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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
  • Pelecanidae
  • Phalacrocoracidae
    • Ciconiiformes
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    • Charadriiformes
  • Burhinidae
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  • Scolopacidae
  • Glareolidae
  • Stercorariidae
  • Laridae
    • Pterocletiformes
  • Pteroclidae
    • Columbiformes
  • Columbidae
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  • Strigidae
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  • Motacillidae
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  • Certhiidae
  • Ploceidae
  • Fringillidae
  • Emberizidae

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    total species: 42
    total photos: 200
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Garganey (2024-05-22)
    2. Great Crested Grebe (2024-05-22)
    3. Greylag Goose (2024-05-22)
    4. Grey Heron (2024-05-22)
    5. Common Kestrel (2024-05-22)
    6. Mallard (2024-05-22)
    7. Red-crested Pochard (2024-05-22)
    8. Common Pochard (2024-05-22)
    9. Booted Warbler (2024-05-29)
    10. Greenish Warbler (2024-05-29)
    11. Great Cormorant (2024-05-29)
    12. Greater Flamingo (2024-05-30)
    13. Caspian Tern (2024-05-30)
    14. Black Lark (2024-05-30)
    15. Pallas's Gull (2024-05-30)
    16. Tree Sparrow (2024-05-30)
    17. Black-headed Gull (2024-05-30)
    18. Mute Swan (2024-05-30)
    19. Whooper Swan (2024-05-30)
    20. Dalmatian Pelican (2024-05-30)
    21. Little Stint (2024-05-30)
    22. Common Rosefinch (2024-05-30)
    23. Turkestan Shrike (2024-05-30)
    24. Ferruginous Duck (2024-05-30)
    25. White-winged Lark (2024-05-30)
    26. Western Marsh-Harrier (2024-05-30)
    27. Barn Swallow (2024-05-30)
    28. Northern Reed Bunting (2024-05-30)
    29. Oriental Turtle Dove (2024-05-31)
    30. Common Goldeneye (2024-06-02)
    31. Merlin (2024-06-02)
    32. Great White Egret (2024-06-03)
    33. Common Starling (2024-06-03)
    34. Rook (2024-07-17)
    35. Black-headed Wagtail (2024-07-18)
    36. Masked Wagtail (2024-07-18)
    37. Wood Sandpiper (2024-07-18)
    38. European Greenfinch (2024-07-18)
    39. Common Nightingale (2024-07-18)
    40. Hoopoe (2024-07-19)
    41. Common Moorhen (2024-07-19)
    42. Black-winged Stilt (2024-07-19)

    recent uploads

    2024-07-24. Turkestan Shrike, Rook, Barn Swallow, Turkestan Shrike, Hoopoe, Black-headed Wagtail, Masked Wagtail, Common Moorhen, Wood Sandpiper, Black-headed Wagtail, European Greenfinch, Common Nightingale, Black-winged Stilt.

    2024-06-12. Greylag Goose, Common Starling.

    2024-06-11. Great White Egret, Western Marsh-Harrier.

    2024-06-10. Common Pochard, Common Pochard, Whooper Swan, Mute Swan, Greater Flamingo, Mute Swan, Grey Heron, Turkestan Shrike.

    2024-06-09. Oriental Turtle Dove, Dalmatian Pelican, Greylag Goose, Ferruginous Duck, Western Marsh-Harrier, Common Goldeneye.

    2024-06-07. Turkestan Shrike, Common Pochard, Red-crested Pochard, Mallard, Common Kestrel, Grey Heron, Greylag Goose, Garganey, Great Crested Grebe, Great Cormorant, Ferruginous Duck, White-winged Lark, Western Marsh-Harrier, Barn Swallow, Northern Reed Bunting, Common Pochard, Red-crested Pochard, Mallard, Dalmatian Pelican, Whooper Swan, Mute Swan, Black-headed Gull, Tree Sparrow, Grey Heron, Greylag Goose, Greater Flamingo, Caspian Tern, Pallas's Gull, Black Lark.

    2024-06-06. Booted Warbler, Greenish Warbler.

    2024-06-04. Merlin, Little Stint, Common Rosefinch.

    2024-05-25. Garganey.

    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

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    Андрей Коваленко: По фото вряд ли, но в это время там только луговые...
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    Юрий Малков: Спасибо Анна и Андрей.
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    Юрий Малков: Спасибо Анна.
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