rare birds records
Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)© Gennadiy Dyakin
2024-12-07
Sorbulak lake, Almaty region
Second winter record, first for the southeast of Kazakhstan. Previously, it was only observed in Aktau in January 2016 (Yas'ko, 2017).
White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala)© Gennadiy Dyakin
2024-12-07
Sorbulak lake, Almaty region
The first winter record in the south-east of Kazakhstan. Before this, the White-headed Duck was recorded only on the lake Karakol (Mangistau region): probably a delayed individual on December 8, 2011 (Kovshar, Karpov 2019) and several birds on December 12, 2019 (Nurlykhanov, see site gallery).<br>
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.