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Gaviiformes
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    total species: 101
    total photos: 125
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2024-01-10)
    2. Common Coot (2024-01-11)
    3. Green Sandpiper (2024-01-11)
    4. Rough-legged Buzzard (2024-01-15)
    5. Long-legged Buzzard (2024-01-15)
    6. Eastern Buzzard (2024-01-15)
    7. Common Buzzard (2024-01-15)
    8. Great Grey Shrike (2024-01-15)
    9. Common Chaffinch (2024-01-16)
    10. Little Owl (2024-01-16)
    11. Northern Lapwing (2024-01-17)
    12. Common Kestrel (2024-01-17)
    13. Common Starling (2024-01-19)
    14. Common Kingfisher (2024-01-25)
    15. Common Pheasant (2024-02-01)
    16. Common Crane (2024-02-04)
    17. Bohemian Waxwing (2024-02-10)
    18. Turkestan Tit (2024-02-12)
    19. Black-throated Thrush (2024-02-12)
    20. Mute Swan (2024-02-13)
    21. Great Cormorant (2024-02-15)
    22. Eurasian Jackdaw (2024-02-25)
    23. Great White Egret (2024-02-25)
    24. White Stork (2024-02-29)
    25. Masked Wagtail (2024-03-05)
    26. White Wagtail (2024-03-05)
    27. Merlin (2024-03-05)
    28. Ruddy Shelduck (2024-03-05)
    29. Streaked Scrub Warbler (2024-03-06)
    30. Finsch's Wheatear (2024-03-06)
    31. Steppe Eagle (2024-03-06)
    32. Gadwall (2024-03-06)
    33. Western Marsh-Harrier (2024-03-06)
    34. Asian Desert Warbler (2024-03-10)
    35. Isabelline Wheatear (2024-03-10)
    36. Chukar Partridge (2024-03-10)
    37. Isabelline Shrike (2024-03-17)
    38. Desert Wheatear (2024-03-17)
    39. Black Stork (2024-03-17)
    40. Common Oystercatcher (2024-03-17)
    41. Demoiselle Crane (2024-03-17)
    42. Pied Wheatear (2024-03-17)
    43. Ruff (2024-03-17)
    44. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2024-03-17)
    45. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2024-03-17)
    46. Crested Lark (2024-03-18)
    47. Black-headed Gull (2024-03-18)
    48. Little Bustard (2024-03-28)
    49. Black-headed Wagtail (2024-03-28)
    50. Eurasian Curlew (2024-03-28)
    51. Black Redstart (2024-03-29)
    52. Egyptian Vulture (2024-03-29)
    53. Barn Swallow (2024-03-29)
    54. Rock Pigeon (2024-03-29)
    55. Caspian Gull (2024-03-29)
    56. Montagu's Harrier (2024-03-29)
    57. Hoopoe (2024-03-29)
    58. Common Redshank (2024-04-02)
    59. Kentish Plover (2024-04-02)
    60. Common Mynah (2024-04-02)
    61. Common Teal (2024-04-02)
    62. Golden Eagle (2024-04-02)
    63. Black-winged Stilt (2024-04-02)
    64. Northern Wheatear (2024-04-03)
    65. Jack Snipe (2024-04-04)
    66. Osprey (2024-04-04)
    67. White-tailed Lapwing (2024-04-04)
    68. Little Ringed Plover (2024-04-04)
    69. Desert Finch (2024-04-04)
    70. Siberian Stonechat (2024-04-04)
    71. Variable Wheatear (2024-04-10)
    72. Pied Avocet (2024-04-10)
    73. Purple Heron (2024-04-10)
    74. Collared Pratincole (2024-04-22)
    75. Yellow Wagtail (2024-04-22)
    76. Common Sandpiper (2024-04-22)
    77. Common Moorhen (2024-04-23)
    78. Turkestan Shrike (2024-04-23)
    79. Steppe Grey Shrike (2024-04-23)
    80. Ortolan Bunting (2024-04-23)
    81. Upcher's Warbler (2024-04-23)
    82. Menetries Warbler (2024-04-24)
    83. Little Stint (2024-04-28)
    84. Shikra (2024-04-30)
    85. European Bee-eater (2024-04-30)
    86. Eurasian Roller (2024-05-01)
    87. Spotted Flycatcher (2024-05-15)
    88. Bluethroat (2024-05-15)
    89. Grey-necked Bunting (2024-05-15)
    90. Greenish Warbler (2024-05-15)
    91. European Nightjar (2024-05-15)
    92. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2024-05-16)
    93. Macqueen's Bustard (2024-05-19)
    94. Red-necked Phalarope (2024-05-24)
    95. Glossy Ibis (2024-07-20)
    96. Long-tailed Shrike (2024-08-15)
    97. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2024-08-16)
    98. Eurasian Spoonbill (2024-08-16)
    99. Brown-necked Raven (2024-08-16)
    100. Wood Sandpiper (2024-08-16)
    101. Black-crowned Night Heron (2024-08-20)

    recent uploads

    2024-08-26. Black-crowned Night Heron, Eurasian Stone Curlew, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Collared Pratincole.

    2024-08-19. Northern Lapwing, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Eurasian Spoonbill, Purple Heron, Brown-necked Raven, Shikra, Great White Egret, Long-tailed Shrike, Wood Sandpiper.

    2024-07-22. Glossy Ibis.

    2024-05-24. Red-necked Phalarope.

    2024-05-21. Macqueen's Bustard, Spotted Flycatcher, Bluethroat, Grey-necked Bunting, Greenish Warbler, European Nightjar, Eurasian Stone Curlew.

    2024-05-06. European Bee-eater, Hoopoe.

    2024-05-03. Shikra, Eurasian Curlew, Eurasian Roller.

    2024-04-29. Little Stint.

    2024-04-26. Common Moorhen, Turkestan Shrike, Steppe Grey Shrike, Menetries Warbler, Collared Pratincole, Yellow Wagtail, Ortolan Bunting, Common Sandpiper, Upcher's Warbler.

    2024-04-16. Pied Avocet, Siberian Stonechat, Purple Heron.

    2024-04-15. Variable Wheatear, Common Starling.

    2024-04-14. Black-winged Stilt.

    2024-04-09. Golden Eagle.

    2024-04-05. Common Mynah, Steppe Buzzard, Desert Finch, Siberian Stonechat, Black Redstart, Northern Wheatear, Common Teal.

    2024-04-04. Jack Snipe, Osprey, White-tailed Lapwing, Common Redshank, Little Ringed Plover, Kentish Plover.

    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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    Great Cormorant
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    2025-08-31
    Spotted Flycatcher
    (Anna Yasko)

    2025-07-01
    Northern Hawk Owl
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    2025-06-17
    Great White Egret
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    2025-06-01
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    2025-04-14
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    2025-03-30
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    2025-03-23
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    2025-02-07
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    2025-02-06
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    2024-08-03
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