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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
  • Coraciidae
  • Alcedinidae
  • Meropidae
    • Upupiformes
  • Upupidae
    • Piciformes
  • Picidae
    • Passeriformes
  • Hirundinidae
  • Alaudidae
  • Motacillidae
  • Laniidae
  • Oriolidae
  • Dicruridae
  • Sturnidae
  • Corvidae
  • Bombycillidae
  • Cinclidae
  • Troglodytidae
  • Prunellidae
  • Sylviidae
  • Regulidae
  • Muscicapidae
  • Turdidae
  • Paradoxornithidae
  • Aegithalidae
  • Remizidae
  • Paridae
  • Sittidae
  • Certhiidae
  • Ploceidae
  • Fringillidae
  • Emberizidae

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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 169
    total photos: 636
    total videos: 2
    total blogposts: 11

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    1. Mew Gull (2023-01-21)
    2. Black-headed Gull (2023-01-21)
    3. Mallard (2023-01-21)
    4. Ring-billed Gull (2023-01-21)
    5. Red-breasted Merganser (2023-01-21)
    6. Tufted Duck (2023-01-21)
    7. Crested Lark (2023-01-21)
    8. Common Chaffinch (2023-01-21)
    9. Common Goldeneye (2023-01-21)
    10. Mute Swan (2023-03-03)
    11. Whooper Swan (2023-03-04)
    12. Great Crested Grebe (2023-03-04)
    13. Northern Reed Bunting (2023-03-04)
    14. Gadwall (2023-03-05)
    15. Northern Shoveler (2023-03-05)
    16. Common Teal (2023-03-05)
    17. Northern Pintail (2023-03-05)
    18. Grey Heron (2023-03-05)
    19. Western Marsh-Harrier (2023-03-05)
    20. Song Thrush (2023-03-10)
    21. Black Redstart (2023-03-10)
    22. Pallas's Gull (2023-03-10)
    23. Caspian Gull (2023-03-10)
    24. Slender-billed Gull (2023-03-10)
    25. Great Cormorant (2023-03-10)
    26. Greater Flamingo (2023-03-10)
    28. Common Kestrel (2023-03-11)
    29. Black-Necked Grebe (2023-03-18)
    30. White Wagtail (2023-03-18)
    31. Tree Sparrow (2023-03-18)
    32. Barred Warbler (2023-03-18)
    33. Kentish Plover (2023-03-20)
    34. Hawfinch (2023-03-20)
    35. Common Chiffchaff (2023-03-20)
    36. Isabelline Wheatear (2023-03-20)
    37. Hooded Crow (2023-03-21)
    38. Desert Finch (2023-03-23)
    39. Northern House Martin (2023-03-23)
    40. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2023-03-23)
    41. Rock Sparrow (2023-03-23)
    42. Ruddy Shelduck (2023-03-23)
    43. Greater Short-toed Lark (2023-03-23)
    44. Meadow Pipit (2023-03-23)
    45. Finsch's Wheatear (2023-03-23)
    46. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2023-03-23)
    47. Bluethroat (2023-03-23)
    48. European Robin (2023-03-23)
    49. Ruff (2023-03-23)
    50. European Stonechat (2023-03-26)
    51. Grey Wagtail (2023-03-26)
    52. Jack Snipe (2023-03-26)
    53. Long-legged Buzzard (2023-03-26)
    54. Common Swift (2023-03-31)
    55. Green Sandpiper (2023-04-04)
    56. Red-Necked Grebe (2023-04-04)
    57. Common Oystercatcher (2023-04-04)
    58. Black-headed Wagtail (2023-04-04)
    59. Citrine Wagtail (2023-04-04)
    60. Blue Rock Thrush (2023-04-05)
    61. Common Kingfisher (2023-04-05)
    62. Barn Swallow (2023-04-05)
    63. Fieldfare (2023-04-05)
    64. Dunlin (2023-04-05)
    65. Common Tern (2023-04-05)
    66. Common Snipe (2023-04-05)
    67. Solitary Snipe (2023-04-07)
    68. Lesser Whitethroat (2023-04-10)
    69. Northern Wheatear (2023-04-10)
    70. Pied Wheatear (2023-04-10)
    71. Eurasian Whimbrel (2023-04-10)
    72. Red-necked Phalarope (2023-04-17)
    73. Little Ringed Plover (2023-04-17)
    74. Common Redshank (2023-04-17)
    75. Black-winged Stilt (2023-04-17)
    76. Whinchat (2023-04-17)
    77. Hoopoe (2023-04-19)
    78. Menetries Warbler (2023-04-19)
    79. Willow Warbler (2023-04-19)
    80. Eurasian Redstart (2023-04-19)
    81. Eurasian Wryneck (2023-04-19)
    82. Tree Pipit (2023-04-22)
    83. Common Sandpiper (2023-04-22)
    84. Caspian Tern (2023-04-22)
    85. Yellow Wagtail (2023-04-22)
    86. Little Egret (2023-04-22)
    87. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2023-04-22)
    88. Spotted Flycatcher (2023-04-30)
    89. Syke's Warbler (2023-04-30)
    90. Glossy Ibis (2023-05-01)
    91. Common Whitethroat (2023-05-04)
    92. European Nightjar (2023-05-04)
    93. Whiskered Tern (2023-05-04)
    94. Grey Plover (2023-05-04)
    95. Wood Sandpiper (2023-05-04)
    96. Bar-tailed Godwit (2023-05-04)
    97. Pied Flycatcher (2023-05-04)
    98. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2023-05-04)
    99. Thrush Nightingale (2023-05-04)
    100. Common Shelduck (2023-05-06)
    101. Red-throated Pipit (2023-05-06)
    102. White-winged Tern (2023-05-06)
    103. Broad-billed Sandpiper (2023-05-06)
    104. Black-tailed Godwit (2023-05-06)
    105. Little Tern (2023-05-06)
    106. Little Stint (2023-05-06)
    107. Collared Pratincole (2023-05-06)
    108. Sanderling (2023-05-06)
    109. Wood Warbler (2023-05-06)
    110. Greenish Warbler (2023-05-06)
    111. Common Rosefinch (2023-05-06)
    112. Greater Ringed Plover (2023-05-07)
    113. Terek Sandpiper (2023-05-07)
    114. Ruddy Turnstone (2023-05-07)
    115. Garganey (2023-05-07)
    116. Yellow-backed Wagtail (2023-05-07)
    117. European Golden Oriole (2023-05-09)
    118. Laughing Dove (2023-05-11)
    119. Lesser Grey Shrike (2023-05-11)
    120. Red-backed Shrike (2023-05-11)
    121. Common Cuckoo (2023-05-13)
    122. Sand Martin (2023-05-13)
    123. Purple Heron (2023-05-13)
    124. Black Kite (2023-05-13)
    125. Rook (2023-05-13)
    126. Eurasian Roller (2023-05-13)
    127. Cattle Egret (2023-05-13)
    128. Squacco Heron (2023-05-13)
    129. Paddyfield Warbler (2023-05-13)
    130. Little Bittern (2023-05-13)
    131. Great Reed Warbler (2023-05-13)
    132. Red-headed Bunting (2023-05-13)
    133. Garden Warbler (2023-05-13)
    134. Golden Eagle (2023-05-13)
    135. Mediterranean Gull (2023-05-17)
    136. Eurasian Reed Warbler (2023-05-19)
    137. Sedge Warbler (2023-05-22)
    138. Rock Pigeon (2023-06-20)
    139. House Sparrow (2023-06-20)
    140. Arctic Loon (2023-06-24)
    141. Sandwich Tern (2023-07-21)
    142. Curlew Sandpiper (2023-07-21)
    143. Rosy Starling (2023-08-15)
    144. European Bee-eater (2023-08-23)
    145. Ortolan Bunting (2023-08-26)
    146. Eurasian Hobby (2023-08-30)
    147. Shikra (2023-08-31)
    148. Oriental Turtle Dove (2023-09-15)
    149. Levant Sparrowhawk (2023-09-15)
    150. Common Moorhen (2023-09-16)
    151. Blackcap (2023-09-16)
    152. Siberian Stonechat (2023-09-19)
    153. Osprey (2023-09-19)
    154. Red Crossbill (2023-09-30)
    155. Eurasian Siskin (2023-09-30)
    156. Turkestan Shrike (2023-10-04)
    157. Ring Ouzel (2023-10-19)
    158. Northern Wren (2023-10-20)
    159. Brambling (2023-10-23)
    160. Bohemian Waxwing (2023-11-05)
    161. Common Coot (2023-11-13)
    162. Eurasian Wigeon (2023-11-13)
    163. Hen Harrier (2023-11-13)
    164. Common Starling (2023-11-13)
    165. Redwing (2023-11-16)
    166. Black-throated Thrush (2023-11-16)
    167. Yellowhammer (2023-11-16)
    168. Blue Tit (2023-11-18)
    169. Eurasian Collared Dove (2023-11-28)

    recent uploads

    2023-12-14. Meadow Pipit.

    2023-12-13. Lesser Short-toed Lark.

    2023-11-30. Ring-billed Gull, Caspian Gull.

    2023-11-28. Lesser Whitethroat, Eurasian Collared Dove.

    2023-11-19. Long-legged Buzzard.

    2023-11-18. Fieldfare, Redwing, Black-throated Thrush, Yellowhammer, Pallas's Gull, Caspian Gull, Caspian Gull, Siberian Black-backed Gull, Red-backed Shrike, Blue Tit, Tree Sparrow, Hooded Crow.

    2023-11-17. Pallas's Gull, Common Coot, Mute Swan, Eurasian Wigeon, Western Marsh-Harrier, Hen Harrier, Fieldfare, Desert Finch, Common Chaffinch, Northern Reed Bunting, European Robin, Common Starling, Brambling.

    2023-11-16. Slender-billed Gull, Grey Heron, Common Snipe, Red-breasted Merganser, Tufted Duck, Common Shelduck.

    2023-11-05. Bohemian Waxwing.

    2023-10-28. Caspian Gull, Northern Reed Bunting, Paddyfield Warbler, Great Crested Grebe.

    2023-10-27. Oriental Turtle Dove, Turkestan Shrike, Brambling.

    2023-10-23. Turkestan Shrike, Brambling, Siberian Stonechat, Great Cormorant, Northern Reed Bunting, Tree Sparrow, Red-backed Shrike, Common Chiffchaff.

    2023-10-20. Northern Wren, European Robin.

    2023-10-19. European Black Redstart, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Rock Pigeon, House Sparrow, Red Crossbill, Common Chiffchaff, European Robin, Ring Ouzel.

    2023-10-04. European Nightjar, Common Rosefinch, Siberian Stonechat, Paddyfield Warbler, Bluethroat, Siberian Stonechat, Common Chiffchaff, Common Chiffchaff, Turkestan Shrike, Red-backed Shrike, Red-backed Shrike, Common Chiffchaff, Northern Wheatear, Grey Wagtail.

    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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