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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
  • Pelecanidae
  • Phalacrocoracidae
    • Ciconiiformes
  • Ardeidae
  • Threskiornithidae
  • Ciconiidae
    • Phoenicopteriformes
  • Phoenicopteridae
    • Anseriformes
  • Anatidae
    • Falconiformes
  • Pandionidae
  • Accipitridae
  • Falconidae
    • Galliformes
  • Tetraonidae
  • Phasianidae
    • Gruiformes
  • Gruidae
  • Rallidae
  • Otididae
    • Charadriiformes
  • Burhinidae
  • Charadriidae
  • Recurvirostridae
  • Haematopodidae
  • Scolopacidae
  • Glareolidae
  • Stercorariidae
  • Laridae
    • Pterocletiformes
  • Pteroclidae
    • Columbiformes
  • Columbidae
    • Cuculiformes
  • Cuculidae
    • Strigiformes
  • Strigidae
    • Caprimulgiformes
  • Caprimulgidae
    • Apodiformes
  • Apodidae
    • Coraciiformes
  • Coraciidae
  • Alcedinidae
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    • Upupiformes
  • Upupidae
    • Piciformes
  • Picidae
    • Passeriformes
  • Hirundinidae
  • Alaudidae
  • Motacillidae
  • Laniidae
  • Oriolidae
  • Dicruridae
  • Sturnidae
  • Corvidae
  • Bombycillidae
  • Cinclidae
  • Troglodytidae
  • Prunellidae
  • Sylviidae
  • Regulidae
  • Muscicapidae
  • Turdidae
  • Paradoxornithidae
  • Aegithalidae
  • Remizidae
  • Paridae
  • Sittidae
  • Certhiidae
  • Ploceidae
  • Fringillidae
  • Emberizidae

    • Kondratenko Galina

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    total species: 38
    total photos: 387
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 3

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    1. Great Tit (2014-03-01)
    2. Eurasian Blackbird (2014-03-01)
    3. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2014-03-01)
    4. Black-throated Thrush (2014-03-01)
    5. Eurasian Collared Dove (2014-04-04)
    6. Arctic Skua (2014-05-21)
    7. Common Sandpiper (2014-05-21)
    8. Wood Sandpiper (2014-05-21)
    9. Common Redshank (2014-05-21)
    10. Ruddy Turnstone (2014-05-21)
    11. Black-headed Gull (2014-05-21)
    12. Little Tern (2014-05-21)
    13. Common Tern (2014-05-21)
    14. Great Crested Grebe (2014-05-21)
    15. Little Stint (2014-05-22)
    16. Gull-billed Tern (2014-05-23)
    17. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2014-05-24)
    18. Red-necked Phalarope (2014-05-24)
    19. White Wagtail (2014-05-24)
    20. Little Gull (2014-05-24)
    21. Pallas's Gull (2014-05-24)
    22. Sandwich Tern (2014-05-24)
    23. Caspian Gull (2014-05-24)
    24. Garden Warbler (2014-05-25)
    25. Lesser Black-backed Gull (2014-05-25)
    26. Rosy Starling (2014-05-25)
    27. Greater Short-toed Lark (2014-05-26)
    28. Black-legged Kittiwake (2014-05-28)
    29. Willow Warbler (2014-05-29)
    30. Barred Warbler (2014-05-29)
    31. Lesser Grey Shrike (2014-05-29)
    32. Sedge Warbler (2014-05-29)
    33. Black Tern (2014-05-29)
    34. Caspian Tern (2014-05-29)
    35. Little Bittern (2014-05-29)
    36. Red-backed Shrike (2014-05-29)
    37. Great Cormorant (2014-05-29)
    38. Oriental Turtle Dove (2014-05-31)

    recent uploads

    2014-12-04. Siberian Black-backed Gull.

    2014-06-17. Gull-billed Tern.

    2014-06-14. Little Stint.

    2014-06-12. Common Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Common Redshank, Ruddy Turnstone, Black-headed Gull, Little Tern, Common Tern, Great Crested Grebe.

    2014-06-11. Little Stint, Wood Sandpiper.

    2014-06-08. Black-legged Kittiwake.

    2014-06-07. Sedge Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Lesser Grey Shrike, Barred Warbler, Barred Warbler, Oriental Turtle Dove, Greater Short-toed Lark, Greater Short-toed Lark.

    2014-06-06. Willow Warbler, Willow Warbler, Great Cormorant, Red-backed Shrike, Little Bittern, Caspian Tern, Common Tern, Black Tern, Black-legged Kittiwake, Black-legged Kittiwake.

    2014-06-05. Blyth's Reed Warbler, Eurasian Collared Dove, Red-necked Phalarope, White Wagtail, Little Gull, Pallas's Gull, Common Tern, Sandwich Tern, Caspian Gull, Rosy Starling, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Garden Warbler, Arctic Skua.

    2014-04-28. Tree Pipit.

    2014-04-27. Mew Gull, Black-headed Gull, Mew Gull, Caspian Gull, Caspian Gull, Caspian Gull.

    2014-04-26. Caspian Gull, Mew Gull.

    2014-04-04. European Black Redstart, Eurasian Collared Dove.

    2014-04-03. Long-eared Owl, Rook, Caspian Gull.

    2014-04-02. Tawny Pipit, Peregrine Falcon, Brambling, Brambling, Brambling, Brambling, Brambling, Eurasian Siskin, European Nightjar, Tree Sparrow, Tree Sparrow, Common Chiffchaff, Common Chiffchaff.

    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...

    recent video

    2026-01-18
    Common Kestrel
    (Ruslan Abutrapov)

    2025-10-31
    Great Cormorant
    (Raouf Bairashev)

    2025-08-31
    Spotted Flycatcher
    (Anna Yasko)

    2025-07-01
    Northern Hawk Owl
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    2025-06-17
    Great White Egret
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    2025-06-01
    Blyth's Reed Warbler
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    2025-04-14
    Grey-Headed Woodpecker
    (sergey izoya)

    2025-03-30
    Great White Egret
    (Anna Yasko)
    Common Kestrel
    (Anna Yasko)

    2025-03-23
    Common Sparrowhawk
    (Ksenia Serbina)
    Great Tit
    (Ksenia Serbina)

    2025-02-07
    Arctic Loon
    (Irina Kuryanova)

    2025-02-06
    Red Crossbill
    (Viktoriya Zvyaginceva)

    2025-01-07
    Eurasian Penduline Tit
    (sergey izoya)

    2024-08-03
    Common Tern
    (Viktoriya Zvyaginceva)

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    unidentified birds

    2026-06-22

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