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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
  • Pelecanidae
  • Phalacrocoracidae
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  • Tetraonidae
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  • Rallidae
  • Otididae
    • Charadriiformes
  • Burhinidae
  • Charadriidae
  • Recurvirostridae
  • Haematopodidae
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  • Picidae
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  • Motacillidae
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  • Paradoxornithidae
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  • Certhiidae
  • Ploceidae
  • Fringillidae
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    total species: 165
    total photos: 519
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Common Swift (2023-04-21)
    2. Bluethroat (2023-04-21)
    3. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2023-04-22)
    4. Eurasian Redstart (2023-04-22)
    5. Purple Heron (2023-04-22)
    6. Common Kestrel (2023-04-23)
    7. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2023-04-23)
    8. Willow Warbler (2023-04-23)
    9. Greater Flamingo (2023-04-23)
    10. Black-winged Stilt (2023-04-23)
    11. Eurasian Whimbrel (2023-04-23)
    12. Common Greenshank (2023-04-23)
    13. Kentish Plover (2023-04-23)
    14. Eurasian Golden Plover (2023-04-23)
    15. Ruddy Shelduck (2023-04-23)
    16. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2023-04-23)
    17. Greater Short-toed Lark (2023-04-23)
    18. Great White Egret (2023-04-23)
    19. Eurasian Curlew (2023-04-23)
    20. Gull-billed Tern (2023-04-24)
    21. Long-legged Buzzard (2023-04-28)
    22. Common Mynah (2023-04-30)
    23. Golden Eagle (2023-04-30)
    24. Cattle Egret (2023-05-01)
    25. Macqueen's Bustard (2023-05-01)
    26. Spotted Flycatcher (2023-05-13)
    27. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2023-05-13)
    28. Cinereous Vulture (2023-05-22)
    29. Griffon Vulture (2023-05-22)
    30. Greater Sand Plover (2023-05-24)
    31. Brown-necked Raven (2023-05-26)
    32. Eurasian Collared Dove (2023-05-30)
    33. Glossy Ibis (2023-05-31)
    34. Black-headed Gull (2023-05-31)
    35. White-headed Duck (2023-05-31)
    36. Red-crested Pochard (2023-05-31)
    37. Red-necked Phalarope (2023-05-31)
    38. Rosy Starling (2023-05-31)
    39. Caspian Gull (2023-06-05)
    40. Great Cormorant (2023-06-05)
    41. Mute Swan (2023-06-05)
    42. Common Tern (2023-06-05)
    43. Little Tern (2023-06-05)
    44. Slender-billed Gull (2023-06-05)
    45. Western Marsh-Harrier (2023-06-05)
    46. Great Crested Grebe (2023-06-05)
    47. Rock Pigeon (2023-06-07)
    48. House Sparrow (2023-06-10)
    49. Red-headed Bunting (2023-06-11)
    50. Little Ringed Plover (2023-06-11)
    51. Black-Necked Grebe (2023-06-11)
    52. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2023-06-11)
    53. Whiskered Tern (2023-06-11)
    54. Eurasian Roller (2023-06-11)
    55. Common Coot (2023-06-11)
    56. Shikra (2023-06-11)
    57. Garganey (2023-06-13)
    58. Barn Swallow (2023-06-16)
    59. White-winged Tern (2023-06-19)
    60. Crested Lark (2023-06-19)
    61. Common Sandpiper (2023-06-19)
    62. Northern Shoveler (2023-06-19)
    63. Green Sandpiper (2023-06-19)
    64. Spotted Redshank (2023-06-19)
    65. Fieldfare (2023-06-20)
    66. Common Redshank (2023-06-21)
    67. Common Pochard (2023-06-21)
    68. Oriental Turtle Dove (2023-06-25)
    69. Hoopoe (2023-06-25)
    70. Black-headed Wagtail (2023-06-25)
    71. Black-tailed Godwit (2023-06-25)
    72. Northern Lapwing (2023-06-25)
    73. Pied Wheatear (2023-06-25)
    74. Wood Sandpiper (2023-06-25)
    75. Marsh Sandpiper (2023-06-26)
    76. Ruff (2023-06-26)
    77. Syke's Warbler (2023-06-26)
    78. Common Starling (2023-06-26)
    79. Black Kite (2023-06-26)
    80. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2023-06-30)
    81. Eurasian Magpie (2023-06-30)
    82. Hooded Crow (2023-06-30)
    83. White Wagtail (2023-06-30)
    84. Mallard (2023-06-30)
    85. Tree Sparrow (2023-06-30)
    86. Great Tit (2023-06-30)
    87. Lesser Grey Shrike (2023-07-03)
    88. Eurasian Blackbird (2023-07-03)
    89. Egyptian Vulture (2023-07-05)
    90. Common Raven (2023-07-05)
    91. Steppe Grey Shrike (2023-07-05)
    92. Horned Lark (2023-07-05)
    93. Finsch's Wheatear (2023-07-06)
    94. Bimaculated Lark (2023-07-06)
    95. Isabelline Wheatear (2023-07-06)
    96. Alpine Swift (2023-07-06)
    97. Little Stint (2023-07-08)
    98. Laughing Dove (2023-07-10)
    99. Terek Sandpiper (2023-07-15)
    100. Broad-billed Sandpiper (2023-07-17)
    101. Curlew Sandpiper (2023-07-19)
    102. Temminck's Stint (2023-07-19)
    103. Pied Avocet (2023-07-20)
    104. Black-crowned Night Heron (2023-07-21)
    105. Common Oystercatcher (2023-07-23)
    106. Sandwich Tern (2023-07-23)
    107. Ruddy Turnstone (2023-07-23)
    108. Bar-tailed Godwit (2023-07-23)
    109. Grey Heron (2023-07-23)
    110. Common Cuckoo (2023-07-23)
    111. Red-backed Shrike (2023-07-23)
    112. Chukar Partridge (2023-07-23)
    113. Paddyfield Warbler (2023-07-23)
    114. Bearded Tit (2023-07-23)
    115. Desert Finch (2023-07-23)
    116. European Bee-eater (2023-07-25)
    117. Sand Martin (2023-07-26)
    118. Tawny Pipit (2023-07-30)
    119. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2023-08-01)
    120. Dunlin (2023-08-03)
    121. Citrine Wagtail (2023-08-05)
    122. Lesser Whitethroat (2023-08-09)
    123. Greater Ringed Plover (2023-08-10)
    124. Yellow Wagtail (2023-08-10)
    125. Tree Pipit (2023-08-13)
    126. Common Whitethroat (2023-08-13)
    127. Barred Warbler (2023-08-13)
    128. Garden Warbler (2023-08-13)
    129. Eurasian Wryneck (2023-08-15)
    130. Greenish Warbler (2023-08-27)
    131. Great Reed Warbler (2023-08-29)
    132. Ortolan Bunting (2023-09-03)
    133. Levant Sparrowhawk (2023-09-03)
    134. European Golden Oriole (2023-09-08)
    135. Common Sparrowhawk (2023-09-09)
    136. Hawfinch (2023-09-16)
    137. White-tailed Lapwing (2023-09-24)
    138. Common Chiffchaff (2023-09-27)
    139. Little Owl (2023-10-12)
    140. Common Chaffinch (2023-10-12)
    141. Spanish Sparrow (2023-10-12)
    142. Hen Harrier (2023-10-12)
    143. Yellowhammer (2023-10-23)
    144. Brambling (2023-10-23)
    145. Steppe Eagle (2023-10-23)
    146. Mistle Thrush (2023-10-24)
    147. Merlin (2023-10-24)
    148. Calandra Lark (2023-10-24)
    149. European Robin (2023-10-24)
    150. Rook (2023-10-29)
    151. Red-breasted Merganser (2023-12-08)
    152. Eurasian Siskin (2023-12-08)
    153. White-winged Lark (2023-12-12)
    154. Bohemian Waxwing (2023-12-12)
    155. Tufted Duck (2023-12-16)
    156. Dalmatian Pelican (2023-12-16)
    157. Goosander (2023-12-16)
    158. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2023-12-16)
    159. Water Rail (2023-12-16)
    160. Common Goldeneye (2023-12-16)
    161. Common Snipe (2023-12-16)
    162. Pygmy Cormorant (2023-12-16)
    163. Common Teal (2023-12-16)
    164. Black Redstart (2023-12-17)
    165. Northern Reed Bunting (2023-12-22)

    recent uploads

    2023-12-24. Northern Reed Bunting.

    2023-12-21. Common Teal, Red-breasted Merganser, Calandra Lark, Red-breasted Merganser, Greater Ringed Plover.

    2023-12-20. White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Black-Necked Grebe, Water Rail, Common Goldeneye, Grey Heron, Great Crested Grebe, Common Snipe, Caspian Gull, Caspian Gull, Pygmy Cormorant.

    2023-12-19. European Black Redstart, Dalmatian Pelican, Goosander.

    2023-12-18. Tufted Duck, Greater Flamingo.

    2023-12-15. Bohemian Waxwing.

    2023-12-14. White-winged Lark.

    2023-12-13. Lesser Short-toed Lark, Common Raven, Black-Bellied Sandgrouse.

    2023-12-08. Red-breasted Merganser, Eurasian Siskin.

    2023-10-30. European Robin, Rook.

    2023-10-27. Common Chaffinch, Spanish Sparrow, Hen Harrier, Yellowhammer, Brambling, Steppe Eagle, Mistle Thrush, Merlin, Calandra Lark.

    2023-10-14. Little Owl.

    2023-09-29. Spotted Flycatcher, Rock Pigeon.

    2023-09-28. Eurasian Collared Dove.

    2023-09-27. Common Chiffchaff.

    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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