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Sorbulak. Almaty oblast.


2019-08-11| Askar Isabekov
duration 7.30 - 11.00
weather солнечно
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notes было осмотрено только 1-е вдхр Малого Сорбулака


# species number comment

1Black-Necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)40

2Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)5

3Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)35

4Great White Egret (Egretta alba)1

5Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)100

6Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)2000

7Garganey (Anas querquedula)200

8Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)10

9Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina)50

10Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca)30

11White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala)4

12Black Kite (Milvus migrans)2

13Western Marsh-Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)2

14Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis)1

15Eastern Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca)1

16Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)1

17Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo)2

18Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni)10

19Common Coot (Fulica atra)30

20Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)5

21Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)50

22Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)100

23Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)1

24Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)2

25Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)1

26Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)20

27Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)1

28Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)2

29Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)2

30Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)30

31Little Stint (Calidris minuta)30

32Temminck's Stint (Calidris temminckii)1

33Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)2

34Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)50

35Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)2

36Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus)2

37Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)2

38Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)1

39Common Swift (Apus apus)2

40Eurasian Roller (Coracias garrulus)15

41European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster)1

42Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)1

43Northern House Martin (Delichon urbica)1

44Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)25

45Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)15

46Turkestan Shrike (Lanius phoenicuroides)2

47Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)100

48Common Mynah (Acridotheres tristis)10

49Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)

50Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)

51Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)1

52Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)1

53Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)1

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Great Snipe (Gallinago media)

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2026-04-14
Aktau, Mangystau region

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Northern Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)

© Alexandr Fedulin
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Northern Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)

© Margarita Davydova
2021-04-02
First president's park, Almaty

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