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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
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  • Podicipedidae
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  • Burhinidae
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    total species: 177
    total photos: 653
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    1. Smew (2021-01-02)
    2. Whooper Swan (2021-01-02)
    3. Mute Swan (2021-01-02)
    4. Common Goldeneye (2021-01-02)
    5. Goosander (2021-01-02)
    6. Little Grebe (2021-01-02)
    7. Water Rail (2021-01-02)
    8. Mallard (2021-01-02)
    9. Green Sandpiper (2021-01-02)
    10. Black-throated Thrush (2021-01-02)
    11. Hen Harrier (2021-01-02)
    12. Common Chaffinch (2021-01-02)
    13. Long-legged Buzzard (2021-01-02)
    14. Tree Sparrow (2021-01-02)
    15. European Greenfinch (2021-01-02)
    16. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2021-01-02)
    17. Yellowhammer (2021-01-02)
    18. European Robin (2021-01-02)
    19. Upland Buzzard (2021-01-02)
    20. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2021-01-02)
    21. Common Pheasant (2021-01-02)
    22. Crested Lark (2021-01-02)
    23. Common Kestrel (2021-01-02)
    24. Corn Bunting (2021-01-02)
    25. Black-throated Accentor (2021-01-16)
    26. Coal Tit (2021-01-16)
    27. Mistle Thrush (2021-01-16)
    28. Common Treecreeper (2021-01-16)
    29. Brown Dipper (2021-01-18)
    30. Great Tit (2021-01-18)
    31. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2021-01-23)
    32. Azure Tit (2021-01-23)
    33. Eurasian Blackbird (2021-01-23)
    34. Brambling (2021-01-23)
    35. Turkestan Tit (2021-01-30)
    36. Mew Gull (2021-01-30)
    37. Eastern Buzzard (2021-01-30)
    38. Golden Eagle (2021-01-30)
    39. Rock Pigeon (2021-01-30)
    40. Northern Reed Bunting (2021-01-30)
    41. Eurasian Collared Dove (2021-01-31)
    42. Hooded Crow (2021-02-02)
    43. Red-fronted Serin (2021-02-06)
    44. Common Mynah (2021-02-06)
    45. Alpine Accentor (2021-02-13)
    46. Carrion Crow (2021-02-13)
    47. Eurasian Jackdaw (2021-02-15)
    48. Rook (2021-02-18)
    49. Eurasian Siskin (2021-02-27)
    50. Eurasian Goldfinch (2021-03-12)
    51. Masked Wagtail (2021-03-13)
    52. Citrine Wagtail (2021-03-13)
    53. Rock Bunting (2021-03-13)
    54. Common Shelduck (2021-03-13)
    55. Ruddy Shelduck (2021-03-13)
    56. Caspian Gull (2021-03-13)
    57. Gadwall (2021-03-13)
    58. Black-headed Gull (2021-03-13)
    59. Northern Pintail (2021-03-13)
    60. Common Starling (2021-03-13)
    61. Common Coot (2021-03-13)
    62. Northern Shoveler (2021-03-13)
    63. Ferruginous Duck (2021-03-13)
    64. Yellow-breasted Tit (2021-03-20)
    65. Great White Egret (2021-03-20)
    66. Tufted Duck (2021-03-20)
    67. Pygmy Cormorant (2021-03-20)
    68. Cinereous Vulture (2021-03-20)
    69. Common Raven (2021-03-20)
    70. White Stork (2021-03-20)
    71. Indian Sparrow (2021-03-20)
    72. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2021-03-20)
    73. Meadow Bunting (2021-03-20)
    75. Isabelline Shrike (2021-03-21)
    76. Turkestan Shrike (2021-03-21)
    77. Black Redstart (2021-03-21)
    78. Eurasian Wigeon (2021-03-21)
    79. Hoopoe (2021-03-21)
    80. Steppe Grey Shrike (2021-03-21)
    81. Western Marsh-Harrier (2021-03-21)
    82. Pied Wheatear (2021-03-21)
    83. Desert Finch (2021-03-22)
    84. Bearded Tit (2021-03-22)
    85. Desert Wheatear (2021-03-22)
    86. Isabelline Wheatear (2021-03-22)
    87. Steppe Eagle (2021-03-22)
    88. Common Teal (2021-03-22)
    89. Finsch's Wheatear (2021-03-22)
    90. Dalmatian Pelican (2021-03-23)
    91. Great White Pelican (2021-03-23)
    92. Tawny Pipit (2021-03-23)
    93. Slender-billed Gull (2021-03-23)
    94. Grey Heron (2021-03-23)
    95. Pallas's Gull (2021-03-23)
    96. Osprey (2021-03-23)
    97. Common Swift (2021-03-23)
    98. Great Crested Grebe (2021-03-23)
    99. Greater Short-toed Lark (2021-03-23)
    100. Eurasian Curlew (2021-03-23)
    101. Common Snipe (2021-03-24)
    102. Black Kite (2021-03-24)
    103. Egyptian Vulture (2021-03-24)
    104. Chukar Partridge (2021-03-24)
    105. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (2021-03-24)
    106. Common Crane (2021-03-24)
    107. Demoiselle Crane (2021-03-24)
    108. Common Chiffchaff (2021-03-24)
    109. Cetti's Warbler (2021-03-24)
    110. Pine Bunting (2021-03-24)
    111. Grey Wagtail (2021-04-04)
    112. Blue-capped Redstart (2021-04-08)
    113. Lesser Whitethroat (2021-04-17)
    114. Wood Pigeon (2021-04-17)
    115. Common Sparrowhawk (2021-04-17)
    116. Black Stork (2021-04-18)
    117. Common Moorhen (2021-04-18)
    118. Siberian Stonechat (2021-04-18)
    119. Calandra Lark (2021-04-18)
    120. Tree Pipit (2021-04-18)
    121. Barn Swallow (2021-04-18)
    122. Little Ringed Plover (2021-04-18)
    123. Common Sandpiper (2021-04-18)
    124. Common Redshank (2021-04-18)
    125. Pied Avocet (2021-04-18)
    126. Black-winged Stilt (2021-04-18)
    127. Northern Lapwing (2021-04-18)
    128. Common Oystercatcher (2021-04-18)
    129. Red-crested Pochard (2021-04-18)
    130. Garganey (2021-04-18)
    131. Paddyfield Warbler (2021-04-18)
    132. Sulphur-bellied Warbler (2021-05-01)
    133. Red-headed Bunting (2021-05-02)
    134. Grey-necked Bunting (2021-05-02)
    135. Common Cuckoo (2021-05-02)
    136. Common Tern (2021-05-02)
    137. Common Rosefinch (2021-05-08)
    138. Hume's Warbler (2021-05-15)
    139. Northern Wren (2021-05-15)
    140. Western Grasshopper Warbler (2021-05-15)
    141. Eurasian Dipper (2021-05-15)
    142. Rosy Starling (2021-05-22)
    143. Eurasian Roller (2021-05-22)
    144. Oriental Turtle Dove (2021-05-22)
    145. Eversmann's Redstart (2021-05-31)
    146. Yellow-billed Chough (2021-05-31)
    147. Eurasian Hobby (2021-06-27)
    148. Black Tern (2021-06-27)
    149. Wood Sandpiper (2021-06-27)
    150. Gull-billed Tern (2021-06-27)
    151. Lesser Grey Shrike (2021-06-27)
    152. Little Bittern (2021-06-27)
    153. Black-crowned Night Heron (2021-06-27)
    154. Black-tailed Godwit (2021-07-05)
    155. Ruff (2021-07-05)
    156. White-crowned Penduline Tit (2021-07-05)
    157. European Bee-eater (2021-07-05)
    158. Greenish Warbler (2021-07-06)
    159. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2021-07-17)
    160. Eurasian Nuthatch (2021-07-18)
    161. Booted Warbler (2021-07-18)
    162. White Wagtail (2021-07-19)
    163. Brandt's Rosefinch (2021-08-08)
    164. Northern Wheatear (2021-08-08)
    165. Common Whitethroat (2021-08-14)
    166. House Sparrow (2021-08-14)
    167. Greater Flamingo (2021-08-15)
    168. Yellow Wagtail (2021-08-15)
    169. Northern House Martin (2021-08-15)
    170. Greylag Goose (2021-08-15)
    171. Red-footed Falcon (2021-08-15)
    172. Red-necked Phalarope (2021-08-15)
    173. Spotted Nutcracker (2021-08-22)
    174. Goldcrest (2021-10-16)
    175. Barbary Falcon (2021-11-21)
    176. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2021-12-12)
    177. Eurasian Magpie (2021-12-12)

    recent uploads

    2021-12-14. Brambling, Common Chaffinch, Hooded Crow, Eurasian Blackbird, Goldcrest, Great Tit, White-browed Tit-Warbler, Eurasian Magpie, Common Chaffinch.

    2021-11-21. Barbary Falcon.

    2021-11-13. Common Treecreeper, Brown Dipper, Common Treecreeper, Eurasian Dipper, Goldcrest, Black-throated Accentor, Spotted Nutcracker.

    2021-09-05. Northern Shoveler.

    2021-08-22. Red-necked Phalarope, Spotted Nutcracker, Eurasian Dipper, Grey Wagtail, Greenish Warbler.

    2021-08-18. Hen Harrier, Greater Flamingo, Dalmatian Pelican, Yellow Wagtail, Barn Swallow, Northern House Martin, Paddyfield Warbler, Siberian Stonechat, Common Kestrel, Long-legged Buzzard, Greylag Goose, Red-footed Falcon.

    2021-08-14. Common Whitethroat, Pallas's Gull, House Sparrow.

    2021-08-10. Brandt's Rosefinch, Northern Wheatear.

    2021-07-29. Grey-headed Goldfinch, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Hume's Warbler, Black-throated Accentor, Siberian Stonechat, Greenish Warbler, Common Rosefinch, Common Rosefinch.

    2021-07-20. Great Spotted Woodpecker, White Wagtail, Eurasian Nuthatch, Booted Warbler.

    2021-07-06. Common Oystercatcher, Great White Pelican, Great Tit, Common Shelduck, Black-tailed Godwit, Ruff, Dalmatian Pelican, White-crowned Penduline Tit, White-crowned Penduline Tit, White-crowned Penduline Tit, Lesser Grey Shrike, European Bee-eater, Eurasian Roller, Black-winged Stilt, Common Sandpiper, Common Coot, Hoopoe, Greenish Warbler.

    2021-07-04. Little Bittern, Black-crowned Night Heron, Common Cuckoo.

    2021-07-03. Western Marsh-Harrier, Eurasian Hobby, Black Tern, Wood Sandpiper, Gull-billed Tern, Lesser Grey Shrike.

    2021-06-01. Yellow-billed Chough, Hume's Warbler.

    2021-05-31. Tree Pipit, Eversmann's Redstart.

    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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