rare birds records
Caucasian Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus lorenzii)© Gennadiy Dyakin
2018-05-08
Fakel, Mangistau region
A new species for Kazakhstan. The habitat of Phylloscopus lorenzii covers Turkey, the Caucasus, Transcaucasia and northern Iran.
Zappey's flycatcher (Cyanoptila cumatilis)© Gennadiy Dyakin
2020-01-03
Bali, Bedugul, botanic garden
First record for Bali.
Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)© Gennadiy Dyakin
2020-01-18
Sorbulak, Almaty region
First record in Sorbulak during recent 10 years. Rarely observed in winter time in Sorbulak. Previously was observed at 2002, October 20 and 27 (1 male in winter plumage), and December 15 (female); at 2003, February 02 (1 female in channel); at 2004, December 12 (4 birds), December 19 (3 birds); at 2005 January 23 (1 bird); at 2010 October 24 (1 bird) (Belyalov, Karpov, 2012).
Black-headed Bunting (Emberiza melanocephala)© Gennadiy Dyakin
2018-05-09
Aktau, Mangistau region
Rare record for Mangyshlak peninsula. Previously the following records are known: June 1-2 1888 in area of Sherkala mountain and Akmysh well, May 06, 1947 in vicinity of Fort-Shevchenko, May 07, 1964 in Danga, May 17, 2009 near Kaundy depression, and May 09, 2017 in the square of Aktau city.
Pygmy Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pygmaeus)© Gennadiy Dyakin
2017-04-23
Sorbulak, Almaty region
That was the fourth record of this species for Semirechye and the third for the Sorbulak system.
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)© Gennadiy Dyakin
2017-03-21
South Kazakhstan
A rare record in the territory of Kazakhstan outside the Caspian Sea.
White-crowned Penduline Tit (Remiz coronatus)© Gennadiy Dyakin
2015-12-13
Almaty region, Bayserke
The rare record of wintering of the White-crowned Penduline Tit
Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus)© Gennadiy Dyakin
2013-07-13
East Kazakhstan, Yazevoye lake
This is the first photographic record at lake Yazevoye (Listvaga mountain range). In July 2006 two broods each of brown and red-backed shrikes (Chelyshev, Nagibina, 2007). In Kazakhstan brown shrike has also been noted for Western Altay (Kuzmina, 1948; Sherbakov 1986) and Markakol Lake Depression (Berezovikov, 1989).
White-tailed Lapwing (Vanellus leucura)© Gennadiy Dyakin
2013-07-27
Almaty region, Sorbulak lake
The first meeting on the Sorbulak lake. Two birds were observed on the
west side of the lake near the dam. Nearest famous meeting occurred in
the lower reaches of the Ili river on June 24 (I.A. Dolgushin, 1962)
and in Karachengil hunting farm on July 21 and 23 2006 (I.A. Bevza,
2007).
Sociable Lapwing (Chettusia gregaria)© Gennadiy Dyakin
2013-09-08
Almaty region, Sorbulak
This is the first record of the sociable lapwing in the Sorbulak lake system over more than 50-years of ornithological observations in this area. There are irregular records close to this location. On river Kaskelen (by Shnitnikov, 1949), Itzhon plateau, right-side bank of Ile river (Dolgushin, 1962) and at the edge of the Taukun desert in Kanshengel (Berezovikov et al., 1999). Two broods have been recorded in Kanshengel on June 21, 2003 (Belyalov, Karpov, 2004).