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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
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  • Strigidae
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  • Upupidae
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  • Picidae
    • Passeriformes
  • Hirundinidae
  • Alaudidae
  • Motacillidae
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  • Corvidae
  • Bombycillidae
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  • Sylviidae
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  • Muscicapidae
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  • Paradoxornithidae
  • Aegithalidae
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  • Sittidae
  • Certhiidae
  • Ploceidae
  • Fringillidae
  • Emberizidae

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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 45
    total photos: 111
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Eurasian Collared Dove (2015-01-05)
    2. Eurasian Blackbird (2015-01-08)
    3. Brambling (2015-01-08)
    4. Common Chaffinch (2015-01-09)
    5. Eastern Buzzard (2015-01-09)
    6. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2015-01-09)
    7. Great Tit (2015-01-09)
    8. Goldcrest (2015-01-11)
    9. Black-throated Thrush (2015-01-11)
    10. Common Kestrel (2015-01-13)
    11. Mallard (2015-01-13)
    12. Azure Tit (2015-01-21)
    13. Rook (2015-01-27)
    14. Mistle Thrush (2015-01-31)
    15. Eurasian Siskin (2015-01-31)
    16. Red-fronted Serin (2015-01-31)
    17. Turkestan Tit (2015-02-11)
    18. Eurasian Magpie (2015-02-11)
    19. Yellow-breasted Tit (2015-02-11)
    20. Great White Egret (2015-02-11)
    21. Grey Heron (2015-02-11)
    22. Common Buzzard (2015-02-14)
    23. Red-billed Chough (2015-02-16)
    24. Carrion Crow (2015-02-16)
    25. Common Sparrowhawk (2015-03-17)
    26. Black-headed Gull (2015-03-23)
    27. Common Chiffchaff (2015-03-23)
    28. Common Pheasant (2015-03-23)
    29. Northern Bullfinch (2015-03-30)
    30. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2015-03-30)
    31. White-Backed Woodpecker (2015-03-30)
    32. Common Raven (2015-03-30)
    33. Fieldfare (2015-03-30)
    34. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2015-03-30)
    35. Eurasian Nuthatch (2015-03-31)
    36. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2015-03-31)
    37. Rock Pigeon (2015-03-31)
    38. Red-headed Bunting (2015-06-26)
    39. Masked Wagtail (2015-06-29)
    40. Eurasian Roller (2015-07-18)
    41. Barn Swallow (2015-07-20)
    42. Common Coot (2015-07-20)
    43. Green Sandpiper (2015-07-20)
    44. Common Sandpiper (2015-07-20)
    45. Eurasian Hobby (2015-09-14)

    recent uploads

    2015-09-16. Eurasian Hobby.

    2015-07-21. Common Kestrel, Eurasian Roller, Common Pheasant, Barn Swallow, Mallard, Black-headed Gull, Common Coot, Mallard, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper.

    2015-06-30. Masked Wagtail, Red-headed Bunting.

    2015-05-28. Ibisbill.

    2015-04-11. Northern Bullfinch, Northern Bullfinch, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, White-Backed Woodpecker, Common Raven, Fieldfare, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Rock Pigeon, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Eurasian Nuthatch, White-Backed Woodpecker, Azure Tit, Fieldfare, Northern Bullfinch, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Mallard, Common Pheasant, Common Chiffchaff, Black-headed Gull, Common Sparrowhawk.

    2015-02-16. Carrion Crow, Red-billed Chough, Mistle Thrush, Eastern Buzzard, Hybrid Tit.

    2015-02-15. Common Buzzard, Black-throated Thrush, Turkestan Tit, Eurasian Blackbird, Eurasian Magpie, Yellow-breasted Tit, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Common Chaffinch, Great White Egret, Grey Heron.

    2015-02-14. Azure Tit, Eurasian Blackbird, Rook, Mistle Thrush, Black-throated Thrush, Red-fronted Serin, Eurasian Siskin.

    2015-02-13. Eastern Buzzard, Common Kestrel, Mallard.

    2015-01-11. Black-throated Thrush, Common Chaffinch, Goldcrest, Great Tit, Brambling.

    2015-01-10. Eurasian Collared Dove, Great White Pelican.

    2015-01-09. Great Tit, Brambling, Common Chaffinch, Eastern Buzzard, Grey-headed Goldfinch.

    2015-01-08. Common Pheasant, Chukar Partridge, Cinereous Vulture, Pamir Horned Lark, Black-throated Thrush, Himalayan Vulture, Common Kestrel, Red-billed Chough, Green Sandpiper, Black Kite, Little Bittern, Brambling, Eurasian Blackbird.

    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)

    more video...

    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...