330 162
pictures
2 617
blog posts
509 photographed species of 532 (95%)
found 32 new species for Kazakhstan

search

classification

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

    • Dyakin Gennadiy

    members stats

    map of photoshootings

    total species: 219
    total photos: 719
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 13

    sort by:

    1. Eastern Buzzard (2026-01-02)
    2. Pygmy Cormorant (2026-01-02)
    3. Common Teal (2026-01-02)
    4. Common Sparrowhawk (2026-01-03)
    5. Willow Tit (2026-01-03)
    6. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2026-01-03)
    7. Eurasian Nuthatch (2026-01-03)
    8. Great Tit (2026-01-03)
    9. Common Treecreeper (2026-01-03)
    10. Saker Falcon (2026-01-03)
    11. House Sparrow (2026-01-03)
    12. Bohemian Waxwing (2026-01-03)
    13. European Greenfinch (2026-01-03)
    14. Coal Tit (2026-01-04)
    15. Eurasian Jay (2026-01-04)
    16. Goldcrest (2026-01-04)
    17. White-Backed Woodpecker (2026-01-04)
    18. Black Woodpecker (2026-01-04)
    19. Eurasian Magpie (2026-01-04)
    20. Long-tailed Tit (2026-01-05)
    21. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2026-01-05)
    22. Pine Grosbeak (2026-01-05)
    23. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2026-01-06)
    24. Carrion Crow (2026-01-06)
    25. Northern Bullfinch (2026-01-06)
    26. Grey Partridge (2026-01-07)
    27. Great Grey Shrike (2026-01-07)
    28. Tree Sparrow (2026-01-07)
    29. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2026-01-07)
    30. Hooded Crow (2026-01-07)
    31. Mallard (2026-01-07)
    32. Common Redpoll (2026-01-07)
    33. Common Goldeneye (2026-01-07)
    34. Fieldfare (2026-01-07)
    35. Goosander (2026-01-07)
    36. Rook (2026-01-08)
    37. Eurasian Goldfinch (2026-01-08)
    38. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2026-01-08)
    39. Horned Lark (2026-01-08)
    40. Caspian Gull (2026-01-08)
    41. Common Pochard (2026-01-08)
    42. Smew (2026-01-08)
    43. Golden Eagle (2026-01-08)
    44. Brambling (2026-01-18)
    45. Mistle Thrush (2026-01-18)
    46. Red-fronted Serin (2026-01-18)
    47. Azure Tit (2026-01-18)
    48. Common Chaffinch (2026-01-18)
    49. Black-throated Thrush (2026-01-18)
    50. Eurasian Blackbird (2026-01-18)
    51. Sky Lark (2026-01-24)
    52. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2026-01-24)
    53. Ruddy Shelduck (2026-01-24)
    54. Whooper Swan (2026-01-24)
    55. Bewick's Swan (2026-01-24)
    56. Mute Swan (2026-01-24)
    57. Corn Bunting (2026-01-24)
    58. Hen Harrier (2026-01-24)
    59. Long-eared Owl (2026-01-24)
    60. Tufted Duck (2026-01-24)
    61. Ferruginous Duck (2026-01-24)
    62. Great White Egret (2026-01-24)
    63. Long-legged Buzzard (2026-01-24)
    64. Common Moorhen (2026-01-24)
    65. Green Sandpiper (2026-01-24)
    66. Mew Gull (2026-01-25)
    67. Eversmann's Redstart (2026-01-25)
    68. Turkestan Tit (2026-01-25)
    69. Common Starling (2026-01-25)
    70. Chukar Partridge (2026-01-25)
    71. European Robin (2026-01-25)
    72. Little Owl (2026-01-25)
    73. White-winged Lark (2026-01-25)
    74. Grey Heron (2026-02-01)
    75. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2026-02-01)
    76. Greylag Goose (2026-02-01)
    77. Steppe Eagle (2026-02-01)
    78. Eurasian Jackdaw (2026-02-01)
    79. Little Grebe (2026-02-07)
    80. Water Rail (2026-02-07)
    81. Laughing Dove (2026-03-07)
    82. Rustic Bunting (2026-03-07)
    83. Little Bunting (2026-03-07)
    84. Northern Pintail (2026-03-07)
    85. Black-headed Gull (2026-03-07)
    86. Gadwall (2026-03-07)
    87. Solitary Snipe (2026-03-14)
    88. Ibisbill (2026-03-14)
    89. Black-throated Accentor (2026-03-14)
    90. Cetti's Warbler (2026-03-14)
    91. Black Kite (2026-03-14)
    92. Northern Wren (2026-03-14)
    93. Northern Wheatear (2026-04-11)
    94. Turkestan Shrike (2026-04-11)
    95. Garganey (2026-04-11)
    96. Black-Necked Grebe (2026-04-11)
    97. Red-crested Pochard (2026-04-11)
    98. White-headed Duck (2026-04-11)
    99. Eurasian Curlew (2026-04-11)
    100. Common Redshank (2026-04-11)
    101. Isabelline Wheatear (2026-04-11)
    102. White-crowned Penduline Tit (2026-04-11)
    103. Common Kingfisher (2026-04-11)
    104. Little Bustard (2026-04-11)
    105. Dalmatian Pelican (2026-04-11)
    106. Great White Pelican (2026-04-11)
    107. Pied Avocet (2026-04-11)
    108. Black Redstart (2026-04-11)
    109. White-Winged Woodpecker (2026-04-11)
    110. Grey Wagtail (2026-04-11)
    111. Black-winged Stilt (2026-04-11)
    112. Northern Lapwing (2026-04-11)
    113. Water Pipit (2026-04-11)
    114. White Wagtail (2026-04-11)
    115. Gull-billed Tern (2026-04-11)
    116. Little Ringed Plover (2026-04-11)
    117. Bean Goose (2026-04-11)
    118. Common Pheasant (2026-04-11)
    119. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2026-04-11)
    120. Eurasian Collared Dove (2026-04-25)
    121. Common Mynah (2026-04-25)
    122. Common Tern (2026-04-25)
    123. Great Cormorant (2026-04-25)
    124. Common Swift (2026-04-25)
    125. Alpine Swift (2026-04-25)
    126. Rock Pigeon (2026-04-25)
    127. Eurasian Roller (2026-04-26)
    128. Demoiselle Crane (2026-04-26)
    129. Glossy Ibis (2026-04-26)
    130. Black Tern (2026-04-26)
    131. Rock Bunting (2026-05-01)
    132. White-capped Bunting (2026-05-01)
    133. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2026-05-01)
    134. Blue Rock Thrush (2026-05-01)
    135. Northern House Martin (2026-05-01)
    136. Greater Short-toed Lark (2026-05-01)
    137. Himalayan Vulture (2026-05-01)
    138. Cinereous Vulture (2026-05-01)
    139. Tawny Pipit (2026-05-01)
    140. Eurasian Linnet (2026-05-01)
    141. Mongolian Finch (2026-05-01)
    142. Pied Wheatear (2026-05-01)
    143. Crested Lark (2026-05-01)
    144. Indian Sparrow (2026-05-01)
    145. Rock Sparrow (2026-05-01)
    146. Eastern Orphean Warbler (2026-05-01)
    147. Bluethroat (2026-05-01)
    148. Oriental Turtle Dove (2026-05-09)
    149. Paddyfield Warbler (2026-05-09)
    150. Spotted Redshank (2026-05-09)
    151. Eurasian Hobby (2026-05-09)
    152. Temminck's Stint (2026-05-09)
    153. Common Sandpiper (2026-05-09)
    154. Lesser Sand Plover (2026-05-09)
    155. Wood Sandpiper (2026-05-09)
    156. White-winged Tern (2026-05-09)
    157. Common Greenshank (2026-05-09)
    158. Little Stint (2026-05-09)
    159. Calandra Lark (2026-05-09)
    160. Rosy Starling (2026-05-09)
    161. Western Marsh-Harrier (2026-05-09)
    162. Common Kestrel (2026-05-09)
    163. Great Reed Warbler (2026-05-09)
    164. Siberian Stonechat (2026-05-09)
    165. Great Crested Grebe (2026-05-09)
    166. Collared Pratincole (2026-05-09)
    167. Dunlin (2026-05-09)
    168. Little Tern (2026-05-09)
    169. Citrine Wagtail (2026-05-09)
    170. Black-tailed Godwit (2026-05-09)
    171. Common Oystercatcher (2026-05-09)
    172. Ruff (2026-05-09)
    173. Lesser Grey Shrike (2026-05-09)
    174. Barn Swallow (2026-05-09)
    175. Red-headed Bunting (2026-05-11)
    176. Spanish Sparrow (2026-05-11)
    177. Eurasian Redstart (2026-05-11)
    178. Booted Warbler (2026-05-11)
    179. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2026-05-17)
    180. Common Rosefinch (2026-05-17)
    181. Common Coot (2026-05-17)
    182. Indian Golden Oriole (2026-05-17)
    183. Long-tailed Shrike (2026-05-17)
    184. Spotted Flycatcher (2026-05-17)
    185. Shikra (2026-05-17)
    186. Crested Honey-Buzzard (2026-05-17)
    187. European Bee-eater (2026-05-17)
    188. Black-headed Wagtail (2026-05-17)
    189. Blue Whistling Thrush (2026-05-23)
    190. Brown Dipper (2026-05-23)
    191. Red-billed Chough (2026-05-27)
    192. Yellow-billed Chough (2026-05-27)
    193. Lammergeier (2026-05-27)
    194. Common Cuckoo (2026-05-27)
    195. Plain Mountain Finch (2026-05-27)
    196. Tree Pipit (2026-05-27)
    197. Himalayan Rubythroat (2026-05-27)
    198. Sulphur-bellied Warbler (2026-05-27)
    199. White-winged Grosbeak (2026-05-27)
    200. Common Whitethroat (2026-05-27)
    201. Bimaculated Lark (2026-05-30)
    202. Grey-necked Bunting (2026-05-30)
    203. Eurasian Crag Martin (2026-05-30)
    204. Meadow Bunting (2026-05-30)
    205. Squacco Heron (2026-06-06)
    206. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2026-06-06)
    207. European Turtle Dove (2026-06-06)
    208. Brown-necked Raven (2026-06-06)
    209. Caspian Plover (2026-06-06)
    210. Pallid Scops Owl (2026-06-06)
    211. Saxaul Sparrow (2026-06-07)
    212. Yellow-eyed Pigeon (2026-06-07)
    213. Syke's Warbler (2026-06-07)
    214. Rufous Bush Robin (2026-06-07)
    215. Asian Desert Warbler (2026-06-07)
    216. Red-rumped Swallow (2026-06-07)
    217. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (2026-06-07)
    218. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2026-06-13)
    219. Little Bittern (2026-06-14)

    recent uploads

    2026-06-14. Little Bittern, Great Crested Grebe, Black-Necked Grebe, Common Moorhen, Western Marsh-Harrier.

    2026-06-13. Long-legged Buzzard, Lesser Grey Shrike, Eurasian Scops-Owl.

    2026-06-12. Syke's Warbler, Rufous Bush Robin, Asian Desert Warbler, Steppe Lesser Short-toed Lark, Little Owl, Red-rumped Swallow, Northern House Martin, Eastern Rock Nuthatch, Pied Wheatear.

    2026-06-11. Turkestan Tit, Saxaul Sparrow, White-Winged Woodpecker, Shikra, Yellow-eyed Pigeon, Eurasian Roller, White-crowned Penduline Tit, Saxaul Sparrow, Saxaul Sparrow, Black-headed Wagtail.

    2026-06-10. Greater Short-toed Lark, Bimaculated Lark, Greater Short-toed Lark, Steppe Lesser Short-toed Lark, Brown-necked Raven, Caspian Plover, Pallid Scops Owl.

    2026-06-09. Black-winged Stilt, Demoiselle Crane, Black-Bellied Sandgrouse, Tawny Pipit, Black-winged Stilt, Indian Sparrow, Red-headed Bunting, Long-legged Buzzard, European Turtle Dove.

    2026-06-08. Squacco Heron, Glossy Ibis, Black-tailed Godwit, Black-winged Stilt, Little Ringed Plover.

    2026-06-02. Eastern Orphean Warbler, Chukar Partridge, Greater Short-toed Lark, Horned Lark, Greater Short-toed Lark, Eurasian Crag Martin, Meadow Bunting.

    2026-06-01. Pied Wheatear, Grey-necked Bunting, Grey-necked Bunting, Mongolian Finch, Crested Lark, Tawny Pipit, Eurasian Linnet.

    2026-05-30. Little Owl, Sky Lark, Greater Short-toed Lark, Northern Lapwing, Bimaculated Lark, Isabelline Wheatear, Isabelline Wheatear.

    2026-05-28. Lammergeier, White-winged Grosbeak, Mistle Thrush, Common Whitethroat.

    2026-05-27. Red-billed Chough, Yellow-billed Chough, Lammergeier, Guldenstadt's Redstart, Common Cuckoo, Black Kite, Plain Mountain Finch, Tree Pipit, Himalayan Rubythroat, Sulphur-bellied Warbler, Eversmann's Redstart, Red-fronted Serin.

    2026-05-23. Blue Whistling Thrush, Brown Dipper.

    2026-05-19. Booted Warbler, Lesser Grey Shrike, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Common Rosefinch, Great Crested Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Black-Necked Grebe, Little Grebe, Great Cormorant, Grey Wagtail, Paddyfield Warbler, Common Sparrowhawk, Common Coot, Common Coot, Indian Golden Oriole, Long-tailed Shrike, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher, Shikra, Grey Heron, Common Pheasant, Great White Egret, Eurasian Roller, Crested Honey-Buzzard, European Bee-eater, Collared Pratincole, Black-headed Wagtail, Black-headed Wagtail.

    2026-05-14. Red-headed Bunting, Spanish Sparrow, Turkestan Shrike, Turkestan Shrike, Lesser Grey Shrike, Eurasian Redstart.

    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)

    more video...

    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...