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Gaviiformes
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    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
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  • Phalacrocoracidae
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  • Tetraonidae
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    • Charadriiformes
  • Burhinidae
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    total species: 138
    total photos: 906
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Common Treecreeper (2022-02-05)
    2. Hooded Crow (2022-02-05)
    3. Mistle Thrush (2022-02-05)
    4. Common Chaffinch (2022-02-05)
    5. Rook (2022-02-05)
    6. Brambling (2022-02-05)
    7. Eastern Buzzard (2022-02-05)
    8. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2022-02-05)
    9. Azure Tit (2022-02-06)
    10. Goldcrest (2022-02-06)
    11. Cinereous Vulture (2022-02-06)
    13. Golden Eagle (2022-02-06)
    14. White-winged Grosbeak (2022-02-06)
    15. Eurasian Collared Dove (2022-02-13)
    16. Eurasian Blackbird (2022-02-13)
    17. Great Tit (2022-02-17)
    18. Rock Pigeon (2022-02-17)
    19. Eurasian Siskin (2022-02-19)
    20. Red-fronted Serin (2022-02-19)
    21. Coal Tit (2022-02-20)
    22. Common Kestrel (2022-02-20)
    23. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2022-02-22)
    24. Mallard (2022-02-22)
    25. Common Raven (2022-02-27)
    26. Carrion Crow (2022-02-28)
    27. Long-tailed Tit (2022-02-28)
    28. Brown Dipper (2022-03-07)
    29. Black-headed Gull (2022-03-12)
    30. Green Sandpiper (2022-03-20)
    31. Wallcreeper (2022-03-20)
    32. Masked Wagtail (2022-03-20)
    33. House Sparrow (2022-03-20)
    34. Water Pipit (2022-03-20)
    35. Wood Pigeon (2022-03-21)
    36. Turkestan Tit (2022-03-21)
    37. Common Pheasant (2022-03-21)
    38. Common Swift (2022-03-21)
    39. Eversmann's Redstart (2022-03-22)
    40. Black-throated Thrush (2022-03-22)
    41. Laughing Dove (2022-03-22)
    42. Eurasian Jackdaw (2022-03-25)
    43. Demoiselle Crane (2022-03-25)
    44. White-Winged Woodpecker (2022-03-25)
    45. Citrine Wagtail (2022-03-25)
    46. Common Coot (2022-03-25)
    47. White Wagtail (2022-03-25)
    48. Common Mynah (2022-03-25)
    49. Grey Wagtail (2022-03-30)
    50. Alpine Swift (2022-03-30)
    51. European Greenfinch (2022-03-30)
    52. Blue-capped Redstart (2022-04-02)
    53. Western Marsh-Harrier (2022-04-02)
    54. Isabelline Shrike (2022-04-02)
    55. Great Crested Grebe (2022-04-02)
    56. Garganey (2022-04-02)
    57. Common Chiffchaff (2022-04-02)
    58. Black-Necked Grebe (2022-04-02)
    59. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2022-04-02)
    60. Northern Reed Bunting (2022-04-03)
    61. Little Ringed Plover (2022-04-03)
    62. Common Oystercatcher (2022-04-03)
    63. Caspian Gull (2022-04-03)
    64. Great Cormorant (2022-04-03)
    65. Common Moorhen (2022-04-03)
    66. Bluethroat (2022-04-03)
    67. Common Snipe (2022-04-03)
    68. Tree Sparrow (2022-04-03)
    69. Blue Whistling Thrush (2022-04-08)
    70. Turkestan Shrike (2022-04-08)
    71. Siberian Stonechat (2022-04-08)
    72. Black-winged Stilt (2022-04-16)
    74. Common Tern (2022-04-16)
    75. Common Sandpiper (2022-04-25)
    76. Barn Swallow (2022-04-25)
    77. Common Kingfisher (2022-04-25)
    78. Common Sparrowhawk (2022-04-25)
    79. Paddyfield Warbler (2022-04-25)
    80. Tree Pipit (2022-05-01)
    81. Long-eared Owl (2022-05-01)
    82. Black Kite (2022-05-02)
    83. Indian Sparrow (2022-05-02)
    84. Little Grebe (2022-05-02)
    85. Black Tern (2022-05-02)
    86. Common Cuckoo (2022-05-02)
    87. Little Bittern (2022-05-02)
    88. Great Reed Warbler (2022-05-02)
    89. Spotted Flycatcher (2022-05-07)
    90. Shikra (2022-05-07)
    91. Long-tailed Shrike (2022-05-07)
    92. Common Whitethroat (2022-05-07)
    93. Lesser Whitethroat (2022-05-07)
    94. Eurasian Roller (2022-05-07)
    95. Booted Eagle (2022-05-07)
    96. Long-legged Buzzard (2022-05-07)
    97. Chukar Partridge (2022-05-07)
    98. Common Starling (2022-05-07)
    99. Isabelline Wheatear (2022-05-07)
    100. Lesser Grey Shrike (2022-05-07)
    101. Northern Wheatear (2022-05-07)
    102. Pied Wheatear (2022-05-07)
    103. Ortolan Bunting (2022-05-07)
    104. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2022-05-07)
    105. European Bee-eater (2022-05-07)
    106. Grey-necked Bunting (2022-05-07)
    107. Oriental Turtle Dove (2022-05-15)
    108. Common Nightingale (2022-06-01)
    109. Northern House Martin (2022-07-15)
    110. Hume's Warbler (2022-07-24)
    111. Greenish Warbler (2022-08-06)
    112. Eurasian Hobby (2022-08-06)
    113. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2022-08-06)
    114. Spotted Nutcracker (2022-08-07)
    115. Common Rosefinch (2022-08-07)
    116. Northern Wren (2022-08-07)
    117. Crested Honey-Buzzard (2022-08-11)
    118. Black-throated Accentor (2022-08-13)
    119. Upland Buzzard (2022-08-13)
    120. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2022-08-13)
    121. Ibisbill (2022-08-13)
    122. Grey Heron (2022-08-20)
    123. Great White Egret (2022-08-20)
    124. Black-crowned Night Heron (2022-08-20)
    125. Common Buzzard (2022-08-28)
    126. Sulphur-bellied Warbler (2022-08-28)
    127. Songar Tit (2022-08-30)
    128. Yellow-billed Chough (2022-08-30)
    129. Black Redstart (2022-08-30)
    130. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2022-08-30)
    131. Red-billed Chough (2022-08-30)
    132. Rock Bunting (2022-09-24)
    133. Lammergeier (2022-09-25)
    134. Alpine Accentor (2022-12-03)
    135. Plain Mountain Finch (2022-12-03)
    136. Great Grey Shrike (2022-12-03)
    137. Red-crested Pochard (2022-12-30)
    138. Crested Lark (2022-12-30)

    recent uploads

    2022-12-30. Wallcreeper, Water Pipit, Common Starling, Masked Wagtail, Red-crested Pochard, Green Sandpiper, Great White Egret, Crested Lark, Grey Heron, Great White Egret, Black-headed Gull, Water Pipit, Great White Egret, Black-headed Gull, Black-headed Gull.

    2022-12-14. Eversmann's Redstart, Red-mantled Rosefinch, Azure Tit, Black-throated Accentor, Red-mantled Rosefinch, Lammergeier, Golden Eagle, Black-throated Accentor, Alpine Accentor, Chukar Partridge, Alpine Accentor, Mistle Thrush, Plain Mountain Finch, Plain Mountain Finch, Red-fronted Serin, Common Kestrel, Eversmann's Redstart, Red-billed Chough, Red-billed Chough, Spotted Nutcracker, Spotted Nutcracker, White-browed Tit-Warbler, White-winged Grosbeak, Great Grey Shrike.

    2022-12-06. Great White Egret, Eastern Buzzard.

    2022-11-20. Mistle Thrush, Blue Whistling Thrush, Eurasian Siskin, Red-fronted Serin, White-browed Tit-Warbler.

    2022-10-20. Lesser Whitethroat, Wood Pigeon, Long-tailed Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Black-throated Accentor, Common Sparrowhawk, Blue-capped Redstart.

    2022-10-05. Black-throated Thrush, Common Pheasant.

    2022-09-29. Blue-capped Redstart, Lammergeier, Guldenstadt's Redstart.

    2022-09-28. Rock Pigeon, Mallard, Coal Tit, Common Sparrowhawk, Yellow-billed Chough, Wood Pigeon, Rock Bunting, Rock Bunting.

    2022-09-09. Steppe Buzzard.

    2022-09-08. Common Kestrel, Water Pipit, Water Pipit, White-browed Tit-Warbler, Siberian Stonechat, Common Kestrel, Siberian Stonechat, Common Kestrel, Long-legged Buzzard, Oriental Turtle Dove.

    2022-09-07. Siberian Stonechat, Black Redstart, Yellow-billed Chough, Guldenstadt's Redstart, Yellow-billed Chough, Red-billed Chough.

    2022-09-06. Yellow-billed Chough, Siberian Stonechat, Yellow-billed Chough, Grey Wagtail, Common Kestrel.

    2022-09-05. Siberian Stonechat, Siberian Stonechat, Spotted Nutcracker, Sulphur-bellied Warbler, Eurasian Hobby, Blue Whistling Thrush, Eurasian Hobby, Coal Tit, Hume's Warbler, Mistle Thrush, Songar Tit.

    2022-09-02. Blue Whistling Thrush, Common Buzzard, Booted Eagle, Common Kestrel, Siberian Stonechat, Northern Wren.

    2022-09-01. Grey Heron, Great White Egret, Long-tailed Shrike, Grey Heron, Mallard, Western Marsh-Harrier, Common Moorhen, Great White Egret, Grey Heron, Long-tailed Shrike, Grey-headed Goldfinch, European Bee-eater, Common Rosefinch, European Bee-eater, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Black-crowned Night Heron, Grey-necked Bunting.

    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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    Great Cormorant
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    2025-08-31
    Spotted Flycatcher
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    2025-07-01
    Northern Hawk Owl
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    2025-06-17
    Great White Egret
    (Irina Kuryanova)

    2025-06-01
    Blyth's Reed Warbler
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    2025-04-14
    Grey-Headed Woodpecker
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    2025-03-30
    Great White Egret
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    Common Kestrel
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    2025-03-23
    Common Sparrowhawk
    (Ksenia Serbina)
    Great Tit
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    2025-02-07
    Arctic Loon
    (Irina Kuryanova)

    2025-02-06
    Red Crossbill
    (Viktoriya Zvyaginceva)

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