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Gaviiformes
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    total species: 73
    total photos: 211
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Pander's Ground-Jay (2023-02-10)
    2. Northern Reed Bunting (2023-03-18)
    3. Mute Swan (2023-03-18)
    4. Stock Pigeon (2023-03-18)
    5. Western Marsh-Harrier (2023-03-18)
    6. Common Teal (2023-03-18)
    7. Rook (2023-03-18)
    8. Common Goldeneye (2023-03-18)
    9. Greylag Goose (2023-03-18)
    10. Common Pochard (2023-03-18)
    11. Northern Shoveler (2023-03-18)
    12. Northern Pintail (2023-03-18)
    13. Hoopoe (2023-03-18)
    14. Desert Finch (2023-03-20)
    15. Hen Harrier (2023-03-20)
    16. Caspian Gull (2023-03-21)
    17. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2023-03-22)
    18. Black Redstart (2023-03-22)
    19. Common Chiffchaff (2023-03-22)
    20. Long-legged Buzzard (2023-03-27)
    21. Citrine Wagtail (2023-04-01)
    22. Red-necked Phalarope (2023-04-01)
    23. Bluethroat (2023-04-01)
    24. Black-winged Stilt (2023-05-02)
    25. Lesser Grey Shrike (2023-05-04)
    26. Steppe Grey Shrike (2023-05-05)
    27. Great White Egret (2023-05-06)
    28. Mallard (2023-05-06)
    29. Wood Sandpiper (2023-05-06)
    30. Short-eared Owl (2023-05-11)
    31. Eurasian Whimbrel (2023-05-12)
    32. Collared Pratincole (2023-05-13)
    33. White-winged Tern (2023-05-13)
    34. Common Shelduck (2023-05-13)
    35. Ruddy Shelduck (2023-05-13)
    36. Black-tailed Godwit (2023-05-13)
    37. White-headed Duck (2023-05-13)
    38. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2023-05-16)
    39. Red-headed Bunting (2023-05-19)
    40. Red-backed Shrike (2023-05-19)
    41. Desert Wheatear (2023-05-19)
    42. Eurasian Roller (2023-05-19)
    43. Spotted Flycatcher (2023-05-19)
    44. Common Cuckoo (2023-05-19)
    45. Curlew Sandpiper (2023-05-20)
    46. Purple Heron (2023-05-20)
    47. Grey Heron (2023-05-20)
    48. Cattle Egret (2023-05-27)
    49. Glossy Ibis (2023-05-27)
    50. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2023-05-27)
    51. Little Stint (2023-05-27)
    52. Red-crested Pochard (2023-05-27)
    53. Great Crested Grebe (2023-05-27)
    54. Red Phalarope (2023-05-27)
    55. Common Rosefinch (2023-08-07)
    56. Dalmatian Pelican (2023-08-07)
    57. Northern Wheatear (2023-08-08)
    58. Turkestan Shrike (2023-08-08)
    59. Common Starling (2023-08-08)
    60. Temminck's Stint (2023-08-08)
    61. Tree Sparrow (2023-08-09)
    62. Caspian Tern (2023-08-09)
    63. Lesser Whitethroat (2023-08-09)
    64. Syke's Warbler (2023-08-22)
    65. Levant Sparrowhawk (2023-08-25)
    66. Common Whitethroat (2023-08-26)
    67. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2023-08-26)
    68. Willow Warbler (2023-08-26)
    69. Dunlin (2023-08-26)
    70. Common Redshank (2023-09-02)
    71. Greater Ringed Plover (2023-09-02)
    72. Little Gull (2023-09-02)
    73. Ruff (2023-09-02)

    recent uploads

    2023-09-02. Western Marsh-Harrier, Little Stint, Common Redshank, White-winged Tern, Greater Ringed Plover, Great White Egret, Little Gull, Ruff.

    2023-08-31. Northern Reed Bunting, Dalmatian Pelican, Common Rosefinch, Temminck's Stint, Common Starling, Northern Wheatear, Great White Egret, Turkestan Shrike, Western Marsh-Harrier, Tree Sparrow, Caspian Tern, Wood Sandpiper, Lesser Whitethroat, Ruddy Shelduck, Greylag Goose, Hen Harrier, Red-backed Shrike.

    2023-08-26. Great Spotted Woodpecker, Northern Shoveler, Syke's Warbler, Willow Warbler, Common Whitethroat, Dunlin.

    2023-08-25. Levant Sparrowhawk.

    2023-05-27. Western Marsh-Harrier, Great White Egret, Mallard, Wood Sandpiper, Black-winged Stilt, Eurasian Whimbrel, White-headed Duck, Black-tailed Godwit, Ruddy Shelduck, Common Shelduck, White-winged Tern, Collared Pratincole, Grey Heron, Curlew Sandpiper, Purple Heron, Great Crested Grebe, Red-crested Pochard, Little Stint, Red-necked Phalarope, Black-Bellied Sandgrouse, Glossy Ibis, Cattle Egret, Red Phalarope, Common Cuckoo, Red-headed Bunting, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Citrine Wagtail, Steppe Grey Shrike, Lesser Grey Shrike, Spotted Flycatcher, Eurasian Roller, Desert Wheatear, Red-backed Shrike, Short-eared Owl.

    2023-04-01. Long-legged Buzzard, Citrine Wagtail, Bluethroat, Red-necked Phalarope.

    2023-03-29. European Black Redstart, Common Chiffchaff.

    2023-03-23. Hen Harrier, Caspian Gull, Lesser Short-toed Lark.

    2023-03-20. Desert Finch.

    2023-03-19. Mute Swan, Northern Reed Bunting.

    2023-03-18. Northern Reed Bunting, Hoopoe, Northern Pintail, Northern Shoveler, Common Pochard, Greylag Goose, Common Goldeneye, Rook, Common Teal, Western Marsh-Harrier, Stock Pigeon.

    2023-03-10. Ile Pander's Ground-Jay, Blue-capped Redstart, Grey Wagtail.

    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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