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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
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    total species: 54
    total photos: 153
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Great Black-backed Gull (2026-02-12)
    2. Eurasian Bittern (2026-02-12)
    3. Wood Lark (2026-02-13)
    4. Water Pipit (2026-02-14)
    5. Lesser Whitethroat (2026-02-14)
    6. Ring-billed Gull (2026-02-15)
    7. Hawfinch (2026-02-15)
    8. Common Chiffchaff (2026-02-15)
    9. Black Kite (2026-02-15)
    10. Red-crested Pochard (2026-02-16)
    11. Black Redstart (2026-02-16)
    12. Spanish Sparrow (2026-02-16)
    13. Common Pochard (2026-02-16)
    14. Black-Necked Grebe (2026-02-16)
    15. Greater Scaup (2026-02-16)
    16. Tufted Duck (2026-02-16)
    17. Caucasian Chiffchaff (2026-02-18)
    18. Bearded Tit (2026-02-18)
    19. Horned Lark (2026-02-19)
    20. Sky Lark (2026-02-19)
    21. Rock Sparrow (2026-02-19)
    22. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2026-02-19)
    23. Common Snipe (2026-02-19)
    24. Hen Harrier (2026-02-21)
    25. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2026-02-21)
    26. Desert Finch (2026-02-21)
    27. Northern Bullfinch (2026-02-24)
    28. Caspian Gull (2026-02-24)
    29. Fieldfare (2026-02-24)
    30. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2026-02-24)
    31. Eurasian Siskin (2026-02-24)
    32. Common Redpoll (2026-02-24)
    33. Bohemian Waxwing (2026-02-24)
    35. White-Backed Woodpecker (2026-03-04)
    36. Long-tailed Tit (2026-03-04)
    37. Eurasian Nuthatch (2026-03-04)
    38. Willow Tit (2026-03-04)
    39. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2026-03-04)
    40. Coal Tit (2026-03-04)
    41. Eurasian Dipper (2026-03-05)
    42. Common Treecreeper (2026-03-05)
    43. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2026-03-05)
    44. Rustic Bunting (2026-03-06)
    45. Azure Tit (2026-03-06)
    46. Ferruginous Duck (2026-03-06)
    47. Pallas's Gull (2026-03-08)
    48. Citrine Wagtail (2026-03-08)
    49. Calandra Lark (2026-03-08)
    50. Dalmatian Pelican (2026-03-08)
    51. Little Ringed Plover (2026-03-08)
    52. Masked Wagtail (2026-03-08)
    53. Bewick's Swan (2026-03-08)
    54. Whooper Swan (2026-03-08)

    recent uploads

    2026-03-09. Black Kite, Azure Tit, Pallas's Gull, Citrine Wagtail, Calandra Lark, Dalmatian Pelican, Little Ringed Plover, Black Redstart, Pine Bunting, Masked Wagtail, Bewick's Swan, Whooper Swan.

    2026-03-06. Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker, White-Backed Woodpecker, Black Woodpecker, Long-tailed Tit, Eurasian Nuthatch, Willow Tit, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Coal Tit, Eurasian Dipper, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Common Treecreeper, Common Redpoll, Eurasian Nuthatch, Rustic Bunting, Azure Tit, Ferruginous Duck.

    2026-02-24. Bohemian Waxwing, Hawfinch, Common Redpoll, Eurasian Siskin, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Fieldfare, Caspian Gull, Common Goldeneye, Northern Bullfinch.

    2026-02-21. Desert Finch, Greater Scaup, Eurasian Eagle-Owl, Hen Harrier.

    2026-02-19. Caucasian Chiffchaff, Greater Scaup, Common Chiffchaff, Bearded Tit, Caucasian Chiffchaff, Greater Scaup, Common Snipe, Ring-billed Gull, Lesser Short-toed Lark, Rock Sparrow, Sky Lark, Horned Lark.

    2026-02-16. Black Kite, Greater Scaup, Tufted Duck, Black-Necked Grebe, Ring-billed Gull, Common Pochard, Spanish Sparrow, Red-crested Pochard, European Black Redstart.

    2026-02-15. Ring-billed Gull, Hawfinch, Common Chiffchaff.

    2026-02-14. Wood Lark, Great Black-backed Gull, Eurasian Bittern, Caucasian Water Pipit, Lesser Whitethroat.

    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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    2025-08-31
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    2025-03-30
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    2025-02-07
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    2025-02-06
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    unidentified birds

    2026-06-22

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