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WINGS Birding Tours – Bird List

Central Asia: Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

Cumulative Checklist

with Steve Rooke as leader

  • Column A = Number of tours out of fourteen species has been recorded.
  • Column B = Number of days this species was seen on the 2011 tour.
  • Column C = Maximum daily count for this species on the 2011 tour.
  • Column D = H = Heard only, (H) = Mostly Heard but some seen, I = Introduced
A B C D
13 Little Grebe 1 2 Tachybaptus ruficollis
14 Great Crested Grebe 4 30 Podiceps cristatus
14 Red-necked Grebe 2 20 Podiceps grisegena
13 Slavonian Grebe 2 14 Podiceps auritus
13 Black-necked Grebe 1 20 Podiceps nigricollis
14 Great Cormorant 7 '00s Phalacrocorax carbo
14 Pygmy Cormorant 2 1 Phalacrocorax pygmeus
14 Dalmatian Pelican 4 12 Pelecanus crispus
3 Great White Pelican 2 300 Pelecanus onocrotalus
14 Eurasian Bittern 3 4 Botaurus stellaris
9 Little Bittern 1 1 Ixobrychus minus
11 Black-crowned Night Heron 3 1 Nycticorax nycticorax
13 Little Egret Egretta garzetta
14 Great Egret 3 10 Casmerodius albus
14 Grey Heron 6 6 Ardea cinerea
14 Purple Heron 3 15 Ardea purpurea
7 Black Stork Ciconia nigra
14 White Stork 1 4 Ciconia ciconia
12 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
9 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
6 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
13 Mute Swan 2 150 Cygnus olor
12 Whooper Swan 2 500 Cygnus cygnus
14 Greylag Goose 2 40 Anser anser
14 Ruddy Shelduck 7 40 Tadorna ferruginea
14 Shelduck 2 200 Tadorna tadorna
14 Gadwall 4 20 Anas strepera
8 Common Teal Anas crecca
14 Mallard 5 20 Anas platyrhynchos
11 Northern Pintail Anas acuta
5 Wigeon Anas penelope
13 Garganey 3 12 Anas querquedula
14 Northern Shoveler 2 50 Anas clypeata
8 Marbled Duck 1 2 Marmaronetta angustirostris
14 Red-crested Pochard 5 30 Netta rufina
14 Pochard 4 100 Aythya ferina
14 Ferruginous Duck 1 10 Aythya nyroca
14 Tufted Duck 3 30 Aythya fuligula
10 Common Goldeneye 2 4 Bucephala clangula
14 White-headed Duck 2 4 Oxyura leucocephala
1 Smew 1 1 Mergellus albellus
6 Goosander Mergus merganser
2 Osprey 1 1 Pandion haliaetus
6 European Honey-buzzard 1 1 Pernis apivorus
6 Oriental Honey Buzzard 2 6 Pernis ptilorynchus
14 Black-eared Kite 5 20 Milvus migrans lineatus
14 Lammergeier 2 2 Gypaetus barbatus
12 Egyptian Vulture 1 4 Neophron percnopterus
12 Himalayan Griffon 1 4 Gyps himalayensis
14 Eurasian Griffon 2 20 Gyps fulvus
14 Black Vulture 2 4 Aegypius monachus
12 Short-toed Eagle 2 1 Circaetus gallicus
14 Western Marsh Harrier 9 20 Circus aeruginosus
14 Pallid Harrier 2 4 Circus macrourus
14 Montagu's Harrier 3 2 Circus pygargus
1 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
14 Northern Sparrowhawk 1 1 Accipiter nisus
14 Shikra 4 2 Accipiter badius
3 Goshawk 1 1 Accipiter gentilis
13 Common (Steppe) Buzzard 3 3 Buteo buteo vulpinus
14 Long-legged Buzzard 8 12 Buteo rufinus
13 Golden Eagle 1 1 Aquila chrysaetos
14 Steppe Eagle 2 2 Aquila nipalensis
4 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
4 Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca
5 Great Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga
13 Booted Eagle 4 2 Hieraaetus pennatus
13 Lesser Kestrel 1 40 Falco naumanni
14 Common Kestrel 14 12 Falco tinnunculus
14 Red-footed Falcon 3 20 Falco vespertinus
10 Merlin 2 3 Falco columbarius
14 Eurasian Hobby 8 6 Falco subbuteo
2 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
4 Saker 1 1 Falco cherrug
14 Himalayan Snowcock 2 2 Tetraogallus himalayensis
8 Grey Partridge 1 1 Perdix perdix
14 Chukar 4 4 Alectoris chukar
13 Common Quail 2 1 Coturnix coturnix
13 Common Pheasant 4 3 Phasianus colchicus
10 Water Rail 2 1 Rallus aquaticus
1 Little Crake Porzana parva
1 Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla
1 Corncrake 1 1 Crex crex
14 Common Moorhen 3 4 Gallinula chloropus
14 Coot 4 30 Fulica atra
14 Demoiselle Crane 5 40 Anthropoides virgo
14 Macqueen's (Houbara) Bustard 3 1 Chlamydotis (undulata) macqueenii
14 Ibisbill 1 2 Ibidorhyncha struthersii
14 Black-winged Stilt 9 12 Himantopus himantopus
13 Pied Avocet 1 12 Recurvirostra avosetta
13 Collared Pratincole 2 6 Glareola pratincola
14 Black-winged Pratincole 2 50 Glareola nordmanni
14 Little Ringed Plover 5 4 Charadrius dubius
7 Ringed Plover 1 6 Charadrius hiaticula
14 Kentish Plover 2 12 Charadrius alexandrinus
13 Greater Sand Plover 2 10 Charadrius leschenaultii
9 Caspian Plover 1 2 Charadrius asiaticus
6 Grey Plover 1 1 Pluvialis sqatarola
1 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
12 Sociable Plover 1 9 Vanellus gregarius
13 White-tailed Plover 3 4 Vanellus leucurus
14 Lapwing 5 20 Vanellus vanellus
3 Stone Curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
4 Sanderling Calidris alba
14 Little Stint 5 '00s Calidris minuta
12 Temminck's Stint 5 10 Calidris temminckii
14 Curlew Sandpiper 3 50 Calidris ferruginea
12 Dunlin 2 '00s Calidris alpina
14 Ruff 3 '000s Philomachus pugnax
3 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
1 Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
14 Black-tailed Godwit 2 6 Limosa limosa
4 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
7 Curlew Numenius arquata
7 Spotted Redshank 2 80 Tringa erythropus
14 Common Redshank 3 10 Tringa totanus
14 Marsh Sandpiper 1 1 Tringa stagnatilis
6 Greenshank Tringa nebularia
6 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
12 Wood Sandpiper 4 20 Tringa glareola
14 Terek Sandpiper 3 12 Xenus cinereus
14 Common Sandpiper 6 4 Actitis hypoleucos
11 Oystercatcher 2 4 Haematopus ostralegus
8 Turnstone 1 2 Arenaria interpres
14 Red-necked Phalarope 4 '000s Phalaropus lobatus
14 Caspian Gull 5 30 Larus cachinnans
1 Heuglin's Gull Larus (cachinnans) heuglini
14 Steppe or Baraba Gull 2 '00s Larus (cachinnans) barabensis
14 Great Black-headed Gull 2 600 Larus ichthyaetus
14 Black-headed Gull 8 200 Larus ridibundus
14 Slender-billed Gull 1 200 Larus genei
11 Common Gull 2 20 Larus canus
9 Little Gull 1 4 Larus minutus
13 Gull-billed Tern 3 6 Sterna nilotica
13 Caspian Tern 1 2 Sterna caspia
14 Common Tern 8 15 Sterna hirundo
14 Little Tern 3 20 Sterna albifrons
5 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus
14 Black Tern 3 50 Chlidonias niger
14 White-winged Black Tern 2 '000s Chlidonias leucopterus
1 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus
14 Black-bellied Sandgrouse 5 60 Pterocles orientalis
7 Pin-tailed Sandgrouse 3 30 Pterocles alchata
13 Pallas's Sandgrouse 1 12 Syrrhaptes paradoxus
14 Rock Dove 12 100 Columba livia
10 Stock Dove 1 1 Columba oenas
14 Yellow-eyed Stock Dove 1 6 Columba eversmanni
14 Wood Pigeon 6 6 Columba palumbus
14 Collared Dove 9 20 Streptopelia decaocto
13 Turtle Dove 1 2 Streptopelia turtur
14 Oriental Turtle Dove 12 40 Streptopelia orientalis
14 Laughing Dove 6 10 Streptopelia senegalensis
14 Eurasian Cuckoo 16 40 Cuculus canorus
4 Tawny Owl 1 1 H Strix aluco harmsii
6 Scops Owl 2 2 H Otus scops
4 Striated Scops Owl 1 1 Otus brucei
1 Eagle Owl Bubo bubo
13 Little Owl 1 2 Athene noctua
8 Short-eared Owl 1 1 Asio flammeus
10 Long-eared Owl 3 1 Asio otus
10 European Nightjar 2 1 Caprimulgus europaeus sarudnyi
14 Alpine Swift 2 100 Apus melba
14 Common Swift 10 '00s Apus apus
14 Common Kingfisher 4 3 Alcedo atthis
14 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater 3 80 Merops persicus
14 European Bee-eater 10 30 Merops apiaster
14 Eurasian Roller 12 50 Coracias garrulus
14 Hoopoe 11 20 Upupa epops
3 Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
14 White-winged Woodpecker 4 3 Dendrocopos leucopterus
3 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
8 Three-toed Woodpecker 1 1 Picoides tridactylus
14 Calandra Lark 3 20 Melanocorypha calandra
14 Bimaculated Lark 3 200 Melanocorypha bimaculata
13 White-winged Lark 1 30 Melanocorypha leucoptera
14 Black Lark 1 200 Melanocorypha yeltoniensis
13 Short-toed Lark 4 20 Calandrella brachydactyla
14 Hume's Short-toed Lark 1 6 Calandrella acutirostris
14 Lesser Short-toed Lark 4 6 Calandrella rufescens
14 Crested Lark 7 30 Galerida cristata
14 Skylark 4 40 Alauda arvensis
7 Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
13 Shore Lark 1 4 Eremophila alpestris
14 Sand Martin 5 200 Riparia riparia
8 Pale Martin 1 10 Riparia diluta
8 Crag Martin 1 3 Hirundo rupestris
14 Barn Swallow 14 100 Hirundo rustica
14 Red-rumped Swallow 1 2 Hirundo daurica
14 Common House Martin 8 60 Delichon urbica
14 Tawny Pipit 5 6 Anthus campestris
2 Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
14 Tree Pipit 3 4 Anthus trivialis
14 Water Pipit 2 6 Anthus spinoletta
1 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
9 Yellow Wagtail 3 100 Motacilla flava thunbergii
13 Yellow Wagtail 4 30 Motacilla flava feldegg
13 Yellow Wagtail 2 100 Motacilla flava beema
11 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava supercilaris
10 Citrine Wagtail 2 15 Motacilla citreola calcarata
13 Citrine Wagtail 2 1 Motacilla citreola citreola
14 Grey Wagtail 1 2 Motacilla cinerea
14 Masked Wagtail 11 8 Motacilla personata
10 White Wagtail 3 2 Motacilla alba
13 Brown Dipper 2 1 Cinclus pallasii
13 (White-Bellied) Dipper 1 2 Cinclus cinclus
2 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
14 Wren 4 1 Troglodytes troglodytes
12 Altai Accentor 1 6 Prunella himalayana
14 Brown Accentor 1 3 Prunella fulvescens
14 Black-throated Accentor 3 10 Prunella atrogularis
14 Nightingale 7 12 Luscinia megarhynchos
5 Thrush Nightingale 1 1 Luscinia luscinia
14 Himalayan Rubythroat 2 5 Luscinia pectoralis
14 Bluethroat 3 4 Luscinia svecica
14 White-throated Robin 2 4 Irania gutturalis
14 Rufous Bush Robin 5 2 Cercotrichas galactotes
11 Common Redstart 4 2 Phoenicurus phoenicurus
11 Eversmann's Redstart 2 2 Phoenicurus erythronota
14 Blue-capped Redstart 2 3 Phoenicurus caeruleocephalus
13 Güldenstädt's Redstart 1 4 Phoenicurus erythrogaster
14 Pied Bushchat 2 20 Saxicola caprata
14 Siberian Stonechat 3 10 Saxicola maura
14 Isabelline Wheatear 5 100 Oenanthe isabellina
14 Northern Wheatear 4 30 Oenanthe oenanthe
14 Pied Wheatear 5 10 Oenanthe pleschanka
7 Pied Wheatear 1 1 Oenanthe pleschanka vittata
13 Variable Wheatear 1 3 Oenanthe picata capistrata
6 Finsch's Wheatear 1 6 Oenanthe finschii
14 Desert Wheatear 1 1 Oenanthe deserti
14 Blue Whistling-thrush 1 2 Myiophonus caeruleus
6 Blue Rock Thrush 1 1 Monticola solitarius
9 (Rufous-tailed) Rock Thrush 3 3 Monticola saxatilis
14 Blackbird 7 10 Turdus merula
6 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
8 Fieldfare 1 6 Turdus pilaris
14 Mistle Thrush 4 6 Turdus viscivorus
10 Streaked Scrub Warbler Scotocerca inquieta
14 Cetti's Warbler 4 10 (H) Cettia cetti
14 Grasshopper Warbler 5 4 (H) Locustella naevia
12 Savi's Warbler 1 2 Locustella luscinioides
9 Moustached Warbler 1 2 Acrocephalus melanopogon
3 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
14 Paddyfield Warbler 4 2 Acrocephalus agricola
13 (Caspian) Reed Warbler 1 1 H Acrocephalus scirpaceus fuscus
14 Blyth's Reed Warbler 11 20 Acrocephalus dumetorum
14 Great Reed Warbler 3 4 Acrocephalus arundinaceus
14 Clamorous Reed Warbler 3 20 Acrocephalus stentoreus
14 Booted Warbler 2 10 Hippolais caligata
14 Sykes's (Booted) Warbler 5 20 Hippolais (caligata) rama
14 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler 1 2 Hippolais pallida elaeica
13 Upcher's Warbler 1 2 Hippolais languida
11 Menetries Warbler 1 2 Sylvia mystacea
12 Asian Desert Warbler 1 1 Sylvia nana
9 Eastern Orphean Warbler 1 6 Sylvia hortensis
12 Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria
3 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
7 Lesser Whitethroat 6 6 Sylvia curruca curraca
14 Lesser Whitethroat 2 6 Sylvia curruca halimodendri
14 Hume's Lesser Whitethroat 2 10 Sylvia (curruca) althaea
6 Small (Desert) Lesser Whitethroat 1 1 Sylvia (curruca) minula
14 Common Whitethroat 6 4 Sylvia communis rubicola
12 Sulphur-bellied Warbler 1 2 Phylloscopus griseolus
14 Greenish Warbler 13 6 Phylloscopus trochiloides
5 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
14 Hume's Leaf Warbler 7 30 Phylloscopus (inornatus) humei
12 Siberian Chiffchaff 4 4 Phylloscopus collybita tristis
2 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
14 Severtzov's Tit Warbler 1 1 Leptopoecile sophiae
13 Goldcrest 1 2 Regulus regulus
14 Spotted Flycatcher 9 20 Muscicapa striata
13 Asian Paradise Flycatcher 1 1 Terpsiphone paradisi
1 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
14 Bearded Tit 3 6 Panurus biarmicus
13 Songar Tit 2 1 Parus (montanus) songarus
14 Coal Tit 2 2 Parus ater
10 Rufous-naped Tit Parus rufonuchalis
14 Great Tit 6 2 Parus major
14 Turkestan Tit 5 4 Parus bokharensis
14 Yellow-breasted Tit 2 20 Parus flavipectus
14 Azure Tit 3 2 Parus cyanus
13 Eastern Rock Nuthatch 2 2 Sitta tephronota
2 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
1 Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
8 European Penduline-Tit Remiz pendulinus
14 White-crowned Penduline-Tit 2 1 Remiz coronatus
14 Golden Oriole 3 4 Oriolus oriolus
1 Indian Golden Oriole 1 1 Oriolus kundoo
10 Red-backed Shrike 4 3 Lanius collurio
14 Isabelline (Turkestan) Shrike 7 20 Lanius phoenicuroides
14 Long-tailed Shrike 4 2 Lanius schach
14 Lesser Grey Shrike 11 20 Lanius minor
13 (Steppe) Great Grey Shrike 1 1 Lanius excubitor pallidirostris
14 Pander's Ground-Jay 1 4 Podoces panderi
14 Magpie 17 40 Pica pica
11 Eurasian Nutcracker 2 2 Nucifraga caryocatactes
14 Alpine Chough 2 40 Pyrrhocorax graculus
14 Red-billed Chough 1 6 Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
14 Jackdaw 13 200 Corvus monedula
14 Rook 13 '00s Corvus frugilegus
14 Asian (Carrion) Crow 9 20 Corvus (corone) orientalis
14 'Hooded' Crow 4 30 Corvus cornix
14 Raven 3 2 Corvus corax
7 Brown-necked Raven 1 2 Corvus ruficollis
14 Common Starling 13 30 Sturnus vulgaris
14 Rose-coloured Starling 7 '000s Sturnus roseus
14 Common Myna 15 30 Acridotheres tristis
14 Saxaul Sparrow 1 6 Passer ammodendri
14 House Sparrow 4 100 Passer domesticus
14 Indian House Sparrow 10 '00s Passer domesticus indicus
14 Spanish Sparrow 1 6 Passer hispaniolensis
14 Tree Sparrow 11 20 Passer montanus
11 Rock Sparrow 1 2 Petronia petronia
14 Red-fronted Serin 3 12 Serinus pusillus
12 Greenfinch 1 4 Carduelis chloris
14 Goldfinch 5 2 Carduelis carduelis caniceps
7 Twite 1 2 Carduelis flavirostris
11 Linnet 2 10 Carduelis cannabina
13 Plain Mountain-Finch 2 20 Leucosticte nemoricola
1 Brandt's Mountain-Finch Leucosticte brandti
13 Desert Finch 2 6 Rhodospiza obsoleta
5 Asian Crimson-winged Finch 1 7 Rhodopechys sanguinea
12 Mongolian Trumpeter Finch 3 20 Bucanetes mongolica
3 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
14 Red-mantled Rosefinch 2 3 Carpodacus rhodochlamys
14 Common Rosefinch 7 30 Carpodacus erythrinus
3 Hawfinch 1 2 Coccothraustes coccothraustes
14 White-winged Grosbeak 3 12 Mycerobas carnipes
2 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
9 Pine Bunting 1 4 Emberiza leucocephalos
2 Pine Bunting x Yellowhammer 1 1 Emberiza sp
13 Rock Bunting 2 4 Emberiza cia
14 Grey-necked Bunting 3 8 Emberiza buchanani
9 Ortolan Bunting 1 4 Emberiza hortulana
14 White-capped Bunting 2 4 Emberiza stewarti
14 Red-headed Bunting 7 40 Emberiza bruniceps
11 Reed Bunting 4 20 Emberiza schoeniclus
9 Thick-billed (Reed) Bunting 2 4 Emberiza schoeniclus pyrrhuloides
10 Corn Bunting 4 6 Miliaria calandra

Mammals and Other Creatures:

Yellow Souslik 5 6 Spermophilus fulvus
Pygmy Souslik 1 2 Spermophilus pygmaeus
Great Gerbil 2 40 Rhombomys opimus
Tamarisk Gerbil 2 1 Meriones unguiculatus
Tolai Hare 2 4 Lepus tolai
European Hare 3 3 Lepus europeus
Goiterd Gazelle 1 20 Gazella subgutturosa
Corsac Fox 1 1 Vulpes corsac
Red Sqirrel 1 1 Sciurus vulgaris
Turkestan Red Pika 2 1 Ochotona rutila
Bobak Marmot 2 12 Marmota bobak
Grey Marmot 4 10 Marmota balbacina
Wild Asia Ass (I) 1 6 Equus hemionus kulan
Prewaskli's Horse (I) 1 3 Equus prewaskii
Horsefield's Tortoise 2 3 Agrionemys horsfieldi
Desert Gecko 1 1 Teratoscinus scinus

Mammals

Red Fox 1 1 Vulpes vulpes