Feldman Aleksandr. Birds of Kazakhstan

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2 617
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509 photographed species of 532 (95%)

found 32 new species for Kazakhstan

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classification

Gaviiformes

Podicipediformes

Pelecaniformes

Phalacrocoracidae

Ciconiiformes

Threskiornithidae

Phoenicopteriformes

Phoenicopteridae

Anseriformes

Falconiformes

Galliformes

Gruiformes

Charadriiformes

Recurvirostridae

Pterocletiformes

Columbiformes

Cuculiformes

Strigiformes

Caprimulgiformes

Apodiformes

Coraciiformes

Upupiformes

Piciformes

Passeriformes

Paradoxornithidae

Feldman Aleksandr

members stats	map of photoshootings
total species: 141 total photos: 939 total videos: 0 total blogposts: 0

1. Rough-legged Buzzard (2014-01-01)

2. Rock Pigeon (2014-01-01)

3. Common Redpoll (2014-01-01)

4. Common Kestrel (2014-01-01)

5. Great Tit (2014-01-01)

6. Tree Sparrow (2014-01-02)

7. Great Grey Shrike (2014-01-02)

8. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2014-01-02)

9. Goosander (2014-01-02)

10. Mallard (2014-01-02)

11. Eurasian Magpie (2014-01-02)

12. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2014-01-04)

13. Eurasian Blackbird (2014-01-04)

14. Fieldfare (2014-01-04)

15. Northern Bullfinch (2014-01-04)

16. Common Chaffinch (2014-01-04)

17. Bohemian Waxwing (2014-01-04)

18. Northern Black Grouse (2014-01-05)

19. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2014-01-06)

20. Eurasian Nuthatch (2014-01-06)

21. Willow Tit (2014-01-06)

22. Eurasian Goldfinch (2014-01-07)

23. Eurasian Siskin (2014-01-12)

24. Common Buzzard (2014-01-15)

25. Common Goldeneye (2014-01-15)

26. Black-throated Thrush (2014-02-08)

27. Common Sparrowhawk (2014-02-21)

28. Black Lark (2014-02-25)

29. Horned Lark (2014-02-25)

30. Common Raven (2014-02-25)

31. Rook (2014-03-01)

32. Hawfinch (2014-03-06)

33. Eurasian Jackdaw (2014-03-13)

34. Hooded Crow (2014-03-16)

35. Great Cormorant (2014-03-23)

36. Stock Pigeon (2014-03-23)

37. Caspian Gull (2014-03-23)

38. Sky Lark (2014-03-29)

39. Ruddy Shelduck (2014-03-29)

40. Northern Pintail (2014-03-29)

41. Grey Heron (2014-03-29)

42. Northern Reed Bunting (2014-03-29)

43. Eurasian Wigeon (2014-03-29)

44. White Wagtail (2014-03-30)

45. Western Marsh-Harrier (2014-03-31)

46. Black-headed Gull (2014-04-01)

47. Common Shelduck (2014-04-02)

48. Gadwall (2014-04-02)

49. Northern Wheatear (2014-04-02)

50. Black Kite (2014-04-02)

51. Northern Lapwing (2014-04-02)

52. Common Starling (2014-04-02)

53. Masked Wagtail (2014-04-04)

54. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2014-04-04)

55. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2014-04-04)

56. Baraba Steppe Gull (2014-04-04)

57. Northern Shoveler (2014-04-06)

58. Garganey (2014-04-06)

59. Demoiselle Crane (2014-04-12)

60. Greylag Goose (2014-04-13)

61. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2014-04-13)

62. Northern Goshawk (2014-04-16)

63. Steppe Eagle (2014-04-19)

64. Bluethroat (2014-04-21)

65. Great White Pelican (2014-04-28)

66. Eurasian Redstart (2014-05-04)

67. Tawny Pipit (2014-05-04)

68. Merlin (2014-05-04)

69. Yellow Wagtail (2014-05-04)

70. Siberian Stonechat (2014-05-04)

71. Mew Gull (2014-05-04)

72. Black-winged Stilt (2014-05-04)

73. Red-crested Pochard (2014-05-04)

74. Black-Necked Grebe (2014-05-04)

75. Marsh Sandpiper (2014-05-04)

76. Common Sandpiper (2014-05-04)

77. Common Tern (2014-05-08)

78. Eurasian Hobby (2014-05-12)

79. Barn Swallow (2014-05-12)

80. Booted Warbler (2014-05-13)

81. Terek Sandpiper (2014-05-13)

82. Greater Ringed Plover (2014-05-13)

83. Common Greenshank (2014-05-13)

84. Lesser Whitethroat (2014-05-13)

85. Pied Avocet (2014-05-13)

86. Sand Martin (2014-05-14)

87. Common Pochard (2014-05-14)

88. White-winged Tern (2014-05-14)

89. Common Cuckoo (2014-05-14)

90. Montagu's Harrier (2014-05-14)

91. Grey Wagtail (2014-05-14)

92. Pallid Harrier (2014-05-15)

93. Mute Swan (2014-05-15)

94. Ruff (2014-05-15)

95. Common Redshank (2014-05-15)

96. Paddyfield Warbler (2014-05-18)

97. Common Teal (2014-05-18)

98. European Bee-eater (2014-05-18)

99. Eurasian Linnet (2014-05-18)

100. Oriental Turtle Dove (2014-05-18)

101. Pale Sand Martin (2014-05-21)

102. Little Ringed Plover (2014-05-21)

103. Temminck's Stint (2014-05-22)

104. Red-headed Bunting (2014-05-25)

105. Red-backed Shrike (2014-05-25)

106. Rosy Starling (2014-05-25)

107. Spotted Flycatcher (2014-05-25)

108. Short-eared Owl (2014-05-25)

109. Common Swift (2014-05-30)

110. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2014-05-31)

111. Common Oystercatcher (2014-06-01)

112. Eurasian Roller (2014-06-01)

113. Lesser Grey Shrike (2014-06-14)

114. Common Moorhen (2014-06-15)

115. Hoopoe (2014-06-19)

116. Tree Pipit (2014-06-25)

117. European Golden Oriole (2014-06-25)

118. Common Quail (2014-06-27)

119. Long-legged Buzzard (2014-07-03)

120. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2014-07-05)

121. Greater Spotted Eagle (2014-07-05)

122. Carrion Crow (2014-07-19)

123. Black-tailed Godwit (2014-07-30)

124. Red-necked Phalarope (2014-08-14)

125. Great Crested Grebe (2014-08-18)

126. Common Kingfisher (2014-08-21)

127. Common Coot (2014-08-21)

128. Great White Egret (2014-08-21)

129. Wood Sandpiper (2014-08-21)

130. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2014-08-31)

131. Grey Partridge (2014-08-31)

132. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2014-09-14)

133. Pine Bunting (2014-09-14)

134. Sociable Lapwing (2014-09-20)

135. Spotted Redshank (2014-09-21)

136. Azure Tit (2014-09-30)

137. Yellowhammer (2014-10-04)

138. Macqueen's Bustard (2014-10-08)

139. Brambling (2014-10-26)

140. Coal Tit (2014-11-24)

141. Baikal Bullfinch (2014-12-01)

recent uploads

2014-12-22. Eurasian Nuthatch, Eurasian Magpie, Eurasian Siskin, Common Chaffinch, Eurasian Siskin, Great Tit, Goosander, Goosander, Goosander, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Eurasian Siskin, Common Redpoll.

2014-12-11. Great Spotted Woodpecker, Great Tit, Willow Tit, Eurasian Nuthatch, Eurasian Blackbird, Long-tailed Rosefinch.

2014-12-02. Eurasian Blackbird, Eurasian Blackbird, Tree Sparrow, Great Tit, Willow Tit.

2014-12-01. Fieldfare, Bohemian Waxwing, Baikal Bullfinch, Northern Bullfinch.

2014-11-24. Great Tit, Coal Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Willow Tit, Eurasian Nuthatch, Eurasian Blackbird, Mallard.

2014-11-22. Mallard, Eurasian Siskin.

2014-11-16. Common Sparrowhawk, Mallard, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Rook, Common Raven, Sky Lark.

2014-11-08. Northern Black Grouse, Long-tailed Rosefinch.

2014-11-06. Mallard, Caspian Gull, Siberian Common Starling, Azure Tit, Fieldfare, Long-tailed Rosefinch.

2014-10-26. Great Spotted Woodpecker, Eurasian Blackbird, Common Chaffinch, Yellowhammer, Tree Sparrow, Brambling, Bohemian Waxwing, Brambling.

2014-10-20. Great Spotted Woodpecker, Willow Tit.

2014-10-19. Great Tit, Great Grey Shrike.

2014-10-15. Eastern Imperial Eagle, Rook, Oriental Turtle Dove, Steppe Horned Lark, Sky Lark.

2014-10-07. Macqueen's Bustard, Macqueen's Bustard.

2014-10-05. Tree Sparrow, Common Chaffinch.

Big Year 2026

1. Qanatbek Kenzhegulov (296)
2. Aizhan Baitimbet (264)
3. Galym Baitimbet (262)
4. Zhaskairat Ermek (258)
5. Gennadiy Dyakin (219)
6. Nikita Kanunnikov (214)
7. Vladimir Muravskiy (200)
8. Sirimbet Zharilkasin (196)
9. Alexandr Belyaev (183)
10. Viktoriya Zvyaginceva (173)

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...

recent video

2026-01-18
Common Kestrel
(Ruslan Abutrapov)

2025-10-31
Great Cormorant
(Raouf Bairashev)

2025-08-31
Spotted Flycatcher
(Anna Yasko)

2025-07-01
Northern Hawk Owl
(Tungysh Zaparkulov)

2025-06-17
Great White Egret
(Irina Kuryanova)

2025-06-01
Blyth's Reed Warbler
(Irina Kuryanova)

2025-04-14
Grey-Headed Woodpecker
(sergey izoya)

2025-03-30
Great White Egret
(Anna Yasko)
Common Kestrel
(Anna Yasko)

2025-03-23
Common Sparrowhawk
(Ksenia Serbina)
Great Tit
(Ksenia Serbina)

2025-02-07
Arctic Loon
(Irina Kuryanova)

2025-02-06
Red Crossbill
(Viktoriya Zvyaginceva)

2025-01-07
Eurasian Penduline Tit
(sergey izoya)

2024-08-03
Common Tern
(Viktoriya Zvyaginceva)

unidentified birds

2026-06-22

Андрей Коваленко: Вопрос - что он тут потерял в июне... Когда снимал, думал что снимаю курганника...

2026-06-21

Андрей Коваленко: По фото вряд ли, но в это время там только луговые...

2026-06-18

Игорь Фефелов: Галка

2026-06-18

Юрий Малков: Спасибо Анна и Андрей.

2026-06-17

Юрий Малков: Спасибо Анна.

more unidentified birds...