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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
    • Strigiformes
  • Strigidae
    • Caprimulgiformes
  • Caprimulgidae
    • Apodiformes
  • Apodidae
    • Coraciiformes
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  • Upupidae
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  • Picidae
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  • Hirundinidae
  • Alaudidae
  • Motacillidae
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  • Corvidae
  • Bombycillidae
  • Cinclidae
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  • Muscicapidae
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  • Paradoxornithidae
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  • Certhiidae
  • Ploceidae
  • Fringillidae
  • Emberizidae

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    total species: 57
    total photos: 139
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Common Cuckoo (2024-05-21)
    2. Black Kite (2024-06-15)
    3. Long-eared Owl (2024-06-20)
    4. Citrine Wagtail (2024-07-04)
    5. Bluethroat (2024-07-04)
    6. Siberian Stonechat (2024-07-04)
    7. White Wagtail (2024-07-04)
    8. Paddyfield Warbler (2024-07-04)
    9. Short-eared Owl (2024-07-04)
    10. Yellow Wagtail (2024-07-08)
    11. Tree Pipit (2024-07-08)
    12. Mistle Thrush (2024-07-08)
    13. Baraba Steppe Gull (2024-07-17)
    14. Northern Shoveler (2024-07-26)
    15. Great Crested Grebe (2024-07-26)
    16. Great Cormorant (2024-07-26)
    17. Eurasian Hobby (2024-08-04)
    18. Caspian Tern (2024-08-05)
    19. White-headed Duck (2024-08-05)
    20. Northern Lapwing (2024-08-05)
    21. Ruff (2024-08-05)
    22. Demoiselle Crane (2024-08-05)
    23. Tree Sparrow (2024-08-05)
    24. Common Shelduck (2024-08-05)
    25. Great White Egret (2024-08-05)
    26. Common Coot (2024-08-05)
    27. Caspian Gull (2024-08-05)
    28. Western Marsh-Harrier (2024-08-05)
    29. Grey Heron (2024-08-05)
    30. Pygmy Cormorant (2024-08-06)
    31. Tawny Pipit (2024-08-06)
    32. Turkestan Shrike (2024-08-06)
    33. Northern Pintail (2024-08-06)
    34. Barn Swallow (2024-08-06)
    35. Black-headed Gull (2024-08-07)
    36. Greater Flamingo (2024-08-07)
    37. Pied Avocet (2024-08-07)
    38. Whooper Swan (2024-08-07)
    39. Black-winged Stilt (2024-08-07)
    40. Common Snipe (2024-08-07)
    41. Great White Pelican (2024-08-07)
    42. Dalmatian Pelican (2024-08-07)
    43. Little Stint (2024-08-07)
    44. Ruddy Shelduck (2024-08-07)
    45. Common Tern (2024-08-07)
    46. Gull-billed Tern (2024-08-07)
    47. Marsh Sandpiper (2024-08-07)
    48. Common Rosefinch (2024-08-08)
    49. Bearded Tit (2024-08-08)
    50. Black-tailed Godwit (2024-08-08)
    51. Long-legged Buzzard (2024-08-09)
    52. Rosy Starling (2024-08-09)
    53. Common Starling (2024-08-10)
    54. Mute Swan (2024-08-10)
    55. Eurasian Jackdaw (2024-08-15)
    56. Eurasian Magpie (2024-08-15)
    57. Wood Pigeon (2024-08-15)

    recent uploads

    2024-09-21. Northern Shoveler.

    2024-09-20. Eurasian Jackdaw, Eurasian Magpie, Wood Pigeon.

    2024-08-27. Eurasian Hobby, Black-headed Gull, Caspian Tern, Great White Egret, Black-tailed Godwit, Grey Heron, Western Marsh-Harrier, Great Cormorant, Caspian Gull, Dalmatian Pelican, Common Coot, Common Shelduck, Pygmy Cormorant, Barn Swallow, Tree Sparrow, Demoiselle Crane, Ruff, Northern Pintail, Northern Lapwing, White-headed Duck, Turkestan Shrike, Tawny Pipit, Little Stint, Ruddy Shelduck, Common Tern, Gull-billed Tern, Great White Pelican, Marsh Sandpiper, Common Snipe, Black-winged Stilt, Whooper Swan, Pied Avocet, Common Rosefinch, Bearded Tit, Greater Flamingo, Long-legged Buzzard, Rosy Starling, Common Starling, Common Rosefinch, Mute Swan, Short-eared Owl, Paddyfield Warbler.

    2024-07-29. Mistle Thrush, Baraba Steppe Gull, Great Crested Grebe, Great Cormorant.

    2024-07-09. Yellow Wagtail, Tree Pipit.

    2024-07-08. Siberian Stonechat, White Wagtail.

    2024-07-05. Citrine Wagtail, Bluethroat.

    2024-06-20. Long-eared Owl.

    2024-06-19. Black Kite.

    2024-05-21. Common Cuckoo.

    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
    Great White Egret
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    2025-06-01
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    2025-04-14
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    2025-03-30
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    Common Kestrel
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    2025-03-23
    Common Sparrowhawk
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    Great Tit
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    2025-02-07
    Arctic Loon
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    2025-02-06
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    2024-08-03
    Common Tern
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    unidentified birds

    2026-06-22

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