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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
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  • Phalacrocoracidae
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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 50
    total photos: 222
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Mew Gull (2019-02-05)
    2. Horned Lark (2019-02-15)
    3. Black-headed Gull (2019-02-24)
    4. Mallard (2019-02-24)
    5. Caspian Gull (2019-02-24)
    6. Common Redshank (2019-04-06)
    7. White Wagtail (2019-04-06)
    8. Western Marsh-Harrier (2019-04-06)
    9. Red-necked Phalarope (2019-04-06)
    10. Little Ringed Plover (2019-04-06)
    11. Steppe Grey Shrike (2019-04-06)
    12. Common Tern (2019-04-11)
    13. Purple Heron (2019-04-26)
    14. House Sparrow (2019-05-01)
    15. Little Tern (2019-05-01)
    16. Wood Sandpiper (2019-05-11)
    17. Black-winged Stilt (2019-05-11)
    18. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2019-05-11)
    19. Ruddy Turnstone (2019-05-17)
    20. Common Sandpiper (2019-05-17)
    21. Great Cormorant (2019-05-25)
    22. Pied Avocet (2019-05-30)
    23. Gull-billed Tern (2019-05-30)
    24. Kentish Plover (2019-05-30)
    25. Common Shelduck (2019-05-30)
    26. White-winged Tern (2019-06-30)
    27. Crested Lark (2019-07-26)
    28. Sandwich Tern (2019-08-03)
    29. Grey Heron (2019-08-03)
    30. Terek Sandpiper (2019-08-03)
    31. Common Snipe (2019-08-17)
    32. Ruddy Shelduck (2019-08-17)
    33. Pied Wheatear (2019-08-17)
    34. Temminck's Stint (2019-08-17)
    35. Bar-tailed Godwit (2019-08-17)
    36. Black-tailed Godwit (2019-08-17)
    37. Greater Ringed Plover (2019-08-17)
    38. Ruff (2019-08-17)
    39. Common Pochard (2019-08-17)
    40. Grey Plover (2019-08-17)
    41. Little Stint (2019-09-01)
    42. Spotted Flycatcher (2019-09-01)
    43. Little Owl (2019-09-01)
    44. Spotted Crake (2019-09-06)
    45. Hooded Crow (2019-09-11)
    46. Curlew Sandpiper (2019-09-16)
    47. Great White Egret (2019-10-04)
    48. Common Teal (2019-10-16)
    49. Gadwall (2019-10-16)
    50. Mistle Thrush (2019-12-13)

    recent uploads

    2020-01-09. Mistle Thrush.

    2020-01-04. Black-headed Gull.

    2019-10-16. Caspian Gull, Caspian Gull, Black-headed Gull, Mallard, Common Teal, Gadwall, Gadwall, Great Cormorant, Great Cormorant, Hooded Crow.

    2019-10-08. Little Stint.

    2019-10-07. Wood Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, White Wagtail, White Wagtail, Mallard, Hooded Crow, Black-headed Gull, Great Cormorant, Great Cormorant.

    2019-10-05. Little Stint.

    2019-10-04. Grey Heron, Grey Heron, Mallard, Great White Egret.

    2019-09-17. Common Pochard, Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint, Black-headed Gull, Caspian Gull.

    2019-09-11. Greater Ringed Plover, Sandwich Tern, Hooded Crow, Hooded Crow, Hooded Crow, Wood Sandpiper, Ruff.

    2019-09-08. Black-winged Stilt, Crested Lark, Wood Sandpiper, Spotted Crake, Ruff, Black-winged Stilt, Ruff, White Wagtail.

    2019-09-03. Little Stint, Ruff, Spotted Flycatcher, Little Stint, Black-tailed Godwit, Little Stint, Spotted Flycatcher, Red-necked Phalarope, Little Owl.

    2019-08-20. Common Snipe, Common Snipe, Ruddy Shelduck, Ruddy Shelduck, Ruddy Shelduck, Pied Wheatear, Temminck's Stint, Bar-tailed Godwit, Black-tailed Godwit, Black-tailed Godwit, Common Tern, Little Ringed Plover, Greater Ringed Plover, Ruff, Common Pochard, Common Pochard, Grey Plover, Grey Plover, Grey Plover.

    2019-08-18. Ruddy Turnstone, Ruddy Turnstone, Common Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper.

    2019-08-13. Black-headed Gull.

    2019-08-12. Great Cormorant, Common Tern, Common Tern, Common Tern, Common Tern, Common Tern, Common Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, White-winged Tern, Mallard.

    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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    unidentified birds

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