Bird AlbumKazakhstan · Almaty Region
Lake Sorbulak – General Area;
243 species and 6,835 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May, with up to 126 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
RookCorvus frugilegus
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
Western JackdawColoeus monedula
Rock DoveColumba livia
Great TitParus major
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
SmewMergellus albellusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Lake Sorbulak – Western Shore;5 km158 species
- Lake Sorbulaq – Southern Shore;6 km224 species
- Lake Sorbulak – Canals;7 km124 species
- Lake Sorbulak – Eastern Ponds;14 km173 species
- Ile Alatau NP – Kaskelen Valley69 km120 species
- Ile-Alatau NP – Tien-Shan Astronomical Observatory76 km107 species
All 243 species recorded here
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Azure Tit Cyanistes cyanus
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Eversmann's Redstart Phoenicurus erythronotus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Pale Martin Riparia diluta
- Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
- Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Red-fronted Serin Serinus pusillus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- White-winged Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucopterus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Asian Short-toed Lark Alaudala cheleensis
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani
- White-crowned Penduline Tit Remiz coronatus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
- Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus
- Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
- Siberian Long-tailed Rosefinch Carpodacus sibiricus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
- Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Turkestan Short-toed Lark Alaudala heinei
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- White-browed Tit-warbler Leptopoecile sophiae
- Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Twite Linaria flavirostris
- Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Lake Sorbulak – General Area;?
May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 126 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Lake Sorbulak – General Area;?
243 species, from 6,835 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Lake Sorbulak – General Area; in November?
The most recorded in November: Ruddy Shelduck, Caspian Gull, Great Cormorant, Mallard and Common Shelduck.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.