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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
  • Pelecanidae
  • Phalacrocoracidae
    • Ciconiiformes
  • Ardeidae
  • Threskiornithidae
  • Ciconiidae
    • Phoenicopteriformes
  • Phoenicopteridae
    • Anseriformes
  • Anatidae
    • Falconiformes
  • Pandionidae
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  • Tetraonidae
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  • Rallidae
  • Otididae
    • Charadriiformes
  • Burhinidae
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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 136
    total photos: 365
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 2

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    1. Rook (2016-01-02)
    2. Eurasian Magpie (2016-01-02)
    3. Common Mynah (2016-01-04)
    4. Eurasian Goldfinch (2016-01-10)
    5. Eurasian Dipper (2016-01-11)
    6. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2016-01-12)
    7. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2016-01-12)
    8. Common Chaffinch (2016-01-12)
    9. Tree Sparrow (2016-01-12)
    10. Rock Pigeon (2016-01-12)
    11. House Sparrow (2016-01-15)
    12. Mistle Thrush (2016-01-15)
    13. Willow Tit (2016-01-16)
    14. Black-throated Thrush (2016-01-18)
    15. Hawfinch (2016-01-18)
    16. Great Tit (2016-01-19)
    17. Carrion Crow (2016-01-19)
    18. European Greenfinch (2016-01-23)
    19. Common Goldeneye (2016-01-23)
    20. Mallard (2016-01-23)
    21. Long-tailed Tit (2016-01-26)
    22. Eurasian Blackbird (2016-01-27)
    23. Goosander (2016-03-11)
    24. Hooded Crow (2016-03-13)
    25. Meadow Bunting (2016-03-14)
    26. Baraba Steppe Gull (2016-03-14)
    27. Fieldfare (2016-03-14)
    28. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2016-03-19)
    29. Ruddy Shelduck (2016-03-20)
    30. Northern Black Grouse (2016-03-20)
    31. Eurasian Jackdaw (2016-03-20)
    32. Yellowhammer (2016-03-26)
    33. Common Starling (2016-03-26)
    34. Masked Wagtail (2016-03-26)
    35. Brambling (2016-03-26)
    36. White Wagtail (2016-03-26)
    37. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2016-03-26)
    38. Black Kite (2016-03-27)
    39. Caspian Gull (2016-03-27)
    40. Common Snipe (2016-03-30)
    41. Black-headed Gull (2016-03-31)
    42. White-Backed Woodpecker (2016-03-31)
    43. Northern Reed Bunting (2016-04-02)
    44. Grey Heron (2016-04-04)
    45. Azure Tit (2016-04-04)
    46. Whooper Swan (2016-04-06)
    47. Isabelline Wheatear (2016-04-06)
    48. Great Cormorant (2016-04-09)
    49. Northern Wheatear (2016-04-09)
    50. Common Chiffchaff (2016-04-10)
    51. Green Sandpiper (2016-04-14)
    52. Grey Wagtail (2016-04-16)
    53. Song Thrush (2016-04-17)
    54. Common Sparrowhawk (2016-04-20)
    56. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2016-04-24)
    57. Eurasian Linnet (2016-04-24)
    58. Common Kestrel (2016-04-25)
    59. Gadwall (2016-04-25)
    60. Common Sandpiper (2016-04-27)
    61. Lesser Whitethroat (2016-05-02)
    62. Pied Wheatear (2016-05-03)
    63. Eurasian Wigeon (2016-05-05)
    64. Hume's Warbler (2016-05-05)
    65. Demoiselle Crane (2016-05-05)
    66. Siberian Stonechat (2016-05-05)
    67. Pine Bunting (2016-05-05)
    68. Common Rosefinch (2016-05-06)
    69. Garganey (2016-05-06)
    70. Eurasian Wryneck (2016-05-07)
    71. Tree Pipit (2016-05-07)
    72. Eurasian Redstart (2016-05-08)
    73. Common Teal (2016-05-08)
    74. Common Cuckoo (2016-05-08)
    75. Common Kingfisher (2016-05-11)
    76. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2016-05-13)
    77. Common Nightingale (2016-05-13)
    78. Thrush Nightingale (2016-05-13)
    79. Barn Swallow (2016-05-13)
    80. Paddyfield Warbler (2016-05-13)
    81. Red-backed Shrike (2016-05-17)
    82. Spotted Flycatcher (2016-05-17)
    83. Common Whitethroat (2016-05-21)
    84. European Golden Oriole (2016-05-21)
    85. Greenish Warbler (2016-05-21)
    86. Citrine Wagtail (2016-05-24)
    87. Oriental Turtle Dove (2016-06-05)
    88. Barred Warbler (2016-06-05)
    89. Tufted Duck (2016-06-06)
    90. Common Tern (2016-06-21)
    91. Sky Lark (2016-06-22)
    92. Red-headed Bunting (2016-06-22)
    93. Little Ringed Plover (2016-06-22)
    94. Black-winged Stilt (2016-06-23)
    95. Common Redshank (2016-06-23)
    96. Tawny Pipit (2016-06-23)
    97. Desert Wheatear (2016-06-23)
    98. Steppe Eagle (2016-06-23)
    99. Upland Buzzard (2016-06-23)
    100. Horned Lark (2016-06-24)
    101. Turkestan Shrike (2016-06-24)
    102. Long-legged Buzzard (2016-06-24)
    103. Common Swift (2016-06-24)
    104. Hoopoe (2016-06-24)
    105. Great Crested Grebe (2016-06-25)
    106. Booted Warbler (2016-08-07)
    107. Common Buzzard (2016-08-07)
    108. Little Stint (2016-08-16)
    109. Caspian Tern (2016-08-16)
    110. Great White Egret (2016-08-16)
    111. Wood Sandpiper (2016-08-16)
    112. Black Stork (2016-08-17)
    113. Pallas's Gull (2016-08-17)
    114. Chukar Partridge (2016-08-18)
    115. Terek Sandpiper (2016-08-19)
    116. Ortolan Bunting (2016-08-19)
    117. Yellow Wagtail (2016-08-19)
    118. Common Coot (2016-09-02)
    119. Ruff (2016-09-02)
    120. Greylag Goose (2016-09-02)
    121. Red-necked Phalarope (2016-09-02)
    122. Common Greenshank (2016-09-02)
    123. Dunlin (2016-09-02)
    124. Black-tailed Godwit (2016-09-02)
    125. Northern Shoveler (2016-09-02)
    126. Dalmatian Pelican (2016-09-03)
    127. Red-crested Pochard (2016-09-04)
    128. Northern Lapwing (2016-09-04)
    129. Pacific Golden Plover (2016-09-04)
    130. Eurasian Curlew (2016-09-04)
    131. Greater Flamingo (2016-10-27)
    132. Taiga Flycatcher (2016-10-31)
    133. Eurasian Siskin (2016-11-01)
    134. Baikal Bullfinch (2016-12-14)
    135. Northern Bullfinch (2016-12-14)
    136. Bohemian Waxwing (2016-12-22)

    recent uploads

    2017-01-05. Baraba Steppe Gull.

    2016-12-24. Baikal Bullfinch, Northern Bullfinch.

    2016-12-22. Baikal Bullfinch, Eurasian Dipper, Bohemian Waxwing.

    2016-11-09. Greater Flamingo.

    2016-11-06. Willow Tit, Eurasian Goldfinch, Black-throated Thrush.

    2016-11-01. Eurasian Siskin.

    2016-10-31. Taiga Flycatcher.

    2016-10-28. Greater Flamingo.

    2016-10-08. Meadow Bunting.

    2016-09-09. Pacific Golden Plover.

    2016-09-08. Whooper Swan, Red-crested Pochard, Northern Lapwing, Pacific Golden Plover, Great White Egret, Eurasian Curlew.

    2016-09-07. Dunlin, Wood Sandpiper, Common Tern, Common Snipe, Little Stint, Black-tailed Godwit, Gadwall, Yellow Wagtail, Little Stint, Common Teal, Common Coot, Northern Shoveler, Mallard, Great Crested Grebe, Common Teal, Dalmatian Pelican, Dalmatian Pelican.

    2016-09-06. Black Stork, Wood Sandpiper, Pallas's Gull, Chukar Partridge, Ruff, Greylag Goose, Red-necked Phalarope, Little Stint, Common Greenshank, Black-tailed Godwit.

    2016-08-25. Blyth's Reed Warbler, Terek Sandpiper, Little Stint, Ortolan Bunting, Yellow Wagtail.

    2016-08-23. Siberian Stonechat, Little Stint, Caspian Tern, Great White Egret, Rook, Gadwall.

    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
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    2025-02-06
    Red Crossbill
    (Viktoriya Zvyaginceva)

    2025-01-07
    Eurasian Penduline Tit
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    2024-08-03
    Common Tern
    (Viktoriya Zvyaginceva)

    more video...

    unidentified birds

    2026-06-22

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    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.
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    more unidentified birds...