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    • Vladimir Dvorianov

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    total species: 31
    total photos: 109
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Common Pheasant (2013-02-28)
    2. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2013-07-04)
    3. Lesser Grey Shrike (2013-08-01)
    4. Red-headed Bunting (2013-08-01)
    5. Indian Golden Oriole (2013-08-13)
    6. Grey-necked Bunting (2013-08-16)
    7. Common Moorhen (2013-08-17)
    8. Tree Sparrow (2013-08-17)
    9. Siberian Stonechat (2013-08-20)
    10. Long-tailed Shrike (2013-08-20)
    11. Tree Pipit (2013-08-28)
    12. Ortolan Bunting (2013-08-28)
    13. Common Cuckoo (2013-08-28)
    14. Eurasian Roller (2013-09-02)
    15. Long-legged Buzzard (2013-09-11)
    16. Hoopoe (2013-09-12)
    17. Common Buzzard (2013-09-14)
    18. Common Starling (2013-09-18)
    19. Rook (2013-09-18)
    20. Booted Eagle (2013-09-18)
    21. Common Mynah (2013-09-18)
    22. Black Kite (2013-09-20)
    23. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2013-09-30)
    24. Upland Buzzard (2013-10-15)
    25. Eastern Buzzard (2013-11-06)
    26. Hen Harrier (2013-11-06)
    27. Great Tit (2013-12-11)
    28. Eurasian Siskin (2013-12-11)
    29. Brambling (2013-12-20)
    30. Eurasian Blackbird (2013-12-23)
    31. Common Chaffinch (2013-12-23)

    recent uploads

    2014-01-06. Hooded Crow.

    2013-12-29. Brambling, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Northern Goshawk, Hybrid Tit, Great Tit.

    2013-12-23. Eurasian Blackbird, Common Chaffinch, Brambling, Lesser Grey Shrike, Lesser Grey Shrike, Lesser Grey Shrike.

    2013-12-12. Great Tit, Great Tit, Eurasian Siskin, Eurasian Jackdaw.

    2013-12-07. Eastern Buzzard, Eastern Buzzard, Common Mynah, Laughing Dove, Rook, Rook.

    2013-12-01. Common Cuckoo, Ortolan Bunting, Grey-necked Bunting, Red-headed Bunting, Indian Golden Oriole, Indian Golden Oriole, Tree Sparrow, Tree Sparrow, Tree Sparrow, Tree Pipit.

    2013-11-29. Black Kite, Booted Eagle, Common Starling, Siberian Stonechat, Siberian Stonechat, Siberian Stonechat, Siberian Stonechat.

    2013-11-28. Eastern Buzzard, Eastern Buzzard, Mountain Long-legged Buzzard, Common Buzzard, Mountain Long-legged Buzzard, Black Kite.

    2013-11-26. Eastern Scops-Owl, Eastern Scops-Owl, Red-headed Bunting, Red-headed Bunting, Red-headed Bunting, Red-headed Bunting, Long-tailed Shrike, Long-tailed Shrike, Long-tailed Shrike.

    2013-11-24. Hoopoe, Common Moorhen, Long-legged Buzzard, Short-toed Snake-Eagle, Mountain Long-legged Buzzard, Hen Harrier, Eastern Buzzard, Upland Buzzard.

    2013-11-23. Hybrid Crow, Hybrid Crow, Siberian Stonechat, Common Pheasant, Eurasian Roller, Common Mynah, Long-legged Buzzard.

    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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