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Central Asia: Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

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with Steve Rooke and Victoria Kovshar as leaders

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11 Little Grebe 3 6 Tachybaptus ruficollis
11 Great Crested Grebe 7 10 Podiceps cristatus
11 Red-necked Grebe 1 2 Podiceps grisegena
10 Slavonian Grebe 1 2 Podiceps auritus
10 Black-necked Grebe 1 8 Podiceps nigricollis
11 Great Cormorant 5 400 Phalacrocorax carbo
11 Pygmy Cormorant 1 3 Phalacrocorax pygmeus
11 Dalmatian Pelican 3 12 Pelecanus crispus
1 Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
11 Eurasian Bittern 2 1 Botaurus stellaris
6 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minus
9 Black-crowned Night Heron 1 2 Nycticorax nycticorax
11 Little Egret 2 14 Egretta garzetta
11 Great Egret 1 12 Casmerodius albus
11 Grey Heron 6 6 Ardea cinerea
11 Purple Heron 3 8 Ardea purpurea
6 Black Stork 1 1 Ciconia nigra
11 White Stork 1 20 Ciconia ciconia
10 Glossy Ibis 1 1 Plegadis falcinellus
9 Spoonbill 1 1 Platalea leucorodia
6 Greater Flamingo 1 2 Phoenicopterus ruber
10 Mute Swan 2 4 Cygnus olor
9 Whooper Swan 2 6 Cygnus cygnus
11 Greylag Goose 3 12 Anser anser
11 Ruddy Shelduck 10 15 Tadorna ferruginea
11 Shelduck 1 100 Tadorna tadorna
11 Gadwall 4 40 Anas strepera
7 Common Teal 1 8 Anas crecca
11 Mallard 3 6 Anas platyrhynchos
9 Northern Pintail 2 2 Anas acuta
3 Wigeon 1 5 Anas penelope
11 Garganey 3 15 Anas querquedula
11 Northern Shoveler 3 30 Anas clypeata
5 Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris
11 Red-crested Pochard 6 30 Netta rufina
11 Pochard 3 '00s Aythya ferina
11 Ferruginous Duck 2 8 Aythya nyroca
11 Tufted Duck 2 12 Aythya fuligula
9 Common Goldeneye 1 8 Bucephala clangula
11 White-headed Duck 3 12 Oxyura leucocephala
4 Goosander 1 2 Mergus merganser
1 Osprey 1 1 Pandion haliaetus
5 European Honey-buzzard 1 1 Pernis apivorus
3 Oriental Honey Buzzard 2 200 Pernis ptilorynchus
11 *Black-eared Kite 8 12 Milvus migrans lineatus
11 Lammergeier 2 1 Gypaetus barbatus
9 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus
9 Himalayan Griffon 1 4 Gyps himalayensis
11 Eurasian Griffon 1 20 Gyps fulvus
11 Black Vulture 2 1 Aegypius monachus
9 Short-toed Eagle 2 2 Circaetus gallicus
11 Western Marsh Harrier 7 20 Circus aeruginosus
11 Pallid Harrier 2 4 Circus macrourus
11 Montagu's Harrier 2 1 Circus pygargus
1 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
11 Northern Sparrowhawk 3 1 Accipiter nisus
11 Shikra 7 3 Accipiter badius
1 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
10 Common (Steppe) Buzzard 2 2 Buteo buteo vulpinus
11 Long-legged Buzzard 6 6 Buteo rufinus
10 Golden Eagle 1 1 Aquila chrysaetos
11 Steppe Eagle 2 1 Aquila nipalensis
3 White-tailed Eagle 1 1 Haliaeetus albicilla
4 Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca
3 Great Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga
10 Booted Eagle 4 2 Hieraaetus pennatus
10 Lesser Kestrel 2 12 Falco naumanni
11 Common Kestrel 14 17 Falco tinnunculus
11 Red-footed Falcon 2 30 Falco vespertinus
7 Merlin Falco columbarius
11 Eurasian Hobby 8 3 Falco subbuteo
1 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
2 Saker Falco cherrug
11 Himalayan Snowcock 3 4 Tetraogallus himalayensis
5 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
11 Chukar 3 2 Alectoris chukar
10 Common Quail 1 2 H Coturnix coturnix
10 Common Pheasant 3 2 (H) Phasianus colchicus
8 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
1 Little Crake Porzana parva
1 Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla
11 Common Moorhen 1 2 Gallinula chloropus
11 Coot 5 50 Fulica atra
11 Demoiselle Crane 7 35 Anthropoides virgo
11 Macqueen's (Houbara) Bustard 3 2 Chlamydotis (undulata) macqueenii
11 Ibisbill 1 2 Ibidorhyncha struthersii
11 Black-winged Stilt 6 30 Himantopus himantopus
10 Pied Avocet 2 20 Recurvirostra avosetta
10 Collared Pratincole 1 1 Glareola pratincola
11 Black-winged Pratincole 2 25 Glareola nordmanni
11 Little Ringed Plover 8 12 Charadrius dubius
5 Ringed Plover 1 2 Charadrius hiaticula
11 Kentish Plover 1 12 Charadrius alexandrinus
10 Greater Sand Plover 4 20 Charadrius leschenaultii
7 Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus
3 Grey Plover 1 3 Pluvialis sqatarola
1 Pacific Golden Plover 1 1 Pluvialis fulva
9 Sociable Plover 1 15 Vanellus gregarius
10 White-tailed Plover 1 10 Vanellus leucurus
11 Lapwing 7 20 Vanellus vanellus
1 Stone Curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
4 Sanderling Calidris alba
11 Little Stint 4 '000s Calidris minuta
9 Temminck's Stint 5 6 Calidris temminckii
11 Curlew Sandpiper 2 20 Calidris ferruginea
9 Dunlin 2 50 Calidris alpina
11 Ruff 3 '000s Philomachus pugnax
3 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
11 Black-tailed Godwit 2 12 Limosa limosa
4 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
6 Curlew Numenius arquata
5 Spotted Redshank 1 1 Tringa erythropus
11 Common Redshank 5 6 Tringa totanus
11 Marsh Sandpiper 2 3 Tringa stagnatilis
6 Greenshank 2 1 Tringa nebularia
5 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
9 Wood Sandpiper 3 4 Tringa glareola
11 Terek Sandpiper 2 30 Xenus cinereus
11 Common Sandpiper 6 4 Actitis hypoleucos
8 Oystercatcher 1 1 Haematopus ostralegus
5 Turnstone 1 5 Arenaria interpres
11 Red-necked Phalarope 3 3500 Phalaropus lobatus
11 *Caspian Gull 3 20 Larus cachinnans
1 *Heuglin's Gull Larus (cachinnans) heuglini
11 *Baraba (Caspian) Gull 2 200 Larus (cachinnans) barabensis
11 Great Black-headed Gull 1 450 Larus ichthyaetus
11 Black-headed Gull 7 40 Larus ridibundus
11 Slender-billed Gull 2 40 Larus genei
8 *Common Gull 1 6 Larus canus
8 Little Gull Larus minutus
10 Gull-billed Tern 2 3 Sterna nilotica
11 Caspian Tern 2 20 Sterna caspia
11 *Common Tern 8 30 Sterna hirundo
11 Little Tern 2 30 Sterna albifrons
4 Whiskered Tern 1 1 Chlidonias hybridus
11 Black Tern 5 30 Chlidonias niger
11 White-winged Black Tern 2 '00s Chlidonias leucopterus
1 Arctic Skua 1 1 Stercorarius parasiticus
11 Black-bellied Sandgrouse 4 30 Pterocles orientalis
6 Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata
10 Pallas's Sandgrouse 1 5 Syrrhaptes paradoxus
11 Rock Dove 11 30 Columba livia
7 Stock Dove Columba oenas
11 Yellow-eyed Stock Dove 1 6 Columba eversmanni
11 Wood Pigeon 7 4 Columba palumbus
11 Collared Dove 7 12 Streptopelia decaocto
11 Turtle Dove 4 30 Streptopelia turtur
11 Oriental Turtle Dove 11 60 Streptopelia orientalis
11 Laughing Dove 6 12 Streptopelia senegalensis
11 Eurasian Cuckoo 17 10 Cuculus canorus
2 Tawny Owl Strix aluco harmsii
3 Scops Owl Otus scops
1 Striated Scops Owl 1 1 Otus brucei
1 Eagle Owl Bubo bubo
10 Little Owl Athene noctua
7 Short-eared Owl 1 3 Asio flammeus
8 Long-eared Owl 1 1 Asio otus
7 European Nightjar 1 1 Caprimulgus europaeus sarudnyi
11 Alpine Swift 4 100 Apus melba
11 Common Swift 8 200 Apus apus
11 Common Kingfisher 3 1 Alcedo atthis
11 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater 3 50 Merops persicus
11 European Bee-eater 10 20 Merops apiaster
11 Eurasian Roller 12 35 Coracias garrulus
11 Hoopoe 11 10 Upupa epops
2 Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
11 White-winged Woodpecker 1 6 Dendrocopos leucopterus
3 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
7 Three-toed Woodpecker 1 1 Picoides tridactylus
11 Calandra Lark 3 30 Melanocorypha calandra
11 Bimaculated Lark 3 50 Melanocorypha bimaculata
11 White-winged Lark 2 20 Melanocorypha leucoptera
11 Black Lark 1 200 Melanocorypha yeltoniensis
10 Short-toed Lark 4 40 Calandrella brachydactyla
11 Hume's Short-toed Lark 1 4 Calandrella acutirostris
11 *Lesser Short-toed Lark 6 20 Calandrella rufescens
6 *Asian Short-toed Lark Calandrella cheelensis
11 Crested Lark 8 20 Galerida cristata
11 Skylark 3 20 Alauda arvensis
7 Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
9 Shore Lark 1 20 Eremophila alpestris
11 Sand Martin 10 '00s Riparia riparia
6 *Pale Martin Riparia diluta
5 Crag Martin Hirundo rupestris
11 Barn Swallow 13 100 Hirundo rustica
11 Red-rumped Swallow 5 4 Hirundo daurica
11 Common House Martin 5 100 Delichon urbica
11 Tawny Pipit 9 15 Anthus campestris
2 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
11 Tree Pipit 3 2 Anthus trivialis
11 Water Pipit 1 6 Anthus spinoletta
1 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
6 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava thunbergii
11 Yellow Wagtail 3 3 Motacilla flava feldegg
11 Yellow Wagtail 2 150 Motacilla flava beema
10 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava supercilaris
8 Citrine Wagtail 1 4 Motacilla citreola calcarata
10 Citrine Wagtail 1 1 Motacilla citreola citreola
11 Grey Wagtail 3 4 Motacilla cinerea
11 *Masked Wagtail 13 6 Motacilla personata
7 White Wagtail 3 2 Motacilla alba
11 Brown Dipper 1 4 Cinclus pallasii
10 *(White-Bellied) Dipper 2 1 Cinclus cinclus
2 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
11 Wren 2 1 H Troglodytes troglodytes
10 Altai Accentor 1 3 Prunella himalayana
11 Brown Accentor 1 2 Prunella fulvescens
11 Black-throated Accentor 3 4 Prunella atrogularis
11 Nightingale 9 10 Luscinia megarhynchos
2 Thrush Nightingale 3 2 Luscinia luscinia
11 White-tailed Rubythroat 2 12 Luscinia pectoralis
11 Bluethroat 4 3 Luscinia svecica
10 White-throated Robin 1 2 Irania gutturalis
11 *Rufous Bush Robin 5 10 Cercotrichas galactotes
8 Common Redstart 3 2 Phoenicurus phoenicurus
8 Eversmann's Redstart 2 1 Phoenicurus erythronota
11 Blue-capped Redstart 2 2 Phoenicurus caeruleocephalus
11 Pied Bushchat 3 6 Saxicola caprata
11 *Siberian Stonechat 3 5 Saxicola maura
11 Isabelline Wheatear 7 100 Oenanthe isabellina
11 Northern Wheatear 3 12 Oenanthe oenanthe
11 Pied Wheatear 6 6 Oenanthe pleschanka
6 *Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka vittata
10 Variable Wheatear Oenanthe picata capistrata
3 Finsch's Wheatear 1 2 Oenanthe finschii
11 Desert Wheatear 1 2 Oenanthe deserti
11 Blue Whistling-thrush 2 2 Myiophonus caeruleus
4 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
6 (Rufous-tailed) Rock Thrush 2 1 Monticola saxatilis
11 Blackbird 6 6 Turdus merula
6 Black-throated Thrush 1 1 Turdus atrogularis
7 Fieldfare 1 10 Turdus pilaris
11 Mistle Thrush 6 6 Turdus viscivorus
10 Streaked Scrub Warbler Scotocerca inquieta
11 Cetti's Warbler 4 2 Cettia cetti
11 Grasshopper Warbler 3 1 Locustella naevia
10 Savi's Warbler 4 3 (H) Locustella luscinioides
6 Moustached Warbler 1 1 Acrocephalus melanopogon
3 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
11 Paddyfield Warbler 2 20 Acrocephalus agricola
10 (Caspian) Reed Warbler 3 2 Acrocephalus scirpaceus fuscus
11 Blyth's Reed Warbler 9 50 Acrocephalus dumetorum
11 Great Reed Warbler 2 6 Acrocephalus arundinaceus
11 *Clamorous Reed Warbler 2 40 Acrocephalus stentoreus
11 *Booted Warbler 5 4 Hippolais caligata
11 *Sykes's (Booted) Warbler 3 8 Hippolais (caligata) rama
11 *Eastern Olivaceous Warbler 1 2 Hippolais pallida elaeica
11 Upcher's Warbler 2 2 Hippolais languida
9 * Asian Desert Warbler 1 2 Sylvia nana
6 *Eastern Orphean Warbler 1 6 Sylvia hortensis
9 Barred Warbler 4 1 Sylvia nisoria
3 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
4 Lesser Whitethroat 10 15 Sylvia curruca curraca
10 *Lesser Whitethroat 1 2 Sylvia curruca halimodendri
11 *Hume's Lesser Whitethroat 3 10 Sylvia (curruca) althaea
4 *Small (Desert) Lesser Whitethroat 1 1 Sylvia (curruca) minula
11 *Common Whitethroat 5 3 Sylvia communis rubicola
9 Sulphur-bellied Warbler 2 2 Phylloscopus griseolus
11 Greenish Warbler 12 100 Phylloscopus trochiloides
5 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
11 Hume's Leaf Warbler 6 50 Phylloscopus (inornatus) humei
9 *Siberian Chiffchaff 10 12 Phylloscopus collybita tristis
2 Willow Warbler 1 1 Phylloscopus trochilus
11 Severtov's Tit Warbler 2 2 Leptopoecile sophiae
10 Goldcrest Regulus regulus
11 Spotted Flycatcher 7 20 Muscicapa striata
10 Asian Paradise Flycatcher 1 2 Terpsiphone paradisi
1 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
11 Bearded Tit 2 2 Panurus biarmicus
10 *Songar Tit 2 2 Parus (montanus) songarus
11 Coal Tit 3 1 H Parus ater
7 Rufous-naped Tit 1 1 Parus rufonuchalis
11 Great Tit 4 6 Parus major
11 *Turkestan Tit 5 8 Parus bokharensis
11 *Yellow-breasted Tit 2 30 Parus flavipectus
11 Azure Tit 2 2 Parus cyanus
10 Eastern Rock Nuthatch 2 2 Sitta tephronota
2 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
1 Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
6 *European Penduline-Tit 1 1 Remiz pendulinus
11 *White-crowned Penduline-Tit 2 3 Remiz coronatus
11 Golden Oriole 10 8 Oriolus oriolus
7 Red-backed Shrike 3 4 Lanius collurio
11 Isabelline Shrike 8 15 Lanius phoenicuroides
11 Long-tailed Shrike 1 2 Lanius schach
11 Lesser Grey Shrike 10 20 Lanius minor
11 *Southern (Steppe) Grey Shrike 2 2 Lanius meridionalis
11 Pander's Ground-Jay 1 6 Podoces panderi
11 Magpie 17 30 Pica pica
8 Eurasian Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes
11 Alpine Chough 1 2 Pyrrhocorax graculus
11 Red-billed Chough 2 12 Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
11 Jackdaw 13 50 Corvus monedula
11 Rook 11 '00s Corvus frugilegus
11 *Asian (Carrion) Crow 12 20 Corvus (corone) orientalis
11 'Hooded' Crow 3 20 Corvus cornix
11 Raven 1 6 Corvus corax
4 Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
11 Common Starling 11 20 Sturnus vulgaris
11 Rose-coloured Starling 9 '000s Sturnus roseus
11 Common Myna 15 20 Acridotheres tristis
11 Saxaul Sparrow 1 6 Passer ammodendri
11 *House Sparrow 10 6 Passer domesticus
11 *Indian House Sparrow 11 200 Passer domesticus indicus
11 Spanish Sparrow 1 1 Passer hispaniolensis
11 Tree Sparrow 10 6 Passer montanus
8 Rock Sparrow 1 1 Petronia petronia
11 Red-fronted Serin 2 6 Serinus pusillus
10 GreenFinch 4 12 Carduelis chloris
11 *Goldfinch 4 30 Carduelis carduelis caniceps
6 Twite Carduelis flavirostris
8 Linnet 1 15 Carduelis cannabina
10 Plain Mountain-Finch 2 8 Leucosticte nemoricola
1 Brandt's Mountain-Finch Leucosticte brandti
10 Desert Finch 5 10 Rhodospiza obsoleta
4 *Asian Crimson-winged Finch Rhodopechys sanguinea
9 Mongolian Trumpeter Finch 1 7 Bucanetes mongolica
1 Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus
2 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
11 Red-mantled Rosefinch 3 3 Carpodacus rhodochlamys
11 Common Rosefinch 11 25 Carpodacus erythrinus
1 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
11 White-winged Grosbeak 3 9 Mycerobas carnipes
2 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
6 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
10 *Rock Bunting 1 1 Emberiza cia
11 Grey-necked Bunting 3 6 Emberiza buchanani
6 Ortolan Bunting 1 2 Emberiza hortulana
11 White-capped Bunting 3 3 Emberiza stewarti
11 Red-headed Bunting 8 50 Emberiza bruniceps
8 *Reed Bunting 1 1 Emberiza schoeniclus
6 *Thick-billed (Reed) Bunting 1 4 Emberiza schoeniclus pyrrhuloides
8 Corn Bunting 2 2 Miliaria calandra

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