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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
  • Pelecanidae
  • Phalacrocoracidae
    • Ciconiiformes
  • Ardeidae
  • Threskiornithidae
  • Ciconiidae
    • Phoenicopteriformes
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    • 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
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  • Strigidae
    • Caprimulgiformes
  • Caprimulgidae
    • Apodiformes
  • Apodidae
    • Coraciiformes
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  • Upupidae
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  • Picidae
    • Passeriformes
  • Hirundinidae
  • Alaudidae
  • Motacillidae
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  • Oriolidae
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  • Corvidae
  • Bombycillidae
  • Cinclidae
  • Troglodytidae
  • Prunellidae
  • Sylviidae
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  • Muscicapidae
  • Turdidae
  • Paradoxornithidae
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  • Sittidae
  • Certhiidae
  • Ploceidae
  • Fringillidae
  • Emberizidae

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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 113
    total photos: 631
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 1

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    1. Northern Bullfinch (2024-01-15)
    2. Common Redpoll (2024-01-15)
    3. Coal Tit (2024-01-27)
    4. Common Treecreeper (2024-01-27)
    5. Eurasian Nuthatch (2024-01-27)
    6. Eurasian Goldfinch (2024-01-27)
    7. House Sparrow (2024-01-28)
    8. Bohemian Waxwing (2024-02-04)
    9. Azure Tit (2024-02-04)
    10. Hawfinch (2024-02-04)
    11. Great Tit (2024-02-14)
    12. European Greenfinch (2024-02-28)
    13. Long-eared Owl (2024-02-28)
    14. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2024-03-15)
    15. Fieldfare (2024-03-15)
    16. Whooper Swan (2024-03-23)
    17. Common Chaffinch (2024-03-31)
    18. White Wagtail (2024-04-04)
    19. Wood Pigeon (2024-04-04)
    20. Common Kestrel (2024-04-04)
    21. Grey Heron (2024-04-04)
    22. Common Starling (2024-04-04)
    23. Common Chiffchaff (2024-04-05)
    24. Bluethroat (2024-04-06)
    25. Yellowhammer (2024-04-06)
    26. Tree Sparrow (2024-04-06)
    27. Baraba Steppe Gull (2024-04-06)
    28. Pallas's Gull (2024-04-06)
    29. Great Grey Shrike (2024-04-08)
    30. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2024-04-10)
    31. Long-tailed Tit (2024-04-11)
    32. Song Thrush (2024-04-12)
    33. Great Crested Grebe (2024-04-12)
    34. Tree Pipit (2024-04-16)
    35. Hoopoe (2024-04-17)
    36. Common Crane (2024-04-20)
    37. Northern Wheatear (2024-04-21)
    38. Eurasian Redstart (2024-04-22)
    39. Mallard (2024-04-22)
    40. Common Sparrowhawk (2024-04-24)
    41. Pied Flycatcher (2024-04-28)
    42. Willow Warbler (2024-04-29)
    43. Eurasian Magpie (2024-04-29)
    44. Rook (2024-04-29)
    45. Yellow Wagtail (2024-04-29)
    46. Siberian Stonechat (2024-04-29)
    47. Whinchat (2024-05-02)
    48. Northern Shoveler (2024-05-08)
    49. Northern Reed Bunting (2024-05-08)
    50. Black-headed Gull (2024-05-08)
    51. Montagu's Harrier (2024-05-08)
    52. Pallid Harrier (2024-05-08)
    53. Common Cuckoo (2024-05-10)
    54. Lesser Whitethroat (2024-05-10)
    55. Spotted Flycatcher (2024-05-10)
    56. Garganey (2024-05-11)
    57. Eurasian Hobby (2024-05-11)
    58. European Golden Oriole (2024-05-12)
    59. Mute Swan (2024-05-12)
    60. Oriental Turtle Dove (2024-05-14)
    61. Common Rosefinch (2024-05-14)
    62. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2024-05-16)
    63. Gadwall (2024-05-16)
    64. Greenish Warbler (2024-05-17)
    65. Great Reed Warbler (2024-05-18)
    66. Little Bustard (2024-05-18)
    67. Booted Warbler (2024-05-20)
    68. Red-backed Shrike (2024-05-22)
    69. Northern Lapwing (2024-05-23)
    70. Black Woodpecker (2024-05-24)
    71. Slavonian Grebe (2024-05-25)
    72. Barn Swallow (2024-05-25)
    73. Willow Tit (2024-05-26)
    74. Common Pochard (2024-05-26)
    75. White-winged Tern (2024-05-27)
    76. Hooded Crow (2024-05-27)
    77. Paddyfield Warbler (2024-05-30)
    78. Eurasian Jackdaw (2024-05-30)
    79. White-headed Duck (2024-05-31)
    80. Tufted Duck (2024-05-31)
    81. Western Marsh-Harrier (2024-05-31)
    82. Black Kite (2024-06-07)
    83. Sand Martin (2024-06-07)
    84. Caspian Tern (2024-07-01)
    85. Rock Pigeon (2024-07-11)
    86. Mew Gull (2024-07-29)
    87. Great White Egret (2024-07-30)
    88. Blue Tit (2024-07-31)
    89. Common Kingfisher (2024-08-06)
    90. Sedge Warbler (2024-08-18)
    91. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2024-08-18)
    92. Caspian Gull (2024-08-18)
    93. Common Raven (2024-08-18)
    94. Common Sandpiper (2024-08-18)
    96. Cetti's Warbler (2024-09-05)
    97. Grey Wagtail (2024-09-09)
    98. Common Coot (2024-09-20)
    99. White-Backed Woodpecker (2024-09-30)
    100. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2024-10-07)
    101. Red-breasted Merganser (2024-10-07)
    102. Goldcrest (2024-10-11)
    103. Brambling (2024-10-11)
    104. European Robin (2024-10-15)
    105. Eurasian Siskin (2024-10-15)
    106. Redwing (2024-10-17)
    107. Mistle Thrush (2024-10-17)
    108. Eurasian Woodcock (2024-11-10)
    109. Eurasian Linnet (2024-11-10)
    110. Rough-legged Buzzard (2024-11-10)
    111. Black-Necked Grebe (2024-11-11)
    112. Goosander (2024-11-14)
    113. Pine Bunting (2024-11-16)

    recent uploads

    2025-01-03. Blue Tit, European Robin.

    2024-12-30. European Robin.

    2024-12-27. Mistle Thrush, Fieldfare, Northern Bullfinch, Hawfinch, Common Chaffinch.

    2024-12-23. European Robin, Goldcrest, Brambling, Hawfinch, Fieldfare, Great Spotted Woodpecker.

    2024-12-21. European Robin, Common Treecreeper, Common Chaffinch, Brambling.

    2024-12-17. European Robin, Song Thrush, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Eurasian Magpie, Common Chaffinch, Northern Bullfinch, Eurasian Goldfinch, Brambling.

    2024-12-11. European Robin, Brambling, Fieldfare, Common Chaffinch, Common Treecreeper, Hawfinch, Song Thrush.

    2024-12-07. Northern Bullfinch, Eurasian Goldfinch, Northern Bullfinch, Brambling, Common Chaffinch, European Greenfinch.

    2024-12-02. Common Chaffinch, Fieldfare, Hawfinch, European Greenfinch.

    2024-11-29. Eurasian Goldfinch, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Redwing, European Greenfinch, European Robin, Fieldfare, Northern Bullfinch.

    2024-11-27. Goldcrest, Eurasian Siskin, Northern Bullfinch, European Greenfinch, Hawfinch.

    2024-11-25. Long-tailed Rosefinch, Black Woodpecker.

    2024-11-19. Great Spotted Woodpecker, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Goosander, Mistle Thrush, Yellowhammer, Fieldfare, Pine Bunting.

    2024-11-13. Song Thrush, Eurasian Woodcock, Eurasian Linnet, Rough-legged Buzzard, Black-Necked Grebe, Mew Gull, Eurasian Magpie.

    2024-11-12. Great Spotted Woodpecker, Eurasian Goldfinch, Redwing, Brambling, Great Crested Grebe, Hawfinch.

    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...