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    • Кызылколь

    2023-07-09| Fedor Shakula

    Удалось посетить Кызылколь и провести там 2 вечера и 2 утра.


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    # species number
    1Black-Necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)50-100-1000-300
    2Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus)0-0-3-0
    3Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)0-100-0-10
    4Great White Egret (Egretta alba)0-1-0-0
    5Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)0-11-0-3
    6Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)0-0-2-0
    7Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)0-11-7-10
    8Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)5000-3300-6500-3300
    9Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)23-4-2-17
    10Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)0-1-0-1
    11Gadwall (Anas strepera)0-6-0-8
    12Garganey (Anas querquedula)6-5-0-2
    13Common Pochard (Aythya ferina)0-170-10-150
    14Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)4-0-0-0
    15Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)2-0-0-0
    16White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala)0-54-0-8
    17Western Marsh-Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)0-0-0-3
    18Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus)0-7-0-4
    19Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo)0-1-0-0
    20Chukar Partridge (Alectoris chukar)0-0-0-120объединенные разновозрастные выводки в пойме р. Ушбас
    21Demoiselle Crane (Anthropoides virgo)2-2-0-0
    22Common Coot (Fulica atra)0-3-27-200
    23Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)12-9-5-17
    24Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)1-29-1-6
    25Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)30-6-6-5
    26Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)0-11-0-26
    27Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)30-230-40-22
    28Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)1-56-0-4
    29Common Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)2-0-2-0
    30Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)0-3-4-15основная масса - по р. Ушбас
    31Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)15-4-3-34
    32Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)40-21-23-19
    33Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)0-8-0-4
    34Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)3-0-0-2под сомнением
    35Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)0-8-2-4
    36Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)3-0-9-2
    37Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)0-1-0-100
    38Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)50-350-350-400
    39Little Stint (Calidris minuta)5-5-100-80
    40Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)8-0-1-15
    41Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)1-0-16-0
    42Black-winged Pratincole (Glareola nordmanni)0-11-1-3
    43Collared Pratincole (Glareola pratincola)1-4-0-3
    44Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)0-3-0-1
    45Slender-billed Gull (Larus genei)1300-700-200-700
    46Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)0-60-0-2
    47Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida)0-1-0-0в устье р. Ушбас
    48Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica)1000-400-2500-900
    49Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)0-0-5-2
    50Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)0-0-0-1
    51Little Tern (Sterna albifrons)0-0-2-1
    52Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis)0-14-0-3
    53Eurasian Roller (Coracias garrulus)2-1-2-6
    54Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)0-0-0-1на р. Ушбас
    55European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster)0-2-0-13
    56Hoopoe (Upupa epops)0-1-0-2
    57Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)0-11-0-9
    58Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)0-4-0-21
    59Greater Short-toed Lark (Calandrella brachydactyla)0-9-0-0
    60Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra)0-8-0-5
    61Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)0-1-0-0
    62Tawny Pipit (Anthus campestris)0-1-0-1
    63Turkestan Shrike (Lanius phoenicuroides)0-0-0-1
    64Indian Golden Oriole (Oriolus kundoo)0-0-0-1в пойме р. Ушбас
    65Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)0-0-0-3
    66Rosy Starling (Sturnus roseus)1-0-0-0
    67Common Mynah (Acridotheres tristis)0-2-0-5гнездится в обрыве Красной горки
    68Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)1-12-0-1
    69Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)0-4-0-1
    70Clamorous Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus stentoreus)0-0-0-6выводок в пойме р. Ушбас
    71Syke's Warbler (Hippolais rama)0-4-0-18
    72Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)0-1-0-8
    73Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)0-1-0-2в русле сухой реки
    74Rufous Bush Robin (Cercotrichas galactotes)0-6-2-3
    75Common Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)0-0-0-8в тугаях р. Ушбас
    76Spanish Sparrow (Passer hispaniolensis)12-11-0-60
    77Desert Finch (Rhodospiza obsoleta)0-3-0-0у артезиана
    78Red-headed Bunting (Emberiza bruniceps)0-7-3-9

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