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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
  • Pelecanidae
  • Phalacrocoracidae
    • Ciconiiformes
  • Ardeidae
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    • Phoenicopteriformes
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    • Falconiformes
  • Pandionidae
  • Accipitridae
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  • Tetraonidae
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    • Gruiformes
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  • Rallidae
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    • Charadriiformes
  • Burhinidae
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  • Recurvirostridae
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  • Upupidae
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  • Picidae
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  • Hirundinidae
  • Alaudidae
  • Motacillidae
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  • Corvidae
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  • Cinclidae
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  • Sylviidae
  • Regulidae
  • Muscicapidae
  • Turdidae
  • Paradoxornithidae
  • Aegithalidae
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  • Certhiidae
  • Ploceidae
  • Fringillidae
  • Emberizidae

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    total species: 43
    total photos: 79
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Little Ringed Plover (2014-04-19)
    2. Bluethroat (2014-04-20)
    3. Northern Pintail (2014-04-21)
    5. Demoiselle Crane (2014-05-05)
    6. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2014-05-05)
    7. Rosy Starling (2014-05-05)
    8. Himalayan Rubythroat (2014-06-22)
    9. Carrion Crow (2014-06-27)
    10. Grey Heron (2014-07-18)
    11. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2014-07-18)
    12. Greylag Goose (2014-07-18)
    13. Collared Pratincole (2014-07-18)
    14. Red-necked Phalarope (2014-07-19)
    15. European Nightjar (2014-07-19)
    16. Ruddy Shelduck (2014-07-19)
    17. Greater Short-toed Lark (2014-07-20)
    18. Common Rosefinch (2014-07-20)
    19. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2014-07-20)
    20. Little Owl (2014-07-22)
    21. Northern Wheatear (2014-08-03)
    22. Himalayan Snowcock (2014-08-03)
    23. Red-backed Shrike (2014-08-27)
    24. Common Greenshank (2014-08-27)
    25. Eurasian Curlew (2014-08-29)
    27. Ortolan Bunting (2014-08-29)
    28. Pallas's Gull (2014-08-29)
    29. Ruddy Turnstone (2014-08-30)
    30. Ruff (2014-08-30)
    31. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2014-08-30)
    32. Blue-capped Redstart (2014-10-04)
    33. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2014-10-04)
    34. Great Grey Shrike (2014-11-03)
    35. Golden Eagle (2014-11-16)
    36. Lammergeier (2014-11-24)
    37. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2014-11-26)
    38. Common Chaffinch (2014-11-26)
    39. Goosander (2014-11-26)
    40. Long-tailed Duck (2014-11-26)
    41. Red-breasted Merganser (2014-11-26)
    42. Common Goldeneye (2014-11-26)
    43. Mute Swan (2014-11-27)

    recent uploads

    2015-01-09. Garganey, European Nightjar, Rough-legged Buzzard.

    2015-01-08. Little Bustard, Common Crane.

    2015-01-07. Black Kite, Black Kite.

    2015-01-06. Common Mynah, Caspian Gull, Ferruginous Duck, Glossy Ibis, Glossy Ibis.

    2015-01-05. Greater Sand Plover, White Stork, White Stork, Pied Avocet, Water Pipit.

    2014-12-31. Eurasian Blackbird.

    2014-12-30. Great Grey Shrike, Long-legged Buzzard, Red-backed Shrike, Himalayan Rubythroat, Siberian Black-backed Gull.

    2014-12-29. Himalayan Snowcock, Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush, Northern Pintail, Whooper Swan, Great White Egret, Pin-Tailed Sandgrouse, Sandwich Tern, Mallard, Steppe Eagle, Common Shelduck, Great Cormorant.

    2014-12-28. Siberian Black-backed Gull, Common Greenshank, Red-backed Shrike, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Grey Heron, Little Ringed Plover, Red-necked Phalarope, Rosy Starling, Greater Flamingo, Greater Flamingo, Greater Flamingo, Greater Flamingo, Rosy Starling, Northern Wheatear, Blue-capped Redstart, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Common Chaffinch, Carrion Crow, Carrion Crow.

    2014-12-27. Himalayan Golden Eagle, Long-tailed Duck, Red-breasted Merganser, Goosander, Common Goldeneye, Mute Swan, Black-Bellied Sandgrouse, Black-Bellied Sandgrouse, Bluethroat, Greylag Goose, Little Owl, Common Rosefinch, Common Rosefinch, Ruddy Shelduck, European Nightjar, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Collared Pratincole, Greater Short-toed Lark, Pallas's Gull, Himalayan Snowcock, Eurasian Curlew, Eurasian Curlew, Eurasian Curlew, Ortolan Bunting, Ruddy Turnstone, Ruddy Turnstone, Ruff, Ruff, Lammergeier, Lammergeier, Lammergeier, Lammergeier.

    2014-12-26. White-tailed Sea-Eagle, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Mute Swan, Mute Swan, Mute Swan, Demoiselle Crane, Demoiselle Crane, Short-toed Snake-Eagle, Greater Flamingo, Caspian Plover, Great White Pelican, Great White Pelican, Great White Pelican, Great White Pelican.

    2014-12-25. Lammergeier, White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

    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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