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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