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Gaviiformes
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    total species: 90
    total photos: 137
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Common Chaffinch (2024-03-11)
    2. Great Tit (2024-03-11)
    3. Goldcrest (2024-03-11)
    4. Common Pheasant (2024-03-11)
    5. Eurasian Magpie (2024-03-11)
    6. Brown Dipper (2024-03-11)
    7. Eurasian Blackbird (2024-03-11)
    8. Carrion Crow (2024-03-11)
    9. Yellowhammer (2024-03-20)
    10. Rock Bunting (2024-03-20)
    11. Steppe Eagle (2024-03-20)
    12. Masked Wagtail (2024-03-20)
    13. Caspian Gull (2024-03-20)
    14. Northern Reed Bunting (2024-03-20)
    15. Red-crested Pochard (2024-03-20)
    16. Isabelline Shrike (2024-03-20)
    17. Black-headed Gull (2024-03-20)
    18. Great Cormorant (2024-03-20)
    19. Isabelline Wheatear (2024-03-20)
    20. Hoopoe (2024-03-20)
    21. Tree Sparrow (2024-03-20)
    22. Common Kestrel (2024-03-27)
    23. Greater Spotted Eagle (2024-03-27)
    24. Long-legged Buzzard (2024-03-27)
    25. Pied Wheatear (2024-03-27)
    26. Goosander (2024-03-27)
    27. Coal Tit (2024-03-27)
    28. Common Treecreeper (2024-03-27)
    29. Lammergeier (2024-03-27)
    30. Bohemian Waxwing (2024-03-27)
    31. Demoiselle Crane (2024-03-27)
    32. Common Chiffchaff (2024-04-05)
    33. Common Moorhen (2024-04-05)
    34. Rook (2024-04-05)
    35. Blue-capped Redstart (2024-04-05)
    36. Garganey (2024-04-05)
    37. Ferruginous Duck (2024-04-05)
    38. Black-winged Stilt (2024-04-05)
    39. Common Redshank (2024-04-05)
    40. Eurasian Curlew (2024-04-05)
    41. Great White Pelican (2024-04-05)
    42. Dalmatian Pelican (2024-04-05)
    43. Whooper Swan (2024-04-05)
    44. Grey Heron (2024-04-05)
    45. Great White Egret (2024-04-05)
    46. White-headed Duck (2024-04-05)
    47. Common Pochard (2024-04-05)
    48. Greylag Goose (2024-04-05)
    49. Turkestan Shrike (2024-04-05)
    50. Western Marsh-Harrier (2024-04-05)
    51. Northern Shoveler (2024-04-05)
    52. Common Coot (2024-04-05)
    53. Little Bustard (2024-04-08)
    54. Northern Wheatear (2024-04-08)
    55. Common Shelduck (2024-04-08)
    56. Common Oystercatcher (2024-04-08)
    57. Mute Swan (2024-04-08)
    58. Northern Pintail (2024-04-08)
    59. Mallard (2024-04-08)
    60. Water Pipit (2024-04-08)
    61. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2024-04-08)
    62. Citrine Wagtail (2024-04-08)
    63. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2024-04-08)
    64. Lesser Whitethroat (2024-04-08)
    65. Rock Pigeon (2024-04-08)
    66. Black Redstart (2024-04-08)
    67. Little Ringed Plover (2024-04-08)
    68. Black-headed Wagtail (2024-04-08)
    69. Crested Lark (2024-04-08)
    70. Northern Lapwing (2024-04-08)
    71. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2024-04-09)
    72. Oriental Turtle Dove (2024-05-08)
    73. Common Sparrowhawk (2024-05-08)
    74. Corn Bunting (2024-05-08)
    75. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2024-05-08)
    76. Syke's Warbler (2024-05-08)
    77. Siberian Stonechat (2024-05-08)
    78. Rosy Starling (2024-05-08)
    79. Grey Wagtail (2024-05-08)
    80. Common Sandpiper (2024-05-08)
    81. Gadwall (2024-05-08)
    82. Marsh Sandpiper (2024-05-08)
    83. Black-tailed Godwit (2024-05-08)
    84. Wood Pigeon (2024-05-08)
    85. Eurasian Whimbrel (2024-05-08)
    86. Common Greenshank (2024-05-08)
    87. Lesser Sand Plover (2024-05-08)
    88. Great Crested Grebe (2024-05-08)
    89. Desert Finch (2024-05-08)
    90. Ortolan Bunting (2024-05-08)

    recent uploads

    2024-07-08. Western Marsh-Harrier, White-headed Duck, Ortolan Bunting.

    2024-06-24. Lesser Sand Plover, Great Crested Grebe, Desert Finch.

    2024-06-07. Common Greenshank, Eurasian Whimbrel, Dalmatian Pelican, Great White Pelican.

    2024-05-24. Long-legged Buzzard, Little Bustard, Rosy Starling, Grey Wagtail, Common Sandpiper, Caspian Gull, Gadwall, Common Shelduck, Red-crested Pochard, Ferruginous Duck, Mallard, Common Kestrel, Rock Pigeon, Gadwall, Marsh Sandpiper, Mute Swan, Common Oystercatcher, Black-tailed Godwit, Dalmatian Pelican, Wood Pigeon, Eurasian Whimbrel.

    2024-05-22. Oriental Turtle Dove, Common Sparrowhawk, Corn Bunting, Common Kestrel, Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush, Syke's Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Siberian Stonechat.

    2024-04-18. Black Redstart, Long-legged Buzzard, Little Ringed Plover, Black-headed Wagtail, Crested Lark, Northern Lapwing.

    2024-04-14. Little Bustard, Northern Wheatear, Common Shelduck, Common Oystercatcher, Eurasian Curlew, Common Chiffchaff, Mute Swan, Northern Pintail, Mallard, Water Pipit, Black-Bellied Sandgrouse, Citrine Wagtail, Lesser Short-toed Lark, Lesser Whitethroat, Rock Pigeon.

    2024-04-10. Eurasian Stone Curlew.

    2024-04-06. Common Chiffchaff, Common Moorhen, Rook, Blue-capped Redstart, Garganey, Ferruginous Duck, Ferruginous Duck, Black-winged Stilt, Common Redshank, Goosander, Great Cormorant, Eurasian Curlew, Great White Pelican, Dalmatian Pelican, Whooper Swan, Grey Heron, Great White Egret, White-headed Duck, Common Pochard, Greylag Goose, Turkestan Shrike, Western Marsh-Harrier, Northern Shoveler, Common Coot.

    2024-04-05. Demoiselle Crane.

    2024-03-31. Bohemian Waxwing.

    2024-03-30. Steppe Eagle, Masked Wagtail, Caspian Gull, Northern Reed Bunting, Red-crested Pochard, Isabelline Shrike, Black-headed Gull, Great Cormorant, Isabelline Wheatear, Hoopoe, Tree Sparrow, Common Kestrel, Greater Spotted Eagle, Long-legged Buzzard, Pied Wheatear, Goosander, Coal Tit, Common Treecreeper, Rock Bunting, Lammergeier.

    2024-03-20. Common Chaffinch, Goldcrest, Yellowhammer, Rock Bunting.

    2024-03-11. Great Tit, Common Pheasant, Eurasian Magpie, Brown Dipper, Eurasian Blackbird, Carrion Crow.

    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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    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)

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    unidentified birds

    2026-06-22

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    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...