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Gaviiformes
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  • Podicipedidae
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    total species: 176
    total photos: 940
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 2

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    1. Eurasian Jackdaw (2021-01-02)
    2. Crested Lark (2021-01-02)
    3. Mallard (2021-01-02)
    4. Tufted Duck (2021-01-02)
    5. Common Pochard (2021-01-02)
    6. Goosander (2021-01-02)
    7. Common Kestrel (2021-01-02)
    8. Rough-legged Buzzard (2021-01-02)
    9. Smew (2021-01-02)
    10. Whooper Swan (2021-01-02)
    11. Common Goldeneye (2021-01-02)
    12. Mute Swan (2021-01-02)
    13. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2021-01-02)
    14. Northern Reed Bunting (2021-01-02)
    15. Azure Tit (2021-01-02)
    16. Eurasian Linnet (2021-01-02)
    17. Steppe Eagle (2021-01-02)
    18. Masked Wagtail (2021-01-02)
    19. Meadow Pipit (2021-01-02)
    20. Green Sandpiper (2021-01-02)
    21. Water Pipit (2021-01-02)
    22. Pygmy Cormorant (2021-01-02)
    23. Hen Harrier (2021-01-02)
    24. Northern Wren (2021-01-02)
    25. Great White Egret (2021-01-02)
    26. Mew Gull (2021-01-02)
    27. Common Buzzard (2021-01-02)
    28. Corn Bunting (2021-01-02)
    29. Brambling (2021-01-02)
    30. Tree Sparrow (2021-01-02)
    31. Little Grebe (2021-01-02)
    32. Yellowhammer (2021-01-02)
    33. Red-fronted Serin (2021-01-10)
    34. Common Mynah (2021-01-17)
    35. Hooded Crow (2021-01-17)
    36. Eurasian Dipper (2021-01-17)
    37. Great Tit (2021-01-17)
    38. Grey Wagtail (2021-01-17)
    39. Brown Dipper (2021-01-17)
    40. Carrion Crow (2021-01-17)
    41. House Sparrow (2021-01-24)
    42. Eurasian Siskin (2021-02-24)
    43. Common Chaffinch (2021-02-26)
    44. Eurasian Magpie (2021-02-26)
    45. Eurasian Blackbird (2021-02-26)
    46. Black-throated Accentor (2021-03-07)
    47. Eversmann's Redstart (2021-03-07)
    48. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2021-03-07)
    49. Calandra Lark (2021-03-22)
    50. Pied Wheatear (2021-03-22)
    51. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2021-03-22)
    52. Northern Wheatear (2021-03-22)
    53. Stock Pigeon (2021-03-22)
    54. Citrine Wagtail (2021-03-22)
    55. Caspian Gull (2021-03-22)
    56. Great Cormorant (2021-03-22)
    57. Common Redshank (2021-03-22)
    58. White Wagtail (2021-03-22)
    59. Common Shelduck (2021-03-22)
    60. Red-crested Pochard (2021-03-22)
    61. Common Coot (2021-03-22)
    62. Northern Pintail (2021-03-22)
    63. Little Ringed Plover (2021-03-22)
    64. Isabelline Shrike (2021-03-22)
    65. Pallas's Gull (2021-03-22)
    66. Ruddy Shelduck (2021-03-22)
    67. Common Starling (2021-03-22)
    68. Pine Bunting (2021-03-22)
    69. Isabelline Wheatear (2021-03-22)
    70. Northern Lapwing (2021-03-22)
    71. Common Pheasant (2021-03-27)
    72. Black Kite (2021-03-27)
    73. Long-legged Buzzard (2021-03-27)
    74. Pied Avocet (2021-03-27)
    75. Gadwall (2021-03-27)
    76. Eurasian Wigeon (2021-03-27)
    77. Black Redstart (2021-03-27)
    78. Ferruginous Duck (2021-03-27)
    79. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2021-03-27)
    80. Grey Heron (2021-03-27)
    81. Common Chiffchaff (2021-03-27)
    82. Black-throated Thrush (2021-03-27)
    83. Mistle Thrush (2021-03-27)
    84. Northern Shoveler (2021-03-27)
    85. Bluethroat (2021-03-27)
    86. Spotted Crake (2021-03-27)
    87. Black-headed Gull (2021-03-27)
    88. Turkestan Shrike (2021-03-27)
    89. Black-Necked Grebe (2021-04-11)
    90. White-headed Duck (2021-04-11)
    91. Great Crested Grebe (2021-04-11)
    92. Western Marsh-Harrier (2021-04-11)
    93. Eurasian Curlew (2021-04-11)
    94. Common Sandpiper (2021-04-11)
    95. Black-winged Stilt (2021-04-11)
    96. Siberian Stonechat (2021-04-11)
    97. Yellow Wagtail (2021-04-11)
    98. Rock Pigeon (2021-04-24)
    99. Wood Pigeon (2021-04-24)
    100. Greenish Warbler (2021-04-24)
    101. Northern House Martin (2021-05-03)
    102. European Greenfinch (2021-05-07)
    103. Blue Rock Thrush (2021-05-09)
    104. White-capped Bunting (2021-05-09)
    105. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2021-05-09)
    106. Desert Wheatear (2021-05-09)
    107. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2021-05-09)
    108. Rock Sparrow (2021-05-09)
    109. Eastern Orphean Warbler (2021-05-09)
    110. Mongolian Finch (2021-05-09)
    111. Common Cuckoo (2021-05-09)
    112. Lesser Grey Shrike (2021-05-09)
    113. Eurasian Roller (2021-05-09)
    114. European Bee-eater (2021-05-09)
    115. Long-tailed Shrike (2021-05-09)
    116. Indian Golden Oriole (2021-05-09)
    117. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2021-05-09)
    118. Common Whitethroat (2021-05-09)
    119. Rock Bunting (2021-05-09)
    120. Little Bittern (2021-05-15)
    121. Common Kingfisher (2021-05-15)
    122. Common Rosefinch (2021-05-15)
    123. Common Tern (2021-05-15)
    124. Little Bustard (2021-05-15)
    125. Rosy Starling (2021-05-15)
    126. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2021-05-15)
    127. Red-headed Bunting (2021-05-15)
    128. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2021-05-15)
    129. Common Moorhen (2021-05-15)
    130. Baraba Steppe Gull (2021-05-15)
    131. Clamorous Reed Warbler (2021-05-15)
    132. Black-crowned Night Heron (2021-05-15)
    133. Dalmatian Pelican (2021-05-15)
    134. Temminck's Stint (2021-05-15)
    135. Eurasian Whimbrel (2021-05-15)
    136. Common Oystercatcher (2021-05-15)
    137. Caspian Tern (2021-05-15)
    138. Common Greenshank (2021-05-15)
    139. Little Stint (2021-05-15)
    140. Garganey (2021-05-15)
    141. Great White Pelican (2021-05-15)
    142. Black-tailed Godwit (2021-05-15)
    143. Spotted Redshank (2021-05-15)
    144. Common Swift (2021-05-15)
    145. Pale Sand Martin (2021-05-15)
    146. Dunlin (2021-05-15)
    147. White-winged Tern (2021-05-15)
    148. Common Nightingale (2021-05-15)
    149. Lesser Whitethroat (2021-05-15)
    150. Eurasian Hobby (2021-05-15)
    151. Barn Swallow (2021-05-15)
    152. European Nightjar (2021-05-22)
    153. Rook (2021-06-05)
    154. Blue Whistling Thrush (2021-06-26)
    155. Eurasian Collared Dove (2021-07-30)
    156. Common Sparrowhawk (2021-07-31)
    157. Laughing Dove (2021-08-12)
    158. Red-necked Phalarope (2021-08-14)
    159. Wood Sandpiper (2021-08-14)
    160. Spotted Flycatcher (2021-08-14)
    161. Lesser Kestrel (2021-08-14)
    162. Red-backed Shrike (2021-08-21)
    163. Hume's Warbler (2021-08-22)
    164. Egyptian Vulture (2021-09-18)
    165. Common Raven (2021-09-18)
    166. Golden Eagle (2021-09-25)
    167. Turkestan Tit (2021-09-25)
    168. Sand Martin (2021-09-25)
    169. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2021-10-16)
    170. Blue-capped Redstart (2021-10-16)
    171. Alpine Accentor (2021-10-16)
    172. Yellow-browed Warbler (2021-11-06)
    173. Goldcrest (2021-11-13)
    174. Bewick's Swan (2021-12-17)
    175. Greater White-fronted Goose (2021-12-17)
    176. Bean Goose (2021-12-17)

    recent uploads

    2021-12-23. Bean Goose, Mute Swan, Black-headed Gull, Caspian Gull, Mew Gull, Crested Lark, Caspian Gull, Smew, Mallard, Rock Pigeon, Caspian Gull, Common Raven, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Common Starling, Black-throated Thrush, Mistle Thrush, European Greenfinch, Whooper Swan, Black-throated Thrush, Caspian Gull.

    2021-12-22. Grey Heron, Bewick's Swan, Eurasian Collared Dove, Greater White-fronted Goose.

    2021-12-01. Rook, Eurasian Blackbird, Hooded Crow, Common Mynah, Eurasian Magpie, Great Tit, Azure Tit.

    2021-11-23. Rook, Goldcrest, White-browed Tit-Warbler, Mallard.

    2021-11-14. Common Pheasant, Great Tit, Northern Wren, Eurasian Blackbird, Brambling, Goldcrest, Common Chaffinch, Azure Tit, Common Pheasant.

    2021-11-09. White-browed Tit-Warbler, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Yellow-browed Warbler, Rook, Common Chiffchaff.

    2021-10-24. Rook, Mallard.

    2021-10-17. Eurasian Collared Dove, Mistle Thrush, Black-throated Accentor, Common Chiffchaff, White-browed Tit-Warbler, Blue-capped Redstart, Golden Eagle, Red-fronted Serin, Alpine Accentor, Eversmann's Redstart.

    2021-10-13. Common Chaffinch, Eurasian Blackbird, Brambling, Hume's Warbler, Eurasian Magpie, Great Tit, Common Sparrowhawk.

    2021-10-02. Golden Eagle, Spotted Flycatcher, Golden Eagle.

    2021-10-01. Turkestan Tit, Sand Martin, Tree Sparrow, Hume's Warbler, Common Chiffchaff, Great Cormorant, Black-headed Gull.

    2021-09-29. Egyptian Vulture, Corn Bunting, Pied Wheatear, Rock Pigeon, Common Buzzard, Common Raven, Laughing Dove.

    2021-09-13. Common Kingfisher, Laughing Dove, Carrion Crow, Greenish Warbler, Blue Whistling Thrush, White Wagtail, Lesser Whitethroat, Mallard, Common Kingfisher, Greenish Warbler.

    2021-09-05. White Wagtail, Mallard, Caspian Gull, Eurasian Blackbird, Common Kingfisher.

    2021-09-04. Mallard, Grey Wagtail, Spotted Flycatcher.

    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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