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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
  • Pelecanidae
  • Phalacrocoracidae
    • Ciconiiformes
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    • Phoenicopteriformes
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  • Burhinidae
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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 88
    total photos: 248
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Common Pheasant (2016-01-18)
    2. White-winged Grosbeak (2016-01-18)
    3. Great Tit (2016-01-18)
    4. Brambling (2016-01-18)
    5. Eastern Buzzard (2016-01-18)
    6. Carrion Crow (2016-03-21)
    7. Demoiselle Crane (2016-04-03)
    8. Pied Wheatear (2016-04-03)
    9. Water Pipit (2016-04-05)
    10. Red-fronted Serin (2016-04-05)
    11. Calandra Lark (2016-04-10)
    12. Isabelline Wheatear (2016-04-10)
    13. Northern Wheatear (2016-04-17)
    14. Black-throated Thrush (2016-04-17)
    15. Black Redstart (2016-04-17)
    16. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (2016-04-17)
    17. Chukar Partridge (2016-04-17)
    18. Hoopoe (2016-04-17)
    19. Great Crested Grebe (2016-04-17)
    20. Common Coot (2016-04-17)
    21. Blue-capped Redstart (2016-04-17)
    22. Montagu's Harrier (2016-04-17)
    23. Black Kite (2016-04-17)
    24. Black-headed Gull (2016-04-17)
    25. Sky Lark (2016-04-17)
    26. Eurasian Crag Martin (2016-04-17)
    27. Turkestan Shrike (2016-04-17)
    28. Indian Sparrow (2016-04-17)
    29. Long-legged Buzzard (2016-04-17)
    30. Eurasian Blackbird (2016-04-19)
    31. Eurasian Collared Dove (2016-04-19)
    32. Wood Pigeon (2016-04-19)
    33. Grey Wagtail (2016-04-24)
    34. Masked Wagtail (2016-04-28)
    35. Oriental Turtle Dove (2016-04-29)
    36. Common Cuckoo (2016-04-29)
    37. Common Mynah (2016-04-29)
    38. Eurasian Hobby (2016-05-03)
    39. Red-headed Bunting (2016-05-08)
    40. Grey-necked Bunting (2016-05-08)
    41. Blue Rock Thrush (2016-05-08)
    42. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2016-05-08)
    43. European Bee-eater (2016-05-08)
    44. Golden Eagle (2016-05-08)
    45. Spotted Flycatcher (2016-05-09)
    46. Lesser Whitethroat (2016-05-09)
    47. Eurasian Roller (2016-05-09)
    48. Rosy Starling (2016-05-09)
    49. Eurasian Magpie (2016-05-09)
    50. Egyptian Vulture (2016-05-09)
    51. Eurasian Jackdaw (2016-05-09)
    52. Common Moorhen (2016-05-14)
    53. Little Bittern (2016-05-14)
    54. Common Nightingale (2016-05-22)
    55. Black-crowned Night Heron (2016-05-22)
    56. House Sparrow (2016-05-22)
    57. Ibisbill (2016-06-25)
    58. Common Rosefinch (2016-06-25)
    59. Ruddy Shelduck (2016-06-25)
    60. Plain Mountain Finch (2016-06-25)
    61. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2016-06-25)
    62. Mistle Thrush (2016-06-25)
    63. Rock Bunting (2016-07-02)
    64. Common Kestrel (2016-07-03)
    65. Lesser Kestrel (2016-07-03)
    66. Lesser Grey Shrike (2016-07-03)
    67. Northern Lapwing (2016-07-03)
    68. Barn Swallow (2016-07-03)
    69. Rock Pigeon (2016-07-03)
    70. Tawny Pipit (2016-07-03)
    71. Red-billed Chough (2016-07-10)
    72. Coal Tit (2016-07-10)
    73. Tree Pipit (2016-07-10)
    74. Himalayan Vulture (2016-07-24)
    75. Lammergeier (2016-07-24)
    76. Greenish Warbler (2016-07-24)
    77. Alpine Accentor (2016-08-10)
    78. Himalayan Accentor (2016-08-10)
    79. Common Whitethroat (2016-08-14)
    80. Spotted Nutcracker (2016-08-14)
    81. Himalayan Snowcock (2016-08-21)
    82. Brown Accentor (2016-08-21)
    83. Common Buzzard (2016-09-04)
    84. Eversmann's Redstart (2016-09-04)
    85. Hume's Warbler (2016-09-04)
    86. Merlin (2016-09-04)
    87. Eurasian Dipper (2016-09-05)
    88. Rook (2016-09-05)

    recent uploads

    2016-09-05. Himalayan Vulture, Grey Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, White-bellied Dipper, Lammergeier, Steppe Buzzard, Eversmann's Redstart, Hume's Warbler, Merlin, Rook, Long-legged Buzzard, White-winged Grosbeak.

    2016-08-22. Turkestan Black Redstart, Alpine Accentor, Plain Mountain Finch, Water Pipit.

    2016-08-21. Himalayan Snowcock, Turkestan Black Redstart, Red-billed Chough, Brown Accentor.

    2016-08-16. Common Whitethroat.

    2016-08-15. Masked Wagtail, Spotted Nutcracker, Black Kite, Black Kite, Turkestan Shrike, Turkestan Shrike, Common Rosefinch, Turkestan Shrike.

    2016-08-10. Alpine Accentor, Plain Mountain Finch, Himalayan Accentor, Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush, Alpine Accentor.

    2016-07-25. Himalayan Vulture, Himalayan Vulture, Himalayan Vulture, Lammergeier, Greenish Warbler.

    2016-07-10. Red-billed Chough, Coal Tit, Water Pipit, Hodgson's Rosefinch, Tree Pipit.

    2016-07-04. Rock Bunting, Pied Wheatear, Northern Wheatear, Grey-necked Bunting, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush, Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush, Eurasian Jackdaw, Pied Wheatear, Ruddy Shelduck, Common Kestrel, Lesser Kestrel, Lesser Grey Shrike, Northern Lapwing, Lesser Grey Shrike, European Bee-eater, Eurasian Roller, Barn Swallow, Rock Pigeon, Wood Pigeon, Tawny Pipit, Tawny Pipit, Isabelline Wheatear.

    2016-06-25. Ibisbill, Common Rosefinch, Ruddy Shelduck, Red-fronted Serin, Hodgson's Rosefinch, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Mistle Thrush.

    2016-05-22. Common Nightingale, Black-crowned Night Heron, House Sparrow.

    2016-05-14. Common Moorhen, Little Bittern, Oriental Turtle Dove, Carrion Crow.

    2016-05-10. Red-headed Bunting, Red-headed Bunting, Turkestan Shrike, Grey-necked Bunting, Blue Rock Thrush, Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush, Pied Wheatear, European Bee-eater, Indian Sparrow, Himalayan Golden Eagle, Common Cuckoo, Spotted Flycatcher, Lesser Whitethroat, Eurasian Roller, Chukar Partridge, Rosy Starling, Eurasian Magpie, Egyptian Vulture, Eurasian Jackdaw, Long-legged Buzzard.

    2016-05-03. Eurasian Hobby.

    2016-04-29. Oriental Turtle Dove, Common Cuckoo, Common Mynah.

    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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    2025-02-06
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