Rank | Name | Nationality | Total | Highlights |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Svetlana Annenkova |
Kazakh | 340 | Provissional total includes an adult Pallas's Fish-eagle in 2005 |
2 |
Vaughan Ashby |
English | 327 | Provisional figure from 8 visits - highlights Pallas's Fish-eagle, Oriental Honey-buzzard, Lesser Sandplover, Solitary Snipe, Relict Gull, Hill Pigeon, Striated Scops-owl, Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker, Siberian Rubythroat and Yellow-breasted & Rufous-naped Tits |
3 |
Machiel Valkenburg |
Dutch | 325 | Pallas's Warbler at Big Almaty Lake and Striated Scops Owl at Zhelturanga! |
4 |
Cliff Waller |
British | 257 | Two trips plus two stop overs around Tselinograd, now Astana on the way to Siberia |
5 |
Georges Olioso |
French | 225 | Brandt's Mountain-Finch, Saxaul Sparrow, Azure Tit, White-browed Tit-Warbler, Sykes' Warbler, Black-throated Accentor, Long-tailed Shrike, Asian Short-toed Lark, Black Lark, Bimaculated Lark, White-winged Lark, White-winged Woodpecker, Yellow-eyed Pigeon, Pallas's Sandgrouse, Ibisbill, Himalayan Vulture, |
6 |
Justin Jansen |
Holland | 215 | 5 weeks of general birding, no twitching. Limited to Almaty and Dzjabagly and area (all in the south). |
7 |
Petri Hottola |
Finnish | 163 | One 1980's tour principally around Karaganda, with a few transits at Almaty. Best bird a subadult Pallas's Fish Eagle at Balikti-Kul. |
8 |
Phil Hansbro |
England/Australia | 152 | 2x3 day trip in Sept 2016 & Jul 2017, highlights were in mountains around Almaty & desert W of Almaty |