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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
  • Pelecanidae
  • Phalacrocoracidae
    • Ciconiiformes
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  • Threskiornithidae
  • Ciconiidae
    • Phoenicopteriformes
  • Phoenicopteridae
    • 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
    • Strigiformes
  • Strigidae
    • Caprimulgiformes
  • Caprimulgidae
    • Apodiformes
  • Apodidae
    • Coraciiformes
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  • Alcedinidae
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    • Upupiformes
  • Upupidae
    • Piciformes
  • Picidae
    • Passeriformes
  • Hirundinidae
  • Alaudidae
  • Motacillidae
  • Laniidae
  • Oriolidae
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  • Bombycillidae
  • Cinclidae
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  • Prunellidae
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  • Muscicapidae
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  • Paradoxornithidae
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  • Ploceidae
  • Fringillidae
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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 149
    total photos: 563
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Red-crested Pochard (2024-01-01)
    2. Mallard (2024-01-01)
    3. Rock Pigeon (2024-01-01)
    4. Tree Sparrow (2024-01-01)
    5. Yellowhammer (2024-01-01)
    6. Fieldfare (2024-01-01)
    7. Great Tit (2024-01-01)
    8. Northern Bullfinch (2024-01-01)
    9. Hawfinch (2024-01-05)
    10. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2024-01-05)
    11. Brambling (2024-01-05)
    12. Baikal Bullfinch (2024-01-08)
    13. Bohemian Waxwing (2024-01-25)
    14. Eurasian Magpie (2024-01-28)
    15. Common Raven (2024-01-28)
    16. Azure Tit (2024-01-28)
    17. Hooded Crow (2024-01-28)
    18. Eurasian Jackdaw (2024-01-28)
    19. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2024-01-30)
    20. Great Grey Shrike (2024-02-21)
    21. Eurasian Siskin (2024-02-26)
    22. Eurasian Nuthatch (2024-03-17)
    23. Common Starling (2024-04-04)
    24. Northern Reed Bunting (2024-04-04)
    25. Eurasian Linnet (2024-04-04)
    26. White Wagtail (2024-04-04)
    27. European Greenfinch (2024-04-06)
    28. Whooper Swan (2024-04-13)
    29. Common Coot (2024-04-13)
    30. Common Crane (2024-04-13)
    31. Mute Swan (2024-04-13)
    32. Bewick's Swan (2024-04-13)
    34. Bean Goose (2024-04-17)
    35. Grey Partridge (2024-04-20)
    36. Slavonian Grebe (2024-04-20)
    37. Garganey (2024-04-20)
    38. Bluethroat (2024-04-20)
    39. Common Shelduck (2024-04-20)
    40. Common Goldeneye (2024-04-20)
    41. Baraba Steppe Gull (2024-04-20)
    42. Black-winged Stilt (2024-04-20)
    43. Black-Necked Grebe (2024-04-20)
    44. Sky Lark (2024-04-20)
    45. Rook (2024-04-20)
    46. Red-Necked Grebe (2024-04-20)
    47. Common Sandpiper (2024-04-24)
    48. Marsh Sandpiper (2024-04-26)
    49. Common Pochard (2024-04-26)
    50. Common Chiffchaff (2024-04-26)
    51. Common Redshank (2024-04-26)
    52. Yellow Wagtail (2024-04-26)
    53. Northern Wheatear (2024-04-26)
    54. Little Ringed Plover (2024-04-26)
    55. Hoopoe (2024-04-26)
    56. Black-headed Gull (2024-04-26)
    57. Greater Scaup (2024-04-26)
    58. Northern Shoveler (2024-04-26)
    59. Common Chaffinch (2024-04-26)
    60. Tree Pipit (2024-04-26)
    61. Common Buzzard (2024-04-26)
    62. Ruff (2024-05-04)
    63. Demoiselle Crane (2024-05-04)
    64. Black-tailed Godwit (2024-05-04)
    65. Pied Flycatcher (2024-05-05)
    66. Cetti's Warbler (2024-05-05)
    67. Greylag Goose (2024-05-06)
    68. Tufted Duck (2024-05-06)
    69. Northern Lapwing (2024-05-06)
    70. Common Greenshank (2024-05-07)
    71. Barn Swallow (2024-05-07)
    72. Great Cormorant (2024-05-08)
    73. Great White Egret (2024-05-08)
    74. Barnacle Goose (2024-05-10)
    75. Siberian Stonechat (2024-05-10)
    76. Smew (2024-05-10)
    77. Wood Sandpiper (2024-05-11)
    78. Citrine Wagtail (2024-05-11)
    79. Terek Sandpiper (2024-05-11)
    80. Lesser Whitethroat (2024-05-13)
    81. Eurasian Redstart (2024-05-14)
    82. Eurasian Wryneck (2024-05-14)
    83. Spotted Flycatcher (2024-05-14)
    84. Common Rosefinch (2024-05-14)
    85. Willow Warbler (2024-05-14)
    86. Red-backed Shrike (2024-05-14)
    87. Gadwall (2024-05-14)
    88. Short-eared Owl (2024-05-15)
    89. Spotted Redshank (2024-05-15)
    90. Ortolan Bunting (2024-05-18)
    91. Oriental Turtle Dove (2024-05-18)
    92. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2024-05-18)
    93. Little Bustard (2024-05-18)
    94. House Sparrow (2024-05-19)
    95. Grey Wagtail (2024-05-21)
    96. White-winged Tern (2024-05-23)
    97. Dunlin (2024-05-24)
    98. Temminck's Stint (2024-05-24)
    99. Little Stint (2024-05-24)
    100. Greater Ringed Plover (2024-05-24)
    101. Broad-billed Sandpiper (2024-05-26)
    102. Ruddy Turnstone (2024-05-26)
    103. Red-necked Phalarope (2024-05-28)
    104. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2024-05-31)
    105. Common Cuckoo (2024-06-02)
    106. Whinchat (2024-06-02)
    107. Barred Warbler (2024-06-02)
    108. European Bee-eater (2024-06-05)
    109. Common Oystercatcher (2024-06-05)
    110. Booted Warbler (2024-06-05)
    111. Great Reed Warbler (2024-06-08)
    112. Green Sandpiper (2024-06-17)
    113. Black Tern (2024-06-19)
    114. Common Tern (2024-06-19)
    115. Great Crested Grebe (2024-07-03)
    116. European Golden Oriole (2024-07-04)
    117. Garden Warbler (2024-07-04)
    118. Mistle Thrush (2024-07-04)
    119. Bar-tailed Godwit (2024-07-13)
    120. Little Gull (2024-07-13)
    121. Mew Gull (2024-07-13)
    122. Western Marsh-Harrier (2024-07-13)
    123. Dalmatian Pelican (2024-07-13)
    124. Curlew Sandpiper (2024-07-16)
    125. Pied Avocet (2024-07-16)
    126. Black-winged Pratincole (2024-07-21)
    127. Northern Goshawk (2024-07-21)
    128. Northern Pintail (2024-07-24)
    129. Laughing Dove (2024-07-28)
    130. Grey Plover (2024-07-29)
    131. Common Kestrel (2024-07-29)
    132. Eurasian Collared Dove (2024-07-30)
    133. Wood Pigeon (2024-07-30)
    134. Grey Heron (2024-07-31)
    135. Eurasian Whimbrel (2024-08-12)
    136. Sanderling (2024-08-18)
    137. Eurasian Wigeon (2024-08-20)
    138. Pacific Golden Plover (2024-08-20)
    139. Common Teal (2024-08-20)
    140. Common Sparrowhawk (2024-09-06)
    141. Red-throated Pipit (2024-09-23)
    142. Water Rail (2024-09-27)
    143. Eurasian Golden Plover (2024-10-03)
    144. Song Thrush (2024-10-14)
    145. Hen Harrier (2024-10-15)
    146. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2024-10-17)
    147. Rough-legged Buzzard (2024-10-22)
    148. Horned Lark (2024-11-05)
    149. White-Backed Woodpecker (2024-12-28)

    recent uploads

    2025-01-09. White-Backed Woodpecker.

    2024-12-04. Boreal Owl, Boreal Owl.

    2024-12-02. Azure Tit.

    2024-11-22. Hooded Crow, Rook, Hawfinch.

    2024-11-13. Mistle Thrush.

    2024-11-08. Grey Plover.

    2024-11-07. Greater Scaup, Grey Plover.

    2024-11-06. Common Horned Lark.

    2024-10-22. Rough-legged Buzzard.

    2024-10-18. Bewick's Swan.

    2024-10-17. Mute Swan, Greylag Goose, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

    2024-10-15. Hen Harrier.

    2024-10-14. Northern Reed Bunting, Song Thrush.

    2024-10-09. Eurasian Golden Plover.

    2024-10-08. Eurasian Golden Plover, Common Starling, Dunlin, Bewick's Swan, Whooper Swan, Bewick's Swan, Bewick's Swan, Whooper Swan, Bewick's Swan.

    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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    2025-02-07
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    2025-02-06
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