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2018-01-02| Sanzhar Abdikhalyk


# species number

1Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)

2Great White Egret (Egretta alba)

3Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

4Common Teal (Anas crecca)

5Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina)

6Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)

7Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)

8Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus)

9Eastern Buzzard (Buteo japonicus)

10White-tailed Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)

11Chukar Partridge (Alectoris chukar)

12Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)голос

13Common Coot (Fulica atra)

14Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)

15Eurasian Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)

16Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)

17White-Winged Woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucopterus)

18Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta)

19Eurasian Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)голос

20Rook (Corvus frugilegus)

21Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)

22Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)

23Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)

24Eversmann's Redstart (Phoenicurus erythronotus)

25Black-throated Thrush (Turdus atrogularis)

26Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)

27Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)

28Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)

29Azure Tit (Parus cyanus)

30Great Tit (Parus major)

31Turkestan Tit (Parus bokharensis)

32Eastern Rock Nuthatch (Sitta tephronota)

33Wallcreeper (Tichodroma muraria)

34House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)

35Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)

36Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)

37Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)

38European Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)

39Grey-headed Goldfinch (Carduelis caniceps)

40Long-tailed Rosefinch (Uragus sibiricus)

41Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)

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