Kyrgyzstan Ramsar wetland
Chatyr-Kul
45 bird species recorded; the most in August.
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This month here
0 species in January.0 species in February.0 species in March.0 species in April.0 species in May.0 species in June.32 species in July.42 species in August.0 species in September.10 species in October.0 species in November.0 species in December.
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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
45 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 45Speciesrecorded more than once
- 8Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 2ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 311Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 3,531 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 4Raptors
- 9Waders
- 3Gulls & seabirds
- 14Ducks & geese
- 4Herons, ibises & grebes
- 9Songbirds
- 2Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 45 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors4 species
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Waders9 species
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
Gulls & seabirds3 species
- Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
Ducks & geese14 species
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Herons, ibises & grebes4 species
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritusVU
Songbirds9 species
- Shore LarkEremophila alpestris
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Isabelline wheatearOenanthe isabellina
- ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- White-winged RedstartPhoenicurus erythrogastrus
- Snow FinchMontifringilla nivalis
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
Other birds2 species
- CootFulica atra
- European SwiftApus apus
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in August.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan-10°/-21°9 mm
- Feb-8°/-20°15 mm
- Mar-2°/-13°18 mm
- Apr3°/-7°24 mm
- May8°/-4°30 mm
- Jun12°/0°28 mm
- Jul16°/2°22 mm
- Aug15°/1°18 mm
- Sep10°/-3°13 mm
- Oct3°/-7°13 mm
- Nov-4°/-14°14 mm
- Dec-9°/-19°13 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Chatyr-Kul.
Lake in Naryn Region, Kyrgyzstan
Chatyr-Kul is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Kyrgyzstan, 3,531 m above the sea.
45 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 311 open records.
The most recorded are the Ruddy Shelduck, the Shore Lark and the Eared Grebe.
8 species come for the summer, 0 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
2 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard and Horned Grebe.
The most species are recorded in August.
Get there and watch
- Kashgar Laining International Airport (KHG)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 137 km in a straight line
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 1campsites within 10 km
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- places to stay within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Chatyr-Kul.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas3 mountains within 25 kmFigures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Chatyr-Kul
Kyrgyzstan
- 39Birdyas Score
- 45Species
- 8Migrants
- 2Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q864853) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 311 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Lakeyas, Darkskyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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