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Gaviiformes
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    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
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  • Phalacrocoracidae
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    total species: 68
    total photos: 215
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Tree Sparrow (2020-01-01)
    2. Baikal Bullfinch (2020-01-01)
    3. Great Tit (2020-01-01)
    4. Bohemian Waxwing (2020-01-01)
    5. Rook (2020-01-01)
    6. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2020-01-06)
    7. Northern Bullfinch (2020-01-06)
    8. Common Redpoll (2020-01-07)
    9. Ural Owl (2020-01-07)
    10. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2020-01-16)
    11. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2020-01-17)
    12. Brambling (2020-01-18)
    13. Eurasian Goldfinch (2020-01-18)
    14. Common Goldeneye (2020-01-19)
    15. Smew (2020-01-19)
    16. Eurasian Siskin (2020-01-19)
    17. European Greenfinch (2020-01-21)
    18. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2020-01-23)
    19. Peregrine Falcon (2020-01-27)
    20. Long-eared Owl (2020-02-01)
    21. Rock Pigeon (2020-02-01)
    22. Eurasian Dipper (2020-02-03)
    23. Mallard (2020-02-05)
    24. Goosander (2020-02-05)
    25. Eurasian Blackbird (2020-02-08)
    26. Fieldfare (2020-02-09)
    27. Goldcrest (2020-02-13)
    28. Eurasian Nuthatch (2020-02-15)
    29. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2020-02-15)
    30. Coal Tit (2020-02-22)
    31. Black-throated Thrush (2020-03-01)
    32. Redwing (2020-03-05)
    33. Little Grebe (2020-03-11)
    34. Caspian Gull (2020-03-14)
    35. Masked Wagtail (2020-03-21)
    36. Common Chaffinch (2020-03-24)
    37. Black Kite (2020-03-24)
    38. White Wagtail (2020-03-28)
    39. Common Chiffchaff (2020-04-10)
    40. Black-headed Gull (2020-04-10)
    41. Eurasian Wigeon (2020-04-10)
    42. Northern Shoveler (2020-04-10)
    43. Gadwall (2020-04-10)
    44. Great Cormorant (2020-04-16)
    45. House Sparrow (2020-04-28)
    46. Eurasian Redstart (2020-04-30)
    47. Common Tern (2020-05-16)
    48. Common Teal (2020-05-16)
    49. Spotted Flycatcher (2020-07-30)
    50. Common Whitethroat (2020-07-30)
    51. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2020-08-12)
    52. Greenish Warbler (2020-08-13)
    53. Lesser Whitethroat (2020-08-15)
    54. Meadow Bunting (2020-08-17)
    55. Common Rosefinch (2020-08-24)
    56. Common Kestrel (2020-08-26)
    57. Tree Pipit (2020-08-27)
    58. Barn Swallow (2020-08-27)
    59. Siberian Stonechat (2020-08-27)
    60. Song Thrush (2020-08-29)
    61. Eurasian Jackdaw (2020-09-06)
    62. Crested Honey-Buzzard (2020-09-21)
    63. Baraba Steppe Gull (2020-09-22)
    64. Eurasian Jay (2020-09-22)
    65. Tufted Duck (2020-09-22)
    66. Ruddy Shelduck (2020-09-22)
    67. Northern Goshawk (2020-11-22)
    68. Hawfinch (2020-12-29)

    recent uploads

    2020-12-29. Hawfinch, Bohemian Waxwing.

    2020-12-25. Coal Tit.

    2020-12-19. Little Grebe, Peregrine Falcon, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Common Goldeneye.

    2020-12-15. Eurasian Dipper.

    2020-12-01. Peregrine Falcon.

    2020-11-28. White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Great Spotted Woodpecker.

    2020-11-22. Northern Goshawk.

    2020-11-18. Eurasian Jay, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Great Cormorant, Tufted Duck, Ruddy Shelduck, Common Goldeneye, Smew.

    2020-11-07. Great Spotted Woodpecker, Peregrine Falcon, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Baraba Steppe Gull, Smew, Mallard, Great Tit, Mallard.

    2020-10-21. Great Spotted Woodpecker.

    2020-10-17. Grey-Headed Woodpecker, Great Cormorant, Black-throated Thrush.

    2020-10-10. Coal Tit, Eurasian Nuthatch, Eurasian Blackbird, Black-throated Thrush.

    2020-10-03. Eurasian Jay, Common Chaffinch, Lesser Whitethroat, Black-throated Thrush.

    2020-09-21. Crested Honey-Buzzard, Great Cormorant.

    2020-09-14. Caspian Gull.

    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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