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Gaviiformes
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    total species: 54
    total photos: 81
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 3

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    1. Yellowhammer (2024-01-02)
    2. Blue Whistling Thrush (2024-01-02)
    3. Eurasian Blackbird (2024-01-02)
    4. Hooded Crow (2024-01-02)
    5. Mallard (2024-01-02)
    6. Brambling (2024-01-02)
    7. Plain Mountain Finch (2024-01-02)
    8. Eversmann's Redstart (2024-05-10)
    9. White-winged Grosbeak (2024-05-10)
    10. Black-throated Accentor (2024-05-10)
    11. Hume's Warbler (2024-05-10)
    12. Coal Tit (2024-05-10)
    13. Rosy Starling (2024-05-21)
    14. Tawny Pipit (2024-05-21)
    15. Spotted Flycatcher (2024-05-22)
    16. Barn Swallow (2024-05-22)
    17. House Sparrow (2024-05-22)
    18. Common Chiffchaff (2024-05-22)
    19. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2024-05-22)
    20. Rock Pigeon (2024-05-22)
    21. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2024-08-30)
    22. Turkestan Shrike (2024-08-30)
    23. Little Owl (2024-08-30)
    24. Greater Short-toed Lark (2024-08-30)
    25. Bimaculated Lark (2024-08-30)
    26. Isabelline Wheatear (2024-08-30)
    27. Siberian Stonechat (2024-08-31)
    28. Wood Sandpiper (2024-09-14)
    29. Western Marsh-Harrier (2024-09-14)
    30. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2024-09-14)
    31. Yellow Wagtail (2024-09-14)
    32. Northern Lapwing (2024-09-14)
    33. Temminck's Stint (2024-09-14)
    34. White Wagtail (2024-09-14)
    35. Whooper Swan (2024-09-14)
    36. Caspian Gull (2024-09-14)
    37. Turkestan Tit (2024-09-14)
    38. Pallid Harrier (2024-09-14)
    39. Eurasian Hobby (2024-09-14)
    40. Crested Lark (2024-09-14)
    41. Lesser Kestrel (2024-09-14)
    42. Common Kestrel (2024-09-14)
    43. Black-headed Gull (2024-09-14)
    44. Spotted Redshank (2024-09-14)
    45. Common Kingfisher (2024-09-14)
    46. Black-crowned Night Heron (2024-09-14)
    47. Great White Egret (2024-09-14)
    48. Common Snipe (2024-09-14)
    49. Red-necked Phalarope (2024-09-14)
    50. Ferruginous Duck (2024-09-14)
    51. Slavonian Grebe (2024-09-14)
    52. Black-Necked Grebe (2024-09-14)
    53. Common Starling (2024-09-14)
    54. Dunlin (2024-09-14)

    recent uploads

    2024-10-29. Greater Short-toed Lark, Common Kestrel, Lesser Kestrel, White Wagtail, Black-headed Gull, Northern Lapwing, Wood Sandpiper, Western Marsh-Harrier, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Yellow Wagtail, Siberian Stonechat, Siberian Stonechat, Temminck's Stint, White Wagtail, Northern Lapwing, Whooper Swan, Caspian Gull, Spotted Flycatcher, Turkestan Tit, Pallid Harrier, Eurasian Hobby, Crested Lark.

    2024-10-26. Dunlin, Common Starling, Black-Necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe, Ferruginous Duck, Red-necked Phalarope, Common Snipe, Great White Egret, Black-crowned Night Heron, Common Kingfisher, Black-Bellied Sandgrouse, Turkestan Shrike, Little Owl, Spotted Flycatcher, Siberian Stonechat, Spotted Redshank.

    2024-10-16. Isabelline Wheatear, Bimaculated Lark, Greater Short-toed Lark.

    2024-06-15. Mallard, Blue Whistling Thrush, Eversmann's Redstart, White-winged Grosbeak, Black-throated Accentor, Hume's Warbler, Coal Tit, Rosy Starling, Tawny Pipit, Eurasian Blackbird, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Rock Pigeon, Common Chiffchaff, House Sparrow, Barn Swallow, Spotted Flycatcher.

    2024-01-02. Plain Mountain Finch, Yellowhammer, Blue Whistling Thrush, Eurasian Blackbird, Hooded Crow, Mallard, Brambling.

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

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