Bird AlbumKazakhstan · Almaty Region
Lake Sorbulak – Canals;
124 species and 2,533 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May, with up to 69 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
- Lake Sorbulak – Western Shore;6 km158 species
- Lake Sorbulak – General Area;7 km243 species
- Lake Sorbulaq – Southern Shore;9 km224 species
- Lake Sorbulak – Eastern Ponds;21 km173 species
- Ile Alatau NP – Kaskelen Valley71 km120 species
All 124 species recorded here
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Great Tit Parus major
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Azure Tit Cyanistes cyanus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- White-crowned Penduline Tit Remiz coronatus
- Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Eversmann's Redstart Phoenicurus erythronotus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Lake Sorbulak – Canals;?
May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 69 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Lake Sorbulak – Canals;?
124 species, from 2,533 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.