Ibatov Zhanibek. Birds of Kazakhstan

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509 photographed species of 532 (95%)

found 32 new species for Kazakhstan

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classification

Gaviiformes

Podicipediformes

Pelecaniformes

Phalacrocoracidae

Ciconiiformes

Threskiornithidae

Phoenicopteriformes

Phoenicopteridae

Anseriformes

Falconiformes

Galliformes

Gruiformes

Charadriiformes

Recurvirostridae

Pterocletiformes

Columbiformes

Cuculiformes

Strigiformes

Caprimulgiformes

Apodiformes

Coraciiformes

Upupiformes

Piciformes

Passeriformes

Paradoxornithidae

Ibatov Zhanibek

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total species: 126 total photos: 373 total videos: 0 total blogposts: 0

1. Blue Tit (2026-01-03)

2. European Robin (2026-01-03)

3. Great Tit (2026-01-03)

4. Common Kestrel (2026-01-06)

5. Grey Partridge (2026-01-08)

6. White-winged Lark (2026-01-08)

7. Hen Harrier (2026-01-10)

8. Little Owl (2026-01-11)

9. Crested Lark (2026-01-11)

10. Black Lark (2026-01-15)

11. Common Chaffinch (2026-01-16)

12. Bohemian Waxwing (2026-01-20)

13. Eurasian Magpie (2026-01-20)

14. Eurasian Jackdaw (2026-01-20)

15. Fieldfare (2026-01-20)

16. European Greenfinch (2026-01-20)

17. Tree Sparrow (2026-01-20)

18. Common Sparrowhawk (2026-01-20)

19. Eurasian Blackbird (2026-01-20)

20. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2026-02-22)

21. Sky Lark (2026-02-25)

22. Rough-legged Buzzard (2026-02-26)

23. Rock Pigeon (2026-02-27)

24. Short-eared Owl (2026-02-28)

25. Horned Lark (2026-03-03)

26. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2026-03-03)

27. Mallard (2026-03-03)

28. Common Starling (2026-03-28)

29. White Wagtail (2026-03-28)

30. Caspian Gull (2026-04-03)

31. Hoopoe (2026-04-04)

32. Western Marsh-Harrier (2026-04-04)

33. Grey Heron (2026-04-04)

34. Green Sandpiper (2026-04-06)

35. Slender-billed Gull (2026-04-06)

36. Kentish Plover (2026-04-06)

37. Pallas's Gull (2026-04-06)

38. Northern Pintail (2026-04-06)

39. Glossy Ibis (2026-04-06)

40. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2026-04-06)

41. Ruff (2026-04-06)

42. Garganey (2026-04-06)

43. Black-winged Stilt (2026-04-06)

44. Barn Swallow (2026-04-06)

45. Common Raven (2026-04-06)

46. Greater Short-toed Lark (2026-04-06)

47. Calandra Lark (2026-04-06)

48. Pied Wheatear (2026-04-06)

49. Northern Wheatear (2026-04-06)

50. Pygmy Cormorant (2026-04-06)

51. Citrine Wagtail (2026-04-06)

52. Caspian Tern (2026-04-06)

53. Great White Egret (2026-04-07)

54. Common Sandpiper (2026-04-07)

55. Gull-billed Tern (2026-04-07)

56. Black-headed Gull (2026-04-07)

57. Ruddy Shelduck (2026-04-07)

58. Mute Swan (2026-04-07)

59. Great Cormorant (2026-04-07)

60. Common Tern (2026-04-07)

61. Common Oystercatcher (2026-04-07)

62. Common Shelduck (2026-04-07)

63. Common Coot (2026-04-07)

64. Common Pochard (2026-04-07)

65. Desert Finch (2026-04-07)

66. Northern Reed Bunting (2026-04-07)

67. Montagu's Harrier (2026-04-09)

68. Finsch's Wheatear (2026-04-09)

69. Purple Heron (2026-04-09)

70. Common Chiffchaff (2026-04-09)

71. Eurasian Curlew (2026-04-11)

72. Eurasian Whimbrel (2026-04-11)

73. Black-Necked Grebe (2026-04-11)

74. Red-breasted Merganser (2026-04-11)

75. Black-crowned Night Heron (2026-04-11)

76. Mediterranean Gull (2026-04-11)

77. Isabelline Wheatear (2026-04-11)

78. Little Ringed Plover (2026-04-11)

79. Sand Martin (2026-04-11)

80. Willow Warbler (2026-04-11)

81. Great Crested Grebe (2026-04-12)

82. Lesser Whitethroat (2026-04-12)

83. Greater Flamingo (2026-04-12)

84. Chukar Partridge (2026-04-12)

85. Whinchat (2026-04-13)

86. Lesser Black-backed Gull (2026-04-13)

87. Eurasian Redstart (2026-04-14)

88. Steppe Grey Shrike (2026-04-14)

89. Siberian Stonechat (2026-04-14)

90. Sanderling (2026-04-14)

91. Marsh Sandpiper (2026-04-15)

92. Siberian Black-backed Gull (2026-04-15)

93. Cattle Egret (2026-04-16)

94. Little Egret (2026-04-16)

95. Grey Plover (2026-04-16)

96. Long-eared Owl (2026-04-17)

97. Northern Shoveler (2026-04-17)

98. Eurasian Hobby (2026-04-18)

99. Ortolan Bunting (2026-04-18)

100. Eastern Black-eared Wheatear (2026-04-18)

101. Black-headed Wagtail (2026-04-18)

102. Yellow Wagtail (2026-04-19)

103. Little Gull (2026-04-20)

104. White-winged Tern (2026-04-20)

105. Arctic Skua (2026-04-20)

106. Little Tern (2026-04-21)

107. Rock Sparrow (2026-04-22)

108. Merlin (2026-04-24)

109. Song Thrush (2026-04-24)

110. Black-winged Pratincole (2026-05-10)

111. Wood Sandpiper (2026-05-10)

112. Common Swift (2026-05-10)

113. White-headed Duck (2026-05-10)

114. Ferruginous Duck (2026-05-10)

115. Red-crested Pochard (2026-05-10)

116. Red-Necked Grebe (2026-05-10)

117. Common Moorhen (2026-05-10)

118. Syke's Warbler (2026-05-10)

119. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2026-05-10)

120. Spotted Flycatcher (2026-05-10)

121. Booted Warbler (2026-05-10)

122. Hooded Crow (2026-05-20)

123. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2026-05-21)

124. Great White Pelican (2026-05-21)

125. Red-backed Shrike (2026-05-21)

126. Common Mynah (2026-06-10)

recent uploads

2026-06-18. Common Mynah, Eurasian Blackbird.

2026-05-21. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Great White Pelican, Red-backed Shrike, Lesser Short-toed Lark, Eurasian Curlew.

2026-05-20. Hooded Crow.

2026-05-15. Western Marsh-Harrier, Sand Martin.

2026-05-10. Yellow Wagtail, Black-winged Stilt, Black-winged Pratincole, Wood Sandpiper, Common Swift, Glossy Ibis, White-headed Duck, Ferruginous Duck, Black-Necked Grebe, Western Marsh-Harrier, Red-crested Pochard, Red-Necked Grebe, Common Coot, Grey Heron, Mute Swan, Common Moorhen, Syke's Warbler, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Barn Swallow, Syke's Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Common Sandpiper, Booted Warbler.

2026-04-26. Purple Heron, Sand Martin, Montagu's Harrier, Chukar Partridge, Northern Wheatear, Merlin, Song Thrush, Eurasian Jackdaw.

2026-04-23. Black-crowned Night Heron, Eurasian Redstart, Willow Warbler, Common Sandpiper, Common Kestrel.

2026-04-22. Rock Sparrow, Northern Wheatear, Pied Wheatear, Little Tern, Eastern Black-eared Wheatear.

2026-04-21. Pied Wheatear, Little Gull, Caspian Gull, Little Tern, Gull-billed Tern, White-winged Tern, Western Marsh-Harrier.

2026-04-20. Unkown Bird, Black-headed Wagtail, Eurasian Redstart, Chukar Partridge, Little Ringed Plover, Little Gull, Eurasian Whimbrel, Caspian Tern, White-winged Tern, Slender-billed Gull, Little Gull, Arctic Skua, Eurasian Whimbrel, Black-Necked Grebe, Yellow Wagtail.

2026-04-18. Eurasian Hobby, Ortolan Bunting, Eastern Black-eared Wheatear.

2026-04-17. Long-eared Owl, Northern Shoveler.

2026-04-16. Pallas's Gull, Ruff, Cattle Egret, Little Egret, Great White Egret, Garganey, Gull-billed Tern, Mallard, Grey Plover.

2026-04-15. Chukar Partridge, Ruff, Marsh Sandpiper, Siberian Black-backed Gull, Red-breasted Merganser, Whinchat, Eurasian Redstart.

2026-04-14. Eurasian Redstart, Steppe Grey Shrike, Siberian Stonechat, Sanderling, Gull-billed Tern.

Big Year 2026

1. Qanatbek Kenzhegulov (296)
2. Aizhan Baitimbet (264)
3. Galym Baitimbet (262)
4. Zhaskairat Ermek (258)
5. Gennadiy Dyakin (219)
6. Nikita Kanunnikov (214)
7. Vladimir Muravskiy (200)
8. Sirimbet Zharilkasin (196)
9. Alexandr Belyaev (183)
10. Viktoriya Zvyaginceva (173)

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)

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...