Silan Serg. Birds of Kazakhstan

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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

Silan Serg

members stats	map of photoshootings
total species: 134 total photos: 568 total videos: 0 total blogposts: 0

1. Northern Bullfinch (2014-01-03)

2. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2014-01-03)

3. Eurasian Magpie (2014-01-04)

4. Eurasian Dipper (2014-01-05)

5. Eurasian Siskin (2014-01-07)

6. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2014-01-07)

7. Great Tit (2014-01-11)

8. Common Redpoll (2014-01-11)

9. Baikal Bullfinch (2014-01-11)

10. Rock Pigeon (2014-01-11)

11. Mallard (2014-01-12)

12. Common Goldeneye (2014-01-13)

13. Caspian Gull (2014-01-13)

14. Tree Sparrow (2014-01-13)

15. Bohemian Waxwing (2014-01-15)

16. Common Chaffinch (2014-01-15)

17. White-Backed Woodpecker (2014-01-16)

18. Black-throated Thrush (2014-01-16)

19. House Sparrow (2014-01-16)

20. Eurasian Goldfinch (2014-01-17)

21. Carrion Crow (2014-01-18)

22. Hooded Crow (2014-01-22)

23. Common Sparrowhawk (2014-01-30)

24. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2014-01-30)

25. Goosander (2014-01-30)

26. Fieldfare (2014-01-31)

27. European Greenfinch (2014-02-04)

28. Pallas's Rosefinch (2014-02-08)

29. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2014-02-09)

30. Yellowhammer (2014-02-09)

31. Meadow Bunting (2014-02-09)

32. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2014-03-05)

33. Common Starling (2014-03-30)

34. Masked Wagtail (2014-03-30)

35. Black Kite (2014-04-01)

36. White Wagtail (2014-04-01)

37. Mistle Thrush (2014-04-03)

38. Northern Black Grouse (2014-04-03)

39. Northern Hazelhen (2014-04-03)

40. Rock Bunting (2014-04-03)

41. Northern Wheatear (2014-04-06)

42. Grey Wagtail (2014-04-10)

43. Black-headed Gull (2014-04-18)

44. Great Cormorant (2014-04-18)

45. Azure Tit (2014-04-20)

46. Common Chiffchaff (2014-04-20)

47. Hawfinch (2014-04-21)

48. Northern Reed Bunting (2014-04-21)

49. Common Oystercatcher (2014-04-21)

50. Green Sandpiper (2014-04-21)

51. Song Thrush (2014-04-21)

52. Little Ringed Plover (2014-04-25)

53. Eurasian Wryneck (2014-04-27)

54. Common Snipe (2014-04-27)

55. Gadwall (2014-04-27)

56. Demoiselle Crane (2014-04-30)

57. Common Sandpiper (2014-04-30)

58. Pine Bunting (2014-04-30)

59. Tree Pipit (2014-04-30)

60. Marsh Sandpiper (2014-05-02)

61. Short-eared Owl (2014-05-03)

62. Golden Eagle (2014-05-03)

63. Common Kestrel (2014-05-03)

64. Oriental Turtle Dove (2014-05-03)

65. White-crowned Penduline Tit (2014-05-03)

66. Barn Swallow (2014-05-05)

67. Common Nightingale (2014-05-05)

68. Pied Wheatear (2014-05-07)

69. Lesser Whitethroat (2014-05-08)

70. Garganey (2014-05-09)

71. Citrine Wagtail (2014-05-09)

72. Common Buzzard (2014-05-10)

73. Hume's Warbler (2014-05-10)

74. Eurasian Linnet (2014-05-10)

75. Pied Flycatcher (2014-05-10)

76. Common Rosefinch (2014-05-14)

77. European Golden Oriole (2014-05-15)

78. Northern Goshawk (2014-05-15)

79. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2014-05-17)

80. Common Whitethroat (2014-05-17)

81. Temminck's Stint (2014-05-18)

82. Terek Sandpiper (2014-05-18)

83. Northern Lapwing (2014-05-18)

84. Sand Martin (2014-05-18)

85. Common Tern (2014-05-19)

86. Common Kingfisher (2014-05-19)

87. Spotted Flycatcher (2014-05-19)

88. Thrush Nightingale (2014-05-23)

89. White-winged Tern (2014-05-23)

90. Little Stint (2014-05-24)

91. Red-backed Shrike (2014-05-31)

92. Great White Egret (2014-06-01)

93. Common Cuckoo (2014-06-04)

94. Barred Warbler (2014-06-04)

95. Booted Warbler (2014-06-06)

96. Hoopoe (2014-06-09)

97. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2014-07-11)

98. Steppe Eagle (2014-08-05)

99. Yellow Wagtail (2014-08-05)

100. Eurasian Hobby (2014-08-05)

101. Eurasian Roller (2014-08-05)

102. European Bee-eater (2014-08-05)

103. Eurasian Collared Dove (2014-08-07)

104. Common Mynah (2014-08-07)

105. Rosy Starling (2014-08-07)

106. Rook (2014-08-07)

107. Common Pheasant (2014-08-23)

108. Long-legged Buzzard (2014-08-27)

109. Siberian Stonechat (2014-09-02)

110. Upland Buzzard (2014-09-04)

111. Long-tailed Tit (2014-09-04)

112. Willow Tit (2014-09-04)

113. Coal Tit (2014-09-23)

114. Brambling (2014-10-03)

115. Grey Partridge (2014-10-09)

116. Ruff (2014-10-09)

117. Great White Pelican (2014-10-09)

118. Dalmatian Pelican (2014-10-09)

119. Northern Pintail (2014-10-10)

120. Sky Lark (2014-10-10)

121. Ruddy Shelduck (2014-10-10)

122. Twite (2014-10-10)

123. Water Pipit (2014-10-10)

124. Whooper Swan (2014-10-10)

125. Smew (2014-10-10)

126. Common Teal (2014-10-10)

127. Eurasian Wigeon (2014-10-10)

128. Caspian Tern (2014-10-10)

129. Northern Shoveler (2014-10-10)

130. Grey Heron (2014-10-10)

131. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2014-10-11)

132. Pacific Golden Plover (2014-10-11)

133. Black Lark (2014-10-11)

134. Grey Plover (2014-10-11)

recent uploads

2014-11-19. Northern Bullfinch, Hawfinch, Meadow Bunting.

2014-11-10. Northern Reed Bunting.

2014-11-05. Grey-Headed Woodpecker, Bohemian Waxwing.

2014-10-16. Pacific Golden Plover, Grey Plover.

2014-10-15. Northern Lapwing, Common Snipe, Ruff, Black-headed Gull, Mallard, Grey Heron, Caspian Gull, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Goosander, Black Lark, Caspian Gull.

2014-10-14. Whooper Swan, Northern Pintail, Caspian Tern, Northern Pintail, Northern Shoveler, Pallas's Sandgrouse, Pacific Golden Plover.

2014-10-13. Goosander, Dalmatian Pelican, Common Chiffchaff, Water Pipit, Smew, Common Teal, Great White Egret, Whooper Swan, Northern Pintail, Northern Pintail, Eurasian Wigeon.

2014-10-12. Golden Eagle, Grey Partridge, Caspian Gull, Black-headed Gull, Ruff, Great White Pelican, Ruff, Sky Lark, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Common Sparrowhawk, Ruddy Shelduck, Twite, Water Pipit.

2014-10-05. Common Chiffchaff, Common Rosefinch.

2014-10-04. Lesser Whitethroat, Brambling, Hume's Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Northern Wheatear.

2014-10-01. Coal Tit, Rock Bunting.

2014-09-24. Siberian Stonechat, Black-throated Thrush, Common Whitethroat, Upland Buzzard, Long-tailed Tit, Willow Tit, Tree Pipit, Great Cormorant.

2014-09-11. Oriental Turtle Dove, Common Pheasant, European Bee-eater, Long-legged Buzzard, Steppe Buzzard, Spotted Flycatcher, Siberian Stonechat.

2014-08-09. Eurasian Collared Dove, Common Mynah, Rosy Starling, Rook, Steppe Eagle, Yellow Wagtail, Eurasian Hobby, Eurasian Roller.

2014-07-25. Red-backed Shrike, White-crowned Penduline-Tit (stoliczkae).

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.

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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...