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Gaviiformes
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    total species: 169
    total photos: 654
    total videos: 0
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    1. Cinereous Vulture (2024-01-07)
    2. Blue Whistling Thrush (2024-01-09)
    3. Great White Egret (2024-01-09)
    4. Common Sparrowhawk (2024-02-28)
    5. Laughing Dove (2024-03-01)
    6. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2024-03-04)
    7. Eastern Buzzard (2024-03-10)
    8. Pygmy Cormorant (2024-03-10)
    9. Black-headed Gull (2024-03-10)
    10. Great Cormorant (2024-03-16)
    11. Grey Heron (2024-03-16)
    12. Ferruginous Duck (2024-03-16)
    13. Gadwall (2024-03-16)
    15. Black Kite (2024-03-24)
    16. Common Crane (2024-03-24)
    17. Ruddy Shelduck (2024-03-24)
    18. Common Mynah (2024-03-24)
    19. Pied Wheatear (2024-03-24)
    20. Isabelline Shrike (2024-03-24)
    21. Eurasian Jackdaw (2024-03-24)
    22. Rock Bunting (2024-03-26)
    23. Isabelline Wheatear (2024-03-31)
    24. Long-legged Buzzard (2024-03-31)
    25. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2024-03-31)
    26. Turkestan Shrike (2024-03-31)
    27. Common Moorhen (2024-04-06)
    28. Corn Bunting (2024-04-13)
    29. European Greenfinch (2024-04-13)
    30. Red-throated Thrush (2024-04-13)
    31. Black-throated Thrush (2024-04-13)
    32. Red-rumped Swallow (2024-04-13)
    33. Rook (2024-04-13)
    34. Siberian Stonechat (2024-04-13)
    35. Egyptian Vulture (2024-04-20)
    36. Lesser Kestrel (2024-04-20)
    37. Common Kestrel (2024-04-20)
    38. Common Chaffinch (2024-04-20)
    39. Chukar Partridge (2024-04-20)
    40. Hoopoe (2024-04-29)
    41. Brambling (2024-04-29)
    42. Eurasian Collared Dove (2024-04-30)
    43. Azure Tit (2024-04-30)
    44. Common Tern (2024-04-30)
    45. Lesser Whitethroat (2024-04-30)
    46. Green Sandpiper (2024-04-30)
    47. Mallard (2024-05-05)
    48. Booted Eagle (2024-05-09)
    49. Calandra Lark (2024-05-10)
    50. Red-headed Bunting (2024-05-10)
    51. Spotted Flycatcher (2024-05-10)
    52. Common Sandpiper (2024-05-10)
    53. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2024-05-10)
    54. Eurasian Roller (2024-05-10)
    55. Northern Wheatear (2024-05-10)
    56. Little Ringed Plover (2024-05-10)
    57. Barn Swallow (2024-05-10)
    58. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2024-05-10)
    59. Demoiselle Crane (2024-05-10)
    60. Great Crested Grebe (2024-05-10)
    61. European Nightjar (2024-05-18)
    62. Spanish Sparrow (2024-05-18)
    63. Lesser Grey Shrike (2024-05-18)
    64. Pied Avocet (2024-05-18)
    65. Black-winged Stilt (2024-05-18)
    66. Black-headed Wagtail (2024-05-18)
    67. European Bee-eater (2024-05-18)
    68. Common Redshank (2024-05-18)
    69. Northern House Martin (2024-05-18)
    70. Western Marsh-Harrier (2024-05-18)
    71. Collared Pratincole (2024-05-18)
    72. Garganey (2024-05-18)
    73. Common Teal (2024-05-18)
    74. Northern Shoveler (2024-05-18)
    75. Spotted Redshank (2024-05-18)
    76. Oriental Turtle Dove (2024-05-18)
    77. Rosy Starling (2024-05-18)
    78. Northern Lapwing (2024-05-18)
    79. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (2024-05-18)
    80. Grey Wagtail (2024-05-18)
    81. Eurasian Hobby (2024-05-18)
    82. Golden Eagle (2024-05-18)
    83. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2024-05-18)
    84. Temminck's Stint (2024-05-18)
    85. Common Swift (2024-05-25)
    86. Clamorous Reed Warbler (2024-05-25)
    87. Himalayan Vulture (2024-06-01)
    88. Himalayan Rubythroat (2024-06-01)
    89. Bohemian Waxwing (2024-06-01)
    90. Eversmann's Redstart (2024-06-01)
    91. Common Whitethroat (2024-06-02)
    92. Tree Pipit (2024-06-16)
    93. Water Pipit (2024-06-16)
    94. Plain Mountain Finch (2024-06-16)
    95. Eurasian Crag Martin (2024-06-22)
    96. Tree Sparrow (2024-06-22)
    97. Carrion Crow (2024-06-22)
    98. Black-throated Accentor (2024-06-23)
    99. Red-fronted Serin (2024-06-23)
    100. Black Stork (2024-06-30)
    101. Northern Goshawk (2024-07-14)
    102. Common Buzzard (2024-07-14)
    103. Common Cuckoo (2024-07-20)
    104. Spotted Nutcracker (2024-07-20)
    105. Mistle Thrush (2024-07-20)
    106. Lammergeier (2024-07-28)
    107. Himalayan Accentor (2024-07-28)
    108. Shikra (2024-08-10)
    109. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2024-08-11)
    110. Greenish Warbler (2024-08-18)
    111. Little Bittern (2024-08-18)
    112. Common Kingfisher (2024-08-18)
    113. Ortolan Bunting (2024-08-24)
    114. House Sparrow (2024-08-25)
    115. Black-tailed Godwit (2024-09-01)
    116. Wood Sandpiper (2024-09-01)
    117. Ruff (2024-09-01)
    118. Citrine Wagtail (2024-09-01)
    119. Dalmatian Pelican (2024-09-01)
    120. Bar-tailed Godwit (2024-09-01)
    121. Common Coot (2024-09-01)
    122. Red Crossbill (2024-09-08)
    123. Steppe Eagle (2024-09-14)
    124. White Wagtail (2024-09-14)
    125. Yellow Wagtail (2024-09-14)
    126. Grey-necked Bunting (2024-09-15)
    127. Common Pheasant (2024-10-05)
    128. Common Starling (2024-10-05)
    129. Eurasian Curlew (2024-10-05)
    130. Crested Lark (2024-10-05)
    131. Mute Swan (2024-10-05)
    132. Common Shelduck (2024-10-05)
    133. Dunlin (2024-10-05)
    134. Black-Necked Grebe (2024-10-05)
    135. Little Grebe (2024-10-05)
    136. Whooper Swan (2024-10-05)
    137. Greylag Goose (2024-10-05)
    138. Buff-bellied Pipit (2024-10-05)
    139. Northern Pintail (2024-10-05)
    140. Eurasian Wigeon (2024-10-05)
    141. Solitary Snipe (2024-10-13)
    142. Great Grey Shrike (2024-10-13)
    143. Horned Lark (2024-11-03)
    144. Hen Harrier (2024-11-03)
    145. Alpine Accentor (2024-11-04)
    146. Coal Tit (2024-11-04)
    147. Yellow-billed Chough (2024-11-04)
    148. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2024-11-04)
    149. Brown Accentor (2024-11-10)
    150. Northern Hawk Owl (2024-11-16)
    151. Brown Dipper (2024-11-16)
    152. White-winged Grosbeak (2024-11-16)
    153. Long-eared Owl (2024-11-17)
    154. Northern Reed Bunting (2024-11-17)
    155. Smew (2024-11-17)
    156. Hooded Crow (2024-11-24)
    157. Northern Wren (2024-11-27)
    158. Goldcrest (2024-12-07)
    159. Common Raven (2024-12-07)
    160. Eurasian Blackbird (2024-12-08)
    161. Great Tit (2024-12-14)
    162. White-crowned Penduline Tit (2024-12-21)
    163. Bearded Tit (2024-12-21)
    164. Water Rail (2024-12-21)
    165. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2024-12-31)
    166. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2024-12-31)
    167. Fieldfare (2024-12-31)
    168. Common Pochard (2024-12-31)
    169. Red-crested Pochard (2024-12-31)

    recent uploads

    2025-01-01. Hen Harrier.

    2024-12-31. Red-mantled Rosefinch, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Fieldfare, Great Grey Shrike, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Crested Lark, Great White Egret, Mute Swan, Common Pochard, Bearded Tit, Bearded Tit, Red-fronted Serin, Azure Tit, Crested Lark, Common Kestrel, Red-crested Pochard, Whooper Swan, Common Moorhen, Smew, Northern Reed Bunting, Pygmy Cormorant.

    2024-12-23. Common Raven.

    2024-12-21. Little Grebe, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Green Sandpiper, Northern Reed Bunting, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Northern Reed Bunting, White-crowned Penduline Tit, Bearded Tit, White-crowned Penduline Tit, Water Rail, Common Moorhen, Horned Lark, Whooper Swan, Ruddy Shelduck, Steppe Eagle.

    2024-12-14. Great Tit, Black-throated Thrush, Black-throated Thrush, Common Sparrowhawk.

    2024-12-08. Common Raven, Pygmy Cormorant, Eurasian Blackbird, Eastern Buzzard, Common Chaffinch, Common Pheasant, Common Pheasant.

    2024-12-07. Goldcrest.

    2024-11-30. Golden Eagle, Common Sparrowhawk, Yellow-billed Chough, Mistle Thrush, Common Kestrel, White-winged Grosbeak, Lammergeier, White-winged Grosbeak, Black-throated Thrush.

    2024-11-27. Northern Wren.

    2024-11-24. Carrion Crow, Eurasian Wigeon, Carrion Crow, Hooded Crow, Pygmy Cormorant, Common Pheasant, Mallard, Common Moorhen, Common Teal, Eastern Buzzard, Great White Egret, Common Sparrowhawk.

    2024-11-18. Great Grey Shrike.

    2024-11-17. Long-eared Owl, Brown Dipper, White-winged Grosbeak, Western Marsh-Harrier, Northern Reed Bunting, Smew, Common Starling, Black-throated Thrush, Eastern Buzzard, Eastern Buzzard, Chukar Partridge, Mistle Thrush, Tree Sparrow, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Great Grey Shrike.

    2024-11-16. Northern Hawk Owl.

    2024-11-10. Azure Tit, Brown Accentor.

    2024-11-04. White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Great Grey Shrike, Horned Lark, Chukar Partridge, Golden Eagle, Long-legged Buzzard, Hen Harrier, Alpine Accentor, Coal Tit, Yellow-billed Chough, White-browed Tit-Warbler.

    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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    Spotted Flycatcher
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    2025-07-01
    Northern Hawk Owl
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    Great White Egret
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    Great White Egret
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    Common Sparrowhawk
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    Great Tit
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    2025-02-07
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    2025-02-06
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