Bird AlbumKazakhstan · Almaty Region
Sogeti Valley – Drinking Pool and Surrounding Plains
140 species and 2,631 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May, with up to 100 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
- Kokpek Canyon27 km110 species
All 140 species recorded here
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Mongolian Finch Bucanetes mongolicus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana
- Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Crimson-winged Finch Rhodopechys sanguineus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Asian Short-toed Lark Alaudala cheleensis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Turkestan Short-toed Lark Alaudala heinei
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps
- Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Great Tit Parus major
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- Pale Martin Riparia diluta
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- White-capped Bunting Emberiza stewarti
- Azure Tit Cyanistes cyanus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Red-fronted Serin Serinus pusillus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus
- White-crowned Penduline Tit Remiz coronatus
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Red-mantled Rosefinch Carpodacus rhodochlamys
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- White-winged Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucopterus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Twite Linaria flavirostris
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Sogeti Valley – Drinking Pool and Surrounding Plains?
May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 100 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Sogeti Valley – Drinking Pool and Surrounding Plains?
140 species, from 2,631 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.