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Gaviiformes
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  • Podicipedidae
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    total species: 96
    total photos: 138
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Hooded Crow (2022-01-15)
    2. Green Sandpiper (2022-01-20)
    3. Upland Buzzard (2022-01-25)
    4. Common Chaffinch (2022-01-25)
    5. Common Kingfisher (2022-01-28)
    6. Common Crane (2022-02-03)
    7. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2022-02-03)
    8. Western Marsh-Harrier (2022-02-03)
    9. Spanish Sparrow (2022-02-03)
    10. Merlin (2022-02-03)
    11. Crested Lark (2022-02-03)
    12. Whooper Swan (2022-02-03)
    13. Dalmatian Pelican (2022-02-03)
    14. Smew (2022-02-03)
    15. Common Coot (2022-02-03)
    16. Common Kestrel (2022-02-03)
    17. Bewick's Swan (2022-02-03)
    18. Great Grey Shrike (2022-02-03)
    19. Common Starling (2022-02-04)
    20. Mallard (2022-02-04)
    21. Red-crested Pochard (2022-02-04)
    22. Great Crested Grebe (2022-02-04)
    23. Great White Egret (2022-02-05)
    24. Rock Pigeon (2022-02-06)
    25. Eurasian Blackbird (2022-02-06)
    26. Common Mynah (2022-02-06)
    27. Turkestan Tit (2022-02-06)
    28. Eurasian Collared Dove (2022-02-06)
    29. Rook (2022-02-06)
    30. Laughing Dove (2022-02-06)
    31. House Sparrow (2022-02-06)
    32. Mute Swan (2022-02-07)
    33. Common Sparrowhawk (2022-02-09)
    34. Ruddy Shelduck (2022-02-10)
    35. Little Owl (2022-02-10)
    36. Long-eared Owl (2022-02-10)
    37. Common Pheasant (2022-02-16)
    38. Goosander (2022-03-02)
    39. White Stork (2022-03-04)
    40. Calandra Lark (2022-03-10)
    41. Caspian Gull (2022-03-10)
    42. Short-eared Owl (2022-03-11)
    43. Common Oystercatcher (2022-03-12)
    44. Masked Wagtail (2022-03-15)
    45. Citrine Wagtail (2022-03-21)
    46. Hoopoe (2022-03-21)
    47. Ruff (2022-03-21)
    48. Common Swift (2022-03-21)
    49. Yellow Wagtail (2022-03-21)
    50. White Wagtail (2022-03-21)
    51. Demoiselle Crane (2022-03-21)
    52. Black-winged Stilt (2022-03-21)
    53. Northern Shoveler (2022-03-21)
    54. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2022-03-25)
    55. Isabelline Wheatear (2022-03-30)
    56. Isabelline Shrike (2022-03-30)
    57. Black Redstart (2022-03-30)
    58. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2022-03-30)
    59. Little Ringed Plover (2022-03-30)
    60. Eurasian Curlew (2022-03-30)
    61. Slender-billed Gull (2022-04-06)
    62. Common Chiffchaff (2022-04-06)
    63. Turkestan Shrike (2022-04-06)
    64. Barn Swallow (2022-04-07)
    65. Pied Avocet (2022-04-07)
    66. Northern Lapwing (2022-04-11)
    67. Glossy Ibis (2022-04-14)
    68. Red-rumped Swallow (2022-04-17)
    69. Purple Heron (2022-04-25)
    70. Eurasian Spoonbill (2022-04-25)
    71. Common Teal (2022-04-28)
    72. Spotted Redshank (2022-04-28)
    73. Common Sandpiper (2022-04-28)
    74. Little Tern (2022-04-28)
    75. Lesser Sand Plover (2022-04-28)
    76. Rosy Starling (2022-04-28)
    77. Bluethroat (2022-04-29)
    78. Siberian Stonechat (2022-04-29)
    79. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2022-04-29)
    80. Booted Eagle (2022-04-29)
    81. Red-headed Bunting (2022-04-29)
    82. European Bee-eater (2022-04-29)
    83. Eurasian Redstart (2022-04-29)
    84. Common Rosefinch (2022-05-03)
    85. Common Greenshank (2022-05-03)
    86. Griffon Vulture (2022-05-03)
    87. Spotted Flycatcher (2022-05-11)
    88. Lesser Grey Shrike (2022-05-11)
    89. Collared Pratincole (2022-05-15)
    90. Common Redshank (2022-05-15)
    91. Common Cuckoo (2022-05-15)
    92. Great White Pelican (2022-05-16)
    93. Black-crowned Night Heron (2022-05-16)
    94. Ferruginous Duck (2022-05-16)
    95. Shikra (2022-05-18)
    96. Greater Spotted Eagle (2022-07-22)

    recent uploads

    2022-10-07. Greater Spotted Eagle.

    2022-08-01. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse.

    2022-05-20. Common Oystercatcher.

    2022-05-19. Shikra.

    2022-05-17. Great White Pelican, Purple Heron, Eurasian Spoonbill, Black-crowned Night Heron, Red-crested Pochard, Ferruginous Duck, Collared Pratincole, Common Redshank, Common Cuckoo.

    2022-05-12. Spotted Flycatcher, Lesser Grey Shrike, Common Rosefinch.

    2022-05-06. Common Greenshank, Griffon Vulture.

    2022-05-05. Short-toed Snake-Eagle, Common Rosefinch, Booted Eagle, White Stork.

    2022-04-29. Common Teal, Spotted Redshank, Common Sandpiper, Little Tern, Lesser Sand Plover, Rosy Starling, Bluethroat, Siberian Stonechat, Eurasian Stone Curlew, Booted Eagle, Red-headed Bunting, European Bee-eater, Eurasian Redstart.

    2022-04-26. Purple Heron, Black-winged Stilt, Eurasian Spoonbill, Glossy Ibis.

    2022-04-18. Common Pheasant, Northern Lapwing, Red-rumped Swallow.

    2022-04-15. Black-winged Stilt, Barn Swallow, Pied Avocet.

    2022-04-14. Glossy Ibis.

    2022-04-08. Slender-billed Gull, Common Chiffchaff, Western Marsh-Harrier, Turkestan Shrike.

    2022-04-02. House Sparrow.

    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

    Андрей Коваленко: Вопрос - что он тут потерял в июне... Когда снимал, думал что снимаю курганника...
    2026-06-21

    Андрей Коваленко: По фото вряд ли, но в это время там только луговые...
    2026-06-18

    Игорь Фефелов: Галка
    2026-06-18

    Юрий Малков: Спасибо Анна и Андрей.
    2026-06-17

    Юрий Малков: Спасибо Анна.
    more unidentified birds...