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Betpakdala – Lower Reaches of the Shu River;
197 species and 1,527 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May, with up to 99 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 197 species recorded here
- Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata
- Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata
- Turkestan Short-toed Lark Alaudala heinei
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- White-winged Lark Alauda leucoptera
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus
- Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Mongolian Finch Bucanetes mongolicus
- Finsch's Wheatear Oenanthe finschii
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Asian Short-toed Lark Alaudala cheleensis
- Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Menetries's Warbler Curruca mystacea
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Betpakdala – Lower Reaches of the Shu River;?
April–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 99 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Betpakdala – Lower Reaches of the Shu River;?
197 species, from 1,527 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.