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Gaviiformes
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    total species: 149
    total photos: 303
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 1

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    1. Common Goldeneye (2014-01-12)
    2. Daurian Jackdaw (2014-01-12)
    3. Steppe Eagle (2014-01-18)
    4. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2014-01-18)
    5. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2014-01-18)
    6. Hooded Crow (2014-01-18)
    7. Eastern Buzzard (2014-01-18)
    8. Long-legged Buzzard (2014-01-18)
    9. Great Tit (2014-01-28)
    10. Tufted Duck (2014-02-04)
    11. Mute Swan (2014-02-04)
    12. Mallard (2014-02-04)
    13. Common Coot (2014-02-04)
    14. Black-headed Gull (2014-02-04)
    15. Mew Gull (2014-02-04)
    16. Caspian Gull (2014-02-04)
    17. Red-breasted Merganser (2014-02-04)
    18. Greater Scaup (2014-02-05)
    19. Common Sparrowhawk (2014-02-06)
    20. Brambling (2014-02-06)
    21. Blyth's Rosefinch (2014-02-12)
    22. Little Owl (2014-02-21)
    23. Common Buzzard (2014-02-21)
    24. White-Winged Woodpecker (2014-02-22)
    25. Sky Lark (2014-02-22)
    26. Crested Lark (2014-02-22)
    27. Northern Pintail (2014-02-22)
    28. Whooper Swan (2014-02-22)
    29. Red-throated Thrush (2014-02-22)
    30. Northern Reed Bunting (2014-02-22)
    31. Common Starling (2014-02-22)
    32. Hen Harrier (2014-02-22)
    33. Calandra Lark (2014-02-22)
    34. Common Chaffinch (2014-02-23)
    35. House Sparrow (2014-02-23)
    36. Brown Accentor (2014-02-25)
    37. Black-throated Accentor (2014-02-25)
    38. Eurasian Blackbird (2014-02-25)
    39. Meadow Bunting (2014-02-25)
    40. Horned Lark (2014-02-25)
    41. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2014-02-25)
    42. Rough-legged Buzzard (2014-02-26)
    43. Common Pheasant (2014-02-26)
    44. Bean Goose (2014-02-26)
    45. Common Teal (2014-02-26)
    46. Black Lark (2014-03-01)
    47. Northern Bullfinch (2014-03-02)
    48. Common Redpoll (2014-03-02)
    49. Northern Black Grouse (2014-03-02)
    50. Black Woodpecker (2014-03-03)
    51. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2014-03-03)
    52. Bohemian Waxwing (2014-03-03)
    53. Turkestan Shrike (2014-04-02)
    54. Chukar Partridge (2014-04-02)
    55. Demoiselle Crane (2014-04-08)
    56. Menetries Warbler (2014-04-14)
    57. Great Bustard (2014-04-18)
    58. White Wagtail (2014-04-19)
    59. Isabelline Shrike (2014-04-20)
    60. Corn Bunting (2014-04-20)
    61. Hill Pigeon (2014-05-04)
    62. Little Bustard (2014-05-06)
    63. Griffon Vulture (2014-05-09)
    64. European Bee-eater (2014-05-10)
    65. White Stork (2014-05-10)
    66. Pied Wheatear (2014-05-15)
    67. Relict Gull (2014-05-30)
    68. Eurasian Roller (2014-05-30)
    69. Red-backed Shrike (2014-05-31)
    70. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2014-05-31)
    71. Common Redshank (2014-06-01)
    72. Northern Lapwing (2014-06-01)
    73. Ruff (2014-06-01)
    74. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2014-06-05)
    75. Great White Pelican (2014-06-06)
    76. Desert Finch (2014-06-06)
    77. Eurasian Collared Dove (2014-06-07)
    78. Masked Wagtail (2014-06-07)
    79. Bimaculated Lark (2014-06-08)
    80. Asian Paradise Flycatcher (2014-06-12)
    81. Common Crane (2014-06-20)
    82. Ibisbill (2014-06-21)
    83. Citrine Wagtail (2014-06-21)
    84. Ruddy Shelduck (2014-06-22)
    85. Common Tern (2014-06-22)
    86. Common Rosefinch (2014-06-22)
    87. Tawny Pipit (2014-06-22)
    88. Rock Bunting (2014-06-22)
    89. Common Snipe (2014-06-22)
    90. Red-headed Bunting (2014-06-26)
    91. Himalayan Vulture (2014-06-26)
    92. Barbary Falcon (2014-06-26)
    93. Pallas's Sea-Eagle (2014-06-29)
    94. Black-crowned Night Heron (2014-06-29)
    95. Little Bittern (2014-06-29)
    96. Dalmatian Pelican (2014-06-29)
    97. White-capped Bunting (2014-06-29)
    98. Common Whitethroat (2014-07-01)
    99. Siberian Stonechat (2014-07-01)
    100. Isabelline Wheatear (2014-07-01)
    101. Tree Pipit (2014-07-01)
    102. Lesser Grey Shrike (2014-07-03)
    103. Long-tailed Shrike (2014-07-03)
    104. Golden Eagle (2014-07-04)
    105. Cinereous Vulture (2014-07-05)
    106. Pine Bunting (2014-07-06)
    107. Ferruginous Duck (2014-07-08)
    108. Greylag Goose (2014-07-08)
    109. Eurasian Wigeon (2014-07-08)
    110. Gadwall (2014-07-12)
    111. Black Tern (2014-07-12)
    112. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2014-07-15)
    113. Red-footed Falcon (2014-07-19)
    114. Spotted Flycatcher (2014-08-08)
    115. Common Kingfisher (2014-08-08)
    116. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2014-08-08)
    117. Marsh Sandpiper (2014-08-08)
    118. Little Ringed Plover (2014-08-08)
    119. Red-crested Pochard (2014-08-08)
    120. Black-winged Stilt (2014-08-08)
    121. Common Sandpiper (2014-08-08)
    122. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2014-08-08)
    123. Greater Short-toed Lark (2014-08-08)
    124. Little Stint (2014-08-08)
    125. Temminck's Stint (2014-08-08)
    126. Eurasian Linnet (2014-08-10)
    127. Paddyfield Warbler (2014-08-10)
    128. Himalayan Accentor (2014-08-13)
    129. Water Pipit (2014-08-13)
    130. Dunlin (2014-09-06)
    131. Great Cormorant (2014-09-06)
    132. Pacific Golden Plover (2014-09-06)
    133. Black Kite (2014-09-06)
    134. Merlin (2014-09-07)
    135. Yellow-billed Chough (2014-09-07)
    136. Wallcreeper (2014-09-11)
    137. Spotted Redshank (2014-09-14)
    138. Little Grebe (2014-09-14)
    139. Hume's Warbler (2014-09-14)
    140. Greater Spotted Eagle (2014-09-14)
    141. White-crowned Penduline Tit (2014-09-14)
    142. Common Raven (2014-10-03)
    143. Eurasian Hobby (2014-10-03)
    144. Eversmann's Redstart (2014-11-06)
    145. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2014-11-06)
    146. Eurasian Dipper (2014-11-06)
    147. Bewick's Swan (2014-11-16)
    148. Eurasian Jackdaw (2014-11-16)
    149. Northern Wren (2014-12-21)

    recent uploads

    2014-12-31. Ibisbill.

    2014-12-28. Dalmatian Pelican.

    2014-12-24. Northern Reed Bunting, Steppe Eagle.

    2014-12-21. Northern Wren.

    2014-11-16. Bewick's Swan, Steppe Eagle, Eurasian Jackdaw, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Long-tailed Rosefinch.

    2014-11-15. Long-tailed Rosefinch.

    2014-11-06. Eversmann's Redstart, Guldenstadt's Redstart, White-bellied Dipper.

    2014-10-16. Eurasian Hobby.

    2014-10-15. White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Common Raven.

    2014-09-26. Griffon Vulture.

    2014-09-24. European Bee-eater.

    2014-09-15. Dunlin, Eurasian Roller, Steppe Eagle, Spotted Redshank, Little Grebe, Ruff, Ruff, Bimaculated Lark, Hume's Warbler, Black-crowned Night Heron, Greater Spotted Eagle, White-crowned Penduline Tit, Wallcreeper, White-crowned Penduline Tit.

    2014-09-07. Common Snipe, Dunlin, Pied Wheatear, Continental Cormorant, Pacific Golden Plover, Black-eared Kite, Steppe Eagle, Greater Scaup, Tufted Duck, Merlin, Yellow-billed Chough.

    2014-08-22. Pied Wheatear, Pied Wheatear.

    2014-08-17. Red-headed 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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    2025-03-30
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    2025-03-23
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    2025-02-07
    Arctic Loon
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    2025-02-06
    Red Crossbill
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    2025-01-07
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