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    • Sorbulak lake system. Almaty oblast.

    2017-08-26| Askar Isabekov
    duration 10 часов
    weather переменная облачность
    rout по озерам 1-го и 2-го водохранилищ Малого Сорбулака, Жаманкум
    equipment
    notes с Б.М. Губиным, Александром Беляевым, Teppo Viherkoski

    # species number comment
    1Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)3
    2Black-Necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)30
    3Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)80
    4Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus)2
    5Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)8000
    6Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus)1
    7Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)1
    8Great White Egret (Egretta alba)2
    9Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)10
    10Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)3
    11Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)15
    12Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)50
    13Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)100
    14Common Teal (Anas crecca)30
    15Gadwall (Anas strepera)10
    16Garganey (Anas querquedula)40
    17Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)20
    18Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina)15
    19Common Pochard (Aythya ferina)3
    20Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca)2
    21Black Kite (Milvus migrans)30
    22Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus)2
    23Western Marsh-Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)5
    24Common Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)1
    25Shikra (Accipiter badius)1
    26Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus)2
    27White-tailed Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)1
    28Barbary Falcon (Falco pelegrinoides)1
    29Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo)15
    30Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni)1самец
    31Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)6
    32Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)30
    33Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)30
    34Common Coot (Fulica atra)30
    35Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva)2
    36Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)15
    37Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)300
    38Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)50
    39Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)20
    40Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)5
    41Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)20
    42Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)2
    43Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)10
    44Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)5
    45Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)5
    46Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)1
    47Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)80
    48Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)40
    49Little Stint (Calidris minuta)60
    50Temminck's Stint (Calidris temminckii)60
    51Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)5
    52Dunlin (Calidris alpina)1
    53Broad-billed Sandpiper (Limicola falcinellus)1
    54Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)5
    55Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)1
    56Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)150
    57Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)35
    58White-winged Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)3
    59Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)4
    60Stock Pigeon (Columba oenas)1
    61Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)30
    62Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)3
    63Oriental Turtle Dove (Streptopelia orientalis)15
    64Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)1
    65Eurasian Roller (Coracias garrulus)30
    66Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)2
    67Hoopoe (Upupa epops)10
    68Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)15
    69Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)300
    70Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)2
    71Greater Short-toed Lark (Calandrella brachydactyla)10
    72Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra)20
    73Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)300
    74Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola)10
    75Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)5
    76White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)2
    77Masked Wagtail (Motacilla personata)10
    78Tawny Pipit (Anthus campestris)2
    79Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)1
    80Turkestan Shrike (Lanius phoenicuroides)3
    81Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)1
    82Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)1
    83Rosy Starling (Sturnus roseus)50
    84Common Mynah (Acridotheres tristis)20
    85Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)10
    86Eurasian Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)3
    87Rook (Corvus frugilegus)50
    88Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)2
    89Blyth's Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus dumetorum)
    90Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)2
    91Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
    92Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)2
    93Greenish Warbler (Phylloscopus trochiloides)30
    94Hume's Warbler (Phylloscopus humei)25
    95Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)20
    96Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola maurus)15
    97Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)2
    98Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)3
    99Black-throated Thrush (Turdus atrogularis)3
    100Azure Tit (Parus cyanus)2
    101Great Tit (Parus major)5
    102Turkestan Tit (Parus bokharensis)2
    103Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)10
    104Common Rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus)15
    105Northern Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)5
    106Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza hortulana)5

    authors

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    Abdikhalyk Sanzhar
    Amirekul Kudaibergen
    Andryuchshenko Artem
    Antonov Mikhail
    Ayé Raffael
    Barashkova Anna
    Baskakova Svetlana
    Bastaev Vasilii
    Bell Darren
    Belyaev Alexandr
    Disero Tim
    Isabekov Askar
    Ishchenko Ilia
    Ishkov Leonid
    Iskak Indira
    Ivanova Maria
    Kanunnikov Nikita
    Khristinetsky Daniil
    Kovalenko Andrey
    Kurochkin Alexey
    Lukin Genady
    Malyshkin Igor
    Molino Felix
    Naizagarin Aidar
    Ongarbayev Nurlan
    Rage Vitaliy
    Saparbayev Aldiyar
    Yasko Anna
    Zvyaginceva Viktoriya

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    © Andrey Kovalenko
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