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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
  • Pelecanidae
  • Phalacrocoracidae
    • Ciconiiformes
  • Ardeidae
  • Threskiornithidae
  • Ciconiidae
    • Phoenicopteriformes
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    • Anseriformes
  • Anatidae
    • Falconiformes
  • Pandionidae
  • Accipitridae
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    • Galliformes
  • Tetraonidae
  • Phasianidae
    • Gruiformes
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  • Rallidae
  • Otididae
    • Charadriiformes
  • Burhinidae
  • Charadriidae
  • Recurvirostridae
  • Haematopodidae
  • Scolopacidae
  • Glareolidae
  • Stercorariidae
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    total species: 65
    total photos: 160
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 1

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    1. Goosander (2015-01-02)
    2. Hawfinch (2015-01-08)
    3. Bohemian Waxwing (2015-01-08)
    4. Northern Bullfinch (2015-01-08)
    5. Eurasian Dipper (2015-01-08)
    6. Baikal Bullfinch (2015-03-18)
    7. Tree Sparrow (2015-03-18)
    8. Great Tit (2015-03-18)
    9. Brambling (2015-04-05)
    10. Black-throated Thrush (2015-04-05)
    11. Common Chaffinch (2015-04-05)
    12. Eversmann's Redstart (2015-04-05)
    13. Water Pipit (2015-04-08)
    14. Common Starling (2015-04-09)
    15. Black-headed Gull (2015-04-09)
    16. Great Grey Shrike (2015-04-09)
    17. White Wagtail (2015-04-09)
    18. Caspian Gull (2015-04-09)
    19. Masked Wagtail (2015-04-09)
    20. Northern Reed Bunting (2015-04-09)
    21. Mallard (2015-04-10)
    22. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2015-04-10)
    23. Black Kite (2015-04-10)
    24. Common Buzzard (2015-04-14)
    25. Osprey (2015-04-14)
    26. Tree Pipit (2015-04-17)
    27. Green Sandpiper (2015-04-17)
    28. Grey Wagtail (2015-04-17)
    29. Citrine Wagtail (2015-04-17)
    30. Little Ringed Plover (2015-04-17)
    31. Yellow Wagtail (2015-04-20)
    32. Eurasian Magpie (2015-04-20)
    33. Isabelline Wheatear (2015-04-20)
    34. Bluethroat (2015-04-20)
    35. Common Pochard (2015-04-20)
    36. Demoiselle Crane (2015-04-20)
    37. Northern Wheatear (2015-04-20)
    38. Fieldfare (2015-04-20)
    39. Eurasian Jackdaw (2015-04-20)
    40. Tufted Duck (2015-04-22)
    41. Eurasian Wigeon (2015-04-22)
    42. Azure Tit (2015-04-26)
    43. Common Sandpiper (2015-04-27)
    44. Barn Swallow (2015-04-27)
    45. Eurasian Wryneck (2015-04-29)
    46. Song Thrush (2015-04-29)
    47. Siberian Stonechat (2015-05-04)
    48. Common Tern (2015-05-05)
    49. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2015-05-05)
    50. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2015-05-28)
    51. Greenish Warbler (2015-05-28)
    52. Sedge Warbler (2015-07-29)
    53. Crested Honey-Buzzard (2015-09-29)
    54. Meadow Bunting (2015-09-29)
    55. Yellowhammer (2015-10-12)
    56. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2015-10-12)
    57. Eurasian Siskin (2015-10-12)
    58. Gadwall (2015-10-25)
    59. Northern Shoveler (2015-10-25)
    60. Hooded Crow (2015-10-25)
    61. Willow Tit (2015-10-25)
    62. Eurasian Nuthatch (2015-11-26)
    63. Common Goldeneye (2015-11-26)
    64. Eurasian Blackbird (2015-12-01)
    65. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2015-12-13)

    recent uploads

    2015-12-30. Siberian Stonechat.

    2015-12-13. White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

    2015-12-01. Eurasian Blackbird.

    2015-11-28. Eurasian Nuthatch, Common Goldeneye.

    2015-11-11. Mallard.

    2015-10-31. Willow Tit.

    2015-10-29. Gadwall, Northern Shoveler, Hybrid Crow, Hooded Crow.

    2015-10-18. Yellowhammer, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Tree Sparrow, Eurasian Siskin, Black-throated Thrush.

    2015-09-29. Siberian Stonechat.

    2015-09-16. Crested Honey-Buzzard, Meadow Bunting, Caspian Gull.

    2015-08-02. Sedge Warbler.

    2015-07-05. Azure Tit.

    2015-06-07. Western Grasshopper Warbler, Sedge Warbler.

    2015-05-28. Greenish Warbler, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Blyth's Reed Warbler.

    2015-05-07. Common Tern.

    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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    2026-01-18
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    (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...
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    Андрей Коваленко: По фото вряд ли, но в это время там только луговые...
    2026-06-18

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    Юрий Малков: Спасибо Анна и Андрей.
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    Юрий Малков: Спасибо Анна.
    more unidentified birds...