Bird AlbumKazakhstan · Almaty Region
Ile River Delta – Topar Lakes;
172 species and 1,865 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May, with up to 107 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Ile River Delta – Zheltorangy Poplars;21 km157 species
- Taukum Desert75 km199 species
All 172 species recorded here
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Great Tit Parus major
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Saxaul Sparrow Passer ammodendri
- Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Azure Tit Cyanistes cyanus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- White-winged Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucopterus
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Black-headed Penduline Tit Remiz macronyx
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Turkestan Short-toed Lark Alaudala heinei
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Asian Short-toed Lark Alaudala cheleensis
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- White-crowned Penduline Tit Remiz coronatus
- Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Pale Martin Riparia diluta
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Pallid Scops Owl Otus brucei
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Siberian Long-tailed Rosefinch Carpodacus sibiricus
- Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Ile River Delta – Topar Lakes;?
May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 107 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Ile River Delta – Topar Lakes;?
172 species, from 1,865 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.