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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
  • Pelecanidae
  • Phalacrocoracidae
    • Ciconiiformes
  • Ardeidae
  • Threskiornithidae
  • Ciconiidae
    • Phoenicopteriformes
  • Phoenicopteridae
    • Anseriformes
  • Anatidae
    • Falconiformes
  • Pandionidae
  • Accipitridae
  • Falconidae
    • 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
  • Oriolidae
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  • Corvidae
  • Bombycillidae
  • Cinclidae
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  • Prunellidae
  • Sylviidae
  • Regulidae
  • Muscicapidae
  • Turdidae
  • Paradoxornithidae
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  • Certhiidae
  • Ploceidae
  • Fringillidae
  • Emberizidae

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    total species: 114
    total photos: 251
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Crested Lark (2025-01-01)
    2. Great Tit (2025-01-05)
    3. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2025-01-05)
    4. Eurasian Nuthatch (2025-01-05)
    5. European Greenfinch (2025-01-06)
    6. Long-tailed Tit (2025-01-07)
    7. Goldcrest (2025-01-07)
    8. Rook (2025-01-11)
    9. Eurasian Jackdaw (2025-01-11)
    10. Willow Tit (2025-01-12)
    11. Tree Sparrow (2025-01-13)
    12. Fieldfare (2025-01-26)
    13. Eurasian Linnet (2025-03-09)
    14. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2025-03-09)
    15. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2025-03-15)
    16. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2025-03-28)
    17. White Wagtail (2025-03-28)
    18. Mallard (2025-03-29)
    19. Garganey (2025-03-29)
    20. Black-headed Gull (2025-03-29)
    21. Common Pochard (2025-03-29)
    22. Mew Gull (2025-03-29)
    23. Eurasian Goldfinch (2025-03-31)
    24. Northern Wheatear (2025-03-31)
    25. Black Woodpecker (2025-04-05)
    26. Common Chiffchaff (2025-04-05)
    27. Common Chaffinch (2025-04-05)
    28. Bluethroat (2025-04-06)
    29. Wood Pigeon (2025-04-13)
    30. Grey Heron (2025-04-13)
    31. Tree Pipit (2025-04-15)
    32. Great Crested Grebe (2025-04-16)
    33. Cetti's Warbler (2025-04-16)
    34. Common Starling (2025-04-16)
    35. Isabelline Wheatear (2025-04-16)
    36. Yellowhammer (2025-04-25)
    37. Common Whitethroat (2025-04-25)
    38. Lesser Whitethroat (2025-05-02)
    39. Montagu's Harrier (2025-05-05)
    40. Booted Warbler (2025-05-05)
    41. Whinchat (2025-05-05)
    42. Siberian Stonechat (2025-05-05)
    44. Paddyfield Warbler (2025-05-10)
    45. Gadwall (2025-05-10)
    46. Common Cuckoo (2025-05-10)
    47. Yellow Wagtail (2025-05-10)
    48. Ortolan Bunting (2025-05-10)
    49. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2025-05-17)
    50. Black Kite (2025-05-17)
    51. Common Swift (2025-05-17)
    52. Steppe Eagle (2025-05-20)
    53. Ruff (2025-05-20)
    54. Marsh Sandpiper (2025-05-20)
    55. Black-winged Stilt (2025-05-20)
    56. Northern Lapwing (2025-05-20)
    57. Common Redshank (2025-05-20)
    58. Common Buzzard (2025-05-20)
    59. Red-headed Bunting (2025-05-20)
    60. Rosy Starling (2025-05-20)
    61. Black-winged Pratincole (2025-05-20)
    62. Western Marsh-Harrier (2025-05-21)
    63. Willow Warbler (2025-05-21)
    64. Barn Swallow (2025-05-21)
    65. Northern House Martin (2025-05-21)
    66. Great Reed Warbler (2025-05-21)
    67. Hoopoe (2025-05-21)
    68. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2025-05-22)
    69. White-winged Tern (2025-05-22)
    70. Mute Swan (2025-05-23)
    71. Caspian Gull (2025-05-23)
    72. Common Kestrel (2025-05-23)
    73. European Bee-eater (2025-05-23)
    74. Ruddy Shelduck (2025-05-23)
    75. Eurasian Curlew (2025-05-23)
    76. Sky Lark (2025-05-23)
    77. Lesser Grey Shrike (2025-05-23)
    78. Sand Martin (2025-06-25)
    79. Levant Sparrowhawk (2025-06-25)
    80. Little Ringed Plover (2025-06-28)
    81. Common Sandpiper (2025-06-28)
    82. Eurasian Redstart (2025-06-29)
    83. Thrush Nightingale (2025-06-29)
    84. Common Oystercatcher (2025-07-01)
    85. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2025-07-03)
    86. European Golden Oriole (2025-07-03)
    87. Common Coot (2025-07-13)
    88. Little Bittern (2025-07-13)
    89. Spotted Flycatcher (2025-07-29)
    90. Common Sparrowhawk (2025-08-03)
    91. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2025-08-03)
    92. Pied Flycatcher (2025-08-03)
    93. Eurasian Hobby (2025-08-03)
    94. Red-backed Shrike (2025-08-05)
    95. Booted Eagle (2025-08-18)
    96. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2025-08-18)
    97. Spotted Redshank (2025-08-19)
    98. Black-tailed Godwit (2025-08-19)
    99. Common Snipe (2025-08-19)
    100. Great Cormorant (2025-08-19)
    101. Wood Sandpiper (2025-08-19)
    102. Common Treecreeper (2025-10-15)
    103. Arctic Loon (2025-10-18)
    104. White-Backed Woodpecker (2025-10-23)
    105. Song Thrush (2025-10-23)
    106. Grey Partridge (2025-10-24)
    107. Blue Tit (2025-10-25)
    108. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2025-11-03)
    109. Northern Reed Bunting (2025-11-03)
    110. Bearded Tit (2025-11-03)
    111. Hen Harrier (2025-11-09)
    112. Northern Wren (2025-11-17)
    113. Rough-legged Buzzard (2025-11-17)
    114. Eurasian Jay (2025-11-27)

    recent uploads

    2025-11-27. Eurasian Jay, Rough-legged Buzzard, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Black-headed Gull.

    2025-11-17. Hen Harrier, Northern Wren, Rough-legged Buzzard, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Great Spotted Woodpecker.

    2025-11-03. Long-tailed Rosefinch, Northern Reed Bunting, Bearded Tit.

    2025-10-30. Black Woodpecker, Eurasian Nuthatch, Blue Tit, Blyth's Reed Warbler.

    2025-10-29. Crested Lark.

    2025-10-28. Lesser Whitethroat.

    2025-10-27. Grey Partridge.

    2025-10-26. Song Thrush.

    2025-10-25. White-Backed Woodpecker.

    2025-10-24. Great Tit.

    2025-10-23. Grey-Headed Woodpecker.

    2025-10-21. Common Treecreeper.

    2025-10-19. Arctic Loon.

    2025-10-16. Long-tailed Tit.

    2025-08-20. Spotted Redshank, Black-tailed Godwit, Common Snipe, Great Cormorant, Whinchat, Red-backed Shrike, Ruff, Wood Sandpiper.

    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

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    2026-06-21

    Андрей Коваленко: По фото вряд ли, но в это время там только луговые...
    2026-06-18

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    2026-06-18

    Юрий Малков: Спасибо Анна и Андрей.
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    more unidentified birds...