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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
  • Pelecanidae
  • Phalacrocoracidae
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    total species: 144
    total photos: 445
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 1

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    1. Great Tit (2023-01-01)
    2. Common Goldeneye (2023-01-01)
    3. Eurasian Dipper (2023-01-01)
    4. Carrion Crow (2023-01-01)
    5. Eurasian Nuthatch (2023-01-02)
    6. House Sparrow (2023-01-02)
    7. Eurasian Blackbird (2023-01-02)
    8. Tree Sparrow (2023-01-02)
    9. Fieldfare (2023-01-02)
    10. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2023-01-02)
    11. Northern Bullfinch (2023-01-02)
    12. Long-tailed Tit (2023-01-03)
    13. Eurasian Magpie (2023-01-04)
    14. Rock Pigeon (2023-01-06)
    15. Hawfinch (2023-01-08)
    16. Hooded Crow (2023-01-08)
    17. European Greenfinch (2023-01-08)
    18. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2023-01-14)
    19. Mallard (2023-01-16)
    20. Baikal Bullfinch (2023-01-16)
    21. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2023-01-16)
    22. Eurasian Goldfinch (2023-02-08)
    23. Goosander (2023-02-17)
    24. Smew (2023-02-22)
    25. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2023-02-22)
    26. Brambling (2023-03-01)
    27. White-Backed Woodpecker (2023-03-01)
    28. Tufted Duck (2023-03-01)
    29. Eurasian Jackdaw (2023-03-10)
    30. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2023-03-11)
    31. Common Chaffinch (2023-03-14)
    32. Masked Wagtail (2023-03-21)
    33. Lapland Longspur (2023-03-21)
    34. Yellowhammer (2023-03-22)
    35. Black-throated Thrush (2023-03-22)
    36. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2023-03-23)
    37. Great Cormorant (2023-03-25)
    38. Ruddy Shelduck (2023-03-25)
    39. Coal Tit (2023-03-25)
    40. Willow Tit (2023-03-25)
    41. Common Starling (2023-03-27)
    42. Caspian Gull (2023-03-27)
    43. Common Sparrowhawk (2023-03-30)
    44. Eversmann's Redstart (2023-03-31)
    45. Bewick's Swan (2023-04-01)
    46. Black Kite (2023-04-01)
    47. Northern Reed Bunting (2023-04-01)
    48. White Wagtail (2023-04-02)
    49. Common Chiffchaff (2023-04-02)
    50. Tree Pipit (2023-04-02)
    51. Upland Buzzard (2023-04-05)
    52. Black-throated Accentor (2023-04-11)
    53. Black Redstart (2023-04-12)
    54. Green Sandpiper (2023-04-12)
    55. Water Pipit (2023-04-12)
    56. Grey Wagtail (2023-04-12)
    57. Gadwall (2023-04-12)
    58. Garganey (2023-04-12)
    59. Rock Bunting (2023-04-13)
    60. Grey Heron (2023-04-13)
    61. Common Buzzard (2023-04-13)
    62. Black-headed Gull (2023-04-13)
    63. Song Thrush (2023-04-20)
    64. Citrine Wagtail (2023-04-20)
    65. Northern Pintail (2023-04-20)
    66. Bluethroat (2023-04-21)
    67. Bohemian Waxwing (2023-04-22)
    68. Common Kestrel (2023-04-23)
    69. Common Sandpiper (2023-04-28)
    70. Common Kingfisher (2023-04-28)
    71. Great White Egret (2023-04-29)
    72. Pied Wheatear (2023-04-29)
    73. Barn Swallow (2023-05-01)
    74. Spotted Flycatcher (2023-05-03)
    75. Common Pochard (2023-05-03)
    76. Northern House Martin (2023-05-03)
    77. Common Oystercatcher (2023-05-06)
    78. Common Moorhen (2023-05-07)
    79. Eurasian Redstart (2023-05-09)
    80. Rosy Starling (2023-05-12)
    81. Lesser Whitethroat (2023-05-12)
    82. Common Rosefinch (2023-05-12)
    83. Common Nightingale (2023-05-12)
    84. Northern Black Grouse (2023-05-14)
    85. Common Whitethroat (2023-05-16)
    86. Hume's Warbler (2023-05-16)
    87. European Golden Oriole (2023-05-17)
    88. Common Greenshank (2023-05-17)
    89. Pale Sand Martin (2023-05-18)
    90. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2023-05-18)
    91. Red-backed Shrike (2023-05-19)
    92. Eurasian Wryneck (2023-05-19)
    93. Paddyfield Warbler (2023-05-19)
    94. Common Cuckoo (2023-05-20)
    95. Thrush Nightingale (2023-05-20)
    96. Greenish Warbler (2023-05-20)
    97. Azure Tit (2023-05-29)
    98. Northern Shoveler (2023-06-01)
    99. Northern Wheatear (2023-06-05)
    100. Common Tern (2023-06-05)
    101. Little Ringed Plover (2023-06-05)
    102. Sky Lark (2023-06-05)
    103. Great Crested Grebe (2023-06-06)
    104. Yellow Wagtail (2023-06-06)
    105. Demoiselle Crane (2023-06-06)
    106. Rook (2023-06-06)
    107. Eurasian Curlew (2023-06-06)
    108. Common Swift (2023-06-06)
    109. Black Lark (2023-06-07)
    110. Greylag Goose (2023-06-07)
    111. Horned Lark (2023-06-07)
    112. Greater Short-toed Lark (2023-06-07)
    113. Isabelline Wheatear (2023-06-07)
    114. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2023-06-07)
    115. Long-legged Buzzard (2023-06-07)
    116. Steppe Eagle (2023-06-07)
    117. Pallas's Gull (2023-06-08)
    118. Little Tern (2023-06-08)
    119. Caspian Tern (2023-06-08)
    120. Sand Martin (2023-06-08)
    121. Kentish Plover (2023-06-08)
    122. European Bee-eater (2023-06-10)
    123. Black Stork (2023-06-22)
    124. Temminck's Stint (2023-07-12)
    125. Common Raven (2023-07-20)
    126. Siberian Stonechat (2023-07-21)
    127. Olive-backed Pipit (2023-07-21)
    128. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2023-07-21)
    129. Sulphur-bellied Warbler (2023-07-21)
    130. Eurasian Linnet (2023-07-21)
    131. Ortolan Bunting (2023-07-22)
    132. Brown Shrike (2023-07-22)
    133. Baraba Steppe Gull (2023-07-22)
    134. Pacific Swift (2023-07-23)
    135. Hoopoe (2023-07-23)
    136. White-crowned Penduline Tit (2023-08-01)
    137. Eurasian Hobby (2023-08-05)
    138. Meadow Bunting (2023-08-17)
    139. Red-necked Phalarope (2023-08-20)
    140. Oriental Turtle Dove (2023-09-05)
    141. Common Treecreeper (2023-10-19)
    142. Eurasian Siskin (2023-11-05)
    143. Pine Bunting (2023-11-07)
    144. Common Redpoll (2023-12-11)

    recent uploads

    2023-12-28. Bohemian Waxwing, Fieldfare.

    2023-12-12. Common Redpoll.

    2023-12-01. Bohemian Waxwing, Brambling.

    2023-11-26. Grey-Headed Woodpecker, White-Backed Woodpecker.

    2023-11-23. Grey-Headed Woodpecker, Hawfinch.

    2023-11-17. Common Goldeneye.

    2023-11-10. Hawfinch, Northern Bullfinch, Great Tit.

    2023-11-09. Eurasian Nuthatch, Coal Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Fieldfare.

    2023-11-08. Common Treecreeper, Bohemian Waxwing, Northern Bullfinch, Pine Bunting.

    2023-11-05. Eurasian Siskin, House Sparrow, Eurasian Siskin.

    2023-10-19. Common Treecreeper, Eurasian Magpie.

    2023-10-18. Great Spotted Woodpecker, Hawfinch, Coal Tit.

    2023-10-11. Black-throated Thrush.

    2023-10-01. Hybrid Crow.

    2023-09-10. Common Kingfisher, White 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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