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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
  • Pelecanidae
  • Phalacrocoracidae
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    • Anseriformes
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  • Tetraonidae
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  • Rallidae
  • Otididae
    • Charadriiformes
  • Burhinidae
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  • Recurvirostridae
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  • Picidae
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  • Hirundinidae
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    total species: 151
    total photos: 248
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Eurasian Jackdaw (2023-03-27)
    2. Ruddy Shelduck (2023-03-29)
    3. Brown Accentor (2023-03-29)
    4. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2023-03-29)
    5. Lammergeier (2023-03-29)
    6. Carrion Crow (2023-03-29)
    7. Black Redstart (2023-03-29)
    8. Eversmann's Redstart (2023-03-29)
    9. Brown Dipper (2023-03-29)
    10. Common Chaffinch (2023-03-29)
    11. White-winged Grosbeak (2023-03-29)
    12. Upland Buzzard (2023-04-02)
    13. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2023-04-02)
    14. Great Tit (2023-04-02)
    15. Demoiselle Crane (2023-04-09)
    16. Wood Pigeon (2023-04-09)
    17. Great Crested Grebe (2023-04-09)
    18. Common Shelduck (2023-04-09)
    19. Dalmatian Pelican (2023-04-09)
    20. Peregrine Falcon (2023-04-09)
    21. Eurasian Magpie (2023-04-09)
    22. Northern Pintail (2023-04-09)
    23. White-headed Duck (2023-04-09)
    24. Caspian Gull (2023-04-09)
    25. Common Coot (2023-04-09)
    26. Common Moorhen (2023-04-09)
    27. Greater Sand Plover (2023-04-09)
    28. Calandra Lark (2023-04-09)
    29. Sociable Lapwing (2023-04-10)
    30. Rook (2023-04-10)
    31. Black Kite (2023-04-10)
    32. Green Sandpiper (2023-04-10)
    33. Hoopoe (2023-04-10)
    34. Hooded Crow (2023-04-10)
    35. Common Chiffchaff (2023-04-10)
    36. Montagu's Harrier (2023-04-10)
    37. Isabelline Shrike (2023-04-10)
    38. Masked Wagtail (2023-04-10)
    39. Eurasian Wryneck (2023-04-10)
    40. Eurasian Redstart (2023-04-10)
    41. Turkestan Tit (2023-04-11)
    42. Northern Lapwing (2023-04-11)
    43. Black-winged Stilt (2023-04-11)
    44. Booted Eagle (2023-04-11)
    45. Yellow-eyed Pigeon (2023-04-12)
    46. Steppe Grey Shrike (2023-04-12)
    47. White-Winged Woodpecker (2023-04-12)
    48. Common Buzzard (2023-04-12)
    49. House Sparrow (2023-04-12)
    50. Saxaul Sparrow (2023-04-12)
    51. Black-headed Wagtail (2023-04-12)
    52. Osprey (2023-04-12)
    53. Bluethroat (2023-04-12)
    54. Common Starling (2023-04-12)
    55. Barn Swallow (2023-04-12)
    56. Common Teal (2023-04-13)
    57. Great White Egret (2023-04-13)
    58. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2023-04-13)
    59. Oriental Turtle Dove (2023-04-14)
    60. Isabelline Wheatear (2023-04-14)
    61. Siberian Stonechat (2023-04-14)
    62. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2023-04-14)
    63. Gull-billed Tern (2023-04-14)
    64. Brown-necked Raven (2023-04-14)
    65. Yellow Wagtail (2023-04-14)
    66. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2023-04-15)
    67. Eurasian Collared Dove (2023-04-15)
    68. Little Bustard (2023-04-15)
    69. Garganey (2023-04-15)
    70. Rock Pigeon (2023-04-15)
    71. Long-legged Buzzard (2023-04-16)
    72. Crested Lark (2023-04-16)
    73. Pied Wheatear (2023-04-16)
    74. White Wagtail (2023-04-16)
    75. Little Ringed Plover (2023-04-16)
    76. Citrine Wagtail (2023-04-17)
    77. Common Redshank (2023-04-17)
    78. Tawny Pipit (2023-04-17)
    79. Common Sparrowhawk (2023-04-17)
    80. Caspian Plover (2023-04-18)
    81. Lesser Whitethroat (2023-04-21)
    82. Common Pheasant (2023-04-21)
    83. Azure Tit (2023-04-22)
    84. Tree Sparrow (2023-04-22)
    85. Northern Wheatear (2023-04-22)
    86. Grey Heron (2023-04-23)
    87. Greylag Goose (2023-04-23)
    88. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2023-04-23)
    89. Great White Pelican (2023-04-23)
    90. Northern Shoveler (2023-04-23)
    91. Red-crested Pochard (2023-04-23)
    92. Mute Swan (2023-04-23)
    93. Chukar Partridge (2023-04-28)
    94. Horned Lark (2023-04-28)
    95. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2023-04-28)
    96. Mongolian Finch (2023-04-29)
    97. Corn Bunting (2023-04-29)
    98. Rock Bunting (2023-04-29)
    99. White-capped Bunting (2023-04-29)
    100. Sky Lark (2023-04-29)
    101. Cinereous Vulture (2023-04-29)
    102. Steppe Eagle (2023-04-29)
    103. Indian Golden Oriole (2023-05-10)
    104. Eurasian Blackbird (2023-05-10)
    105. Long-tailed Shrike (2023-05-10)
    106. Eurasian Roller (2023-05-12)
    107. Common Mynah (2023-05-12)
    108. Common Cuckoo (2023-05-14)
    109. Meadow Bunting (2023-05-14)
    110. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2023-05-25)
    111. Blue Whistling Thrush (2023-05-29)
    112. Shikra (2023-05-29)
    113. Grey Wagtail (2023-05-29)
    114. Rosy Starling (2023-05-29)
    115. Red-headed Bunting (2023-05-29)
    116. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2023-05-31)
    117. Asian Desert Warbler (2023-05-31)
    118. Pander's Ground-Jay (2023-06-01)
    119. Common Treecreeper (2023-06-11)
    120. Rufous Bush Robin (2023-06-17)
    121. Pygmy Cormorant (2023-06-17)
    122. Black Tern (2023-06-17)
    123. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2023-06-18)
    124. Great Reed Warbler (2023-06-18)
    125. Purple Heron (2023-06-18)
    126. Common Kingfisher (2023-06-18)
    127. Rock Sparrow (2023-06-20)
    128. Sand Martin (2023-06-20)
    129. Black-tailed Godwit (2023-06-20)
    130. Richard's Pipit (2023-06-20)
    131. Lesser Kestrel (2023-06-21)
    132. Laughing Dove (2023-06-21)
    133. White-crowned Penduline Tit (2023-06-21)
    134. Little Bittern (2023-06-24)
    135. Clamorous Reed Warbler (2023-06-24)
    136. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2023-06-24)
    137. Lesser Grey Shrike (2023-07-30)
    138. Coal Tit (2023-07-31)
    139. European Greenfinch (2023-08-01)
    140. Indian Sparrow (2023-08-04)
    141. Common Whitethroat (2023-08-05)
    142. Red-fronted Serin (2023-08-05)
    143. Blue-capped Redstart (2023-08-05)
    144. Sulphur-bellied Warbler (2023-08-05)
    145. Black-throated Accentor (2023-08-05)
    146. Golden Eagle (2023-08-05)
    147. Common Sandpiper (2023-08-05)
    148. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2023-08-05)
    149. Wallcreeper (2023-10-26)
    150. Saker Falcon (2023-10-26)
    151. Northern Wren (2023-10-26)

    recent uploads

    2023-11-16. Northern Wren.

    2023-10-27. Wallcreeper, Saker Falcon.

    2023-08-21. Common Treecreeper, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater.

    2023-08-16. Coal Tit, Tawny Pipit, Meadow Bunting, Lesser Grey Shrike, Masked Wagtail.

    2023-08-14. European Greenfinch.

    2023-08-11. Common Whitethroat, Red-fronted Serin, Blue-capped Redstart, Sulphur-bellied Warbler, Eversmann's Redstart, White-winged Grosbeak, Black-throated Accentor, Golden Eagle, Common Sandpiper, Siberian Stonechat, Eversmann's Redstart, White-browed Tit-Warbler, Tree Sparrow, Indian Sparrow.

    2023-07-13. Steppe Eagle, Black-tailed Godwit, Richard's Pipit, Common Redshank, Short-toed Snake-Eagle, Shikra, Siberian Stonechat, Lesser Kestrel, Mongolian Finch, Laughing Dove, White-crowned Penduline Tit.

    2023-07-12. Tawny Pipit, Booted Eagle, Rosy Starling, Rock Sparrow, Isabelline Wheatear, Sand Martin.

    2023-07-07. Pygmy Cormorant, Mute Swan, Black Tern, Asian Desert Warbler, Isabelline Wheatear, Lesser Short-toed Lark, Great Reed Warbler, Purple Heron, Black-headed Wagtail, Common Kingfisher.

    2023-07-06. Little Bittern, Clamorous Reed Warbler, Long-tailed Shrike, Rufous Bush Robin, Steppe Grey Shrike, Shikra.

    2023-06-16. Shikra, Grey Wagtail, Brown Dipper, Rosy Starling, Long-legged Buzzard, Red-headed Bunting, Common Cuckoo.

    2023-06-15. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Ile Pander's Ground-Jay, Asian Desert Warbler, Blue Whistling Thrush.

    2023-06-14. Steppe Grey Shrike.

    2023-05-27. Blyth's Reed Warbler, Eurasian Blackbird.

    2023-05-19. Eversmann's Redstart.

    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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