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Окрестности г. Талдыкоргана


2015-12-26| Alexandr Belyaev


# species number

1Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)6

2Great White Egret (Egretta alba)5

3Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)16

4Smew (Mergellus albellus)1

5Common Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)1

6Eastern Buzzard (Buteo japonicus)2

7Merlin (Falco columbarius)1

8Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)1

9Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)1

10Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)3

11Common Coot (Fulica atra)2

12Ibisbill (Ibidorhyncha struthersii)1

13Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)голос

14Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)6

15Solitary Snipe (Gallinago solitaria)1

16Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)

17Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor)2

18Common Mynah (Acridotheres tristis)2

19Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)

20Eurasian Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)

21Rook (Corvus frugilegus)

22Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)

23Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)

24Northern Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)8

25Eversmann's Redstart (Phoenicurus erythronotus)3

26Black-throated Thrush (Turdus atrogularis)5

27Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)20

28Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)20

29Azure Tit (Parus cyanus)6

30Great Tit (Parus major)

31Turkestan Tit (Parus bokharensis)3

32House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)

33Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)

34Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)15

35Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)3

36European Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)

37Grey-headed Goldfinch (Carduelis caniceps)

38Long-tailed Rosefinch (Uragus sibiricus)4

39Northern Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)1

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2015-12-27. Аскар Исабеков:

39 видов за зимний день - отличный результат!



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rare birds records


Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides)

© Andrey Kovalenko
2026-06-06
Almaty area, Sorbulak.

Second registration of the species on Lake Sorbulak. The first was more than 40 years ago, when two birds were discovered among Grey Herons on June 30, 1982 (Erokhov, 1991). According to available data, this is the easternmost point of flight of the yellow heron from its main range.


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.

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