Vorobyov Vladimir. Birds of Kazakhstan

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509 photographed species of 532 (95%)

found 32 new species for Kazakhstan

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classification

Gaviiformes

Podicipediformes

Pelecaniformes

Phalacrocoracidae

Ciconiiformes

Threskiornithidae

Phoenicopteriformes

Phoenicopteridae

Anseriformes

Falconiformes

Galliformes

Gruiformes

Charadriiformes

Recurvirostridae

Pterocletiformes

Columbiformes

Cuculiformes

Strigiformes

Caprimulgiformes

Apodiformes

Coraciiformes

Upupiformes

Piciformes

Passeriformes

Paradoxornithidae

Vorobyov Vladimir

members stats	map of photoshootings
total species: 142 total photos: 476 total videos: 0 total blogposts: 0

1. Brambling (2014-01-08)

2. Pine Grosbeak (2014-01-15)

3. Black-throated Thrush (2014-01-19)

4. Red-throated Thrush (2014-01-20)

5. Northern Bullfinch (2014-01-20)

6. Bohemian Waxwing (2014-01-20)

7. Long-tailed Tit (2014-01-23)

8. Willow Tit (2014-01-23)

9. Yellowhammer (2014-01-25)

10. Asian Rosy-Finch (2014-01-25)

11. Hooded Crow (2014-02-04)

12. Common Redpoll (2014-02-07)

13. Meadow Bunting (2014-02-08)

14. Northern Hazelhen (2014-02-18)

15. Northern Goshawk (2014-02-22)

16. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2014-02-22)

17. Red Crossbill (2014-03-03)

18. Spotted Nutcracker (2014-03-03)

19. Great Rosefinch (2014-03-03)

20. Tree Sparrow (2014-03-04)

21. Red-billed Chough (2014-03-10)

22. Eurasian Linnet (2014-03-10)

23. Golden Eagle (2014-03-10)

24. Fieldfare (2014-03-11)

25. European Greenfinch (2014-03-12)

26. Pallas's Rosefinch (2014-03-15)

27. Eurasian Goldfinch (2014-03-15)

28. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2014-03-16)

29. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2014-03-20)

30. Eversmann's Redstart (2014-03-21)

31. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2014-03-21)

32. Baikal Bullfinch (2014-03-21)

33. Upland Buzzard (2014-03-22)

34. Common Raven (2014-03-24)

35. Eurasian Siskin (2014-03-24)

36. Common Chaffinch (2014-03-29)

37. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2014-03-29)

38. Sky Lark (2014-04-02)

39. Masked Wagtail (2014-04-02)

40. Long-eared Owl (2014-04-02)

41. Northern Wheatear (2014-04-02)

42. Common Kestrel (2014-04-03)

43. Northern Reed Bunting (2014-04-03)

44. Hawfinch (2014-04-03)

45. Goosander (2014-04-03)

46. Common Starling (2014-04-03)

47. Eurasian Redstart (2014-04-07)

48. Rock Bunting (2014-04-07)

49. Water Pipit (2014-04-07)

50. Isabelline Wheatear (2014-04-07)

51. Black-throated Accentor (2014-04-08)

52. Coal Tit (2014-04-08)

53. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2014-04-08)

54. Great Tit (2014-04-08)

55. Pine Bunting (2014-04-09)

56. Mistle Thrush (2014-04-16)

57. Common Chiffchaff (2014-04-16)

58. Carrion Crow (2014-04-19)

59. Ruddy Shelduck (2014-04-20)

60. Rook (2014-04-21)

61. Black Kite (2014-04-21)

62. Corn Bunting (2014-04-23)

63. Song Thrush (2014-04-23)

64. Eurasian Nuthatch (2014-04-25)

65. Black Stork (2014-04-29)

66. Common Buzzard (2014-04-29)

67. Hoopoe (2014-04-29)

68. Eurasian Jackdaw (2014-04-29)

69. Grey Wagtail (2014-04-30)

70. White Wagtail (2014-04-30)

71. Tree Pipit (2014-05-01)

72. Himalayan Vulture (2014-05-01)

73. Eurasian Wryneck (2014-05-03)

74. Siberian Stonechat (2014-05-04)

75. Pied Wheatear (2014-05-06)

76. Mallard (2014-05-07)

77. Great Cormorant (2014-05-07)

78. Yellow Wagtail (2014-05-07)

79. Common Sandpiper (2014-05-07)

80. Eurasian Wigeon (2014-05-07)

81. Citrine Wagtail (2014-05-07)

82. Caspian Gull (2014-05-07)

83. House Sparrow (2014-05-12)

84. Ortolan Bunting (2014-05-16)

85. Red-backed Shrike (2014-05-17)

86. European Golden Oriole (2014-05-17)

87. Whinchat (2014-05-18)

88. Common Rosefinch (2014-05-18)

89. Bluethroat (2014-05-20)

90. Himalayan Accentor (2014-05-26)

91. Plain Mountain Finch (2014-05-26)

92. Willow Ptarmigan (2014-05-26)

93. Common Cuckoo (2014-05-26)

94. Siberian Tit (2014-05-27)

95. Spotted Flycatcher (2014-05-27)

96. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2014-05-31)

97. Common Whitethroat (2014-06-01)

98. Booted Warbler (2014-06-04)

99. Red-flanked Bluetail (2014-06-04)

100. Greenish Warbler (2014-06-04)

101. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2014-06-06)

102. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2014-06-06)

103. Barn Swallow (2014-06-07)

104. Oriental Turtle Dove (2014-06-07)

105. Tawny Pipit (2014-06-18)

106. White-winged Scoter (2014-06-28)

107. Dusky Warbler (2014-06-29)

108. Siberian Rubythroat (2014-06-30)

109. Northern House Martin (2014-06-30)

110. Short-eared Owl (2014-07-22)

111. Hume's Warbler (2014-07-27)

112. Eurasian Dipper (2014-07-27)

113. Black Redstart (2014-07-28)

114. Northern Lapwing (2014-08-03)

115. Grey Heron (2014-08-03)

116. Taiga Flycatcher (2014-08-10)

117. Rock Pigeon (2014-08-11)

118. Montagu's Harrier (2014-08-17)

119. Lesser Whitethroat (2014-08-17)

120. Garganey (2014-08-20)

121. Red-necked Phalarope (2014-08-20)

122. Tufted Duck (2014-08-20)

123. Grey Partridge (2014-08-24)

124. Common Quail (2014-08-25)

125. Peregrine Falcon (2014-08-27)

126. Lesser Kestrel (2014-08-27)

127. Common Coot (2014-08-31)

128. Curlew Sandpiper (2014-08-31)

129. Common Teal (2014-08-31)

130. Eurasian Magpie (2014-09-05)

131. Eurasian Hobby (2014-09-06)

132. Temminck's Stint (2014-09-08)

133. Common Goldeneye (2014-09-09)

134. Great Crested Grebe (2014-09-09)

135. Great Grey Shrike (2014-09-13)

136. Wood Sandpiper (2014-09-21)

137. Common Sparrowhawk (2014-09-24)

138. Steppe Eagle (2014-10-05)

139. Eastern Buzzard (2014-10-23)

140. Horned Lark (2014-11-10)

141. Eurasian Jay (2014-11-28)

142. Eurasian Blackbird (2014-12-06)

recent uploads

2014-12-26. Upland Buzzard, Upland Buzzard, Upland Buzzard.

2014-12-17. Grey-Headed Woodpecker, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Common Goldeneye, Eurasian Dipper.

2014-12-10. Spotted Nutcracker, Northern Bullfinch.

2014-12-06. Fieldfare, Eurasian Blackbird.

2014-11-28. Long-tailed Rosefinch, Northern Goshawk, Eurasian Jay.

2014-11-17. Bohemian Waxwing, Eastern Buzzard, Eastern Buzzard, Upland Buzzard, Eastern Buzzard.

2014-11-11. Great Tit, White Wagtail, Horned Lark, Upland Buzzard.

2014-11-04. Grey-headed Goldfinch, Grey-Headed Woodpecker, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Great Grey Shrike.

2014-10-23. Brambling, Meadow Bunting, Black-throated Thrush, Altai Buzzard, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Eastern Buzzard, Upland Buzzard.

2014-10-05. Common Sparrowhawk, Steppe Eagle, Common Starling, Eurasian Jackdaw, Spotted Nutcracker.

2014-09-22. Water Pipit, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Wood Sandpiper.

2014-09-15. Eurasian Magpie, Water Pipit, Northern Wheatear, Great Grey Shrike, Tufted Duck, Common Teal, Common Goldeneye, Mallard, Ruddy Shelduck, Temminck's Stint.

2014-09-10. Black Kite, Common Starling, Goosander, Mallard, Citrine Wagtail, Masked Wagtail, Temminck's Stint, Common Rosefinch, Bluethroat, Common Goldeneye, Great Crested Grebe, Great Tit.

2014-09-06. Common Chiffchaff, Red-backed Shrike, Eurasian Magpie, Spotted Flycatcher, Siberian Stonechat, Eurasian Hobby, Common Kestrel, Upland Buzzard.

2014-09-03. Coal Tit, Upland Buzzard, Willow Tit.

Big Year 2026

1. Qanatbek Kenzhegulov (296)
2. Aizhan Baitimbet (264)
3. Galym Baitimbet (262)
4. Zhaskairat Ermek (258)
5. Gennadiy Dyakin (219)
6. Nikita Kanunnikov (214)
7. Vladimir Muravskiy (200)
8. Sirimbet Zharilkasin (196)
9. Alexandr Belyaev (183)
10. Viktoriya Zvyaginceva (173)

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)

unidentified birds

2026-06-22

Андрей Коваленко: Вопрос - что он тут потерял в июне... Когда снимал, думал что снимаю курганника...

2026-06-21

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

2026-06-18

Игорь Фефелов: Галка

2026-06-18

Юрий Малков: Спасибо Анна и Андрей.

2026-06-17

Юрий Малков: Спасибо Анна.

more unidentified birds...