Kazakhstan
Species 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
Great Crested Grebe 1       4    
White Pelican         2    
Dalmatian Pelican         2    
Pelican sp.         30+    
Cormorant 1       2 1  
Night Heron             2
Grey Heron           4  
Black Stork   1          
Ruddy Shelduck 8 2 2 2 6 c.15 c.10
Mallard         1    
Gargany         pair  
Red-crested Pochard         2 2  
Ferruginous Duck           5  
Black Kite (1) 5     1      
Lammergeier       4      
Himalayan Griffon Vulture   3 2 1      
Eurasian Griffon Vulture   1          
Booted Eagle   1 (dark) 1        
Short-toed Eagle   2          
Marsh Harrier            
Pallid Harrier            
Montagu's Harrier            
Harrier sp.           ringtail  
Sparrowhawk 2 2          
Shikra           1  
Steppe Buzzard             2
Long-legged Buzzard 2 c.10 2   1 2 c.5
Steppe Eagle   1          
Golden Eagle 2     2      
Lesser Kestrel     1        
Common Kestrel 2   1     2  
Merlin     pair   1    
Hobby 1 3 2 1 1 3 3
Saker 1            
Himalayan Snowcock       3      
Species 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
Chuckar              
Pheasant 1           1
Quail heard       1    
Coot         2 2  
Demoiselle Crane 2 2       2  
Macqueen's Bustard         1 7  
Ibisbill       pair      
Black-winged Stilt         1 1 1
Little Ringed Plover 2   1     1  
Greater Sandplover   ad + j.     3 1  
Temminck's Stint         3 2  
Lapwing 1 1 2   1   2
Black-headed Gull     7   10+   c.10
Caspian Gull         10+2    
Common Tern   1       2  
Black Tern         2? 2  
White-winged Black Tern             4
Pallas's Sandgrouse   10 1        
Black-bellied Sandgrouse   3 7   3 20+ c.30
Feral Pigeon           2  
Stock Dove             1
Eversmann's Dove           c.15  
Wood Pigeon     1        
European Turtle Dove         1    
Oriental Turtle Dove c.10 3 5   1    
Collard Dove c.10       5 2 2
Common Cuckoo 1 2   4 2 2 heard
Long-eared Owl         dead    
Little Owl   2          
Nightjar         2   3
Kingfisher         1    
Swift         1    
Bee-eater 7   c.25       c.10
Roller 50+            
Hoopoe 5 2       20+  
Species 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
White-winged Woodpecker     1     1  
Shore Lark   2          
Skylark   2     2 1? 4
Calandra Lark         2    
Bimaculated Lark         3    
White-winged Lark             5
Short-toed Lark 1 3          
Lesser Short-toed Lark   3          
Crested Lark         2    
Sand Martin c.10   c.30       5
Crag Martin 5   4        
Barn Swallow   c.20          
Red-rumped Swallow 4            
House Martin 20+   1       c.10
Tawny Pipit 20+ 5         2
Tree Pipit 2   2 1      
Water Pipit       4      
Yellow Wagtail (3) 2       7    
Citrine Wagtail (4)     3 4 3 4  
Grey Wagtail   1     2 1 1
White Wagtail (5) 3 1 2   4 4 2
White-bellied Dipper     1        
Brown Dipper     2        
Wren       heard heard    
Altai Accentor       5      
Alpine Accentor       2?      
Brown Accentor       2 1    
Black-throated Accentor     2 2 1    
Nightingale 1 heard heard   2 2 1
Rufous Bushchat     3   1 3 2
Himalayan Rubythroat     2 2 1    
Eversmann's Redstart     2 2      
Güldenstadt's Redstart       pair+♂      
Blue-headed Redstart         2    
Siberian Stonechat 2 1          
Species 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
Isabelline Wheatear 100+ 100+ 100+   100+ 50+ 50+
Northern Wheatear       2      
Pied Wheatear 1 1 1       2
Blue Whistling-Thrush         1    
Blue Rock Thrush   1          
Rock Thrush   1?          
Blackbird c.10            
Black-throated Thrush           1 1
Mistle Thrush       2 3    
Cetti's Warbler     heard     heard  
Grasshopper Warbler 1            
Savi's Warbler     heard        
Paddyfield Warbler           1?  
Blyth's Reed Warbler c.20   3        
Reed Warbler           2 2
Sykes' Warbler 1   2       2
Desert Warbler           4 (6)  
Barred Warbler   1 2       1
Common Whitethroat   2 2     1 1
Lesser Whitethroat (7) 2   1     5 3
Hume's Lesser Whitethroat 1       1    
Chiffchaff (8) 2   2     2 1
Greenish Warbler 2   2 2 20+ 10+ 10+
Hume's Yellow-browed Warbler 10+   5        
Sulphur-bellied Warbler       3 1    
Goldcrest       heard      
Spotted Flycatcher         20+    
Severtzov's Tit-warbler     3 2      
Penduline Tit     pair     1  
Coal Tit       1 2    
Azure Tit   2       heard  
Great Tit 20+            
Turkestan Tit   2          
Songar Tit         2    
Eastern Rock Nuthatch             2
Species 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
Golden Oriole 3   2        
Red-baked Shrike             1
Isabelline Shrike (9) 4 5 4   1 3 2
Lesser Grey Shrike 2       3 4 5
Steppe Grey Shrike           1  
Long-tailed Shrike 2            
Magpie              
Alpine Chough       20+      
Red-billed Chough   4   2      
Chough sp.     2        
Jackdaw              
Rook              
Carrion Crow              
Common Raven 1 1   1      
Common Starling 6 5          
Rose-coloured Starling 2 c.50 100+   c.4000    
Common Myna       4 c.10 3  
House Sparrow c.4010       100+11 100+11  
Spanish Sparrow     50+        
Saxaul Sparrow           4  
Tree Sparrow c.20   2        
Rock Sparrow 1            
Chaffinch            
Red-fronted Serin       4 6    
Goldfinch   3     2    
Linnet c.10 c.10          
Crossbill       heard      
Plain Mountain Finch       2      
Crimson-winged Finch 1 1          
Desert Finch     c.20     3 4
Mongolian Finch c.10 6          
Common Rosefinch 2   2   50+ 50+ 20+
Red-mantled Rosefinch       2 1    
White-winged Grosbeak       3      
White-capped Bunting     2♂ + ♀        
Species 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
Ortolan Bunting             1
Grey-necked Bunting 5 1         2
Rock Bunting 4 c.10 5        
Pine Bunting   2          
Red-headed Bunting 10+   c.10        
Reed Bunting           1  
Corn Bunting 1            
(1) most birds nominate, except at Koshengel, where mostly lineatus
(2) one presumed barabensi. See Notes below.
(3) All birds feldegg except a small party of presumed beema at Koshengel camp on 18th
(4) One calcarata bird at Koshengel on 19th and 20th; all others presumed werae (citreola?) .
(5) Mostly personata, but a few alba at Koshengel
(6) Inclues three nestlings
(7) Supposedly, althaea was only to be found in the mountains. However, almost certain althaea were also seen at Koshengel.
(8) tristis
(9) isabellinus for first three days, then phoenicuroides at Koshengel as well as a 'karelini' there on 18th
(10) indicus
(11) Mixed flocks of domesticus and indicus