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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
  • Meropidae
    • 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

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    members stats

    map of photoshootings

    total species: 162
    total photos: 1021
    total videos: 5
    total blogposts: 2

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    1. Red-fronted Serin (2023-01-02)
    2. Yellowhammer (2023-01-02)
    3. Pine Bunting (2023-01-02)
    4. Brambling (2023-01-02)
    5. Eurasian Blackbird (2023-01-02)
    6. Goldcrest (2023-01-02)
    7. Common Pheasant (2023-01-03)
    8. Eversmann's Redstart (2023-01-03)
    9. Great Tit (2023-01-03)
    10. Azure Tit (2023-01-05)
    11. Brown Dipper (2023-01-05)
    12. Mallard (2023-01-05)
    13. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2023-01-06)
    14. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2023-01-06)
    15. Black-throated Accentor (2023-01-06)
    16. Mistle Thrush (2023-01-07)
    17. Red Crossbill (2023-01-07)
    18. Spotted Nutcracker (2023-01-07)
    19. White-winged Grosbeak (2023-01-07)
    20. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2023-01-09)
    21. Eurasian Siskin (2023-01-14)
    22. Carrion Crow (2023-01-14)
    23. Eurasian Magpie (2023-01-14)
    24. Hooded Crow (2023-01-14)
    25. Long-eared Owl (2023-01-14)
    26. Common Chaffinch (2023-01-14)
    27. European Robin (2023-01-15)
    28. Great White Egret (2023-01-18)
    29. Common Mynah (2023-01-19)
    30. Pygmy Cormorant (2023-01-19)
    31. Rook (2023-01-24)
    32. Eurasian Dipper (2023-02-02)
    33. Mute Swan (2023-02-19)
    34. Corn Bunting (2023-02-19)
    35. Horned Lark (2023-02-19)
    36. Whooper Swan (2023-02-19)
    37. Goosander (2023-02-19)
    38. Desert Finch (2023-02-19)
    39. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2023-02-19)
    40. Great Grey Shrike (2023-02-19)
    41. Caspian Gull (2023-02-19)
    42. Tree Sparrow (2023-02-19)
    43. Eurasian Jackdaw (2023-02-19)
    44. Rough-legged Buzzard (2023-02-19)
    45. Common Kestrel (2023-02-19)
    46. Long-legged Buzzard (2023-02-19)
    47. Little Grebe (2023-02-19)
    48. Eurasian Collared Dove (2023-02-19)
    49. Common Buzzard (2023-02-19)
    50. Ruddy Shelduck (2023-02-19)
    51. Gadwall (2023-02-19)
    52. European Greenfinch (2023-02-25)
    53. Long-tailed Tit (2023-03-03)
    54. Lammergeier (2023-03-10)
    55. Yellow-billed Chough (2023-03-10)
    56. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2023-03-10)
    57. Golden Eagle (2023-03-10)
    58. House Sparrow (2023-03-20)
    59. Masked Wagtail (2023-03-20)
    60. Grey Wagtail (2023-03-20)
    61. Black-headed Gull (2023-03-20)
    62. Little Ringed Plover (2023-03-20)
    63. Rock Bunting (2023-03-21)
    64. Blue Whistling Thrush (2023-03-22)
    65. Black Kite (2023-03-22)
    66. Alpine Swift (2023-03-24)
    67. Chukar Partridge (2023-03-25)
    68. Pied Wheatear (2023-03-26)
    69. Common Swift (2023-04-01)
    70. Common Chiffchaff (2023-04-01)
    71. Great Cormorant (2023-04-01)
    72. Bewick's Swan (2023-04-08)
    73. Northern Pintail (2023-04-08)
    74. White-headed Duck (2023-04-08)
    75. Great Crested Grebe (2023-04-08)
    76. Common Coot (2023-04-08)
    77. Common Snipe (2023-04-08)
    78. Grey Heron (2023-04-08)
    79. Isabelline Wheatear (2023-04-08)
    80. Turkestan Shrike (2023-04-08)
    81. Garganey (2023-04-08)
    82. Common Redshank (2023-04-08)
    83. Citrine Wagtail (2023-04-08)
    84. Common Shelduck (2023-04-08)
    85. Tufted Duck (2023-04-08)
    86. Northern Shoveler (2023-04-08)
    87. Red-crested Pochard (2023-04-08)
    88. Calandra Lark (2023-04-08)
    89. Western Marsh-Harrier (2023-04-08)
    90. Great White Pelican (2023-04-08)
    91. Common Oystercatcher (2023-04-08)
    92. Dalmatian Pelican (2023-04-08)
    93. Common Pochard (2023-04-08)
    94. Tree Pipit (2023-04-13)
    95. Siberian Stonechat (2023-04-13)
    96. Wood Pigeon (2023-04-14)
    97. Black-throated Thrush (2023-04-15)
    98. Common Moorhen (2023-04-23)
    99. Common Tern (2023-04-23)
    100. Common Sandpiper (2023-04-23)
    101. Barn Swallow (2023-04-23)
    102. Green Sandpiper (2023-04-23)
    103. Hume's Warbler (2023-05-23)
    104. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2023-05-24)
    105. Common Whitethroat (2023-06-30)
    106. Oriental Turtle Dove (2023-07-01)
    107. Little Bittern (2023-07-03)
    108. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2023-07-15)
    109. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2023-07-15)
    110. Rosy Starling (2023-07-15)
    111. Eurasian Linnet (2023-07-15)
    112. Eurasian Roller (2023-07-15)
    113. European Bee-eater (2023-07-15)
    114. European Nightjar (2023-07-15)
    115. Northern Wheatear (2023-07-15)
    116. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2023-07-15)
    117. Eurasian Hobby (2023-07-29)
    118. Common Raven (2023-07-29)
    119. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2023-07-29)
    120. Coal Tit (2023-07-29)
    121. Greenish Warbler (2023-08-06)
    122. Spotted Flycatcher (2023-08-06)
    123. Black-winged Stilt (2023-08-06)
    124. Black-crowned Night Heron (2023-08-06)
    125. Ruff (2023-08-06)
    126. Wood Sandpiper (2023-08-06)
    127. Northern Lapwing (2023-08-06)
    128. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2023-08-06)
    129. Pied Avocet (2023-08-06)
    130. Common Greenshank (2023-08-06)
    131. Black-Necked Grebe (2023-08-06)
    132. Common Starling (2023-08-06)
    133. Temminck's Stint (2023-08-06)
    134. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2023-08-12)
    135. Montagu's Harrier (2023-08-12)
    136. Brown-necked Raven (2023-08-12)
    137. Asian Desert Warbler (2023-08-12)
    138. Greater Short-toed Lark (2023-08-12)
    139. Steppe Grey Shrike (2023-08-12)
    140. Red-necked Phalarope (2023-08-12)
    141. Hoopoe (2023-08-12)
    142. Common Rosefinch (2023-08-20)
    143. Red-backed Shrike (2023-08-20)
    144. Common Kingfisher (2023-08-20)
    145. Eurasian Curlew (2023-08-20)
    146. Black-headed Wagtail (2023-08-20)
    147. Sand Martin (2023-08-20)
    148. Booted Eagle (2023-08-20)
    149. Yellow Wagtail (2023-08-20)
    150. Ferruginous Duck (2023-08-20)
    151. Lesser Kestrel (2023-08-20)
    152. Crested Lark (2023-08-27)
    153. Bluethroat (2023-08-27)
    154. Desert Wheatear (2023-08-27)
    155. Little Stint (2023-08-27)
    156. Steppe Eagle (2023-08-27)
    157. Lesser Whitethroat (2023-08-30)
    158. Pacific Golden Plover (2023-08-30)
    159. Rock Pigeon (2023-09-23)
    160. Grey Plover (2023-09-30)
    161. Eastern Buzzard (2023-11-06)
    162. Bohemian Waxwing (2023-12-16)

    recent uploads

    2023-12-26. Azure Tit, Red-fronted Serin, Black-throated Thrush, Common Chaffinch, Brambling, Bohemian Waxwing.

    2023-12-25. Red-mantled Rosefinch, Grey-headed Goldfinch.

    2023-12-24. Eversmann's Redstart.

    2023-12-23. Great White Egret, Eastern Buzzard, Great White Egret, Brambling.

    2023-12-22. Great White Egret.

    2023-12-20. Bohemian Waxwing, Bohemian Waxwing, Rook, Eurasian Blackbird, Goldcrest.

    2023-12-12. Azure Tit.

    2023-12-11. White-browed Tit-Warbler.

    2023-11-13. Black-throated Thrush, Ring-necked Pheasant.

    2023-11-11. European Greenfinch, Ring-necked Pheasant.

    2023-11-10. White-browed Tit-Warbler, White-browed Tit-Warbler.

    2023-11-09. Grey-headed Goldfinch, Black-throated Thrush, White-browed Tit-Warbler.

    2023-11-08. Common Chaffinch, Brambling.

    2023-11-07. Carrion Crow, Eastern Buzzard, Hooded Crow.

    2023-11-05. White-browed Tit-Warbler, Mallard.

    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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