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Gaviiformes
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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 99
    total photos: 173
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 8

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    1. Dalmatian Pelican (2017-01-02)
    2. Steppe Eagle (2017-01-02)
    3. Ibisbill (2017-01-21)
    4. Eurasian Blackbird (2017-02-05)
    5. House Sparrow (2017-02-05)
    6. Brambling (2017-02-05)
    7. Black-throated Thrush (2017-02-09)
    8. Northern Reed Bunting (2017-03-26)
    9. Great Cormorant (2017-03-26)
    10. Isabelline Shrike (2017-03-26)
    11. White-headed Duck (2017-03-31)
    12. Masked Wagtail (2017-04-26)
    13. Merlin (2017-04-26)
    14. Demoiselle Crane (2017-05-04)
    15. Ruddy Shelduck (2017-05-05)
    16. Common Crane (2017-05-08)
    17. Horned Lark (2017-05-09)
    18. Citrine Wagtail (2017-05-10)
    19. Caspian Gull (2017-05-10)
    20. Temminck's Stint (2017-05-20)
    21. Greater Sand Plover (2017-05-20)
    22. Common Cuckoo (2017-05-20)
    23. Pied Wheatear (2017-05-29)
    24. Booted Eagle (2017-05-29)
    25. Pallid Scops Owl (2017-05-31)
    26. Little Owl (2017-06-01)
    27. Northern House Martin (2017-06-03)
    28. White-winged Lark (2017-06-25)
    29. Little Ringed Plover (2017-06-25)
    30. Asian Short-toed Lark (2017-07-03)
    31. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2017-07-03)
    32. Black-winged Stilt (2017-07-03)
    33. Calandra Lark (2017-07-03)
    34. Bimaculated Lark (2017-07-03)
    35. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2017-07-04)
    36. Lesser Grey Shrike (2017-07-04)
    37. Brown-necked Raven (2017-07-04)
    38. Steppe Grey Shrike (2017-07-05)
    39. Black Kite (2017-07-05)
    40. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2017-07-05)
    41. Long-legged Buzzard (2017-07-05)
    42. Grey-necked Bunting (2017-07-06)
    43. Mongolian Finch (2017-07-06)
    44. Golden Eagle (2017-07-06)
    45. Turkestan Shrike (2017-07-06)
    46. Common Sparrowhawk (2017-07-30)
    47. Daurian Partridge (2017-07-30)
    48. Himalayan Vulture (2017-07-30)
    49. Chukar Partridge (2017-07-30)
    50. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2017-07-30)
    51. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2017-07-30)
    52. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2017-07-30)
    53. Peregrine Falcon (2017-08-13)
    54. Sanderling (2017-08-13)
    55. Eurasian Roller (2017-08-13)
    56. Long-tailed Shrike (2017-08-13)
    57. Black-headed Gull (2017-08-27)
    58. Coal Tit (2017-08-28)
    59. Rosy Starling (2017-08-28)
    60. Pale Sand Martin (2017-08-28)
    61. Hill Pigeon (2017-08-29)
    62. Water Pipit (2017-08-29)
    63. Red-fronted Serin (2017-08-29)
    64. Common Buzzard (2017-09-04)
    65. Northern Wheatear (2017-09-04)
    66. Sky Lark (2017-09-04)
    67. Tawny Pipit (2017-09-04)
    68. Black Stork (2017-09-05)
    69. Ruff (2017-09-15)
    70. Pacific Golden Plover (2017-09-15)
    71. Dunlin (2017-09-16)
    72. Wood Sandpiper (2017-09-16)
    73. Hume's Warbler (2017-09-16)
    74. Common Starling (2017-09-16)
    75. Siberian Stonechat (2017-09-16)
    76. Pallid Harrier (2017-09-16)
    77. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2017-09-23)
    78. Red-billed Chough (2017-09-23)
    79. Carrion Crow (2017-09-23)
    80. Common Kestrel (2017-09-24)
    81. Northern Lapwing (2017-09-24)
    82. Mute Swan (2017-09-24)
    83. Common Coot (2017-09-24)
    84. Mallard (2017-09-24)
    85. Grey Wagtail (2017-09-24)
    86. White Wagtail (2017-09-24)
    87. Eurasian Hobby (2017-09-30)
    88. Western Marsh-Harrier (2017-09-30)
    89. Common Redshank (2017-09-30)
    90. Black-tailed Godwit (2017-10-13)
    91. Little Grebe (2017-10-13)
    92. Rook (2017-10-13)
    93. Common Pochard (2017-10-13)
    94. Crested Lark (2017-10-13)
    95. Eversmann's Redstart (2017-10-13)
    96. Eurasian Curlew (2017-10-13)
    97. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2017-11-21)
    98. Green Sandpiper (2017-12-16)
    99. Whooper Swan (2017-12-16)

    recent uploads

    2017-12-25. White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

    2017-12-17. Green Sandpiper, Continental Cormorant, Whooper Swan, Mute Swan.

    2017-11-29. Himalayan Vulture, Little Owl.

    2017-11-28. Black Stork.

    2017-10-23. Red-necked Phalarope.

    2017-10-22. Red-necked Phalarope.

    2017-10-17. Eurasian Curlew.

    2017-10-15. Eversmann's Redstart.

    2017-10-14. Water Pipit, Siberian Common Starling, Black-tailed Godwit, White-headed Duck, Hume's Warbler, Little Grebe, Rook, White Wagtail, Common Pochard, Black-Bellied Sandgrouse, Crested Lark.

    2017-10-10. Hume's Warbler, Hume's Warbler.

    2017-10-01. Western Marsh-Harrier, Common Redshank, Mute Swan.

    2017-09-30. Eurasian Hobby, Calandra Lark, White Wagtail.

    2017-09-25. Steppe Eagle, Common Kestrel, Common Sparrowhawk, Ruff, Northern Lapwing, Little Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Mute Swan, Common Coot, Mallard, Grey Wagtail, White Wagtail, Masked Wagtail, Pied Wheatear, Pallid Harrier.

    2017-09-24. Dunlin.

    2017-09-23. Guldenstadt's Redstart, Red-billed Chough, Carrion Crow.

    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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