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KAZAKHSTAN TRIP REPORT 2015
From 17 May to 27 May 2015, Pieter Duin and Arend Wassink visited Kazakhstan again, from which trip a short report is presented here. This time Zhabagly, the adjoining Talasskiy Alatau mountains, and some lakes in the north-eastern foothills of the Karatau were visited. Apart from Zhabagly, where we stayed at Ruslan guesthouse, we camped at the shores of Akkol and Kyzylkol lakes. The focus was on trapping and soundrecording. We collected DNA material of Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca and a number of other species for further analysis. Underneath, the map showing the mainly locations visited and the species list.
INTERESTING RECORDS An adult Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia flew southwest at Kyzylkol lake on 22 May. The bird was probably on its way to the Shoshkakol lakes, one of the few breeding sites of this very rare species in Kazakhstan. Migration of Blyth’s Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum and Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca blythi was very much in evidence, with large numbers around the campsites. A migrant second calendar-year female Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria was trapped at Akkol lake (see photo). An Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida elaeica was singing http://www.xeno-canto.org/266994 at Kyzylkol lake, indicating that the species was still migrating, since it does not breed at this location. Also at Kyzylkol lake, many Sykes’s Warbler Iduna rama were singing. Most, if not all, were believed to be local breeding birds.
SPECIES LIST
We observed a total of 148 species. Subspecies names are given when a species is represented with more than one subspecies in Kazakhstan. The list follows the taxonomy and nomenclature used in Wassink (2015). Greylag Goose Anser anser Common Swift Apus apus pekinensis Mute Swan Cygnus olor European Roller Coracias garrulus
semenowi Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus Gadwall Anas strepera European Bee-eater Merops apiaster Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops Mallard Anas platyrhynchos White-winged Woodpecker
Dendrocopos leucopterus Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Garganey Anas querquedula Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo Eurasian Teal Anas crecca Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Common Pochard Aythya ferina Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar falki Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo Grey Partridge Perdix perdix robusta Eurasian Magpie Pica pica Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus mongolicus
Alpine Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Western Jackdaw Corvus monedula Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia Rook Corvus frugilegus Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris Carrion Crow Corvus corone Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Azure Tit Cyanistes cyanus flavipectus
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Great Tit Parus major major and P m
bokharensis Purple Heron Ardea purpurea White-crowned Penduline Tit Remiz
coronatus coronatus Great Egret Ardea alba Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
Crested Lark Galerida cristata magna
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmeus Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus Lesser Short-toed Lark Alaudala
rufescens Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus Sand Martin Riparia riparia innominata Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos canadensis
Cetti’s Warbler Cettia cetti albiventris
Shikra Accipiter badius Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita tristis
Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter n nisus Hume’s Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
Western Marsh Harrier Circus a aeruginosus
Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
Montagu’s Harrier Circus pygargus Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
Black-eared Kite Milvus migrans lineatus (including intergrades)
Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Blyth’s Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
Eurasian Coot Fulica atra Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
Sykes’s Warbler Iduna rama
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca althaea and blythi
Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Common Myna Acridotheres tristis Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Rosy Starling Pastor roseus Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
porphyronotus Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus Common Blackbird Turdus merula
intermedius Common Redshank Tringa totanus Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
bonapartei Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata ssp
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
Little Stint Calidris minuta Blue-whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
Temminck’s Stint Calidris temminckii Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Dunlin Calidris alpina Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Ruff Philomachus pugnax Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus leucogaster
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola House Sparrow Passer domesticus domesticus and indicus
Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus dilutus
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava beema, feldegg and thunbergi
Caspian Gull Larus c cachinnans Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica White Wagtail Motacilla alba personata Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Little Tern Sternula albifrons Common Rosefinch Carpodacus
erythrinus erythrinus and ferghanensis Common Tern Sterna hirundo European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
turkestanicus Black Tern Chlidonias niger Common Linnet Linaria cannabina bella Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
paropanisi Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis
Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
Rock Dove Columba livia neglecta (including forma domestica)
Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus casiotis
Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani
Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia oientalis
Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps
Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus pyrrhuloides
Laughing Dove Spilopedia senegalensis Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus ssp Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus ssp
Blyth’s Reed Warbler A dumetorum Akkol lake 21 May 2015 (Arend Wassink)
Sykes’s Warbler I rama Kyzylkol lake 24 May 2015 (Arend Wassink)
Barred Warbler S nisoria second calendar-year female Akkol lake 21 May 2015
(Arend Wassink)
Lesser Whitethroat S curruca blythi second calendar-year Kyzylkol lake 24 May 2015
(Arend Wassink)
REFERENCES
Wassink A 2015. The New Birds of Kazakhstan. De Cocksdorp, Texel. Arend Wassink email: arendwassink@kpnmail.nl
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