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Gaviiformes
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    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
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    total species: 73
    total photos: 181
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

    sort by:

    1. Collared Pratincole (2013-05-09)
    2. Great White Pelican (2013-05-09)
    3. Common Redshank (2013-05-09)
    4. Montagu's Harrier (2013-05-09)
    5. Demoiselle Crane (2013-05-09)
    6. Yellow Wagtail (2013-05-09)
    7. Ruff (2013-05-09)
    8. Kentish Plover (2013-05-09)
    9. Masked Wagtail (2013-05-10)
    10. Relict Gull (2013-05-10)
    11. Indian Golden Oriole (2013-05-22)
    12. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2013-06-09)
    13. Eurasian Roller (2013-06-09)
    14. Rosy Starling (2013-06-09)
    15. Common Moorhen (2013-06-09)
    16. Barn Swallow (2013-07-04)
    17. Common Coot (2013-07-07)
    18. Black-crowned Night Heron (2013-07-07)
    19. European Greenfinch (2013-07-20)
    20. Wood Pigeon (2013-07-28)
    21. Turkestan Shrike (2013-07-28)
    22. Lesser Grey Shrike (2013-07-28)
    23. Mallard (2013-07-28)
    24. Common Pheasant (2013-07-28)
    25. Garganey (2013-07-28)
    26. Ferruginous Duck (2013-07-28)
    27. Black-winged Stilt (2013-07-28)
    28. Common Tern (2013-07-28)
    29. Great White Egret (2013-07-28)
    30. Eurasian Redstart (2013-08-28)
    31. Spotted Nutcracker (2013-08-28)
    32. Siberian Stonechat (2013-08-29)
    33. Bluethroat (2013-08-29)
    34. Common Sparrowhawk (2013-08-29)
    35. Eurasian Nuthatch (2013-08-29)
    36. Greenish Warbler (2013-08-29)
    37. Common Buzzard (2013-08-29)
    38. Dunlin (2013-09-06)
    39. Isabelline Wheatear (2013-09-06)
    40. Common Starling (2013-09-08)
    41. Eurasian Hobby (2013-09-08)
    42. Common Kingfisher (2013-09-15)
    43. Steppe Eagle (2013-09-15)
    44. Little Bustard (2013-09-15)
    45. Black-headed Gull (2013-09-15)
    46. Northern Lapwing (2013-09-15)
    47. Black-headed Wagtail (2013-09-15)
    48. Eurasian Magpie (2013-09-27)
    49. Hooded Crow (2013-09-27)
    50. Great Tit (2013-09-27)
    51. Rustic Bunting (2013-10-14)
    52. Finsch's Wheatear (2013-10-14)
    53. Common Chaffinch (2013-10-15)
    54. Hawfinch (2013-10-15)
    55. Brambling (2013-10-15)
    56. Song Thrush (2013-10-15)
    57. Blackcap (2013-10-15)
    58. Chukar Partridge (2013-10-15)
    59. European Robin (2013-10-16)
    60. Eurasian Siskin (2013-10-16)
    61. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2013-10-16)
    62. Mistle Thrush (2013-10-16)
    63. Eurasian Blackbird (2013-10-16)
    64. Black-throated Thrush (2013-10-16)
    65. Calandra Lark (2013-10-16)
    66. Golden Eagle (2013-10-16)
    67. Common Chiffchaff (2013-10-16)
    68. Sky Lark (2013-10-17)
    69. Horned Lark (2013-10-17)
    70. Crested Lark (2013-10-17)
    71. White-Winged Woodpecker (2013-11-16)
    72. Eversmann's Redstart (2013-11-17)
    73. Black-throated Accentor (2013-12-08)

    recent uploads

    2013-12-14. Common Redshank, Black-throated Accentor, Great White Pelican, Hybrid Shrike, Masked Wagtail.

    2013-12-13. Kentish Plover, Ruff, North Mongolian Yellow Wagtail, Demoiselle Crane, Montagu's Harrier, Isabelline Wheatear.

    2013-12-08. Eurasian Hobby, Common Starling.

    2013-12-07. Mallard, Eversmann's Redstart, Ring-necked Pheasant, Lesser Grey Shrike, Turkestan Shrike, White-Winged Woodpecker.

    2013-11-24. Ferruginous Duck, Garganey, Common Moorhen, Ring-necked Pheasant, Dunlin.

    2013-11-22. Crested Lark, Common Sparrowhawk, North Eurasian Skylark.

    2013-11-21. Calandra Lark, Golden Eagle, Common Chiffchaff, Steppe Horned Lark.

    2013-11-20. Eurasian Redstart, European Robin, Eurasian Siskin, Red-breasted Flycatcher, European Robin, Mistle Thrush, Eurasian Blackbird, Black-throated Thrush, Hawfinch.

    2013-11-06. Blackcap.

    2013-11-05. Song Thrush, Chukar Partridge, Brambling, Common Chaffinch, Hawfinch.

    2013-11-04. Eurasian Magpie, Hooded Crow, Great Tit, Finsch's Wheatear, Rustic Bunting.

    2013-10-03. Bluethroat, Common Sparrowhawk, Spotted Nutcracker, Eurasian Redstart, Eurasian Nuthatch, Greenish Warbler, Siberian Stonechat, Eurasian Redstart, Common Buzzard.

    2013-09-22. Black-headed Wagtail.

    2013-09-21. Little Bustard, Eurasian Hobby, Black-headed Gull, Northern Lapwing.

    2013-09-17. Common Kingfisher, Steppe Eagle.

    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.
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