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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
  • Pelecanidae
  • Phalacrocoracidae
    • Ciconiiformes
  • Ardeidae
  • Threskiornithidae
  • Ciconiidae
    • Phoenicopteriformes
  • Phoenicopteridae
    • Anseriformes
  • Anatidae
    • Falconiformes
  • Pandionidae
  • Accipitridae
  • Falconidae
    • Galliformes
  • Tetraonidae
  • Phasianidae
    • Gruiformes
  • Gruidae
  • Rallidae
  • Otididae
    • Charadriiformes
  • Burhinidae
  • Charadriidae
  • Recurvirostridae
  • Haematopodidae
  • Scolopacidae
  • Glareolidae
  • Stercorariidae
  • Laridae
    • Pterocletiformes
  • Pteroclidae
    • Columbiformes
  • Columbidae
    • Cuculiformes
  • Cuculidae
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  • Strigidae
    • Caprimulgiformes
  • Caprimulgidae
    • Apodiformes
  • Apodidae
    • Coraciiformes
  • Coraciidae
  • Alcedinidae
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    • Upupiformes
  • Upupidae
    • Piciformes
  • Picidae
    • Passeriformes
  • Hirundinidae
  • Alaudidae
  • Motacillidae
  • Laniidae
  • Oriolidae
  • Dicruridae
  • Sturnidae
  • Corvidae
  • Bombycillidae
  • Cinclidae
  • Troglodytidae
  • Prunellidae
  • Sylviidae
  • Regulidae
  • Muscicapidae
  • Turdidae
  • Paradoxornithidae
  • Aegithalidae
  • Remizidae
  • Paridae
  • Sittidae
  • Certhiidae
  • Ploceidae
  • Fringillidae
  • Emberizidae

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    total species: 172
    total photos: 571
    total videos: 0
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    1. Brambling (2023-01-08)
    2. Rock Pigeon (2023-01-09)
    3. Great Tit (2023-01-14)
    4. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2023-01-23)
    5. Eurasian Magpie (2023-01-26)
    6. Rough-legged Buzzard (2023-02-02)
    7. Asian Rosy-Finch (2023-02-05)
    8. Horned Lark (2023-02-17)
    9. Plain Mountain Finch (2023-02-24)
    10. Common Treecreeper (2023-02-24)
    11. Tree Sparrow (2023-03-23)
    12. Masked Wagtail (2023-03-23)
    13. Yellowhammer (2023-03-26)
    14. Black-throated Thrush (2023-03-30)
    15. Common Chaffinch (2023-04-02)
    16. Stock Pigeon (2023-04-03)
    17. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2023-04-03)
    18. Black-throated Accentor (2023-04-03)
    19. Northern Pintail (2023-04-09)
    20. Eversmann's Redstart (2023-04-09)
    21. White Wagtail (2023-04-12)
    22. Eurasian Goldfinch (2023-04-13)
    23. Eurasian Siskin (2023-04-15)
    24. Black Redstart (2023-04-18)
    25. White-Backed Woodpecker (2023-04-19)
    26. Common Sparrowhawk (2023-04-20)
    27. Common Buzzard (2023-04-21)
    28. Northern Goshawk (2023-04-21)
    29. Eurasian Jackdaw (2023-04-21)
    30. Black Stork (2023-04-23)
    31. Common Kestrel (2023-04-23)
    32. Isabelline Wheatear (2023-04-23)
    33. Great White Egret (2023-04-26)
    34. Caspian Gull (2023-04-26)
    35. Great Grey Shrike (2023-04-26)
    36. Hoopoe (2023-04-28)
    37. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2023-05-03)
    38. Tree Pipit (2023-05-04)
    39. Goosander (2023-05-04)
    40. Common Chiffchaff (2023-05-04)
    41. Common Moorhen (2023-05-04)
    42. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2023-05-05)
    43. Eurasian Redstart (2023-05-05)
    44. Eurasian Wryneck (2023-05-06)
    45. Eurasian Blackbird (2023-05-06)
    46. Carrion Crow (2023-05-07)
    47. Common Starling (2023-05-07)
    48. Barn Swallow (2023-05-07)
    49. Pied Wheatear (2023-05-07)
    50. Eurasian Linnet (2023-05-07)
    51. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2023-05-07)
    52. Citrine Wagtail (2023-05-08)
    53. Azure Tit (2023-05-08)
    54. Ortolan Bunting (2023-05-10)
    55. Siberian Stonechat (2023-05-10)
    56. Fieldfare (2023-05-10)
    57. Common Cuckoo (2023-05-11)
    58. Common Rosefinch (2023-05-11)
    59. Common Kingfisher (2023-05-13)
    60. Lesser Whitethroat (2023-05-14)
    61. Common Sandpiper (2023-05-15)
    62. Spotted Flycatcher (2023-05-15)
    63. Red-backed Shrike (2023-05-15)
    64. Gadwall (2023-05-15)
    65. Garganey (2023-05-16)
    66. Oriental Turtle Dove (2023-05-16)
    67. Thrush Nightingale (2023-05-17)
    68. Eurasian Hobby (2023-05-17)
    69. Slavonian Grebe (2023-05-18)
    70. Dalmatian Pelican (2023-05-20)
    71. Rosy Starling (2023-05-20)
    72. Red-crested Pochard (2023-05-20)
    73. Greylag Goose (2023-05-20)
    74. Great Reed Warbler (2023-05-20)
    75. Sand Martin (2023-05-20)
    76. Demoiselle Crane (2023-05-20)
    77. Whooper Swan (2023-05-20)
    78. Mute Swan (2023-05-20)
    79. Common Coot (2023-05-20)
    80. Long-legged Buzzard (2023-05-20)
    81. Steppe Eagle (2023-05-20)
    82. Black Lark (2023-05-20)
    83. Northern Wheatear (2023-05-20)
    84. White-headed Duck (2023-05-21)
    85. European Bee-eater (2023-05-21)
    86. Hume's Warbler (2023-05-21)
    87. Common Redshank (2023-05-24)
    88. European Golden Oriole (2023-05-24)
    89. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2023-05-24)
    90. Pale Sand Martin (2023-05-25)
    91. Common Whitethroat (2023-05-25)
    92. Grey Wagtail (2023-05-27)
    93. Yellow Wagtail (2023-05-28)
    94. Black Tern (2023-05-30)
    95. Terek Sandpiper (2023-05-31)
    96. Mallard (2023-06-01)
    97. Northern Shoveler (2023-06-01)
    98. Booted Warbler (2023-06-02)
    99. Little Ringed Plover (2023-06-04)
    100. Great Crested Grebe (2023-06-04)
    101. Common Crane (2023-06-10)
    102. Common Goldeneye (2023-06-18)
    103. Black-headed Gull (2023-06-18)
    104. Sky Lark (2023-06-18)
    105. Common Pochard (2023-06-23)
    106. Rook (2023-06-25)
    107. Song Thrush (2023-06-29)
    108. Long-tailed Tit (2023-06-30)
    109. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2023-07-03)
    110. Wood Sandpiper (2023-07-05)
    111. Long-eared Owl (2023-07-06)
    112. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2023-07-07)
    113. Richard's Pipit (2023-07-08)
    114. Grey Heron (2023-07-10)
    115. Little Stint (2023-07-11)
    116. Ruddy Shelduck (2023-07-22)
    117. Peregrine Falcon (2023-07-23)
    118. Upland Buzzard (2023-07-30)
    119. Black-winged Stilt (2023-08-02)
    120. Northern Lapwing (2023-08-02)
    121. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2023-08-02)
    122. Black-Necked Grebe (2023-08-02)
    123. Black-tailed Godwit (2023-08-02)
    124. Greater Short-toed Lark (2023-08-02)
    125. Black Kite (2023-08-06)
    126. Hooded Crow (2023-08-06)
    127. House Sparrow (2023-08-15)
    128. Red-necked Phalarope (2023-08-15)
    129. Arctic Loon (2023-08-15)
    130. Western Marsh-Harrier (2023-08-15)
    131. Temminck's Stint (2023-08-15)
    132. Desert Wheatear (2023-08-19)
    133. Pallas's Gull (2023-08-20)
    134. Common Tern (2023-08-20)
    135. Kentish Plover (2023-08-20)
    136. Ruddy Turnstone (2023-08-20)
    137. Purple Heron (2023-08-21)
    138. Black-headed Wagtail (2023-08-21)
    139. Turkestan Shrike (2023-08-21)
    140. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2023-08-21)
    141. Great White Pelican (2023-08-21)
    142. Eurasian Collared Dove (2023-08-22)
    143. Common Mynah (2023-08-22)
    144. Great Cormorant (2023-08-24)
    145. Hen Harrier (2023-09-07)
    146. Bluethroat (2023-09-10)
    147. Meadow Bunting (2023-09-10)
    148. Pine Bunting (2023-09-16)
    149. Water Pipit (2023-09-16)
    150. Northern Reed Bunting (2023-09-24)
    151. Willow Tit (2023-09-29)
    152. Tufted Duck (2023-10-03)
    153. Eurasian Nuthatch (2023-10-04)
    154. Little Bunting (2023-10-06)
    155. Coal Tit (2023-10-12)
    156. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2023-10-15)
    157. Common Teal (2023-10-21)
    158. Hawfinch (2023-10-27)
    159. European Greenfinch (2023-10-27)
    160. Bean Goose (2023-10-28)
    161. Bohemian Waxwing (2023-11-05)
    162. Eurasian Dipper (2023-11-05)
    163. Northern Bullfinch (2023-11-07)
    164. Rustic Bunting (2023-11-17)
    165. Wood Pigeon (2023-12-02)
    166. Pallas's Rosefinch (2023-12-02)
    167. Merlin (2023-12-07)
    168. Common Redpoll (2023-12-08)
    169. Golden Eagle (2023-12-10)
    170. Northern Black Grouse (2023-12-17)
    171. Baikal Bullfinch (2023-12-20)
    172. Redwing (2023-12-20)

    recent uploads

    2023-12-29. Bohemian Waxwing, Baikal Bullfinch.

    2023-12-28. Black-throated Thrush, Eurasian Siskin, Bohemian Waxwing, Eurasian Blackbird, Fieldfare, White-Backed Woodpecker, Hawfinch.

    2023-12-26. Steppe Buzzard, Upland Buzzard.

    2023-12-25. Upland Buzzard, Lesser Kestrel.

    2023-12-24. Grey Partridge, Lesser Short-toed Lark, Laughing Dove, Greater Flamingo, Lesser White-fronted Goose, White-tailed Lapwing, Glossy Ibis, Calandra Lark, Crested Lark, Marsh Sandpiper, Lesser Grey Shrike, Pied Avocet, Mistle Thrush, Eurasian Penduline Tit, Caspian Tern, Ruff, Eurasian Jay, Little Stint, Little Owl, White-winged Tern, Red-throated Thrush, Carrion Crow, Rock Bunting, House Sparrow, Sanderling, Common Oystercatcher, Eurasian Curlew, Pacific Golden Plover, Greater White-fronted Goose, Common Snipe, Ural Owl, Steppe Eagle.

    2023-12-23. Long-tailed Tit, Pallas's Rosefinch, Common Redpoll.

    2023-12-22. Eurasian Siskin, Eurasian Blackbird, Black-throated Thrush, Pallas's Rosefinch, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Pallas's Rosefinch, Eurasian Goldfinch, Eurasian Goldfinch, Pallas's Rosefinch.

    2023-12-21. Pallas's Rosefinch, Eurasian Dipper, Tree Sparrow.

    2023-12-20. Baikal Bullfinch, Northern Bullfinch, Willow Tit, Pallas's Rosefinch, Pallas's Rosefinch, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Redwing.

    2023-12-19. Hawfinch, Eurasian Blackbird.

    2023-12-17. Eurasian Nuthatch, White-Backed Woodpecker, Northern Black Grouse, Common Redpoll.

    2023-12-15. Hawfinch.

    2023-12-14. Bohemian Waxwing, Bohemian Waxwing.

    2023-12-13. Pallas's Rosefinch, Brambling, Grey-Headed Woodpecker.

    2023-12-10. Rough-legged Buzzard, Golden Eagle, Upland Buzzard.

    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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    Northern Hawk Owl
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    Great Tit
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