330 162
pictures
2 617
blog posts
509 photographed species of 532 (95%)
found 32 new species for Kazakhstan

search

classification

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
    • Strigiformes
  • Strigidae
    • Caprimulgiformes
  • Caprimulgidae
    • Apodiformes
  • Apodidae
    • Coraciiformes
  • Coraciidae
  • Alcedinidae
  • Meropidae
    • 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

    • Shakula Fedor

    members stats

    map of photoshootings

    total species: 146
    total photos: 471
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

    sort by:

    1. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2026-01-01)
    2. Eurasian Dipper (2026-01-01)
    3. Eastern Buzzard (2026-01-01)
    4. Carrion Crow (2026-01-01)
    5. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2026-01-01)
    6. Brambling (2026-01-01)
    7. Turkestan Tit (2026-01-01)
    8. Mallard (2026-01-01)
    9. European Greenfinch (2026-01-01)
    10. Mistle Thrush (2026-01-01)
    11. Cinereous Vulture (2026-01-01)
    12. Golden Eagle (2026-01-02)
    13. Black-throated Thrush (2026-01-02)
    14. Chukar Partridge (2026-01-03)
    15. Yellow-billed Chough (2026-01-03)
    16. Common Mynah (2026-01-03)
    17. Rock Pigeon (2026-01-03)
    18. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2026-01-03)
    19. Eurasian Blackbird (2026-01-04)
    20. Common Kestrel (2026-01-04)
    21. Tree Sparrow (2026-01-04)
    22. Eurasian Jackdaw (2026-01-05)
    23. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2026-01-05)
    24. Horned Lark (2026-01-05)
    25. Great Grey Shrike (2026-01-07)
    26. Long-legged Buzzard (2026-01-07)
    27. Common Starling (2026-01-07)
    28. Yellowhammer (2026-01-08)
    29. Common Buzzard (2026-01-08)
    30. Northern Goshawk (2026-01-08)
    31. Lammergeier (2026-01-08)
    32. Laughing Dove (2026-01-10)
    33. European Robin (2026-01-13)
    34. Bohemian Waxwing (2026-01-13)
    35. Eversmann's Redstart (2026-01-13)
    36. White-Winged Woodpecker (2026-01-15)
    37. Common Chaffinch (2026-01-17)
    38. Brandt's Rosefinch (2026-01-18)
    39. Crested Lark (2026-01-21)
    40. White-winged Grosbeak (2026-01-24)
    41. House Sparrow (2026-02-03)
    42. Fieldfare (2026-02-14)
    43. Blue Whistling Thrush (2026-02-14)
    44. Calandra Lark (2026-02-14)
    45. Wallcreeper (2026-02-14)
    46. Yellow-breasted Tit (2026-02-18)
    47. Corn Bunting (2026-02-20)
    48. Pine Bunting (2026-02-21)
    49. Northern Reed Bunting (2026-02-23)
    50. Eurasian Collared Dove (2026-02-23)
    51. Common Pheasant (2026-02-25)
    52. Oriental Lark (2026-03-06)
    53. Masked Wagtail (2026-03-07)
    54. Brown Dipper (2026-03-08)
    55. Northern Wren (2026-03-13)
    56. Himalayan Snowcock (2026-03-15)
    57. Rock Bunting (2026-03-16)
    58. Black-throated Accentor (2026-03-16)
    59. Northern Lapwing (2026-03-18)
    60. Pied Wheatear (2026-03-18)
    61. Common Sparrowhawk (2026-03-18)
    62. Steppe Eagle (2026-03-18)
    63. Plain Mountain Finch (2026-03-18)
    64. Red-billed Chough (2026-03-18)
    65. Water Pipit (2026-03-18)
    66. Demoiselle Crane (2026-03-21)
    67. Hen Harrier (2026-03-24)
    68. Black Redstart (2026-03-26)
    69. Bluethroat (2026-03-26)
    70. Common Swift (2026-03-26)
    71. Caspian Gull (2026-03-26)
    72. Isabelline Wheatear (2026-03-27)
    73. Eurasian Linnet (2026-03-27)
    74. Common Chiffchaff (2026-03-27)
    75. Siberian Stonechat (2026-03-30)
    76. Tree Pipit (2026-03-30)
    77. Sky Lark (2026-03-30)
    78. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2026-03-30)
    79. Barn Swallow (2026-03-30)
    80. Grey Wagtail (2026-04-01)
    81. Griffon Vulture (2026-04-02)
    82. Northern Wheatear (2026-04-02)
    83. Wood Pigeon (2026-04-04)
    84. Tawny Pipit (2026-04-09)
    85. Hoopoe (2026-04-10)
    86. Eurasian Redstart (2026-04-11)
    87. Green Sandpiper (2026-04-13)
    88. Asian Desert Warbler (2026-04-15)
    89. Eurasian Siskin (2026-04-17)
    90. Black Stork (2026-04-18)
    91. Black-breasted Tit (2026-04-19)
    92. Blue-capped Redstart (2026-04-19)
    93. Lesser Whitethroat (2026-04-21)
    94. Booted Eagle (2026-04-21)
    95. Indian Sparrow (2026-04-24)
    96. Himalayan Vulture (2026-04-25)
    97. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2026-04-25)
    99. Turkestan Shrike (2026-04-27)
    100. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2026-04-27)
    101. Long-tailed Shrike (2026-04-28)
    102. Common Rosefinch (2026-04-29)
    103. Spotted Flycatcher (2026-04-29)
    104. Eurasian Hobby (2026-05-06)
    105. Eurasian Roller (2026-05-07)
    106. Western Marsh-Harrier (2026-05-07)
    107. Osprey (2026-05-09)
    108. Eastern Olivaceous Warbler (2026-05-09)
    109. Syke's Warbler (2026-05-09)
    110. Red-rumped Swallow (2026-05-09)
    111. Black-headed Wagtail (2026-05-09)
    112. Common Cuckoo (2026-05-09)
    113. Red-headed Bunting (2026-05-09)
    114. Black-headed Gull (2026-05-09)
    115. Gull-billed Tern (2026-05-09)
    116. Slender-billed Gull (2026-05-09)
    117. Common Sandpiper (2026-05-09)
    118. Ruddy Shelduck (2026-05-09)
    119. Collared Pratincole (2026-05-09)
    120. Kentish Plover (2026-05-09)
    121. Common Shelduck (2026-05-09)
    122. Gadwall (2026-05-09)
    123. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2026-05-09)
    124. Common Moorhen (2026-05-09)
    125. Grey Heron (2026-05-09)
    126. Booted Warbler (2026-05-09)
    127. Lesser Grey Shrike (2026-05-09)
    128. Rufous Bush Robin (2026-05-09)
    129. Mute Swan (2026-05-09)
    130. Whooper Swan (2026-05-09)
    131. Indian Golden Oriole (2026-05-11)
    132. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2026-05-12)
    133. Hume's Warbler (2026-05-14)
    134. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (2026-05-14)
    135. Blue Rock Thrush (2026-05-14)
    136. Eurasian Crag Martin (2026-05-17)
    137. Northern House Martin (2026-05-17)
    138. White-capped Bunting (2026-05-17)
    139. Egyptian Vulture (2026-05-17)
    140. Shikra (2026-05-20)
    141. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2026-05-20)
    142. Little Bustard (2026-05-21)
    143. Oriental Turtle Dove (2026-05-21)
    144. Hume's Whitethroat (2026-05-29)
    145. Asian Paradise Flycatcher (2026-05-30)
    146. Rosy Starling (2026-06-06)

    recent uploads

    2026-06-13. Shikra, Tree Sparrow, Hybrid Tit, Turkestan Tit, Rosy Starling, Red-headed Bunting.

    2026-06-04. Tawny Pipit, Long-legged Buzzard, Short-toed Snake-Eagle, Hume's Whitethroat, Blue-capped Redstart, Lammergeier, Chukar Partridge, Lesser Grey Shrike.

    2026-06-02. Red-headed Bunting.

    2026-05-31. White-crowned Penduline Tit, Asian Paradise Flycatcher.

    2026-05-28. Siberian Stonechat, Rock Bunting, Griffon Vulture, Chukar Partridge.

    2026-05-25. Booted Eagle, Short-toed Snake-Eagle, Griffon Vulture, Cinereous Vulture, Indian Golden Oriole, White-capped Bunting, Golden Eagle.

    2026-05-22. Little Bustard, Grey Wagtail, Rock Bunting, Blue Rock Thrush, Eastern Rock Nuthatch, Blue-capped Redstart, Oriental Turtle Dove.

    2026-05-20. Eurasian Hobby, Shikra, Lesser Grey Shrike, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Hoopoe.

    2026-05-17. Eurasian Crag Martin, Griffon Vulture, Northern House Martin, White-capped Bunting, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Red-rumped Swallow, Egyptian Vulture.

    2026-05-16. Hume's Warbler, Corn Bunting, Spotted Flycatcher, Lesser Grey Shrike, Long-legged Buzzard, Lammergeier, Lesser Whitethroat, Griffon Vulture, Eastern Rock Nuthatch, Blue Rock Thrush, Chukar Partridge, Lesser Grey Shrike, Cinereous Vulture, Griffon Vulture, Golden Eagle, Spotted Flycatcher, Indian Sparrow.

    2026-05-14. Lesser Grey Shrike, Blue Whistling Thrush.

    2026-05-13. Blue-capped Redstart, Brown Dipper, Guldenstadt's Redstart.

    2026-05-11. Indian Golden Oriole, Common Mynah, Eurasian Jackdaw.

    2026-05-10. Osprey, Eastern Olivaceous Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Syke's Warbler, Red-rumped Swallow, Black-headed Wagtail, Steppe Eagle, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Common Cuckoo, Red-headed Bunting, Syke's Warbler, Northern Lapwing, Black-headed Gull, Gull-billed Tern, Slender-billed Gull, Common Sandpiper, Ruddy Shelduck, Collared Pratincole, Kentish Plover, Siberian Stonechat, Common Shelduck, Gadwall, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Long-legged Buzzard, Mallard, Common Rosefinch, Common Moorhen, Grey Heron, Booted Warbler, Lesser Grey Shrike, Indian Sparrow, Spotted Flycatcher, Rufous Bush Robin, Mute Swan, Whooper Swan.

    2026-05-07. Eurasian Linnet, Eurasian Hobby, Eurasian Roller, Corn Bunting, Western Marsh-Harrier.

    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...

    recent video

    2026-01-18
    Common Kestrel
    (Ruslan Abutrapov)

    2025-10-31
    Great Cormorant
    (Raouf Bairashev)

    2025-08-31
    Spotted Flycatcher
    (Anna Yasko)

    2025-07-01
    Northern Hawk Owl
    (Tungysh Zaparkulov)

    2025-06-17
    Great White Egret
    (Irina Kuryanova)

    2025-06-01
    Blyth's Reed Warbler
    (Irina Kuryanova)

    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
    (sergey izoya)

    2024-08-03
    Common Tern
    (Viktoriya Zvyaginceva)

    more video...

    unidentified birds

    2026-06-22

    Андрей Коваленко: Вопрос - что он тут потерял в июне... Когда снимал, думал что снимаю курганника...
    2026-06-21

    Андрей Коваленко: По фото вряд ли, но в это время там только луговые...
    2026-06-18

    Игорь Фефелов: Галка
    2026-06-18

    Юрий Малков: Спасибо Анна и Андрей.
    2026-06-17

    Юрий Малков: Спасибо Анна.
    more unidentified birds...