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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
  • Pelecanidae
  • Phalacrocoracidae
    • Ciconiiformes
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    • Anseriformes
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  • Tetraonidae
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  • Rallidae
  • Otididae
    • Charadriiformes
  • Burhinidae
  • Charadriidae
  • Recurvirostridae
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  • Upupidae
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  • Picidae
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  • Alaudidae
  • Motacillidae
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  • Paradoxornithidae
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  • Certhiidae
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  • Fringillidae
  • Emberizidae

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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 216
    total photos: 906
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 2

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    1. Red-fronted Serin (2016-01-03)
    2. Lesser Whitethroat (2016-01-03)
    3. Great Tit (2016-01-03)
    4. Eurasian Siskin (2016-01-03)
    5. Eurasian Blackbird (2016-01-03)
    6. Azure Tit (2016-01-03)
    7. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2016-01-03)
    8. Eurasian Magpie (2016-01-03)
    9. Rook (2016-01-03)
    10. Rock Pigeon (2016-01-03)
    11. Brambling (2016-01-03)
    12. European Robin (2016-01-03)
    13. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2016-01-09)
    14. House Sparrow (2016-01-09)
    15. Hooded Crow (2016-01-09)
    16. Caspian Gull (2016-01-10)
    17. Mew Gull (2016-01-10)
    18. Mallard (2016-01-10)
    19. Greater Ringed Plover (2016-01-10)
    20. Common Snipe (2016-01-10)
    21. Common Chaffinch (2016-01-10)
    22. Common Coot (2016-01-10)
    23. Great Cormorant (2016-01-10)
    24. Common Shelduck (2016-01-10)
    25. Greater Flamingo (2016-01-10)
    26. Great Crested Grebe (2016-01-10)
    27. Pygmy Cormorant (2016-01-10)
    28. Western Marsh-Harrier (2016-01-10)
    29. Crested Lark (2016-01-11)
    30. Whooper Swan (2016-01-11)
    31. Common Pochard (2016-01-11)
    32. Little Grebe (2016-01-11)
    33. Common Raven (2016-01-11)
    34. Horned Lark (2016-01-11)
    35. Common Goldeneye (2016-01-12)
    36. Red-crested Pochard (2016-01-12)
    37. Mute Swan (2016-01-12)
    38. Hen Harrier (2016-01-12)
    39. Black-Necked Grebe (2016-01-12)
    40. Rock Sparrow (2016-01-12)
    41. Eurasian Jackdaw (2016-01-12)
    42. Common Greenshank (2016-01-12)
    43. Great Grey Shrike (2016-01-12)
    44. Common Kestrel (2016-01-12)
    45. Tufted Duck (2016-01-12)
    46. Red-breasted Merganser (2016-01-15)
    47. Common Sparrowhawk (2016-01-15)
    48. Grey Heron (2016-01-15)
    49. Great White Egret (2016-01-15)
    50. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2016-01-19)
    51. Hawfinch (2016-01-19)
    52. Black-headed Gull (2016-01-19)
    53. Black Lark (2016-01-19)
    54. White-winged Lark (2016-01-19)
    55. Rough-legged Buzzard (2016-01-22)
    56. Northern Reed Bunting (2016-01-24)
    57. Bearded Tit (2016-01-24)
    58. Grey Partridge (2016-01-30)
    59. Calandra Lark (2016-01-30)
    60. Blue Tit (2016-01-30)
    61. Spanish Sparrow (2016-01-30)
    62. Carrion Crow (2016-02-07)
    63. Eversmann's Redstart (2016-02-07)
    64. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2016-02-07)
    65. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2016-02-07)
    66. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2016-02-14)
    67. Eurasian Goldfinch (2016-02-14)
    68. European Greenfinch (2016-02-14)
    69. Lammergeier (2016-02-21)
    70. Common Mynah (2016-02-25)
    71. Dalmatian Pelican (2016-02-27)
    72. Northern Pintail (2016-02-27)
    73. Northern Lapwing (2016-02-27)
    74. Eurasian Collared Dove (2016-02-27)
    75. Yellowhammer (2016-02-27)
    76. Goosander (2016-02-27)
    77. Ferruginous Duck (2016-02-27)
    78. Ruddy Shelduck (2016-02-27)
    79. Gadwall (2016-02-27)
    80. Little Ringed Plover (2016-03-07)
    81. Masked Wagtail (2016-03-07)
    82. Citrine Wagtail (2016-03-07)
    83. Isabelline Shrike (2016-03-07)
    84. Desert Finch (2016-03-07)
    85. Upland Buzzard (2016-03-07)
    86. Eurasian Linnet (2016-03-07)
    87. Common Starling (2016-03-07)
    88. Long-legged Buzzard (2016-03-07)
    89. Rock Bunting (2016-03-13)
    90. Pine Bunting (2016-03-13)
    91. Common Teal (2016-03-13)
    92. Pied Wheatear (2016-03-13)
    93. Isabelline Wheatear (2016-03-18)
    94. Sky Lark (2016-03-18)
    95. Little Owl (2016-03-18)
    96. Common Pheasant (2016-03-18)
    97. Steppe Eagle (2016-03-20)
    98. White Wagtail (2016-03-20)
    99. Pallas's Gull (2016-03-20)
    100. Pied Avocet (2016-03-20)
    101. Corn Bunting (2016-03-20)
    102. Water Pipit (2016-03-20)
    103. Desert Wheatear (2016-03-20)
    104. Hoopoe (2016-03-20)
    105. Common Chiffchaff (2016-03-20)
    106. Tree Sparrow (2016-03-31)
    107. Grey Wagtail (2016-04-03)
    108. Blue Whistling Thrush (2016-04-03)
    109. Brown Dipper (2016-04-03)
    110. Eurasian Dipper (2016-04-03)
    111. Black Kite (2016-04-04)
    112. Great White Pelican (2016-04-10)
    113. Northern Wheatear (2016-04-10)
    114. Turkestan Shrike (2016-04-10)
    115. Demoiselle Crane (2016-04-10)
    116. Garganey (2016-04-10)
    117. Common Redshank (2016-04-10)
    118. Tawny Pipit (2016-04-17)
    119. Green Sandpiper (2016-04-17)
    120. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2016-04-17)
    121. Black-winged Stilt (2016-04-17)
    122. Common Sandpiper (2016-04-17)
    123. Common Tern (2016-04-17)
    124. Common Swift (2016-04-17)
    125. Wood Pigeon (2016-04-17)
    126. Willow Warbler (2016-04-17)
    127. White-tailed Lapwing (2016-04-17)
    128. Marsh Sandpiper (2016-04-17)
    129. Kentish Plover (2016-04-17)
    130. Greylag Goose (2016-04-17)
    131. Barn Swallow (2016-04-17)
    132. European Bee-eater (2016-05-02)
    133. Common Cuckoo (2016-05-02)
    134. Eurasian Redstart (2016-05-02)
    135. Red-Necked Grebe (2016-05-02)
    136. Slender-billed Gull (2016-05-02)
    137. Gull-billed Tern (2016-05-02)
    138. Whinchat (2016-05-02)
    139. Temminck's Stint (2016-05-03)
    140. Syke's Warbler (2016-05-03)
    141. Spotted Flycatcher (2016-05-03)
    142. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2016-05-03)
    143. Eurasian Whimbrel (2016-05-03)
    144. Greater Short-toed Lark (2016-05-03)
    145. Northern Shoveler (2016-05-03)
    146. Eurasian Hobby (2016-05-03)
    147. Red-footed Falcon (2016-05-03)
    148. Collared Pratincole (2016-05-03)
    149. White-headed Duck (2016-05-03)
    150. Whiskered Tern (2016-05-03)
    151. Booted Warbler (2016-05-03)
    152. Red-backed Shrike (2016-05-03)
    153. Common Rosefinch (2016-05-03)
    154. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2016-05-03)
    155. Eurasian Roller (2016-05-03)
    156. Steppe Grey Shrike (2016-05-21)
    157. Glossy Ibis (2016-05-22)
    158. Indian Sparrow (2016-05-28)
    159. Rosy Starling (2016-05-28)
    160. Bluethroat (2016-05-28)
    161. Yellow Wagtail (2016-05-30)
    162. Black-tailed Godwit (2016-05-30)
    163. Siberian Stonechat (2016-06-08)
    164. Common Whitethroat (2016-06-09)
    165. Pallid Harrier (2016-06-09)
    166. Red-headed Bunting (2016-06-09)
    167. Eurasian Reed Warbler (2016-06-20)
    168. Great Reed Warbler (2016-06-20)
    169. Little Gull (2016-06-21)
    170. Black-headed Wagtail (2016-06-22)
    171. Eurasian Spoonbill (2016-06-22)
    172. Purple Heron (2016-06-22)
    173. Little Egret (2016-06-22)
    174. Black-crowned Night Heron (2016-06-22)
    175. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2016-06-22)
    176. Black-winged Pratincole (2016-06-24)
    177. Ruff (2016-06-24)
    178. Black-headed Penduline Tit (2016-06-26)
    179. Little Bittern (2016-06-26)
    180. Greenish Warbler (2016-07-10)
    181. Lesser Grey Shrike (2016-08-07)
    182. Montagu's Harrier (2016-08-07)
    183. Sanderling (2016-08-07)
    184. Red-necked Phalarope (2016-08-07)
    185. Common Kingfisher (2016-08-07)
    186. Hume's Warbler (2016-08-23)
    187. Sandwich Tern (2016-08-28)
    188. Tree Pipit (2016-08-28)
    189. Garden Warbler (2016-08-28)
    190. Dunlin (2016-09-12)
    191. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2016-09-12)
    192. Wood Sandpiper (2016-09-12)
    193. Little Stint (2016-09-12)
    194. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2016-09-12)
    195. Eurasian Curlew (2016-09-24)
    196. European Nightjar (2016-09-26)
    197. Coal Tit (2016-10-16)
    198. Fieldfare (2016-10-24)
    199. Eurasian Jay (2016-10-24)
    200. Black-throated Thrush (2016-10-24)
    201. Spotted Redshank (2016-11-05)
    202. Bean Goose (2016-11-12)
    203. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2016-11-12)
    204. Greater White-fronted Goose (2016-11-12)
    205. Smew (2016-11-12)
    206. Goldcrest (2016-12-01)
    207. Red Crossbill (2016-12-01)
    208. Laughing Dove (2016-12-05)
    209. Mistle Thrush (2016-12-16)
    210. Northern Wren (2016-12-16)
    211. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (2016-12-16)
    212. Chukar Partridge (2016-12-16)
    213. Ibisbill (2016-12-16)
    214. Long-tailed Tit (2016-12-16)
    215. Baikal Bullfinch (2016-12-16)
    216. White-winged Grosbeak (2016-12-25)

    recent uploads

    2016-12-25. Goldcrest, Eurasian Blackbird, White-winged Grosbeak, Eurasian Siskin.

    2016-12-18. Mistle Thrush, Northern Wren, Great White Egret, Water Pipit, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Hen Harrier, Eastern Rock Nuthatch, Chukar Partridge, Ibisbill, Long-tailed Tit, Baikal Bullfinch.

    2016-12-05. Common Mynah, Laughing Dove.

    2016-12-01. Great Tit, House Sparrow, Tree Sparrow, Common Sparrowhawk, Azure Tit, Goldcrest, Brambling, Eurasian Blackbird, Red Crossbill.

    2016-11-17. Bean Goose, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Eurasian Linnet, Greater White-fronted Goose, Whooper Swan, Goosander, Smew, Great Cormorant, Hen Harrier, Pied Avocet, Mallard, Common Kestrel, Lesser Short-toed Lark, Yellowhammer, Ring-necked Pheasant.

    2016-11-16. Steppe Eagle, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Great Grey Shrike, Ruddy Shelduck, Grey-headed Goldfinch.

    2016-11-05. Eurasian Blackbird, House Sparrow, Ring-necked Pheasant, Eurasian Collared Dove, Steppe Eagle, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, European Greenfinch, Brambling, Northern Lapwing, Black-headed Gull, Northern Reed Bunting, Spotted Redshank, Caspian Gull, Steppe Eagle, Crested Lark, Crested Lark, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Northern Reed Bunting, Greater Short-toed Lark.

    2016-11-02. Black-throated Thrush, Eurasian Blackbird, Great Tit.

    2016-10-26. Blue Tit, Eurasian Goldfinch, Eurasian Jay, Common Teal, Tree Sparrow, Rook, Grey Partridge, Hooded Crow.

    2016-10-25. Hooded Crow, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Northern Reed Bunting, Fieldfare, Common Chiffchaff, Caspian Gull, Common Goldeneye, Black-headed Gull, Common Chaffinch, Pallas's Gull.

    2016-10-16. Coal Tit.

    2016-10-11. Common Mynah, Great Tit.

    2016-09-30. Brown Dipper, Northern Lapwing, Grey Heron, Steppe Eagle, Common Starling, Common Cuckoo, Hume's Warbler, Common Coot, Dunlin, Eurasian Curlew, White-bellied Dipper.

    2016-09-28. Red-backed Shrike, Bluethroat, European Nightjar.

    2016-09-25. Blue Whistling Thrush.

    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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