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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
  • Pelecanidae
  • Phalacrocoracidae
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    total species: 52
    total photos: 125
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Common Mynah (2023-01-02)
    2. Rook (2023-01-02)
    3. Eurasian Blackbird (2023-01-02)
    4. Carrion Crow (2023-01-04)
    5. Rock Pigeon (2023-01-04)
    6. Eurasian Magpie (2023-01-04)
    7. Common Pheasant (2023-02-05)
    8. Great Tit (2023-02-05)
    9. Eurasian Siskin (2023-02-05)
    10. Great White Egret (2023-02-11)
    11. Mallard (2023-02-11)
    12. Hooded Crow (2023-02-11)
    13. Common Chaffinch (2023-02-11)
    14. White-winged Grosbeak (2023-02-19)
    15. Goldcrest (2023-02-19)
    16. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2023-02-19)
    17. Azure Tit (2023-02-19)
    18. Tree Sparrow (2023-02-25)
    19. House Sparrow (2023-02-25)
    20. Brambling (2023-03-04)
    21. Pine Bunting (2023-03-04)
    22. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2023-03-04)
    23. Common Sparrowhawk (2023-03-13)
    24. Wood Pigeon (2023-03-14)
    25. Masked Wagtail (2023-03-14)
    26. Black-throated Thrush (2023-04-01)
    27. Black-throated Accentor (2023-04-01)
    28. Eastern Buzzard (2023-04-01)
    29. Eurasian Collared Dove (2023-04-12)
    30. Alpine Swift (2023-04-12)
    31. Grey Wagtail (2023-04-16)
    32. Garganey (2023-05-01)
    33. Common Sandpiper (2023-05-01)
    34. Green Sandpiper (2023-05-01)
    35. Little Ringed Plover (2023-05-01)
    36. Common Moorhen (2023-05-01)
    37. Black-headed Gull (2023-05-01)
    38. Common Tern (2023-05-01)
    39. Mistle Thrush (2023-05-06)
    40. Blue Whistling Thrush (2023-05-06)
    41. Barn Swallow (2023-05-06)
    42. Bohemian Waxwing (2023-05-06)
    43. Black Kite (2023-05-15)
    44. Common Kestrel (2023-05-27)
    45. Little Bittern (2023-05-28)
    46. Common Swift (2023-05-28)
    47. Brown Dipper (2023-05-28)
    48. European Greenfinch (2023-06-04)
    49. Red-fronted Serin (2023-06-10)
    50. Common Rosefinch (2023-06-10)
    51. Long-eared Owl (2023-07-06)
    52. Northern House Martin (2023-07-06)

    recent uploads

    2023-07-06. Long-eared Owl, Northern House Martin, Blue Whistling Thrush, Red-fronted Serin, Grey Wagtail, Common Rosefinch, Black Kite, Unkown Bird.

    2023-06-10. Eurasian Collared Dove, Little Bittern, Black Kite, Black Kite, Common Kestrel, Barn Swallow, House Sparrow.

    2023-06-09. European Greenfinch, Brown Dipper, Common Swift.

    2023-05-07. Barn Swallow, Blue Whistling Thrush, Bohemian Waxwing, Mistle Thrush, Mistle Thrush.

    2023-05-02. Common Tern, Masked Wagtail, Mallard, Garganey, Garganey, Black-headed Gull, Common Moorhen, Little Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper.

    2023-04-16. Grey Wagtail, Alpine Swift, Eurasian Collared Dove, Wood Pigeon, Azure Tit, Eastern Buzzard, Black-throated Accentor, Black-throated Thrush, Common Chaffinch, Common Chaffinch.

    2023-03-15. Masked Wagtail, Wood Pigeon, Brambling, Pine Bunting, Pine Bunting, Common Chaffinch, Common Chaffinch, Common Chaffinch, Common Sparrowhawk, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Common Chaffinch, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Pine Bunting, Brambling, Carrion Crow.

    2023-03-05. Tree Sparrow, House Sparrow.

    2023-02-23. Azure Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker, White-winged Grosbeak, Goldcrest.

    2023-02-11. Great White Egret, Mallard, Hooded Crow, Common Chaffinch, Rock Pigeon.

    2023-02-05. Common Pheasant, Great Tit, Eurasian Siskin.

    2023-01-04. Rock Pigeon, Carrion Crow, Eurasian Magpie, Rook, Eurasian Blackbird, Common Mynah.

    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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    2026-01-18
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    Great Cormorant
    (Raouf Bairashev)

    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
    Blyth's Reed Warbler
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    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
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    2024-08-03
    Common Tern
    (Viktoriya Zvyaginceva)

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    unidentified birds

    2026-06-22

    Андрей Коваленко: Вопрос - что он тут потерял в июне... Когда снимал, думал что снимаю курганника...
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    Андрей Коваленко: По фото вряд ли, но в это время там только луговые...
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    Юрий Малков: Спасибо Анна и Андрей.
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    Юрий Малков: Спасибо Анна.
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