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Gaviiformes
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    total species: 178
    total photos: 349
    total videos: 0
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    1. Common Chaffinch (2025-01-09)
    2. Long-legged Buzzard (2025-01-09)
    3. Lesser Whitethroat (2025-01-09)
    4. Hooded Crow (2025-01-09)
    5. Crested Lark (2025-01-09)
    6. Carrion Crow (2025-01-09)
    7. Great White Egret (2025-01-10)
    8. Western Marsh-Harrier (2025-01-10)
    9. Dalmatian Pelican (2025-01-10)
    10. Whooper Swan (2025-01-10)
    11. Mute Swan (2025-01-10)
    12. Smew (2025-01-10)
    13. Bewick's Swan (2025-01-10)
    14. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2025-01-10)
    15. Greylag Goose (2025-01-10)
    16. Great Cormorant (2025-01-10)
    17. Pygmy Cormorant (2025-01-10)
    18. Pallas's Gull (2025-01-10)
    19. Common Teal (2025-01-10)
    20. Goosander (2025-01-11)
    21. Common Goldeneye (2025-01-11)
    22. Common Pochard (2025-01-11)
    23. Merlin (2025-01-11)
    24. Hen Harrier (2025-01-11)
    25. Finsch's Wheatear (2025-01-12)
    26. Turkestan Tit (2025-02-18)
    27. Ruddy Shelduck (2025-02-18)
    28. Common Shelduck (2025-02-18)
    29. Black-headed Gull (2025-02-18)
    30. Griffon Vulture (2025-03-16)
    31. Eurasian Blackbird (2025-03-16)
    32. Pied Wheatear (2025-03-16)
    33. Common Mynah (2025-03-16)
    34. Yellow-breasted Tit (2025-03-16)
    35. Lammergeier (2025-03-16)
    36. Eversmann's Redstart (2025-03-16)
    37. Demoiselle Crane (2025-03-25)
    38. Common Coot (2025-03-25)
    39. Black Kite (2025-03-25)
    40. European Bee-eater (2025-05-04)
    41. Eurasian Roller (2025-05-05)
    42. Eurasian Collared Dove (2025-05-05)
    43. Indian Sparrow (2025-05-09)
    44. Greater Sand Plover (2025-05-09)
    45. Steppe Grey Shrike (2025-05-09)
    46. Little Owl (2025-05-09)
    47. Rufous Bush Robin (2025-05-09)
    48. Red-backed Shrike (2025-05-09)
    49. Yellow Wagtail (2025-05-10)
    51. Red-headed Bunting (2025-05-10)
    52. Common Whitethroat (2025-05-10)
    53. Turkestan Shrike (2025-05-10)
    54. White-tailed Lapwing (2025-05-10)
    55. Black-winged Stilt (2025-05-10)
    56. Black-headed Wagtail (2025-05-10)
    57. Glossy Ibis (2025-05-10)
    58. Eurasian Spoonbill (2025-05-10)
    59. Calandra Lark (2025-05-10)
    60. Red-crested Pochard (2025-05-10)
    61. Kentish Plover (2025-05-10)
    62. Spotted Redshank (2025-05-10)
    63. Common Oystercatcher (2025-05-15)
    64. White Stork (2025-05-15)
    65. Barn Swallow (2025-05-15)
    66. Great Crested Grebe (2025-05-20)
    67. White-Winged Woodpecker (2025-05-20)
    68. Purple Heron (2025-05-20)
    69. Common Pheasant (2025-05-20)
    70. Greenish Warbler (2025-05-20)
    71. Little Ringed Plover (2025-05-20)
    72. Common Moorhen (2025-05-22)
    73. Black-tailed Godwit (2025-05-22)
    74. Ferruginous Duck (2025-05-22)
    75. Grey Heron (2025-05-22)
    76. Common Tern (2025-05-22)
    77. Little Tern (2025-05-22)
    78. Black-crowned Night Heron (2025-05-22)
    79. Common Cuckoo (2025-05-22)
    80. Common Kestrel (2025-05-22)
    81. Red-necked Phalarope (2025-05-22)
    82. Oriental Turtle Dove (2025-05-22)
    83. Macqueen's Bustard (2025-05-22)
    84. Isabelline Wheatear (2025-05-22)
    85. Collared Pratincole (2025-05-22)
    86. Egyptian Vulture (2025-05-23)
    87. Golden Eagle (2025-05-23)
    88. Pander's Ground-Jay (2025-05-23)
    89. House Sparrow (2025-05-23)
    90. Chukar Partridge (2025-05-23)
    91. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2025-05-23)
    92. Menetries Warbler (2025-05-24)
    93. Eurasian Jackdaw (2025-05-24)
    94. Little Bustard (2025-05-24)
    95. Great Bustard (2025-05-24)
    96. Yellow-billed Chough (2025-05-25)
    97. Grey Wagtail (2025-05-25)
    98. Himalayan Vulture (2025-05-25)
    99. Eurasian Hobby (2025-05-25)
    100. Common Sparrowhawk (2025-05-25)
    101. Rock Bunting (2025-05-25)
    102. Mistle Thrush (2025-05-25)
    103. White-crowned Penduline Tit (2025-05-25)
    104. Wood Pigeon (2025-05-25)
    105. Indian Golden Oriole (2025-05-25)
    106. Eurasian Magpie (2025-05-25)
    107. Hume's Whitethroat (2025-05-25)
    108. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2025-05-26)
    109. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2025-05-27)
    110. Rook (2025-05-27)
    111. Common Starling (2025-05-27)
    112. Booted Eagle (2025-05-28)
    113. Pallid Scops Owl (2025-05-28)
    114. Northern Lapwing (2025-05-29)
    115. Shikra (2025-06-04)
    116. European Nightjar (2025-06-05)
    117. Common Kingfisher (2025-06-25)
    118. Lesser Grey Shrike (2025-06-25)
    119. Red-rumped Swallow (2025-06-25)
    120. Blue Whistling Thrush (2025-06-25)
    121. Asian Paradise Flycatcher (2025-06-25)
    122. Rosy Starling (2025-06-25)
    123. Laughing Dove (2025-06-29)
    124. Green Sandpiper (2025-07-16)
    125. Clamorous Reed Warbler (2025-07-16)
    126. Egyptian Nightjar (2025-07-16)
    127. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2025-07-24)
    128. Syke's Warbler (2025-07-29)
    129. Streaked Scrub Warbler (2025-07-30)
    130. Pied Bushchat (2025-08-04)
    131. Tree Sparrow (2025-08-04)
    132. Spotted Flycatcher (2025-08-14)
    133. Caspian Tern (2025-08-14)
    134. Common Greenshank (2025-08-14)
    135. Siberian Stonechat (2025-08-23)
    136. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (2025-08-24)
    137. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2025-08-24)
    138. European Golden Oriole (2025-08-24)
    139. Desert Wheatear (2025-08-24)
    140. Crested Honey-Buzzard (2025-08-24)
    141. Tree Pipit (2025-08-26)
    142. Bluethroat (2025-08-26)
    143. Sand Martin (2025-08-28)
    144. Black Stork (2025-08-28)
    145. Little Egret (2025-08-28)
    146. Greater Short-toed Lark (2025-08-29)
    147. Wood Sandpiper (2025-08-29)
    148. Common Buzzard (2025-09-08)
    149. Common Crane (2025-09-08)
    150. Osprey (2025-09-11)
    151. Sanderling (2025-09-18)
    152. Ruff (2025-09-18)
    153. Lesser Kestrel (2025-09-19)
    154. Paddyfield Warbler (2025-09-19)
    155. Baillon's Crake (2025-09-25)
    156. Moustached Warbler (2025-09-25)
    157. Common Chiffchaff (2025-09-25)
    158. Greater Spotted Eagle (2025-09-26)
    159. Black Redstart (2025-09-26)
    160. Eurasian Redstart (2025-10-06)
    161. Black-throated Thrush (2025-10-09)
    162. Great Tit (2025-10-15)
    163. Wallcreeper (2025-10-15)
    164. Common Raven (2025-10-16)
    165. Upland Buzzard (2025-10-16)
    166. Bearded Tit (2025-10-30)
    167. Northern Reed Bunting (2025-10-30)
    168. Little Grebe (2025-11-01)
    169. Water Pipit (2025-11-01)
    170. Northern Wren (2025-11-01)
    171. Mallard (2025-11-01)
    172. Greater White-fronted Goose (2025-11-05)
    173. Red-breasted Merganser (2025-11-05)
    174. Mongolian Finch (2025-11-06)
    175. Eurasian Linnet (2025-11-06)
    176. Caspian Gull (2025-11-06)
    177. Pine Bunting (2025-11-06)
    178. European Robin (2025-12-03)

    recent uploads

    2025-12-17. European Robin.

    2025-11-13. Pine Bunting.

    2025-11-07. Greater White-fronted Goose, Streaked Scrub Warbler, Red-breasted Merganser, Streaked Scrub Warbler, Great White Egret, Mongolian Finch, Eurasian Linnet, Streaked Scrub Warbler, Caspian Gull.

    2025-11-02. Little Grebe, Water Pipit, Northern Wren, Bearded Tit, Northern Reed Bunting, Mallard, Common Teal, Eversmann's Redstart.

    2025-10-31. Bearded Tit, Northern Reed Bunting, Bluethroat.

    2025-10-24. Osprey.

    2025-10-19. Lesser Kestrel, Greater Spotted Eagle, Paddyfield Warbler, Booted Eagle, Common Buzzard, Common Crane, Pied Wheatear, Sanderling, Ruff, Dalmatian Pelican, Baillon's Crake, Moustached Warbler, Black Redstart, Common Chiffchaff, Black-throated Thrush, Eurasian Redstart, Black Redstart, Great Tit, Wallcreeper, Common Raven, Upland Buzzard.

    2025-09-11. Osprey.

    2025-09-10. Tree Pipit, Greater Short-toed Lark, Wood Sandpiper, Tree Pipit, Bluethroat.

    2025-09-09. European Golden Oriole, Siberian Stonechat, Desert Wheatear, Crested Honey-Buzzard, Barn Swallow, Sand Martin, Black Stork, Little Egret, Common Kingfisher.

    2025-09-02. Eastern Rock Nuthatch, Eurasian Stone Curlew.

    2025-08-18. Spotted Flycatcher, Caspian Tern, Common Greenshank, Eurasian Hobby.

    2025-08-04. Streaked Scrub Warbler, Pied Bushchat, Tree Sparrow, Short-toed Snake-Eagle, Eurasian Scops-Owl, Syke's Warbler.

    2025-07-20. Laughing Dove, Short-toed Snake-Eagle, Shikra, Red-headed Bunting, Green Sandpiper, Clamorous Reed Warbler, Egyptian Nightjar, Hume's Whitethroat.

    2025-06-28. Black-crowned Night Heron, Common Kingfisher, Lesser Grey Shrike, Red-rumped Swallow, Blue Whistling Thrush, Asian Paradise Flycatcher, Rosy Starling, Western Marsh-Harrier, Booted Eagle, Common Starling, Eurasian Magpie.

    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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    2025-08-31
    Spotted Flycatcher
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    2025-07-01
    Northern Hawk Owl
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    2025-06-17
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    2025-04-14
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    2025-03-30
    Great White Egret
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    2025-03-23
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