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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
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  • Phalacrocoracidae
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    total species: 157
    total photos: 373
    total videos: 0
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    1. Tree Sparrow (2021-01-02)
    2. Eurasian Blackbird (2021-01-02)
    3. Common Chaffinch (2021-01-02)
    4. Turkestan Tit (2021-01-02)
    5. Laughing Dove (2021-01-02)
    6. Eurasian Magpie (2021-01-02)
    7. Mistle Thrush (2021-01-03)
    8. Eurasian Collared Dove (2021-01-03)
    9. Common Mynah (2021-01-08)
    10. Great Tit (2021-01-08)
    11. Rock Pigeon (2021-01-08)
    12. Brambling (2021-01-08)
    13. Black-throated Thrush (2021-01-19)
    14. Common Starling (2021-01-21)
    15. Eurasian Jackdaw (2021-01-24)
    16. White-Winged Woodpecker (2021-01-26)
    17. Carrion Crow (2021-01-26)
    18. Bohemian Waxwing (2021-01-26)
    19. Common Kestrel (2021-02-17)
    20. Corn Bunting (2021-02-17)
    21. Rook (2021-02-17)
    22. Ruddy Shelduck (2021-02-17)
    23. Crested Lark (2021-02-17)
    24. Common Coot (2021-02-17)
    25. Calandra Lark (2021-02-17)
    26. House Sparrow (2021-02-18)
    27. Rock Sparrow (2021-02-22)
    28. Eurasian Siskin (2021-03-05)
    29. Common Pochard (2021-03-06)
    30. Tufted Duck (2021-03-06)
    31. Ferruginous Duck (2021-03-06)
    32. Common Teal (2021-03-06)
    33. Bearded Tit (2021-03-09)
    34. Common Chiffchaff (2021-03-09)
    35. Black-headed Gull (2021-03-09)
    36. Yellow-breasted Tit (2021-03-09)
    37. Masked Wagtail (2021-03-09)
    38. Citrine Wagtail (2021-03-09)
    39. Northern Reed Bunting (2021-03-09)
    40. Common Buzzard (2021-03-09)
    41. Long-legged Buzzard (2021-03-09)
    42. Eversmann's Redstart (2021-03-15)
    43. Grey Wagtail (2021-03-16)
    44. Northern Wren (2021-03-16)
    45. Golden Eagle (2021-03-16)
    46. Little Ringed Plover (2021-03-17)
    47. White Wagtail (2021-03-17)
    48. Water Pipit (2021-03-17)
    49. Isabelline Shrike (2021-03-17)
    50. Stock Pigeon (2021-03-17)
    51. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2021-03-17)
    52. Steppe Grey Shrike (2021-03-17)
    53. Pied Wheatear (2021-03-17)
    54. Ruff (2021-03-17)
    55. Pallas's Gull (2021-03-17)
    56. Caspian Gull (2021-03-17)
    57. Western Marsh-Harrier (2021-03-17)
    58. Great White Egret (2021-03-17)
    59. Northern Pintail (2021-03-17)
    60. Hooded Crow (2021-03-18)
    61. Chukar Partridge (2021-03-19)
    62. Great Cormorant (2021-03-19)
    63. Isabelline Wheatear (2021-03-19)
    64. Bluethroat (2021-03-19)
    65. Desert Wheatear (2021-03-19)
    66. Great White Pelican (2021-03-19)
    67. Northern Lapwing (2021-03-21)
    68. Sky Lark (2021-03-21)
    69. Mute Swan (2021-03-21)
    71. Red-crested Pochard (2021-03-21)
    72. Common Redshank (2021-03-21)
    73. Wood Pigeon (2021-03-21)
    74. Northern Shoveler (2021-03-21)
    75. Common Crane (2021-04-03)
    76. Pied Avocet (2021-04-03)
    77. Black-winged Stilt (2021-04-03)
    78. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (2021-04-03)
    79. Black Redstart (2021-04-03)
    80. Hoopoe (2021-04-03)
    81. Yellow Wagtail (2021-04-03)
    82. Little Grebe (2021-04-03)
    83. Demoiselle Crane (2021-04-03)
    84. Green Sandpiper (2021-04-03)
    85. Siberian Stonechat (2021-04-03)
    86. Common Snipe (2021-04-03)
    87. Blue-capped Redstart (2021-04-05)
    88. Turkestan Shrike (2021-04-07)
    89. Greater Short-toed Lark (2021-04-07)
    90. Northern Wheatear (2021-04-09)
    91. Slender-billed Gull (2021-04-11)
    92. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2021-04-14)
    93. Long-tailed Shrike (2021-04-18)
    94. Common Raven (2021-04-18)
    95. Common Sandpiper (2021-04-19)
    96. Eurasian Curlew (2021-04-22)
    97. Little Stint (2021-04-22)
    98. Collared Pratincole (2021-04-22)
    99. Marsh Sandpiper (2021-04-22)
    100. Tawny Pipit (2021-04-22)
    101. Osprey (2021-04-22)
    102. Gull-billed Tern (2021-04-22)
    103. Caspian Tern (2021-04-22)
    104. Barn Swallow (2021-05-07)
    105. Indian Sparrow (2021-05-07)
    106. Common Rosefinch (2021-05-08)
    107. Cetti's Warbler (2021-05-10)
    108. Common Nightingale (2021-05-10)
    109. Lesser Grey Shrike (2021-05-10)
    110. European Turtle Dove (2021-05-10)
    111. Common Tern (2021-05-10)
    112. Garganey (2021-05-10)
    113. Spotted Flycatcher (2021-05-10)
    114. Eurasian Roller (2021-05-13)
    115. Great Crested Grebe (2021-05-13)
    116. European Bee-eater (2021-05-13)
    117. Rosy Starling (2021-05-13)
    118. Common Cuckoo (2021-05-13)
    119. Ortolan Bunting (2021-05-13)
    120. Egyptian Vulture (2021-05-13)
    121. Hume's Warbler (2021-05-16)
    122. Lesser Whitethroat (2021-05-17)
    123. Red-headed Bunting (2021-05-20)
    124. Red-rumped Swallow (2021-05-21)
    125. Common Oystercatcher (2021-07-09)
    126. Black Stork (2021-07-09)
    127. Black-winged Pratincole (2021-07-09)
    128. Greater Flamingo (2021-07-21)
    129. Glossy Ibis (2021-07-21)
    130. Little Tern (2021-07-21)
    131. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2021-07-22)
    132. Common Whitethroat (2021-08-19)
    133. Little Bustard (2021-08-24)
    134. Syke's Warbler (2021-08-24)
    135. Wood Sandpiper (2021-08-24)
    136. Common Shelduck (2021-08-24)
    137. Curlew Sandpiper (2021-08-24)
    138. Terek Sandpiper (2021-08-24)
    139. Kentish Plover (2021-08-24)
    140. Common Kingfisher (2021-08-25)
    141. Temminck's Stint (2021-08-25)
    142. Dunlin (2021-08-25)
    143. Grey Heron (2021-08-25)
    144. Common Greenshank (2021-08-25)
    145. Tree Pipit (2021-08-25)
    146. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2021-09-18)
    147. Black-tailed Godwit (2021-09-24)
    148. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2021-09-24)
    149. Pygmy Cormorant (2021-09-24)
    150. Mallard (2021-09-25)
    151. White-headed Duck (2021-09-25)
    152. Cinereous Vulture (2021-10-12)
    153. Steppe Eagle (2021-10-12)
    154. Lammergeier (2021-10-12)
    155. Black-throated Accentor (2021-10-21)
    156. European Robin (2021-10-27)
    157. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2021-12-07)

    recent uploads

    2021-12-31. Common Pochard.

    2021-12-30. Common Kingfisher, Common Shelduck, Mallard, Northern Pintail, Tufted Duck, White-headed Duck, Black-throated Thrush, Hume's Warbler, Cinereous Vulture, Steppe Eagle, Lammergeier, Blue-capped Redstart, Common Starling, Brambling, Common Chiffchaff, Black-throated Accentor, European Robin, Northern Wren, Common Chaffinch, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, Common Whitethroat, Common Coot.

    2021-12-29. White Wagtail, Black-headed Gull, Common Starling, Yellow Wagtail, Common Pochard, Ruff, Demoiselle Crane, Black-tailed Godwit, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Pygmy Cormorant, Bluethroat, Pied Avocet.

    2021-09-09. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater.

    2021-09-04. Greater Short-toed Lark, Crested Lark, Bluethroat, Calandra Lark, Yellow Wagtail, Syke's Warbler, Wood Sandpiper, Little Stint, Ruddy Shelduck, Common Shelduck, Marsh Sandpiper, Mute Swan, Ruff, Black-headed Gull, Curlew Sandpiper, Northern Lapwing, Western Marsh-Harrier, Common Coot, Terek Sandpiper, Demoiselle Crane, Common Starling, Kentish Plover, Little Ringed Plover, Common Kingfisher, Spotted Flycatcher, Little Stint, Temminck's Stint, Great Cormorant, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Dunlin, Turkestan Shrike, Grey Heron, Caspian Tern, Common Snipe, Common Greenshank, Collared Pratincole, Common Redshank, Tree Pipit.

    2021-08-27. Little Bustard.

    2021-08-20. Spotted Flycatcher, Lesser Whitethroat.

    2021-07-31. Black-winged Pratincole.

    2021-07-30. Collared Pratincole, Collared Pratincole.

    2021-07-29. Black Stork.

    2021-07-28. Caspian Tern, Greater Flamingo, Glossy Ibis, Slender-billed Gull, Gull-billed Tern, Little Tern, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Great Cormorant, Eurasian Curlew, Tawny Pipit, Common Oystercatcher, Common Oystercatcher, Mute Swan.

    2021-05-22. Red-rumped Swallow, Red-headed Bunting.

    2021-05-17. Hume's Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher, Lesser Whitethroat.

    2021-05-14. Eurasian Roller, Great Crested Grebe, European Bee-eater, Rosy Starling, Common Cuckoo, Ortolan Bunting, Egyptian Vulture.

    2021-05-12. European Turtle Dove, Common Tern, Garganey, Lesser Grey Shrike, Spotted Flycatcher.

    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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    Great Cormorant
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    Spotted Flycatcher
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    Northern Hawk Owl
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    Great White Egret
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    Common Kestrel
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    2025-03-23
    Common Sparrowhawk
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    Great Tit
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    2025-02-07
    Arctic Loon
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    2025-02-06
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