Tajikistan Ramsar wetland
Kayrakkum Reservoir
28 bird species recorded; the most in September.
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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.0 species in July.19 species in August.22 species in September.0 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
28 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).
- 28Speciesrecorded more than once
- 0Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 103Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 344 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 1Raptors
- 4Waders
- 3Gulls & seabirds
- 1Ducks & geese
- 2Herons, ibises & grebes
- 12Songbirds
- 5Other 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 28 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors1 species
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Waders4 species
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Gulls & seabirds3 species
- Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Ducks & geese1 species
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Herons, ibises & grebes2 species
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Songbirds12 species
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Pale MartinRiparia diluta
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Other birds5 species
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- CootFulica atra
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
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 September.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan4°/-5°22 mm
- Feb6°/-3°30 mm
- Mar13°/2°34 mm
- Apr20°/7°31 mm
- May26°/13°24 mm
- Jun32°/18°10 mm
- Jul35°/20°3 mm
- Aug33°/18°4 mm
- Sep27°/13°3 mm
- Oct19°/6°15 mm
- Nov10°/0°28 mm
- Dec4°/-4°28 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Kayrakkum Reservoir.
Artificial lake in Sughd Province, Tajikistan (Also Known as "Bahri Tajik")
Kayrakkum Reservoir is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Tajikistan, 344 m above the sea.
28 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 103 open records.
The most recorded are the Grey Heron, the Pontic gull and the Caspian Tern.
The most species are recorded in September.
Get there and watch
- Qayroqqumnearest town · 23 km in a straight line
- Khujand International Airport (LBD)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 32 km in a straight lineCar hire in SamarkandDiscover Cars · sponsored link↗
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
- 1viewpoints within 5 kmCamping Place
- 1campsites within 10 km
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 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 Kayrakkum Reservoir.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas3 mountains within 25 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 kmFigures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Kayrakkum Reservoir
Tajikistan
- 30Birdyas Score
- 28Species
- 0Migrants
- 0Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q668883) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 103 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, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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