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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
  • Pelecanidae
  • Phalacrocoracidae
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  • Burhinidae
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  • Picidae
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    • Kondratenko Galina

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    total species: 33
    total photos: 264
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Cinereous Vulture (2017-05-14)
    2. Eurasian Hobby (2017-06-01)
    3. Common Mynah (2017-06-01)
    4. Eurasian Blackbird (2017-06-01)
    5. Eurasian Magpie (2017-06-16)
    6. Oriental Turtle Dove (2017-07-16)
    7. Black-headed Wagtail (2017-08-12)
    8. Sand Martin (2017-08-12)
    9. Great Tit (2017-08-12)
    10. Tree Sparrow (2017-08-12)
    11. Barn Swallow (2017-08-12)
    12. Caspian Gull (2017-08-12)
    13. Carrion Crow (2017-08-12)
    14. Common Coot (2017-08-12)
    15. Common Sandpiper (2017-08-12)
    16. Great Crested Grebe (2017-08-12)
    17. Common Tern (2017-08-12)
    18. Hoopoe (2017-08-12)
    19. Common Cuckoo (2017-08-12)
    20. Black-headed Gull (2017-08-12)
    21. Great Cormorant (2017-08-12)
    22. Masked Wagtail (2017-08-12)
    23. Yellow Wagtail (2017-08-12)
    24. Black Kite (2017-08-12)
    25. Spotted Flycatcher (2017-08-13)
    26. Wood Pigeon (2017-08-13)
    27. Great White Egret (2017-08-14)
    28. Common Kestrel (2017-08-14)
    29. Shikra (2017-08-16)
    30. Hooded Crow (2017-10-16)
    31. House Sparrow (2017-10-16)
    32. Rook (2017-10-16)
    33. Red-flanked Bluetail (2017-10-16)

    recent uploads

    2017-10-17. Oriental Turtle Dove, Oriental Turtle Dove.

    2017-10-16. Red-flanked Bluetail, Great Tit, Hooded Crow, Great Tit, House Sparrow, Eurasian Blackbird, Rook, Red-flanked Bluetail.

    2017-08-31. Wood Pigeon, Eurasian Magpie, Carrion Crow, Carrion Crow, Spotted Flycatcher, Great Tit, Spotted Flycatcher, Great White Egret.

    2017-08-30. Yellow Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, Masked Wagtail, Masked Wagtail, Black-headed Wagtail, Great Tit, Tree Sparrow, Barn Swallow, Sand Martin, Caspian Gull, Carrion Crow, Common Coot, Common Sandpiper, Great Crested Grebe, Common Tern, Hoopoe, Common Cuckoo, Black-headed Gull, Great Cormorant.

    2017-08-29. Black Kite, Barn Swallow, Great Cormorant.

    2017-08-27. Common Kestrel, Eurasian Hobby, Eurasian Hobby, Eurasian Hobby, Eurasian Hobby, Eurasian Hobby, Common Kestrel, Shikra, Black Kite, Common Cuckoo.

    2017-07-21. Eurasian Magpie.

    2017-06-02. Eurasian Hobby, Eurasian Hobby.

    2017-06-01. Cinereous Vulture, Eurasian Hobby, Common Mynah, Eurasian Blackbird, Eurasian Blackbird.

    2017-02-09. Blyth's Reed Warbler.

    2017-02-08. Lesser Short-toed Lark, Greater Short-toed Lark, Greater Short-toed Lark, Greater Short-toed Lark, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Barn Swallow.

    2017-02-07. Common Chiffchaff.

    2017-02-06. Eurasian Hobby, Eurasian Hobby, Common Kestrel, Common Sparrowhawk, Common Sparrowhawk, Common Kestrel.

    2017-02-03. Fieldfare, European Robin, Brambling, European Robin, Common Chaffinch, Water Rail, Common Chaffinch, European Robin, Kentish Plover, Pine Bunting, Yellowhammer.

    2017-02-02. Red-Necked Grebe.

    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
    (Tungysh Zaparkulov)

    2025-06-17
    Great White Egret
    (Irina Kuryanova)

    2025-06-01
    Blyth's Reed Warbler
    (Irina Kuryanova)

    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)

    more video...

    unidentified birds

    2026-06-22

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    Андрей Коваленко: По фото вряд ли, но в это время там только луговые...
    2026-06-18

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    Юрий Малков: Спасибо Анна и Андрей.
    2026-06-17

    Юрий Малков: Спасибо Анна.
    more unidentified birds...