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Gaviiformes
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    total species: 79
    total photos: 186
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Great Tit (2023-01-01)
    2. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2023-01-01)
    3. Eurasian Blackbird (2023-01-01)
    4. Hooded Crow (2023-01-01)
    5. Tree Sparrow (2023-01-01)
    6. Eurasian Dipper (2023-01-09)
    7. Common Goldeneye (2023-01-09)
    8. Goosander (2023-01-09)
    9. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2023-01-19)
    10. Smew (2023-01-19)
    11. Mallard (2023-01-19)
    12. Long-tailed Tit (2023-02-22)
    13. Northern Bullfinch (2023-02-22)
    14. Common Treecreeper (2023-02-25)
    15. Carrion Crow (2023-02-25)
    16. Ruddy Shelduck (2023-03-05)
    17. Rock Pigeon (2023-03-09)
    18. Fieldfare (2023-03-13)
    19. Black-throated Thrush (2023-03-13)
    20. Brambling (2023-03-13)
    21. Eurasian Siskin (2023-03-13)
    22. Rook (2023-03-23)
    23. Mew Gull (2023-03-25)
    24. Black-headed Gull (2023-04-09)
    25. Gadwall (2023-04-09)
    26. Tree Pipit (2023-04-18)
    27. Common Chaffinch (2023-04-18)
    28. Masked Wagtail (2023-04-18)
    29. Common Chiffchaff (2023-04-18)
    30. Northern House Martin (2023-04-18)
    31. Eurasian Jackdaw (2023-04-30)
    32. Common Kestrel (2023-06-16)
    33. Hoopoe (2023-06-16)
    34. Lesser Grey Shrike (2023-06-16)
    35. Common Nightingale (2023-06-16)
    36. Turkestan Shrike (2023-06-16)
    37. Common Moorhen (2023-06-17)
    38. Black-winged Pratincole (2023-06-17)
    39. Little Bittern (2023-06-17)
    40. Little Ringed Plover (2023-06-17)
    41. Barred Warbler (2023-06-17)
    42. Citrine Wagtail (2023-06-17)
    43. Common Redshank (2023-06-18)
    44. Dalmatian Pelican (2023-06-18)
    45. Common Starling (2023-06-18)
    46. Barn Swallow (2023-06-18)
    47. Red-crested Pochard (2023-06-19)
    48. Bearded Tit (2023-06-19)
    49. Greater Short-toed Lark (2023-06-19)
    50. Great White Egret (2023-06-19)
    51. Great Crested Grebe (2023-06-19)
    52. Common Cuckoo (2023-06-19)
    53. Black-winged Stilt (2023-06-19)
    54. Paddyfield Warbler (2023-06-19)
    55. Common Coot (2023-06-19)
    56. Eurasian Collared Dove (2023-06-20)
    57. Common Tern (2023-08-04)
    58. Caspian Gull (2023-08-09)
    59. Common Sandpiper (2023-08-09)
    60. Greenish Warbler (2023-08-14)
    61. Common Sparrowhawk (2023-08-14)
    62. Common Swift (2023-08-17)
    63. Grey Heron (2023-08-17)
    64. Common Kingfisher (2023-08-17)
    65. Great Cormorant (2023-08-31)
    66. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2023-08-31)
    67. Lesser Whitethroat (2023-09-12)
    68. Tufted Duck (2023-10-13)
    69. Common Pochard (2023-10-16)
    70. Coal Tit (2023-10-21)
    71. Eurasian Magpie (2023-10-25)
    72. Goldcrest (2023-10-25)
    73. Eurasian Nuthatch (2023-10-25)
    74. Whooper Swan (2023-10-27)
    75. Baikal Bullfinch (2023-11-04)
    76. Bohemian Waxwing (2023-12-15)
    77. Hawfinch (2023-12-15)
    78. Common Redpoll (2023-12-30)
    79. House Sparrow (2023-12-31)

    recent uploads

    2024-01-04. Hawfinch.

    2023-12-31. House Sparrow.

    2023-12-30. Common Redpoll, Eurasian Siskin, Eurasian Jackdaw, Hybrid Crow, Carrion Crow, Citrine Wagtail, Citrine Wagtail, Common Redshank, Dalmatian Pelican, Common Starling, Barn Swallow, Rook, Rock Pigeon.

    2023-12-15. Bohemian Waxwing.

    2023-12-02. White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Common Treecreeper, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Smew.

    2023-11-04. Fieldfare, Baikal Bullfinch, Common Treecreeper, Smew, Eurasian Siskin, Northern Bullfinch.

    2023-10-27. Tufted Duck, Eurasian Magpie, Goldcrest, Eurasian Nuthatch, Coal Tit, Common Treecreeper, Whooper Swan.

    2023-10-22. Coal Tit.

    2023-10-17. Common Pochard.

    2023-10-13. Tufted Duck.

    2023-09-12. Common Kingfisher, Lesser Whitethroat.

    2023-09-05. Turkestan Shrike, Turkestan Shrike, Turkestan Shrike, Turkestan Shrike, Turkestan Shrike.

    2023-09-04. Great Cormorant, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Masked Wagtail, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Common Kingfisher, Black-headed Gull, Common Nightingale.

    2023-08-17. Common Swift, Grey Heron, Common Kingfisher.

    2023-08-14. Greenish Warbler, Common Sparrowhawk.

    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...