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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
  • Pelecanidae
  • Phalacrocoracidae
    • Ciconiiformes
  • Ardeidae
  • Threskiornithidae
  • Ciconiidae
    • Phoenicopteriformes
  • Phoenicopteridae
    • Anseriformes
  • Anatidae
    • Falconiformes
  • Pandionidae
  • Accipitridae
  • Falconidae
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  • Tetraonidae
  • Phasianidae
    • Gruiformes
  • Gruidae
  • Rallidae
  • Otididae
    • Charadriiformes
  • Burhinidae
  • Charadriidae
  • Recurvirostridae
  • Haematopodidae
  • Scolopacidae
  • Glareolidae
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  • Upupidae
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  • Picidae
    • Passeriformes
  • Hirundinidae
  • Alaudidae
  • Motacillidae
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  • Oriolidae
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  • Cinclidae
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  • Muscicapidae
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  • Paradoxornithidae
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  • Certhiidae
  • Ploceidae
  • Fringillidae
  • Emberizidae

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    members stats

    map of photoshootings

    total species: 127
    total photos: 638
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 2

    sort by:

    1. Coal Tit (2023-01-24)
    2. Northern Bullfinch (2023-01-24)
    3. Azure Tit (2023-02-01)
    4. Common Redpoll (2023-02-01)
    5. Eurasian Goldfinch (2023-02-01)
    6. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2023-02-05)
    7. Hawfinch (2023-02-05)
    8. Yellowhammer (2023-02-05)
    9. Fieldfare (2023-02-05)
    10. Great Tit (2023-02-06)
    11. House Sparrow (2023-02-06)
    12. Red Crossbill (2023-02-17)
    13. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2023-02-21)
    14. Blue Tit (2023-02-23)
    15. Bohemian Waxwing (2023-03-12)
    16. Snow Bunting (2023-03-21)
    17. Horned Lark (2023-03-21)
    18. European Greenfinch (2023-03-21)
    19. Eurasian Siskin (2023-03-21)
    20. Rock Pigeon (2023-03-23)
    21. Common Chaffinch (2023-03-25)
    22. Pallid Harrier (2023-03-25)
    23. Common Starling (2023-03-25)
    24. Black Redstart (2023-03-29)
    25. Tree Sparrow (2023-03-29)
    26. Stock Pigeon (2023-04-02)
    27. White Wagtail (2023-04-04)
    28. Bluethroat (2023-04-06)
    29. Wood Pigeon (2023-04-06)
    30. Whooper Swan (2023-04-06)
    31. Common Crane (2023-04-06)
    32. Eurasian Magpie (2023-04-06)
    33. Brambling (2023-04-06)
    34. European Robin (2023-04-08)
    35. Northern Reed Bunting (2023-04-08)
    36. Demoiselle Crane (2023-04-10)
    37. Song Thrush (2023-04-10)
    38. Tree Pipit (2023-04-11)
    39. Common Kestrel (2023-04-12)
    40. Black Kite (2023-04-12)
    41. Baraba Steppe Gull (2023-04-16)
    42. Common Buzzard (2023-04-20)
    43. Common Chiffchaff (2023-04-20)
    44. Red-Necked Grebe (2023-04-20)
    45. Great Crested Grebe (2023-04-20)
    46. Rough-legged Buzzard (2023-04-24)
    47. Merlin (2023-04-25)
    48. Eurasian Redstart (2023-04-25)
    49. Common Sandpiper (2023-04-30)
    50. Pied Flycatcher (2023-05-01)
    51. Whinchat (2023-05-02)
    52. Siberian Stonechat (2023-05-02)
    53. Long-tailed Duck (2023-05-04)
    54. Common Cuckoo (2023-05-04)
    55. Common Sparrowhawk (2023-05-04)
    56. Common Raven (2023-05-05)
    57. Grey Wagtail (2023-05-06)
    58. Eurasian Hobby (2023-05-08)
    59. Lesser Whitethroat (2023-05-08)
    60. Oriental Turtle Dove (2023-05-10)
    61. Grey Heron (2023-05-12)
    63. European Golden Oriole (2023-05-13)
    64. Common Tern (2023-05-16)
    65. Caspian Tern (2023-05-16)
    66. Common Rosefinch (2023-05-20)
    67. Spotted Flycatcher (2023-05-21)
    68. Booted Warbler (2023-05-22)
    69. Yellow Wagtail (2023-05-22)
    70. Northern Wheatear (2023-05-22)
    71. Common Shelduck (2023-05-22)
    72. Little Bustard (2023-05-22)
    73. Mute Swan (2023-05-23)
    74. Montagu's Harrier (2023-05-23)
    75. Lesser Grey Shrike (2023-05-26)
    76. Mallard (2023-05-26)
    77. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2023-05-26)
    78. Common Whitethroat (2023-05-27)
    79. Sand Martin (2023-05-28)
    80. Paddyfield Warbler (2023-05-28)
    81. Long-eared Owl (2023-05-29)
    82. Hooded Crow (2023-05-31)
    83. Black-headed Gull (2023-06-13)
    84. Pallas's Gull (2023-06-13)
    85. Sky Lark (2023-06-17)
    86. Cetti's Warbler (2023-06-23)
    87. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2023-06-23)
    88. Barn Swallow (2023-06-25)
    89. Caspian Gull (2023-07-05)
    90. Rook (2023-07-21)
    91. Wood Warbler (2023-07-31)
    92. Eurasian Jackdaw (2023-08-02)
    93. Tawny Pipit (2023-08-02)
    94. Hoopoe (2023-08-02)
    95. Gadwall (2023-08-02)
    96. Willow Warbler (2023-08-10)
    97. Black-tailed Godwit (2023-08-14)
    98. Common Greenshank (2023-08-14)
    99. Wood Sandpiper (2023-08-14)
    100. Great White Egret (2023-08-14)
    101. Common Coot (2023-08-14)
    102. Pacific Golden Plover (2023-08-16)
    103. Red-necked Phalarope (2023-08-20)
    104. Little Stint (2023-08-20)
    105. Citrine Wagtail (2023-08-20)
    106. Dunlin (2023-08-20)
    107. Western Marsh-Harrier (2023-08-21)
    108. Great Cormorant (2023-08-21)
    109. Greater Ringed Plover (2023-08-26)
    110. Little Ringed Plover (2023-08-26)
    111. Northern Lapwing (2023-08-26)
    112. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2023-09-17)
    113. Rustic Bunting (2023-09-27)
    114. Eurasian Nuthatch (2023-09-27)
    115. Goldcrest (2023-09-29)
    116. Red-flanked Bluetail (2023-10-09)
    117. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2023-10-09)
    118. Arctic Loon (2023-10-15)
    119. Long-tailed Tit (2023-10-15)
    120. Spotted Nutcracker (2023-10-19)
    121. Eurasian Jay (2023-10-19)
    122. Mistle Thrush (2023-10-19)
    123. Bearded Tit (2023-10-27)
    124. Redwing (2023-10-27)
    125. Red-breasted Merganser (2023-11-02)
    126. Northern Wren (2023-11-04)
    127. Common Treecreeper (2023-11-04)

    recent uploads

    2023-12-19. White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Common Redpoll.

    2023-12-11. Red Crossbill, Goldcrest, Eurasian Nuthatch, Common Treecreeper, Coal Tit, Great Tit, House Sparrow.

    2023-11-30. Azure Tit, Hawfinch, Goldcrest, Eurasian Nuthatch.

    2023-11-29. Redwing, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Common Redpoll, Northern Bullfinch.

    2023-11-23. Coal Tit, Fieldfare, Northern Bullfinch, Eurasian Magpie, Whooper Swan.

    2023-11-13. Goldcrest.

    2023-11-10. European Robin, Goldcrest, Northern Bullfinch, Long-tailed Rosefinch.

    2023-11-09. Long-tailed Rosefinch, Red-breasted Merganser, Whooper Swan, Arctic Loon.

    2023-11-07. Mistle Thrush, Northern Wren, Spotted Nutcracker, Coal Tit, Common Treecreeper, Eurasian Nuthatch, Bohemian Waxwing, Common Chiffchaff.

    2023-11-05. Azure Tit, Common Redpoll, Red-breasted Merganser, Great Spotted Woodpecker.

    2023-11-01. Spotted Nutcracker, Long-tailed Tit, Bearded Tit, Common Chiffchaff, Redwing, Mistle Thrush, Coal Tit, Mute Swan.

    2023-10-30. Fieldfare, Spotted Nutcracker.

    2023-10-22. Fieldfare, Mistle Thrush.

    2023-10-21. Spotted Nutcracker, Northern Bullfinch, Coal Tit, Eurasian Jay, Eurasian Nuthatch, Eurasian Siskin.

    2023-10-17. Arctic Loon, Goldcrest, European Robin, Long-tailed Tit.

    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...