rare birds records
Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)© Andrey Borodin
2019-05-29
Woodchat Shrike (Lanius senator)© Anna Yasko
2019-05-08
Aktau, Mangystau region
The second record of the Woodchat Shrike in Kazakhstan. The first one was recorded on May 3, 2015, also in Aktau (Mangistau).
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)© Yuriy Malkov
2019-04-24
karabalik
Rare passage migrant. One bird was observed in flock of the Greater White-fronted Gooses.
Spanish Sparrow (Passer hispaniolensis)© Alexandr Fedulin
2019-04-24
The second record of the Spanish Sparrow in the region. One female kept in a flock of the Tree Sparrow. Before one male was observed on the south coast of Tengiz on July 27, 2000 (Koshkin, 2017). This is still the most northern records of vagrant birds of this species.
Red-breasted Goose (Branta ruficollis)© Anna Yasko
2019-02-18
Aktau, Mangystau region
Rare record for Mangyshlak peninsuls. In the middle of the last century Red-breasted Goose was common migrant in coast of Mangyshlak (Gubin, 2015), due wintering place was in Southern Caspian Sea. Then wintering places moved to Black Sea coast in Bulgaria, Romania and Ukraine, in that regard the migration path changed.
Губин Б.М. Орнитофауна п-ова Мангышлак // Птицы пустынь Казахстана. Часть 1. Алматы, 2015.
Полевой определитель гусеобразных птиц России / ред.-сост. Е. Е. Сыроечковский. - Москва: Рабочая группа по гусеобразным Северной Евразии: Всероссийский научно-исследовательский ин-т охраны природы, 2011
Red-breasted Goose (Branta ruficollis)© Askar Isabekov
2019-02-15
Koksarai kotregulator. Southern Kazakhstan
Rare vagrant, far from the basic migration path.
Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)© Natali Kim
2019-01-19
Eastern Kazakhstan
The nothernmost winter record of Little Grebe in Kazakhstan. Usual Little Grebe winterings are in southern and south-eastern Kazakhstan, but recent years wintering range enlarged to North-East up to Alacol depression (Berezovikov, 2005, 2012).
Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)© Kanat Kenzhegulov
2018-12-30
Aktau, Karakol
First winter record for Kazakhstan, second one for Central Asia. First single bird was recorded January 16, 2009 at Issyk-Kul lake.
Kulagin S, Sagymbayev S, Flechtner S, 2008. First winter record of Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) in Cenral Asia // Selevinia: 259.
Wallcreeper (Tichodroma muraria)© Viktor Grishenkov
2018-10-26
Kamenka, Vostochno Kazakhstanskaya Oblast'.
The northernmost record of Wallcreeper in Kazakhstan. Outside Kazakstan only two more northern records from Alatisky Krai of Russia are known: valley of Chu river (S.Pisarevsky, sibirds.ru) and mouth of Ursul river (V.Pankratov, sibirds.ru).
Pygmy Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pygmaeus)© Aleksey Timoshenko
2018-10-18
Kostanay reg., Naurzum rezerve
New species of Naurzum Reserve. In northern part of Kazakhstan Pygmy
Cormorant previously was recorded at October 6th, 1998 in Kulykol lake
(Pynnonen, 1999), about 180 km to west from the point of new record.
Also singles or group of 2-80 birds were regularly observed in
Kurgaldzhin Reserve since 2001.
Ерохов С.Н., Березовиков Н.Н. 2009. Материалы к орнитофауне озёрной
степи и лесостепи Кустанайской области. Часть 1 // Рус. орнитол. журн.
18 (516): 1715-1742.
Кошкин А.В. 2017. Орнитофауна Тениз-Коргалжынского региона (Центральный
Казахстан) // Рус. орнитол. журн. 26 (1415): 909-956.