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Brief trip report: Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan

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Subject: Brief trip report: Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan
From: Lawrie Conole <>
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 17:34:00 +1000
Hello Birding-Aus-ers

Just back last night from a month holidaying/travelling in ex-Soviet
Central Asia.  Fiona and I spent about 2.5 weeks in Uzbekistan and about
1.5 weeks in Kyrgyzstan.  I'll be writing a fairly extensive trip report
for my web page at some point, but here are a few potted highlights and
a trip list.

Highlights included a few sightings of Eurasian Griffons and Cinereous
Vultures soaring over the snow-capped Tian Shan Mountains; a flock of
Snow Pigeons from horseback at 3200m in the Tian Shan; Eurasian Hoopoes
(everywhere, but such exceptional birds); Fire-fronted Serins (common
above 2000m in the Tian Shan, but lovely birds); White-winged Grosbeaks
munching on junipers; Himalayan (White-tailed) Rubythroat - what a gem
of a bird; lots of shrikes, rollers & bee-eaters on roadside wires;
sandgrouse; swirling & screaming flocks of swifts (mostly Common & some
Alpine) amongst the Temurid monuments; many raptor species; a few new
families of birds; etc...............

More later ..


TURKESTAN BIRD LIST: UZBEKISTAN & KYRGYZSTAN (June 2000).
Lawrie Conole, 5/7/2000.

Chukar Partridge                     Alectoris chukar
Ruddy Shelduck                       Tadorna ferruginea
Common Shelduck                      Tadorna tadorna
Northern Shoveler                    Anas clypeata
Red-crested Pochard                  Netta rufina
Ferruginous Pochard                  Aythya nyroca
Little Grebe                         Tachybaptus ruficollis
Great Crested Grebe                  Podiceps cristatus
Eared Grebe                          Podiceps nigricollis
Great Cormorant                      Phalacrocorax carbo
Grey Heron                           Ardea cinerea
Purple Heron                         Ardea purpurea
Little Bittern                       Ixobrychus minutus
White Stork                          Ciconia ciconia
Greater Flamingo                     Phoenicopterus ruber
European Honey-Buzzard               Pernis apivorus
Black-winged Kite                    Elanus caeruleus
Black Kite                     Milvus migrans
White-tailed Eagle                   Haliaeetus albicilla
Eurasian Griffon                     Gyps fulvus
Cinereous Vulture                    Aegypius monachus
Pallid Harrier                       Circus macrourus
Montagu's Harrier                    Circus pygargus
Western Marsh Harrier                Circus aeruginosus
Shikra                               Accipiter badius
Eurasian Sparrowhawk                 Accipiter nisus
Northern Goshawk                     Accipiter gentilis
Long-legged Buzzard                  Buteo rufinus
Steppe Eagle                         Aquila nipalensis
Imperial Eagle                       Aquila heliaca
Golden Eagle                         Aquila chrysaetos
Booted Eagle                         Hieraaetus pennatus
Merlin                               Falco columbarius
Eurasian Hobby                       Falco subbuteo
Saker Falcon                         Falco cherrug
Peregrine Falcon                     Falco peregrinus
Eurasian Kestrel                     Falco tinnunculus
Water Rail                           Rallus aquaticus
Common Moorhen                       Gallinula chloropus
Eurasian Coot                        Fulica atra
Little Bustard                       Tetrax tetrax
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse                Pterocles alchata
Black-bellied Sandgrouse             Pterocles orientalis
Eurasian Curlew                      Numenius arquata
Marsh Sandpiper                      Tringa stagnatilis
Common Sandpiper                     Actitis hypoleucos
Dunlin                               Calidris alpina
Eurasian Thick-knee                  Burhinus oedicnemus
Black-winged Stilt                   Himantopus himantopus
Little Ringed Plover                 Charadrius dubius
Kentish Plover                       Charadrius alexandrinus
Caspian Plover                       Charadrius asiaticus
Northern Lapwing                     Vanellus vanellus
White-tailed Lapwing                 Vanellus leucurus
Caspian Tern                         Sterna caspia
Common Tern                          Sterna hirundo
Little Tern                          Sterna albifrons
Whiskered Tern                       Chlidonias hybridus
White-winged Black Tern              Chlidonias leucopterus
Black Tern                           Chlidonias niger
Rock Dove                            Columba livia
Snow Pigeon                          Columba leuconota
Stock Pigeon                         Columba oenas
Common Wood-Pigeon                   Columba palumbus
Oriental Turtle-Dove                 Streptopelia orientalis
Laughing Turtle-Dove                 Streptopelia senegalensis
Eurasian Collared-Dove               Streptopelia decaocto
Common Cuckoo                        Cuculus canorus
Northern Hawk Owl                    Surnia ulula
Alpine Swift                         Tachymarptis melba
Common Swift                         Apus apus
Common Kingfisher                    Alcedo atthis
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater               Merops persicus
European Bee-eater                   Merops apiaster
European Roller                      Coracias garrulus
Eurasian Hoopoe                      Upupa epops
Eurasian Golden-Oriole               Oriolus oriolus
Eurasian Jay                         Garrulus glandarius
Black-billed Magpie                  Pica pica
Eurasian Nutcracker                  Nucifraga caryocatactes
Yellow-billed Chough                 Pyrrhocorax graculus
Eurasian Jackdaw                     Corvus monedula
Rook                                 Corvus frugilegus
Carrion Crow                         Corvus corone
Brown-necked Raven                   Corvus ruficollis
Common Raven                         Corvus corax
Red-backed Shrike                    Lanius collurio
Rufous-tailed Shrike                 Lanius isabellinus
Long-tailed Shrike                   Lanius schach
Northern Shrike                      Lanius excubitor
Black Lark                           Melanocorypha yeltoniensis
Crested Lark                         Galerida cristata
Oriental Skylark                     Alauda gulgula
Horned Lark                          Eremophila alpestris
Water Pipit                          Anthus spinoletta
Yellow Wagtail                       Motacilla flava
Grey Wagtail                         Motacilla cinerea
White Wagtail                        Motacilla alba
Saxaul Sparrow                       Passer ammodendri
House Sparrow                        Passer domesticus
Desert Sparrow                       Passer simplex
Eurasian Tree Sparrow                Passer montanus
Dunnock                              Prunella modularis
Fire-fronted Serin                   Serinus pusillus
European Greenfinch                  Carduelis chloris
European Goldfinch                   Carduelis carduelis
Twite                                Carduelis flavirostris
Eurasian Linnet                      Carduelis cannabina
Common Rosefinch                     Carpodacus erythrinus
Great Rosefinch                      Carpodacus rubicilla
White-winged Grosbeak                Mycerobas carnipes
Pine Bunting                         Emberiza leucocephalos
Rock Bunting                         Emberiza cia
Black-headed Bunting                 Emberiza melanocephala
Red-headed Bunting                   Emberiza bruniceps
Persian Nuthatch                     Sitta tephronota
Wallcreeper                          Tichodroma muraria
Bank Swallow                         Riparia riparia
Eurasian Crag-Martin                 Hirundo rupestris
Barn Swallow                         Hirundo rustica
Wire-tailed Swallow                  Hirundo smithii
Red-rumped Swallow                   Hirundo daurica
House Martin                         Delichon urbica
Goldcrest                            Regulus regulus
Sedge Warbler                        Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Paddyfield Warbler                   Acrocephalus agricola
Eurasian Reed-Warbler                Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Great Reed-Warbler                   Acrocephalus arundinaceus
Booted Warbler                       Hippolais caligata
Olivaceous Warbler                   Hippolais pallida
Common Chiffchaff                    Phylloscopus collybita
Lemon-rumped Warbler                 Phylloscopus proregulus
Inornate Warbler                     Phylloscopus inornatus
Greenish Warbler                     Phylloscopus trochiloides
Greater Whitethroat                  Sylvia communis
Orphean Warbler                      Sylvia hortensis
Menetries's Warbler                  Sylvia mystacea
Great Tit                            Parus major
Turkestan Tit                        Parus bokharensis
White-throated Dipper                Cinclus cinclus
Brown Dipper                         Cinclus pallasii
Blue Whistling-Thrush                Myiophonus caeruleus
Scaly Thrush                         Zoothera dauma
Common Blackbird                     Turdus merula
Dark-throated Thrush                 Turdus ruficollis
Mistle Thrush                        Turdus viscivorus
Spotted Flycatcher                   Muscicapa striata
Common Nightingale                   Luscinia megarhynchos
White-tailed Rubythroat              Luscinia pectoralis
Rufous-tailed Scrub-robin            Cercotrichas galactotes
Rufous-backed Redstart               Phoenicurus erythronota
Blue-capped Redstart                 Phoenicurus caeruleocephalus
Common Redstart                      Phoenicurus phoenicurus
White-winged Redstart                Phoenicurus erythrogaster
Common Stonechat                     Saxicola torquata
Pied Bushchat                        Saxicola caprata
Pied Wheatear                        Oenanthe pleschanka
Desert Wheatear                      Oenanthe deserti
Rosy Starling                        Sturnus roseus
Common Starling                      Sturnus vulgaris
Common Myna                          Acridotheres tristis

161 species

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