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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
  • Pelecanidae
  • Phalacrocoracidae
    • Ciconiiformes
  • Ardeidae
  • Threskiornithidae
  • Ciconiidae
    • Phoenicopteriformes
  • Phoenicopteridae
    • Anseriformes
  • Anatidae
    • Falconiformes
  • Pandionidae
  • Accipitridae
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    • Galliformes
  • Tetraonidae
  • Phasianidae
    • Gruiformes
  • Gruidae
  • Rallidae
  • Otididae
    • Charadriiformes
  • Burhinidae
  • Charadriidae
  • Recurvirostridae
  • Haematopodidae
  • Scolopacidae
  • Glareolidae
  • Stercorariidae
  • Laridae
    • Pterocletiformes
  • Pteroclidae
    • Columbiformes
  • Columbidae
    • Cuculiformes
  • Cuculidae
    • Strigiformes
  • Strigidae
    • Caprimulgiformes
  • Caprimulgidae
    • Apodiformes
  • Apodidae
    • Coraciiformes
  • Coraciidae
  • Alcedinidae
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    • Upupiformes
  • Upupidae
    • Piciformes
  • Picidae
    • Passeriformes
  • Hirundinidae
  • Alaudidae
  • Motacillidae
  • Laniidae
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  • Corvidae
  • Bombycillidae
  • Cinclidae
  • Troglodytidae
  • Prunellidae
  • Sylviidae
  • Regulidae
  • Muscicapidae
  • Turdidae
  • Paradoxornithidae
  • Aegithalidae
  • Remizidae
  • Paridae
  • Sittidae
  • Certhiidae
  • Ploceidae
  • Fringillidae
  • Emberizidae

    • Isabekov Askar

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    total species: 160
    total photos: 912
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 18

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    1. Eurasian Siskin (2021-01-01)
    2. Red-fronted Serin (2021-01-01)
    3. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2021-01-01)
    4. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2021-01-01)
    5. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2021-01-01)
    6. Azure Tit (2021-01-01)
    7. Brown Dipper (2021-01-01)
    8. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2021-01-01)
    9. Eastern Buzzard (2021-01-01)
    10. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2021-01-02)
    11. Steppe Eagle (2021-01-02)
    12. Little Grebe (2021-01-02)
    13. Rough-legged Buzzard (2021-01-02)
    14. Western Marsh-Harrier (2021-01-02)
    15. Hen Harrier (2021-01-02)
    16. Common Kestrel (2021-01-02)
    17. Masked Wagtail (2021-01-02)
    18. Common Pochard (2021-01-02)
    19. Tufted Duck (2021-01-02)
    20. Smew (2021-01-02)
    21. Mallard (2021-01-02)
    22. Common Sparrowhawk (2021-01-02)
    23. Common Buzzard (2021-01-02)
    24. Whooper Swan (2021-01-02)
    25. Great White Egret (2021-01-02)
    26. Mute Swan (2021-01-02)
    27. Pygmy Cormorant (2021-01-02)
    28. Meadow Pipit (2021-01-02)
    29. Water Pipit (2021-01-02)
    30. Green Sandpiper (2021-01-02)
    31. Northern Wren (2021-01-02)
    32. Mew Gull (2021-01-02)
    33. Corn Bunting (2021-01-02)
    34. Yellowhammer (2021-01-02)
    35. Common Shelduck (2021-01-02)
    36. White-Winged Woodpecker (2021-01-04)
    37. Eversmann's Redstart (2021-01-04)
    38. European Robin (2021-01-04)
    39. Eurasian Blackbird (2021-01-04)
    40. Great Grey Shrike (2021-01-04)
    41. Great Tit (2021-01-04)
    42. Merlin (2021-01-04)
    43. Upland Buzzard (2021-01-04)
    44. Chukar Partridge (2021-01-04)
    45. Eurasian Collared Dove (2021-01-04)
    46. Peregrine Falcon (2021-01-06)
    47. Black-throated Thrush (2021-01-09)
    48. Mistle Thrush (2021-01-09)
    49. Black Lark (2021-01-15)
    50. Horned Lark (2021-01-15)
    51. Golden Eagle (2021-01-15)
    52. White Wagtail (2021-01-19)
    53. Eurasian Linnet (2021-01-19)
    54. Northern Reed Bunting (2021-01-19)
    55. Water Rail (2021-01-19)
    56. Baraba Steppe Gull (2021-01-19)
    57. Wallcreeper (2021-01-24)
    58. Northern Goshawk (2021-01-24)
    59. Turkestan Tit (2021-01-24)
    60. Common Pheasant (2021-01-24)
    61. Brambling (2021-01-24)
    62. Long-legged Buzzard (2021-01-24)
    63. Alpine Accentor (2021-02-05)
    64. Black-throated Accentor (2021-02-05)
    65. Eurasian Magpie (2021-02-07)
    66. Common Goldeneye (2021-02-07)
    67. Goosander (2021-02-07)
    68. Grey Wagtail (2021-02-09)
    69. Eurasian Dipper (2021-02-09)
    70. Hawfinch (2021-02-13)
    71. European Greenfinch (2021-02-13)
    72. Northern Lapwing (2021-02-18)
    73. Pallas's Gull (2021-02-18)
    74. Northern Pintail (2021-02-18)
    75. Common Teal (2021-02-18)
    76. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2021-02-18)
    77. Ruddy Shelduck (2021-02-18)
    78. Red-crested Pochard (2021-02-18)
    79. Black-headed Gull (2021-02-18)
    80. Caspian Gull (2021-02-18)
    81. Dusky Thrush (2021-02-27)
    82. Red-throated Thrush (2021-02-27)
    83. Redwing (2021-02-27)
    84. Fieldfare (2021-02-27)
    85. Common Starling (2021-02-27)
    86. Laughing Dove (2021-02-28)
    87. Pine Bunting (2021-02-28)
    88. Calandra Lark (2021-02-28)
    89. Crested Lark (2021-02-28)
    90. Bohemian Waxwing (2021-03-08)
    91. Isabelline Shrike (2021-03-09)
    92. Rock Bunting (2021-03-09)
    93. Eurasian Jackdaw (2021-03-09)
    94. Isabelline Wheatear (2021-03-10)
    95. Himalayan Vulture (2021-03-10)
    96. Common Raven (2021-03-10)
    97. Red-billed Chough (2021-03-10)
    98. Rock Sparrow (2021-03-10)
    99. Common Coot (2021-03-12)
    100. Little Ringed Plover (2021-03-12)
    101. Desert Wheatear (2021-03-12)
    102. Pied Wheatear (2021-03-12)
    103. Pied Avocet (2021-03-12)
    104. Desert Finch (2021-03-12)
    105. Common Redshank (2021-03-12)
    106. Citrine Wagtail (2021-03-12)
    107. Dalmatian Pelican (2021-03-12)
    108. Great Cormorant (2021-03-12)
    109. Sky Lark (2021-03-12)
    110. Ferruginous Duck (2021-03-12)
    111. Gadwall (2021-03-12)
    112. Northern Shoveler (2021-03-12)
    113. Demoiselle Crane (2021-03-20)
    114. Meadow Bunting (2021-03-20)
    115. Cinereous Vulture (2021-03-20)
    116. White Stork (2021-03-20)
    117. Yellow-breasted Tit (2021-03-20)
    118. Eurasian Redstart (2021-03-21)
    119. Black-headed Wagtail (2021-03-21)
    120. Greater White-fronted Goose (2021-03-21)
    121. Steppe Grey Shrike (2021-03-21)
    122. Black Redstart (2021-03-21)
    123. Siberian Black-backed Gull (2021-03-21)
    124. Hoopoe (2021-03-21)
    125. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2021-03-22)
    126. Egyptian Vulture (2021-03-22)
    127. Common Swift (2021-03-22)
    128. Common Crane (2021-03-22)
    129. Spanish Sparrow (2021-03-22)
    130. Greater Short-toed Lark (2021-03-22)
    131. Tree Pipit (2021-03-22)
    132. Northern Wheatear (2021-03-22)
    133. Finsch's Wheatear (2021-03-22)
    134. Great White Pelican (2021-03-23)
    135. Slender-billed Gull (2021-03-23)
    136. Osprey (2021-03-23)
    137. Greylag Goose (2021-03-23)
    138. Eurasian Curlew (2021-03-23)
    139. Tawny Pipit (2021-03-23)
    140. Bearded Tit (2021-03-23)
    141. Great Crested Grebe (2021-03-23)
    142. Common Chiffchaff (2021-03-24)
    143. Cetti's Warbler (2021-03-24)
    144. Black Kite (2021-03-24)
    145. Common Snipe (2021-03-24)
    146. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (2021-03-24)
    147. Garganey (2021-03-31)
    148. Wood Pigeon (2021-04-04)
    149. Turkestan Shrike (2021-04-06)
    150. Common Chaffinch (2021-04-06)
    151. White-headed Duck (2021-04-08)
    152. Black-winged Stilt (2021-04-08)
    153. Bluethroat (2021-04-08)
    154. Yellow Wagtail (2021-04-08)
    155. Eurasian Wigeon (2021-04-08)
    156. Black-Necked Grebe (2021-04-08)
    157. Siberian Stonechat (2021-04-08)
    158. Black-tailed Godwit (2021-04-08)
    159. Common Moorhen (2021-04-08)
    160. Ruff (2021-04-08)

    recent uploads

    2021-04-13. Ferruginous Duck, Bluethroat, Masked Wagtail, Daurian Shrike, Turkestan Shrike, Common Chiffchaff, Pied Wheatear.

    2021-04-12. Eurasian Curlew, Northern Pintail, Common Teal, Tufted Duck, Common Moorhen, Great Crested Grebe, Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, Tree Pipit, Ruff.

    2021-04-11. Dalmatian Pelican, Siberian Stonechat, Isabelline Shrike, Common Shelduck, Little Ringed Plover, Black-headed Gull, Ruddy Shelduck, Black-tailed Godwit.

    2021-04-10. Black-winged Stilt, Bluethroat, Grey-headed Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, Citrine Wagtail, Citrine Wagtail, Eurasian Wigeon, Water Pipit, Garganey, Black-Necked Grebe, Pied Avocet, Common Redshank, Caspian Gull, Little Grebe, Red-crested Pochard.

    2021-04-09. Pygmy Cormorant, White-headed Duck.

    2021-04-08. Black-throated Thrush, Hybrid (Black-throated x Red-throated) Thrush.

    2021-04-07. Turkestan Shrike, Common Chaffinch, Eurasian Siskin, Brambling.

    2021-04-06. Wood Pigeon, Eversmann's Redstart, Brambling.

    2021-04-05. Rock Bunting, Eurasian Redstart, Black-throated Thrush, Eastern Rock Nuthatch, Steppe Eagle, Egyptian Vulture.

    2021-04-04. Short-toed Snake-Eagle, Northern Reed Bunting, Common Chiffchaff, Common Snipe.

    2021-04-03. Black-backed Masked Wagtail, Common Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, Eurasian Blackbird, Black-throated Thrush, Demoiselle Crane, Pallas's Gull, Green Sandpiper, Isabelline Shrike, Corn Bunting, Pine Bunting, Pygmy Cormorant, Brambling, Black Kite, Demoiselle Crane.

    2021-04-02. Calandra Lark, Pied Wheatear, Common Shelduck, Common Redshank, Ring-necked Pheasant, Common Kestrel, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Pied Avocet, Altai Black Redstart, Pied Wheatear, Desert Wheatear, Northern Wheatear, Dalmatian Pelican, Garganey, Northern Pintail.

    2021-04-01. Isabelline Shrike, Pygmy Cormorant, Western Marsh-Harrier, Hen Harrier, Steppe Eagle, Red-crested Pochard, Western Marsh-Harrier, Great Crested Grebe, Common Starling.

    2021-03-31. Dalmatian Pelican, Great White Pelican, Pallas's Gull, Slender-billed Gull, Osprey, Greater White-fronted Goose, Greylag Goose, Eurasian Curlew, Tawny Pipit, Bearded Tit.

    2021-03-30. Crested Lark, Spanish Sparrow, White Wagtail, Greater Short-toed Lark, Tree Pipit, Isabelline Wheatear, Isabelline Wheatear, Desert Wheatear, Northern Wheatear, Pied Wheatear, Finsch's Wheatear.

    rare birds records


    Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides)

    © Andrey Kovalenko
    2026-06-06
    Almaty area, Sorbulak.

    Second registration of the species on Lake Sorbulak. The first was more than 40 years ago, when two birds were discovered among Grey Herons on June 30, 1982 (Erokhov, 1991). According to available data, this is the easternmost point of flight of the yellow heron from its main range.

    Great Snipe (Gallinago media)

    © Vasilii Bastaev
    2026-05-08
    Karakol lake, Mangystau

    The second record of a rare migratory species this season.

    Great Snipe (Gallinago media)

    © Qanatbek Kenzhegulov
    2026-04-14
    Aktau, Mangystau region

    A rare passage species in Kazakhstan. The most recent photographic record in the country was made on 21 April 2022 in the Suzak District of Turkestan Region (Martin Grienenberger; see the website gallery). In Mangystau Region, only two records supported by photographic evidence are known from recent decades of the 21st century: 20–24 May 2009 in the Kenderli area (Neve et al., 2010) and the present observation.

    Northern Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)

    © Alexandr Fedulin
    2026-03-30

    A new species for the Teniz-Korgalzhinsky region. The first photographic confirmation on the website for the Kazakh Uplands. Recorded on March 28 and 30 in different parts of the village.
    more rarities...

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    Spotted Flycatcher
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    2025-07-01
    Northern Hawk Owl
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    Great Tit
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    2025-02-07
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    2025-02-06
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