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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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    total species: 174
    total photos: 627
    total videos: 0
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    1. Common Mynah (2022-01-01)
    2. Rock Pigeon (2022-01-01)
    3. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2022-01-01)
    4. Great Tit (2022-01-01)
    5. Laughing Dove (2022-01-01)
    6. House Sparrow (2022-01-01)
    7. Eurasian Magpie (2022-01-01)
    8. Eurasian Blackbird (2022-01-02)
    9. Carrion Crow (2022-01-02)
    10. Common Chaffinch (2022-01-02)
    11. Eurasian Siskin (2022-01-03)
    12. Red-fronted Serin (2022-01-03)
    13. Eurasian Collared Dove (2022-01-03)
    14. Rook (2022-01-03)
    15. Hooded Crow (2022-01-03)
    16. Grey Wagtail (2022-01-22)
    17. Mallard (2022-01-22)
    18. Mistle Thrush (2022-01-30)
    19. Spotted Nutcracker (2022-02-19)
    20. Golden Eagle (2022-02-19)
    21. Coal Tit (2022-02-19)
    22. Goldcrest (2022-02-19)
    23. Songar Tit (2022-02-19)
    24. Common Treecreeper (2022-02-19)
    25. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2022-02-19)
    26. Azure Tit (2022-02-19)
    27. Eastern Buzzard (2022-02-27)
    28. Gadwall (2022-02-27)
    29. Tree Sparrow (2022-02-27)
    30. Long-legged Buzzard (2022-02-27)
    31. Eurasian Linnet (2022-02-27)
    32. Caspian Gull (2022-02-27)
    33. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2022-02-27)
    34. Whooper Swan (2022-02-27)
    35. Goosander (2022-02-27)
    36. Baraba Steppe Gull (2022-02-27)
    37. Mute Swan (2022-02-27)
    38. Ruddy Shelduck (2022-02-27)
    39. Northern Pintail (2022-02-27)
    40. Common Shelduck (2022-02-27)
    41. Corn Bunting (2022-02-27)
    42. Northern Shoveler (2022-02-27)
    43. Eurasian Wigeon (2022-02-27)
    44. Common Goldeneye (2022-02-27)
    45. Tufted Duck (2022-02-27)
    46. Northern Lapwing (2022-02-27)
    47. Little Grebe (2022-02-27)
    48. Common Starling (2022-02-27)
    49. Eurasian Jackdaw (2022-02-27)
    50. Masked Wagtail (2022-02-27)
    51. White Wagtail (2022-02-27)
    52. Water Pipit (2022-02-27)
    53. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2022-02-27)
    54. Northern Reed Bunting (2022-02-27)
    55. Great White Egret (2022-02-27)
    56. Red-crested Pochard (2022-02-27)
    57. Common Teal (2022-02-27)
    58. Common Pochard (2022-02-27)
    59. European Greenfinch (2022-03-13)
    60. Eversmann's Redstart (2022-03-21)
    61. Brown Dipper (2022-03-21)
    62. Eurasian Dipper (2022-03-21)
    63. Common Snipe (2022-03-26)
    64. Little Ringed Plover (2022-03-26)
    65. Chukar Partridge (2022-03-26)
    66. Black-throated Thrush (2022-03-26)
    67. Common Chiffchaff (2022-03-26)
    68. Crested Lark (2022-03-26)
    69. Dalmatian Pelican (2022-03-26)
    70. Bean Goose (2022-03-26)
    71. Long-eared Owl (2022-03-26)
    72. Ferruginous Duck (2022-03-26)
    73. Eurasian Curlew (2022-03-26)
    74. Greater Short-toed Lark (2022-03-26)
    75. Common Coot (2022-03-26)
    76. Citrine Wagtail (2022-03-26)
    77. Common Redshank (2022-03-26)
    78. Desert Wheatear (2022-03-26)
    79. Common Oystercatcher (2022-03-26)
    80. Great Cormorant (2022-03-26)
    81. Grey Heron (2022-03-26)
    82. Western Marsh-Harrier (2022-03-26)
    83. Garganey (2022-03-26)
    84. Isabelline Shrike (2022-03-26)
    85. Common Pheasant (2022-04-03)
    86. Rock Bunting (2022-04-03)
    87. Blue Whistling Thrush (2022-04-03)
    88. Great Crested Grebe (2022-04-17)
    89. Black-headed Gull (2022-04-17)
    90. White-headed Duck (2022-04-17)
    91. Black-Necked Grebe (2022-04-17)
    92. Cetti's Warbler (2022-04-17)
    93. Common Kestrel (2022-04-17)
    94. Wood Pigeon (2022-04-17)
    95. Turkestan Shrike (2022-04-17)
    97. Black-winged Stilt (2022-04-17)
    98. Black-tailed Godwit (2022-04-17)
    99. Kentish Plover (2022-04-17)
    100. Yellow Wagtail (2022-04-17)
    101. Meadow Pipit (2022-04-17)
    102. Common Sandpiper (2022-04-17)
    103. Pine Bunting (2022-04-17)
    104. Brambling (2022-04-17)
    105. Tree Pipit (2022-04-17)
    106. Pied Wheatear (2022-04-17)
    107. Black-headed Wagtail (2022-04-17)
    108. Red-throated Pipit (2022-04-17)
    109. Northern Wheatear (2022-04-17)
    110. Siberian Stonechat (2022-04-17)
    111. Common Moorhen (2022-04-17)
    112. Demoiselle Crane (2022-04-17)
    113. Green Sandpiper (2022-04-17)
    114. Marsh Sandpiper (2022-04-17)
    115. Calandra Lark (2022-04-17)
    116. Hume's Warbler (2022-05-01)
    117. Common Buzzard (2022-05-02)
    118. Long-tailed Tit (2022-05-02)
    119. Common Cuckoo (2022-05-07)
    120. Indian Golden Oriole (2022-05-07)
    121. Common Nightingale (2022-05-07)
    122. Lesser Grey Shrike (2022-05-07)
    123. Common Whitethroat (2022-05-09)
    124. Long-tailed Shrike (2022-05-09)
    125. Little Bittern (2022-05-10)
    126. Black-crowned Night Heron (2022-05-10)
    127. Common Greenshank (2022-05-10)
    128. Temminck's Stint (2022-05-10)
    129. Eurasian Roller (2022-05-10)
    130. Barn Swallow (2022-05-10)
    131. Black Kite (2022-05-10)
    132. Gull-billed Tern (2022-05-10)
    133. Paddyfield Warbler (2022-05-10)
    134. Oriental Turtle Dove (2022-05-10)
    135. Rosy Starling (2022-05-10)
    136. Buff-bellied Pipit (2022-05-10)
    137. Little Stint (2022-05-10)
    138. Eurasian Whimbrel (2022-05-10)
    139. Caspian Tern (2022-05-10)
    140. Spotted Redshank (2022-05-10)
    141. Common Tern (2022-05-10)
    142. Bluethroat (2022-05-25)
    143. Common Sparrowhawk (2022-06-11)
    144. Himalayan Rubythroat (2022-06-25)
    145. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2022-06-25)
    146. Sulphur-bellied Warbler (2022-06-25)
    147. White-winged Grosbeak (2022-06-25)
    148. Black-throated Accentor (2022-06-25)
    149. Blue-capped Redstart (2022-06-25)
    150. Ibisbill (2022-06-25)
    151. Isabelline Wheatear (2022-07-26)
    152. Greenish Warbler (2022-08-14)
    153. Hoopoe (2022-08-28)
    154. Yellow-browed Warbler (2022-09-14)
    155. Lesser Whitethroat (2022-09-14)
    156. Common Crane (2022-09-17)
    157. Ruff (2022-09-17)
    158. Great White Pelican (2022-09-17)
    159. Little Bustard (2022-09-17)
    160. Red-necked Phalarope (2022-09-17)
    161. Steppe Eagle (2022-09-17)
    162. Common Kingfisher (2022-09-17)
    163. Turkestan Tit (2022-11-05)
    164. White-Winged Woodpecker (2022-11-05)
    165. Rustic Bunting (2022-11-05)
    166. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2022-11-05)
    167. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2022-11-12)
    168. Himalayan Accentor (2022-11-12)
    169. Lammergeier (2022-11-12)
    170. Cinereous Vulture (2022-11-12)
    171. Rough-legged Buzzard (2022-11-12)
    172. Yellow-billed Chough (2022-11-12)
    173. Northern Wren (2022-11-12)
    174. Yellowhammer (2022-12-18)

    recent uploads

    2022-12-24. Great Tit, Eurasian Blackbird, Rook, Eurasian Magpie, Hooded Crow, Great White Egret, Brambling, Yellowhammer, Grey-headed Goldfinch.

    2022-11-14. Grey-headed Goldfinch, Black-throated Accentor, Red-mantled Rosefinch, Red-mantled Rosefinch, Common Kestrel, Himalayan Accentor, Lammergeier, Cinereous Vulture, Rough-legged Buzzard, Golden Eagle, White-browed Tit-Warbler, Yellow-billed Chough, Northern Wren, Red-fronted Serin, Common Kestrel, Carrion Crow.

    2022-11-07. Common Starling, Common Chaffinch, Turkestan Tit, White-Winged Woodpecker, Black-throated Thrush, Rustic Bunting, Tree Sparrow, Azure Tit, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Eversmann's Redstart, Grey Heron, House Sparrow, Eurasian Blackbird, Great Tit.

    2022-10-18. Eurasian Blackbird.

    2022-10-04. Laughing Dove, Tree Sparrow.

    2022-09-29. Steppe Eagle.

    2022-09-28. Red-crested Pochard, Whooper Swan, Dalmatian Pelican, Kentish Plover, Great White Egret, Black-headed Gull, Ruff, Caspian Gull, Spotted Redshank, Great White Pelican, Caspian Gull, Ruddy Shelduck, Great Cormorant, Little Bustard, Red-necked Phalarope, Common Starling, Little Grebe, Ruff, Black-Necked Grebe, Steppe Eagle, Northern Lapwing, Common Shelduck, Black-tailed Godwit, Black-Necked Grebe, Black-Necked Grebe, Ruff, White Wagtail, Common Kingfisher, White Wagtail, Little Stint, Black-winged Stilt, Yellow Wagtail, Grey Heron.

    2022-09-24. Lesser Whitethroat, Great Cormorant.

    2022-09-23. Eurasian Blackbird, Great Tit, Hume's Warbler, Common Mynah, Yellow-browed Warbler, Dalmatian Pelican, Common Starling, Common Crane, White-headed Duck, Oriental Turtle Dove, Cetti's Warbler, Tree Pipit, Wood Pigeon, Black-winged Stilt, White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

    2022-09-02. Hoopoe, Siberian Stonechat, Hume's Warbler, Greenish Warbler.

    2022-08-17. Caspian Gull, Eurasian Collared Dove, Isabelline Wheatear, Greenish Warbler.

    2022-06-26. Common Whitethroat, Mistle Thrush, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Red-fronted Serin, Himalayan Rubythroat, Eversmann's Redstart, Tree Pipit, White-browed Tit-Warbler, Eversmann's Redstart, Sulphur-bellied Warbler, White-winged Grosbeak, Black-throated Accentor, Sulphur-bellied Warbler, Black-throated Accentor, Blue-capped Redstart, Himalayan Rubythroat, Ibisbill, Red-fronted Serin.

    2022-06-22. Hume's Warbler.

    2022-06-14. Eurasian Magpie, Masked Wagtail, Black Kite, Common Sparrowhawk, Little Ringed Plover.

    2022-06-13. Common Mynah.

    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...

    recent video

    2026-01-18
    Common Kestrel
    (Ruslan Abutrapov)

    2025-10-31
    Great Cormorant
    (Raouf Bairashev)

    2025-08-31
    Spotted Flycatcher
    (Anna Yasko)

    2025-07-01
    Northern Hawk Owl
    (Tungysh Zaparkulov)

    2025-06-17
    Great White Egret
    (Irina Kuryanova)

    2025-06-01
    Blyth's Reed Warbler
    (Irina Kuryanova)

    2025-04-14
    Grey-Headed Woodpecker
    (sergey izoya)

    2025-03-30
    Great White Egret
    (Anna Yasko)
    Common Kestrel
    (Anna Yasko)

    2025-03-23
    Common Sparrowhawk
    (Ksenia Serbina)
    Great Tit
    (Ksenia Serbina)

    2025-02-07
    Arctic Loon
    (Irina Kuryanova)

    2025-02-06
    Red Crossbill
    (Viktoriya Zvyaginceva)

    2025-01-07
    Eurasian Penduline Tit
    (sergey izoya)

    2024-08-03
    Common Tern
    (Viktoriya Zvyaginceva)

    more video...

    unidentified birds

    2026-06-22

    Андрей Коваленко: Вопрос - что он тут потерял в июне... Когда снимал, думал что снимаю курганника...
    2026-06-21

    Андрей Коваленко: По фото вряд ли, но в это время там только луговые...
    2026-06-18

    Игорь Фефелов: Галка
    2026-06-18

    Юрий Малков: Спасибо Анна и Андрей.
    2026-06-17

    Юрий Малков: Спасибо Анна.
    more unidentified birds...