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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

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    total species: 151
    total photos: 318
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

    sort by:

    1. Desert Wheatear (2006-06-11)
    2. Little Bustard (2008-04-19)
    3. Common Buzzard (2009-04-16)
    4. Caspian Plover (2009-04-19)
    5. Little Ringed Plover (2009-04-22)
    6. Red-necked Phalarope (2009-04-22)
    7. Black-headed Wagtail (2009-04-22)
    8. Paddyfield Warbler (2009-04-22)
    9. Common Snipe (2009-04-23)
    10. Black-tailed Godwit (2009-04-23)
    11. Pied Avocet (2009-04-23)
    12. Black-winged Stilt (2009-04-23)
    13. Northern Shoveler (2009-04-28)
    14. Sanderling (2010-05-02)
    15. Common Chiffchaff (2010-05-02)
    16. Calandra Lark (2011-04-19)
    17. Black-winged Pratincole (2011-04-23)
    18. Steppe Grey Shrike (2011-04-24)
    19. Rock Sparrow (2011-04-24)
    20. Rock Pigeon (2011-04-26)
    21. Eurasian Whimbrel (2011-05-06)
    22. Pied Flycatcher (2011-05-08)
    23. Northern Wheatear (2011-09-19)
    24. Mute Swan (2011-11-15)
    25. Common Goldeneye (2011-11-16)
    26. Hooded Crow (2011-11-16)
    27. European Robin (2011-11-17)
    28. Rook (2011-11-17)
    29. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2011-11-17)
    30. Whooper Swan (2011-11-17)
    31. Great Cormorant (2011-11-18)
    32. Great Crested Grebe (2011-11-18)
    33. Black-Necked Grebe (2011-11-19)
    34. Greater Flamingo (2011-11-20)
    35. Long-eared Owl (2011-11-20)
    36. Caspian Gull (2011-11-20)
    37. Black-headed Gull (2011-11-20)
    38. House Sparrow (2011-11-21)
    39. Mallard (2011-11-21)
    40. Egyptian Vulture (2012-05-03)
    42. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2012-05-04)
    43. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2012-05-05)
    44. Lesser Kestrel (2012-05-06)
    45. Rosy Starling (2012-05-07)
    46. Red-headed Bunting (2012-05-08)
    47. Northern House Martin (2012-05-18)
    48. Common Mynah (2012-05-22)
    49. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2012-05-22)
    50. Ruddy Shelduck (2012-05-23)
    51. Laughing Dove (2012-05-26)
    52. Grey Heron (2012-05-26)
    53. Common Sparrowhawk (2012-09-21)
    54. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2012-09-21)
    55. Steppe Eagle (2012-09-26)
    56. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2012-09-27)
    57. Eurasian Wigeon (2012-09-27)
    58. White Wagtail (2013-09-23)
    59. Bluethroat (2014-04-21)
    60. Common Tern (2014-04-21)
    61. Baillon's Crake (2014-04-27)
    62. Purple Heron (2014-04-27)
    63. Spotted Flycatcher (2014-05-01)
    64. Yellow Wagtail (2014-08-30)
    65. Chukar Partridge (2014-08-31)
    66. Horned Lark (2014-08-31)
    67. Pallid Scops Owl (2015-04-21)
    68. Eurasian Roller (2015-05-03)
    69. Eurasian Jackdaw (2015-05-17)
    70. Variable Wheatear (2015-05-19)
    71. Saxaul Sparrow (2015-05-25)
    72. Desert Finch (2015-05-25)
    73. Saker Falcon (2015-05-27)
    74. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2015-09-12)
    75. Common Raven (2015-09-16)
    76. Green Sandpiper (2016-04-20)
    77. Pander's Ground-Jay (2016-05-03)
    78. Pin-Tailed Sandgrouse (2016-05-05)
    79. White-Winged Woodpecker (2016-05-09)
    80. Little Owl (2016-08-29)
    81. Pied Wheatear (2016-08-30)
    82. Common Cuckoo (2016-09-05)
    83. Dunlin (2016-09-11)
    84. Pallid Harrier (2016-09-12)
    85. Black Kite (2016-09-12)
    86. Common Kestrel (2016-09-13)
    87. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2016-09-23)
    88. Common Shelduck (2016-09-24)
    89. Osprey (2016-09-25)
    90. Long-tailed Tit (2016-09-26)
    91. Masked Shrike (2017-05-13)
    92. Golden Eagle (2017-05-14)
    93. Red-backed Shrike (2017-05-19)
    94. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2017-05-20)
    95. Greater Sand Plover (2017-05-22)
    96. Glossy Ibis (2017-09-02)
    97. Ruddy Turnstone (2017-09-02)
    98. Common Starling (2017-09-02)
    99. Ruff (2017-09-02)
    100. Greater Ringed Plover (2017-09-02)
    101. Northern Lapwing (2017-09-02)
    102. Wood Sandpiper (2017-09-02)
    103. Western Marsh-Harrier (2017-09-02)
    104. Slavonian Grebe (2017-09-02)
    105. Common Teal (2017-09-05)
    106. Little Stint (2017-09-06)
    107. Grey Partridge (2017-09-07)
    108. Finsch's Wheatear (2017-09-09)
    109. White-winged Tern (2018-04-25)
    110. Desert Lark (2018-05-01)
    111. Macqueen's Bustard (2018-05-03)
    112. White-tailed Lapwing (2018-06-19)
    113. Long-legged Buzzard (2018-06-21)
    114. Indian Sparrow (2018-06-21)
    115. Demoiselle Crane (2018-06-23)
    116. Common Chaffinch (2018-11-13)
    117. Brambling (2018-11-14)
    118. Eurasian Redstart (2019-04-27)
    119. Siberian Stonechat (2019-04-27)
    120. Hoopoe (2019-05-05)
    121. Cinereous Vulture (2019-05-06)
    122. Griffon Vulture (2019-05-06)
    123. Black Stork (2019-05-10)
    124. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2019-05-14)
    125. Eurasian Collared Dove (2019-08-16)
    126. Common Sandpiper (2019-08-16)
    127. Red-Necked Grebe (2019-08-24)
    128. Common Pheasant (2021-05-08)
    129. Temminck's Stint (2021-05-16)
    130. Lammergeier (2022-04-22)
    131. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2022-04-25)
    132. Isabelline Wheatear (2022-05-02)
    133. Alpine Swift (2022-05-05)
    134. Crested Lark (2022-05-06)
    135. European Bee-eater (2022-05-13)
    136. Eurasian Spoonbill (2022-05-18)
    137. Great White Egret (2022-05-18)
    138. Kentish Plover (2022-05-18)
    139. Curlew Sandpiper (2022-05-20)
    140. Red-crested Pochard (2022-05-20)
    141. Black Lark (2022-05-25)
    142. Common Coot (2022-08-02)
    143. Masked Wagtail (2023-04-29)
    144. Tawny Pipit (2023-04-29)
    145. European Golden Oriole (2023-05-13)
    146. Brown-necked Raven (2023-05-25)
    147. Common Swift (2023-05-27)
    148. White-headed Duck (2023-05-31)
    149. Oriental Turtle Dove (2023-06-07)
    150. White-winged Lark (2023-06-09)
    151. Lesser Whitethroat (2023-09-18)

    recent uploads

    2023-12-01. Lesser Whitethroat.

    2023-06-18. Horned Lark, Black-Bellied Sandgrouse, Alpine Swift.

    2023-06-17. White-headed Duck, Glossy Ibis, Masked Wagtail, Common Mynah, Tawny Pipit, Oriental Turtle Dove.

    2023-06-16. White-winged Lark.

    2023-06-15. European Golden Oriole, Common Swift, Eastern Black-eared Wheatear, Brown-necked Raven.

    2023-03-12. Pallid Harrier, Rock Pigeon, Black Kite, Steppe Eagle.

    2023-02-14. Red-crested Pochard.

    2023-02-13. Short-toed Snake-Eagle.

    2023-01-20. Horned Lark, Rock Sparrow.

    2023-01-18. Finsch's Wheatear.

    2023-01-16. Common Shelduck.

    2023-01-11. Short-toed Snake-Eagle, Isabelline Wheatear, Red-headed Bunting, Rosy Starling.

    2023-01-10. Black-tailed Godwit, Rock Pigeon, Black-winged Pratincole, Red-necked Phalarope, Black-headed Wagtail, Paddyfield Warbler, Common Pheasant, Common Tern, Purple Heron.

    2023-01-09. Calandra Lark, Greater Sand Plover, Steppe Grey Shrike.

    2023-01-08. Rosy Starling, Siberian Stonechat, Eurasian Whimbrel, Steppe Grey Shrike, Rock Sparrow.

    2023-01-07. Eurasian Collared Dove, Ruff, Common Sandpiper, Red-Necked Grebe, Eurasian Jackdaw, Pallid Harrier, Grey Partridge, Little Owl, Little Bustard.

    2023-01-06. Little Stint, Desert Finch, Little Stint, Common Teal, Little Ringed Plover.

    2023-01-05. Eurasian Collared Dove, Common Mynah, Saxaul Sparrow, Common Buzzard.

    2023-01-04. Spotted Flycatcher, Steppe Eagle, Common Raven, Pied Wheatear, Black Kite, Desert Lark, Western Marsh-Harrier, Northern House Martin, Short-toed Snake-Eagle, Egyptian Vulture, Cinereous Vulture, Griffon Vulture, Curlew Sandpiper, Kentish Plover, Black-Necked Grebe, Rock Pigeon, Hooded Crow.

    2023-01-03. Common Shelduck, Greater Flamingo, Pallas's Sandgrouse, Long-tailed Tit, Osprey, Slavonian Grebe, Red-headed Bunting, Black-winged Stilt, Eurasian Eagle-Owl, Eurasian Wigeon.

    2023-01-02. Alpine Swift, Common Sparrowhawk, Lesser Short-toed Lark, Grey Heron, Temminck's Stint, Eurasian Roller, Northern Wheatear.

    2023-01-01. Glossy Ibis, Ruddy Turnstone, Pied Avocet, Common Starling, Ruff, Greater Ringed Plover, Northern Lapwing, Wood Sandpiper, Black-tailed Godwit, Western Marsh-Harrier, Dunlin, Ruff, Greater Flamingo, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Osprey, Common Cuckoo.

    2022-12-31. Pied Flycatcher, Steppe Grey Shrike, Spotted Flycatcher.

    2022-12-30. Black-tailed Godwit, Common Snipe, Pied Avocet, Black-winged Stilt, Northern Shoveler, Red-headed Bunting, Green Sandpiper, Eurasian Eagle-Owl, Red-backed Shrike, Calandra Lark.

    2022-12-29. Common Cuckoo, Chukar Partridge, Eurasian Redstart, Pallid Scops Owl, Sanderling, Common Chiffchaff, Caspian Plover.

    2022-12-28. Common Raven, Saker Falcon, Black Stork, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Little Bustard, Common Kestrel, Dunlin, Yellow Wagtail, Black-headed Wagtail.

    2022-12-27. White Wagtail, Ruddy Shelduck, White-Winged Woodpecker, Pander's Ground-Jay, Little Owl, Eurasian Stone Curlew.

    2022-12-26. Eurasian Spoonbill, White-winged Tern, Black-headed Gull, Long-legged Buzzard, Indian Sparrow, White-tailed Lapwing, Great White Egret, Common Coot, Mute Swan, Wood Sandpiper, Pin-Tailed Sandgrouse.

    2022-12-25. Common Goldeneye, Great Cormorant, Great Cormorant, Great Crested Grebe, Greater Flamingo, Long-eared Owl, Caspian Gull, Black-headed Gull, House Sparrow, Mallard, Hoopoe, Rosy Starling.

    2022-12-24. Horned Lark, Rock Sparrow, Brambling, Common Chaffinch, Demoiselle Crane, Steppe Eagle, Baillon's Crake, Red-necked Phalarope, Bluethroat, European Robin, Rook, Mute Swan, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Whooper Swan.

    2022-12-23. Common Mynah, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater.

    2022-12-22. Golden Eagle.

    2022-12-20. Crested Lark, European Bee-eater.

    2022-12-17. Black-winged Stilt.

    2022-12-16. Whooper Swan, Black Lark, Cinereous Vulture.

    2022-12-15. Greater Sand Plover.

    2022-12-14. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush, Griffon Vulture, Lammergeier.

    2018-10-18. Macqueen's Bustard.

    2017-09-29. Masked Shrike.

    2015-06-14. Variable Wheatear.

    2012-11-19. Eastern Black-eared Wheatear, Black-Bellied Sandgrouse, Lesser Kestrel, Egyptian Vulture, Laughing Dove.

    2012-11-16. Desert Wheatear.

    recent comments

    2023-12-01. to photo # 01480021101 (Lesser Whitethroat)

    Марк Пестов: Спасибо, Андрей!

    2023-12-01. to photo # 01480021101 (Lesser Whitethroat)

    Андрей Коваленко: Славка-завирушка.

    2023-06-17. to photo # 01480020501 (Common Mynah)

    Марк Пестов: Анна, спасибо за напоминание с координатами - совсем забыл. Если не ошибаюсь, то это второй залет единичной майны на территорию заповедника [....]

    2023-06-17. to photo # 01480020501 (Common Mynah)

    Анна Ясько: Прошу обратить внимание, что при ручном вводе координат десятичное разделение должно быть через точку. Иначе карта не отображается. Во всех [....]

    2023-06-17. to photo # 01480020501 (Common Mynah)

    Анна Ясько: Марк, до этого уже были наблюдения майны в Устюртском заповеднике? Знаю, что на каракалпакской части Устюрта неоднократно были встречи. В [....]

    2023-06-17. to photo # 01480020602 (Tawny Pipit)

    Марк Пестов: Спасибо за определение. Размещаю, как полевого...

    2023-06-17. to photo # 01480020501 (Common Mynah)

    Марк Пестов: Редкий залет на территорию Устюртского заповедника. Одна птица была в стайке розовых скворцов.

    2023-06-17. to photo # 01480020602 (Tawny Pipit)

    Андрей Коваленко: Полевой...

    2023-06-17. to photo # 01480020602 (Tawny Pipit)

    Игорь Фефелов: Степноподобен малость, но, видимо, всё-таки луговой конек.

    2023-06-16. to photo # 01480019902 (Eastern Black-eared Wheatear)

    Анна Ясько: Испанская каменка.

    2023-06-16. to photo # 01480020002 (Brown-necked Raven)

    Анна Ясько: По окрасу головы, шеи скорее всего пустынный. Марк, дата верная обозначена? Сейчас стоит 01.01.2000.

    2023-06-15. to photo # 01480020003 (Brown-necked Raven)

    Марк Пестов: возможно, пустынный ворон?

    2023-03-12. to photo # 01480019401 (Rock Pigeon)

    Марк Пестов: Немногочисленная не синантропная популяция сизого голубя гнездится на обрывах Запалного чинка Устюрта

    2023-01-18. to photo # 01480018702 (Finsch's Wheatear)

    Андрей Коваленко: Да, на e-birds часто проблемы с правильным определением. Но по ссылке есть именно черношейные с длинной проекцией ПМ.

    2023-01-18. to photo # 01480018701 (Finsch's Wheatear)

    Марк Пестов: Всем - большое спасибо за обсуждение и определение - было интересно. Останавливаемся на черношейной каменке...

    2023-01-18. to photo # 01480018701 (Finsch's Wheatear)

    Анна Ясько: Пора мне приобретать очки, дата показалась майская. Действительно, осень ведь. Тогда все же согласна с тем, что это черношейная. Насколько [....]

    2023-01-18. to photo # 01480018704 (Finsch's Wheatear)

    Анна Ясько: Длина ПМ очень даже неплохой диагностический признак, которым я часто пользуюсь, но тут надо учитывать некоторые моменты, например, линька [....]

    2023-01-18. to photo # 01480018704 (Finsch's Wheatear)

    Марк Пестов: Спасибо - буду знать. Вероятно, ПМ подвержено индивидуальной изменчивости, которая накладывается на видоспецифичные различия. Так что оценивать [....]

    2023-01-18. to photo # 01480018704 (Finsch's Wheatear)

    Андрей Баздырев: Марк, проекция ПМ - это то расстояние, на которое первостепенные маховые выступают на сложенном крыле из-под третьестепенных/второстепенных.

    2023-01-18. to photo # 01480018704 (Finsch's Wheatear)

    Андрей Баздырев: По некоторым там очень большие вопросы в правильности определения.

    2023-01-18. to photo # 01480018704 (Finsch's Wheatear)

    Марк Пестов: Добавил еще пару фото из той серии на всякий случай. И еще: что означает ПМ?

    2023-01-18. to photo # 01480018702 (Finsch's Wheatear)

    Андрей Коваленко: Еще.

    2023-01-18. to photo # 01480018702 (Finsch's Wheatear)

    Андрей Коваленко: Нате вам с длинной проекцией...

    2023-01-18. to photo # 01480018702 (Finsch's Wheatear)

    Андрей Баздырев: В приведённых примерах хорошо видно короткую проекцию ПМ у черношейной.

    2023-01-18. to photo # 01480018702 (Finsch's Wheatear)

    Марк Пестов: Очень похоже!

    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...