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Gaviiformes
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    total species: 40
    total photos: 59
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Common Chaffinch (2019-01-03)
    2. Red Crossbill (2019-01-12)
    3. Great Tit (2019-01-26)
    4. Rook (2019-01-26)
    5. Red-fronted Serin (2019-01-26)
    6. Common Mynah (2019-01-27)
    7. Eurasian Magpie (2019-01-27)
    8. Hooded Crow (2019-01-27)
    9. Eurasian Jackdaw (2019-03-24)
    10. Masked Wagtail (2019-03-24)
    11. House Sparrow (2019-03-31)
    12. Eurasian Collared Dove (2019-03-31)
    13. Mallard (2019-05-01)
    14. Wood Pigeon (2019-05-01)
    15. Common Pheasant (2019-05-11)
    16. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2019-06-16)
    17. Common Rosefinch (2019-06-16)
    18. White-Winged Woodpecker (2019-07-06)
    19. Spotted Flycatcher (2019-07-06)
    20. Common Sandpiper (2019-07-14)
    21. Northern House Martin (2019-08-03)
    22. Great Cormorant (2019-08-24)
    23. Common Moorhen (2019-08-24)
    24. Great Crested Grebe (2019-08-24)
    25. Common Coot (2019-08-24)
    26. Little Bittern (2019-08-24)
    27. Little Grebe (2019-08-24)
    28. Brown Dipper (2019-08-31)
    29. Common Buzzard (2019-08-31)
    30. Common Kestrel (2019-09-07)
    31. Spotted Nutcracker (2019-09-14)
    32. Northern Wren (2019-09-14)
    33. Grey Wagtail (2019-09-14)
    34. Eurasian Hobby (2019-09-14)
    35. Blue-capped Redstart (2019-09-14)
    37. Turkestan Tit (2019-12-01)
    38. European Greenfinch (2019-12-17)
    39. Brambling (2019-12-17)
    40. Bohemian Waxwing (2019-12-17)

    recent uploads

    2019-12-28. Mallard, European Greenfinch, Brambling, Bohemian Waxwing, Blue-capped Redstart, Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker.

    2019-12-05. Common Chaffinch, Common Mynah, Turkestan Tit, Eurasian Magpie, Turkestan Tit.

    2019-10-24. Grey Wagtail, Spotted Nutcracker, Northern Wren, Common Kestrel, Little Grebe, Eurasian Hobby.

    2019-10-01. Common Kestrel, Common Buzzard.

    2019-09-30. Brown Dipper.

    2019-09-17. Mallard, Wood Pigeon, Eurasian Collared Dove, House Sparrow, Hooded Crow, Common Pheasant, Eurasian Jackdaw, Masked Wagtail, Common Chaffinch, Little Bittern.

    2019-09-11. Eurasian Magpie, Common Coot, Great Crested Grebe, Common Moorhen, Northern House Martin, Common Sandpiper, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Common Rosefinch, White-Winged Woodpecker, Spotted Flycatcher, Great Cormorant.

    2019-02-02. Common Mynah, Eurasian Magpie.

    2019-02-01. Great Tit, Eurasian Blackbird, Hooded Crow, Rook, Eurasian Collared Dove, Turkestan Tit, Common Mynah, Spotted Flycatcher, Red Crossbill, Lesser Grey Shrike, Chukar Partridge, Tree Sparrow, Great Tit, Rook, Red-fronted Serin.

    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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    2025-03-30
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    2025-03-23
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    Great Tit
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    2025-02-07
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    2025-02-06
    Red Crossbill
    (Viktoriya Zvyaginceva)

    2025-01-07
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    2024-08-03
    Common Tern
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    unidentified birds

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