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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
  • Pelecanidae
  • Phalacrocoracidae
    • Ciconiiformes
  • Ardeidae
  • 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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    • Upupiformes
  • Upupidae
    • Piciformes
  • Picidae
    • Passeriformes
  • Hirundinidae
  • Alaudidae
  • Motacillidae
  • Laniidae
  • Oriolidae
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  • Sturnidae
  • Corvidae
  • Bombycillidae
  • Cinclidae
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  • Prunellidae
  • Sylviidae
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  • Muscicapidae
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  • Paradoxornithidae
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  • Certhiidae
  • Ploceidae
  • Fringillidae
  • Emberizidae

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    members stats

    map of photoshootings

    total species: 116
    total photos: 261
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 1

    sort by:

    1. House Sparrow (2013-01-12)
    2. Common Chaffinch (2013-01-12)
    3. Brambling (2013-01-20)
    4. Common Pheasant (2013-01-24)
    5. Rough-legged Buzzard (2013-01-24)
    6. Pine Bunting (2013-01-24)
    7. Eurasian Magpie (2013-01-24)
    8. Eurasian Collared Dove (2013-01-24)
    9. Laughing Dove (2013-01-24)
    10. Azure Tit (2013-01-24)
    11. Stock Pigeon (2013-01-24)
    12. Eurasian Jackdaw (2013-01-24)
    13. Hooded Crow (2013-01-24)
    14. Great Tit (2013-01-24)
    15. Tree Sparrow (2013-01-24)
    16. Goldcrest (2013-02-04)
    17. Whooper Swan (2013-02-16)
    18. Tufted Duck (2013-02-16)
    19. Goosander (2013-02-16)
    20. Eastern Buzzard (2013-02-16)
    21. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2013-02-16)
    22. Northern Reed Bunting (2013-02-16)
    23. Bohemian Waxwing (2013-02-16)
    24. Water Rail (2013-02-16)
    25. Northern Bullfinch (2013-02-23)
    26. Black Lark (2013-02-23)
    27. Willow Tit (2013-02-26)
    28. Eurasian Jay (2013-02-26)
    29. Common Raven (2013-02-26)
    30. Golden Eagle (2013-02-26)
    31. Coal Tit (2013-02-26)
    32. Saker Falcon (2013-02-27)
    33. Merlin (2013-02-28)
    34. Northern Lapwing (2013-03-02)
    35. Masked Wagtail (2013-03-06)
    36. Long-legged Buzzard (2013-03-06)
    37. Pied Wheatear (2013-03-06)
    38. Northern Wheatear (2013-03-06)
    39. Rock Bunting (2013-03-06)
    40. Corn Bunting (2013-03-06)
    41. Sky Lark (2013-03-06)
    42. Calandra Lark (2013-03-06)
    43. Desert Finch (2013-03-06)
    44. Eversmann's Redstart (2013-03-10)
    45. Eurasian Blackbird (2013-03-10)
    46. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2013-03-10)
    47. Mistle Thrush (2013-03-10)
    48. Steppe Eagle (2013-03-10)
    49. Desert Wheatear (2013-03-10)
    50. Bimaculated Lark (2013-03-19)
    51. Barn Swallow (2013-03-23)
    52. Hume's Warbler (2013-04-08)
    53. Black-Necked Grebe (2013-04-23)
    54. Great Cormorant (2013-04-23)
    55. Grey Heron (2013-04-23)
    56. Black-winged Stilt (2013-04-23)
    57. Black-headed Gull (2013-04-23)
    58. Isabelline Shrike (2013-04-23)
    59. Great White Pelican (2013-04-23)
    60. Turkestan Shrike (2013-04-26)
    61. Common Mynah (2013-04-26)
    62. Crimson-winged Finch (2013-05-02)
    63. Black Stork (2013-05-15)
    64. Eurasian Roller (2013-05-15)
    65. Common Shelduck (2013-05-15)
    66. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2013-05-15)
    67. Ruddy Shelduck (2013-05-16)
    68. Spanish Sparrow (2013-05-16)
    69. Greater Short-toed Lark (2013-05-16)
    70. Rosy Starling (2013-05-16)
    71. Greater Sand Plover (2013-05-16)
    72. Lesser Sand Plover (2013-05-19)
    73. Temminck's Stint (2013-05-19)
    74. Terek Sandpiper (2013-05-19)
    75. Spotted Redshank (2013-05-19)
    76. Red-headed Bunting (2013-05-22)
    77. European Nightjar (2013-05-22)
    78. Dalmatian Pelican (2013-05-26)
    79. European Turtle Dove (2013-05-26)
    80. Short-eared Owl (2013-05-29)
    81. Eurasian Curlew (2013-05-29)
    82. Booted Warbler (2013-05-30)
    83. Common Buzzard (2013-06-01)
    84. Cinereous Vulture (2013-06-04)
    85. Himalayan Vulture (2013-06-04)
    86. Richard's Pipit (2013-06-04)
    87. Sulphur-bellied Warbler (2013-06-05)
    88. White-winged Scoter (2013-06-05)
    89. Upland Buzzard (2013-06-07)
    90. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2013-06-07)
    92. Asian Paradise Flycatcher (2013-06-15)
    93. Spotted Flycatcher (2013-06-15)
    94. White-headed Duck (2013-06-21)
    95. Montagu's Harrier (2013-06-21)
    96. Great Bustard (2013-06-29)
    97. Indian Golden Oriole (2013-07-03)
    98. Hume's Whitethroat (2013-07-06)
    99. Ortolan Bunting (2013-07-12)
    100. Alpine Accentor (2013-07-20)
    101. Great White Egret (2013-09-28)
    102. Northern Hazelhen (2013-10-01)
    103. Eurasian Nuthatch (2013-10-01)
    104. Black Woodpecker (2013-10-03)
    105. Northern Black Grouse (2013-10-04)
    106. Black-throated Thrush (2013-10-05)
    107. Common Starling (2013-10-20)
    108. Rustic Bunting (2013-10-21)
    109. Bean Goose (2013-11-10)
    110. Long-tailed Tit (2013-11-13)
    111. White-winged Grosbeak (2013-11-19)
    112. Caspian Gull (2013-11-23)
    113. Indian Pond Heron (2013-12-07)
    114. Common Greenshank (2013-12-29)
    115. Black-tailed Godwit (2013-12-29)
    116. Great Crested Grebe (2013-12-29)

    recent uploads

    2013-12-29. Common Greenshank, Black-tailed Godwit, Water Rail, Steppe Eagle, Eastern Buzzard, Whooper Swan, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Sky Lark, Great Crested Grebe, Black-throated Thrush.

    2013-12-26. Black-throated Thrush, Tree Sparrow, Azure Tit.

    2013-12-18. Hybrid Tit, Little Grebe, Little Grebe.

    2013-12-15. Spanish Sparrow, Stock Pigeon, Azure Tit, Steppe Eagle, Common Shelduck.

    2013-12-11. Long-legged Buzzard.

    2013-12-07. Indian Pond Heron, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Common Mynah, Black-headed Gull, Bean Goose, Whooper Swan.

    2013-12-03. Ortolan Bunting.

    2013-12-01. Long-legged Buzzard, Eastern Buzzard, White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

    2013-11-24. Caspian Gull, Caspian Gull, Whooper Swan, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Steppe Eagle.

    2013-11-19. White-winged Grosbeak, Great White Egret.

    2013-11-13. Long-tailed Tit, Black-throated Accentor.

    2013-11-12. Alpine Accentor.

    2013-11-10. Spotted Redshank, Steppe Eagle, Bean Goose, Merlin.

    2013-11-02. Hume's Warbler, Hume's Warbler.

    2013-10-21. Rustic Bunting.

    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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