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Gaviiformes
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    total species: 95
    total photos: 227
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Eurasian Dipper (2019-01-01)
    2. Eurasian Magpie (2019-01-01)
    3. Hawfinch (2019-01-01)
    4. Long-tailed Tit (2019-01-01)
    5. Common Sparrowhawk (2019-01-02)
    6. Goosander (2019-01-02)
    7. Mallard (2019-01-02)
    8. Common Goldeneye (2019-01-02)
    9. Common Chaffinch (2019-01-03)
    10. Carrion Crow (2019-01-03)
    11. Tree Sparrow (2019-01-03)
    12. Great Tit (2019-01-04)
    13. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2019-01-06)
    14. Hooded Crow (2019-01-06)
    15. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2019-01-06)
    16. Fieldfare (2019-01-06)
    17. Eurasian Blackbird (2019-01-06)
    18. Eurasian Goldfinch (2019-01-10)
    19. Meadow Bunting (2019-01-10)
    20. Rock Pigeon (2019-01-13)
    21. House Sparrow (2019-01-18)
    22. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2019-02-04)
    23. Northern Black Grouse (2019-02-10)
    24. Rook (2019-02-24)
    25. Golden Eagle (2019-03-01)
    26. Willow Tit (2019-03-03)
    27. Eurasian Jackdaw (2019-03-08)
    28. Pine Bunting (2019-03-10)
    29. Northern Bullfinch (2019-03-10)
    30. Ruddy Shelduck (2019-03-10)
    31. Caspian Gull (2019-03-10)
    32. Baraba Steppe Gull (2019-03-10)
    33. Azure Tit (2019-03-19)
    34. Tufted Duck (2019-03-19)
    35. Yellowhammer (2019-03-19)
    36. Brambling (2019-03-24)
    37. White Wagtail (2019-03-24)
    38. Great Cormorant (2019-03-24)
    39. Northern Reed Bunting (2019-03-25)
    40. European Greenfinch (2019-03-26)
    41. Rock Bunting (2019-03-27)
    42. Common Starling (2019-03-28)
    43. Masked Wagtail (2019-03-28)
    44. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2019-03-28)
    45. Black Kite (2019-04-02)
    46. Steppe Eagle (2019-04-05)
    47. Black-throated Thrush (2019-04-05)
    48. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2019-04-08)
    49. Bohemian Waxwing (2019-04-08)
    50. Northern Wheatear (2019-04-13)
    51. Citrine Wagtail (2019-04-14)
    52. Eurasian Linnet (2019-04-14)
    53. Tree Pipit (2019-04-14)
    54. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2019-04-14)
    55. Water Pipit (2019-04-17)
    56. Northern Shoveler (2019-04-17)
    57. Garganey (2019-04-17)
    58. Grey Wagtail (2019-04-17)
    59. Common Sandpiper (2019-04-19)
    60. Common Kingfisher (2019-04-19)
    61. Gadwall (2019-04-19)
    62. Common Chiffchaff (2019-04-22)
    63. Pied Wheatear (2019-04-23)
    64. Song Thrush (2019-04-26)
    65. Green Sandpiper (2019-04-26)
    66. White-Backed Woodpecker (2019-05-06)
    67. Demoiselle Crane (2019-05-06)
    68. Lesser Whitethroat (2019-05-06)
    69. Common Oystercatcher (2019-05-06)
    70. Black Stork (2019-05-06)
    71. Common Buzzard (2019-05-06)
    72. Barn Swallow (2019-05-06)
    73. Black-headed Gull (2019-05-06)
    74. Eurasian Redstart (2019-05-10)
    75. Merlin (2019-05-10)
    76. Little Ringed Plover (2019-05-11)
    77. Greenish Warbler (2019-05-11)
    78. Eurasian Wryneck (2019-05-11)
    79. Common Rosefinch (2019-05-11)
    80. European Golden Oriole (2019-05-18)
    81. Little Stint (2019-05-19)
    82. Paddyfield Warbler (2019-05-20)
    83. Spotted Flycatcher (2019-05-20)
    84. Hume's Warbler (2019-05-20)
    85. Common Whitethroat (2019-05-21)
    86. Pale Sand Martin (2019-05-22)
    87. Northern Lapwing (2019-05-22)
    88. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2019-05-22)
    89. Great Crested Grebe (2019-05-28)
    90. Common Cuckoo (2019-05-28)
    91. Common Coot (2019-05-28)
    92. Common Nightingale (2019-06-07)
    93. Thrush Nightingale (2019-06-08)
    94. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2019-06-26)
    95. Red-backed Shrike (2019-07-22)

    recent uploads

    2019-07-22. Red-backed Shrike, Great Cormorant.

    2019-06-26. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush.

    2019-06-08. Thrush Nightingale.

    2019-06-07. Common Nightingale.

    2019-05-31. Caspian Gull, Great Crested Grebe, Meadow Bunting, Common Cuckoo, Common Coot, Blyth's Reed Warbler.

    2019-05-22. Pale Sand Martin, Northern Lapwing, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Common Whitethroat.

    2019-05-21. Common Whitethroat.

    2019-05-20. Paddyfield Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher, Hume's Warbler, Greenish Warbler.

    2019-05-19. Little Stint.

    2019-05-18. European Golden Oriole.

    2019-05-13. Azure Tit, Grey Wagtail, Eurasian Wryneck, Eurasian Wryneck, Fieldfare, Fieldfare.

    2019-05-11. Little Ringed Plover, Greenish Warbler, Eurasian Wryneck, Caspian Gull, Common Rosefinch, Song Thrush.

    2019-05-10. Eurasian Redstart, Common Sparrowhawk, Merlin.

    2019-05-07. White-Backed Woodpecker, Demoiselle Crane, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Oystercatcher, Black Stork, Common Buzzard, Barn Swallow, Black-headed Gull.

    2019-05-05. Common Chaffinch, Grey Wagtail, Hawfinch, Grey Wagtail.

    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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