Best photos of the month. December 2018. Photos by Gennadiy Dyakin in birding.day.

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Best photos of the month, December 2018

Great Rosefinch | Gennadiy Dyakin | 9

Grey Partridge | Gennadiy Dyakin | 7

Whooper Swan | Gennadiy Dyakin | 6

White-Backed Woodpecker | Gennadiy Dyakin | 6

Fieldfare | Gennadiy Dyakin | 6

Grey Partridge | Gennadiy Dyakin | 6

Great Rosefinch | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Grey-Headed Woodpecker | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Grey Partridge | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Grey Partridge | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Grey Partridge | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Upland Buzzard | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Eurasian Magpie | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Steppe Horned Lark | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Goosander | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Black-throated Thrush | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Rock Pigeon | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Bohemian Waxwing | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Brambling | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Eurasian Nuthatch | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

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Current Result 2025

32 species

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.

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2022-06-01

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