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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
  • Pelecanidae
  • Phalacrocoracidae
    • Ciconiiformes
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    • Phoenicopteriformes
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  • Anatidae
    • Falconiformes
  • Pandionidae
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  • Tetraonidae
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  • Rallidae
  • Otididae
    • Charadriiformes
  • Burhinidae
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    total species: 78
    total photos: 100
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Common Tern (2022-07-31)
    2. Black Lark (2022-07-31)
    3. Common Greenshank (2022-07-31)
    4. Black-Necked Grebe (2022-07-31)
    5. Grey Heron (2022-07-31)
    6. Common Sandpiper (2022-07-31)
    7. Lesser Grey Shrike (2022-08-03)
    8. Temminck's Stint (2022-08-03)
    9. Red-footed Falcon (2022-08-03)
    10. Whooper Swan (2022-08-03)
    11. Northern Wheatear (2022-08-03)
    12. Western Marsh-Harrier (2022-08-03)
    13. Wood Pigeon (2022-08-04)
    14. Cetti's Warbler (2022-08-04)
    15. Black-winged Stilt (2022-08-04)
    16. Wood Sandpiper (2022-08-04)
    17. Hoopoe (2022-08-04)
    18. Siberian Stonechat (2022-08-04)
    19. Booted Warbler (2022-08-04)
    20. Spotted Flycatcher (2022-08-04)
    21. Great White Egret (2022-08-04)
    22. Ruff (2022-08-04)
    23. Yellow Wagtail (2022-08-04)
    24. Barn Swallow (2022-08-04)
    25. Tufted Duck (2022-08-04)
    26. Pine Bunting (2022-08-04)
    27. Sky Lark (2022-08-04)
    28. Bluethroat (2022-08-04)
    29. White Wagtail (2022-08-04)
    30. Great Cormorant (2022-08-05)
    31. Paddyfield Warbler (2022-08-05)
    32. Pallid Harrier (2022-08-05)
    33. Black Tern (2022-08-05)
    34. Baraba Steppe Gull (2022-08-05)
    35. Sedge Warbler (2022-08-05)
    36. Great Crested Grebe (2022-08-05)
    37. White-winged Tern (2022-08-05)
    38. Little Bustard (2022-08-05)
    39. Common Coot (2022-08-05)
    40. Northern Lapwing (2022-08-06)
    41. Rook (2022-08-06)
    42. Eurasian Jackdaw (2022-08-06)
    43. Demoiselle Crane (2022-08-06)
    44. Black Kite (2022-08-06)
    45. Hooded Crow (2022-08-06)
    46. Oriental Turtle Dove (2022-08-07)
    47. Northern Reed Bunting (2022-08-07)
    48. Tree Pipit (2022-08-07)
    49. Greylag Goose (2022-08-09)
    50. Common Starling (2022-08-09)
    51. Spotted Redshank (2022-08-09)
    52. European Bee-eater (2022-08-09)
    53. Little Ringed Plover (2022-08-09)
    54. Ruddy Turnstone (2022-08-09)
    55. Terek Sandpiper (2022-08-09)
    56. Common Oystercatcher (2022-08-09)
    57. Marsh Sandpiper (2022-08-09)
    58. Black-tailed Godwit (2022-08-09)
    59. Red-backed Shrike (2022-08-09)
    60. Common Buzzard (2022-08-09)
    61. White-headed Duck (2022-08-09)
    62. Black-headed Gull (2022-08-09)
    63. Common Teal (2022-08-09)
    64. Pied Avocet (2022-08-09)
    65. Long-legged Buzzard (2022-08-09)
    66. Steppe Eagle (2022-08-09)
    67. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2022-08-09)
    68. Turkestan Shrike (2022-08-09)
    69. Kentish Plover (2022-08-09)
    70. Caspian Tern (2022-08-09)
    71. Red-crested Pochard (2022-08-09)
    72. Bearded Tit (2022-08-09)
    73. White-winged Lark (2022-08-09)
    74. Isabelline Wheatear (2022-08-09)
    75. Ruddy Shelduck (2022-08-09)
    76. Dalmatian Pelican (2022-08-09)
    77. Sand Martin (2022-08-09)
    78. Mew Gull (2022-08-09)

    recent uploads

    2022-08-30. Isabelline Wheatear.

    2022-08-29. Tree Pipit, Long-legged Buzzard, Steppe Eagle, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Steppe Eagle, Turkestan Shrike, Kentish Plover, Caspian Tern, Red-crested Pochard, Bearded Tit, Pied Avocet, Little Ringed Plover, White-winged Lark, Ruddy Shelduck, Dalmatian Pelican, Sand Martin, Greylag Goose, Great White Egret, Yellow Wagtail, Mew Gull, Common Greenshank, European Bee-eater, Common Starling, Spotted Redshank, Little Ringed Plover, Ruddy Turnstone, Ruff, Terek Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Common Oystercatcher, Marsh Sandpiper, Black-tailed Godwit, Red-backed Shrike, Common Buzzard, White-headed Duck, Black-headed Gull, Common Teal, Tufted Duck, Black Lark, Common Tern.

    2022-08-28. Great Crested Grebe, White-winged Tern, Little Bustard, Common Coot, Oriental Turtle Dove, Northern Reed Bunting.

    2022-08-14. Baraba Steppe Gull, Black Tern, Pallid Harrier, Paddyfield Warbler, Great White Egret, Great Cormorant, Sedge Warbler.

    2022-08-12. Western Marsh-Harrier, Black Kite, Hooded Crow, Booted Warbler.

    2022-08-11. Great White Egret, Pine Bunting, Spotted Flycatcher, Booted Warbler, Siberian Stonechat, Hoopoe, Wood Sandpiper, Northern Lapwing, Rook, Eurasian Jackdaw, Demoiselle Crane, Black-winged Stilt, Cetti's Warbler.

    2022-08-08. Bluethroat, White Wagtail, Temminck's Stint, Sky Lark.

    2022-08-07. Common Sandpiper, Grey Heron, Black-Necked Grebe, Common Greenshank.

    2022-08-05. Common Greenshank, Tufted Duck, Barn Swallow, Ruff, Wood Pigeon, Yellow Wagtail.

    2022-08-04. Red-footed Falcon, Lesser Grey Shrike, Whooper Swan, Western Marsh-Harrier, Northern Wheatear.

    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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