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Almaty area, Malyi Sorbulak.


2023-10-08| Andrey Kovalenko
duration 09:00 - 18:00
weather Ясно. Временами небольшая облачность.
rout Канал у Комсомола - Малый Сорбулак, Канал Малого Сорбулака.
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# species number comment

1Black-Necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)

2Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)

3Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)

4Great White Egret (Egretta alba)

5Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)

6Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)

7Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)

8Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)

9Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

10Common Teal (Anas crecca)

11Gadwall (Anas strepera)

12Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope)

13Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)

14Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)

15Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina)

16Common Pochard (Aythya ferina)

17Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca)

18Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)

19Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)

20Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)

21Western Marsh-Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)

22Common Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)

23Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus)

24Eastern Buzzard (Buteo japonicus)

25Booted Eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus)

26Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis)

27Eastern Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca)

28White-tailed Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)

29Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)

30Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)

31Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)

32Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)

33Common Coot (Fulica atra)

34Greater Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)

35Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)

36Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)

37Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)

38Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)

39Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)

40Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)

41Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)

42Oriental Turtle Dove (Streptopelia orientalis)

43Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)

44White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)

45Masked Wagtail (Motacilla personata)

46Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)

47Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta)

48Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

49Common Mynah (Acridotheres tristis)

50Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)

51Eurasian Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)

52Rook (Corvus frugilegus)

53Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)

54Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)

55Black-throated Thrush (Turdus atrogularis)

56Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)

57Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)

58Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)

59Pine Bunting (Emberiza leucocephala)

60Northern Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)

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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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