra)

15Bimaculated Lark (Melanocorypha bimaculata)

16Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)1

17White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)3

18Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)10

19Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)30

20Eurasian Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)3

21Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)50

22Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)10

23Common Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)1

24Northern Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)2

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rare birds records


Great Snipe (Gallinago media)

© Vasilii Bastaev
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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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