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    • Abi Jummaa Bassel

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    total species: 56
    total photos: 148
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2018-12-01)
    2. Rough-legged Buzzard (2019-02-02)
    3. Common Chiffchaff (2019-04-20)
    4. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2019-04-20)
    5. Lesser Whitethroat (2019-05-05)
    6. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2019-05-12)
    7. Paddyfield Warbler (2019-09-15)
    8. Yellow-browed Warbler (2019-09-15)
    9. Common Redpoll (2019-12-01)
    10. Northern Reed Bunting (2020-03-01)
    11. Bearded Tit (2020-03-01)
    12. Wood Warbler (2020-05-17)
    13. River Warbler (2020-08-13)
    14. Willow Warbler (2020-08-14)
    15. Eurasian Reed Warbler (2020-08-15)
    16. Oriental Turtle Dove (2020-10-04)
    17. Pallas's Warbler (2020-10-24)
    18. Twite (2020-11-22)
    19. White-winged Lark (2021-01-01)
    20. Red Phalarope (2021-05-16)
    21. Black Lark (2021-06-29)
    22. Black-winged Pratincole (2021-06-30)
    24. Red-flanked Bluetail (2021-07-02)
    25. Dusky Warbler (2021-07-04)
    26. Pine Bunting (2021-07-06)
    27. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2021-07-06)
    28. Pallas's Reed Bunting (2021-07-07)
    29. Water Pipit (2021-07-07)
    30. Masked Wagtail (2021-07-09)
    31. Brown Shrike (2021-07-10)
    32. Song Thrush (2021-10-17)
    33. Spotted Redshank (2022-05-08)
    34. Booted Warbler (2022-05-08)
    35. Siberian Rubythroat (2022-07-18)
    36. Siberian Tit (2022-07-19)
    37. Pacific Swift (2022-07-20)
    38. Marsh Warbler (2022-09-11)
    39. Bluethroat (2022-09-11)
    40. Buff-bellied Pipit (2022-10-09)
    41. Northern Bullfinch (2022-11-06)
    42. Hume's Warbler (2022-11-06)
    43. Black-throated Thrush (2022-11-12)
    44. Common Chaffinch (2023-01-29)
    45. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2023-04-01)
    46. Black Kite (2023-04-02)
    47. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2023-04-02)
    48. Pied Wheatear (2023-04-06)
    49. Himalayan Vulture (2023-04-06)
    50. Yellow Wagtail (2023-04-07)
    51. Citrine Wagtail (2023-04-07)
    52. Corn Bunting (2023-04-07)
    53. Pied Bushchat (2023-04-08)
    54. Black-headed Wagtail (2023-04-08)
    55. Common Swift (2023-04-09)
    56. Common Buzzard (2023-04-11)

    recent uploads

    2026-05-29. Twite.

    2026-05-23. Unkown Bird.

    2026-05-19. Blyth's Reed Warbler, Water Pipit, Brown Shrike, Masked Wagtail, Siberian Tit, Pacific Swift.

    2026-05-16. Siberian Rubythroat.

    2026-05-12. Dusky Warbler, Grey-Headed Woodpecker, Dusky Warbler, Pallas's Reed Bunting.

    2026-05-11. Black Lark, Black-winged Pratincole, Black Lark, Red-flanked Bluetail, Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler.

    2026-01-19. Song Thrush.

    2026-01-04. Black-throated Thrush.

    2026-01-01. Lesser Whitethroat.

    2025-12-31. Marsh Warbler, Bluethroat.

    2025-12-29. White-winged Lark, Pine Bunting, Common Chiffchaff, Black-eared Kite.

    2025-12-25. Eurasian Reed Warbler, Common Chiffchaff, Northern Bullfinch, Siberian Pipit.

    2025-12-24. Spotted Redshank.

    2025-12-23. Eastern Common Swift, Eastern Common Swift, Common Swift.

    2025-12-16. Lesser Whitethroat, Common Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Eurasian Reed Warbler, Eurasian Reed Warbler.

    2025-12-14. Northern Reed Bunting, Eurasian Penduline Tit, Oriental Turtle Dove.

    2025-12-13. Bearded Tit, Willow Warbler.

    2025-12-10. Paddyfield Warbler.

    2025-12-08. Common Redpoll.

    2025-11-06. Wood Warbler, Paddyfield Warbler.

    2025-11-03. Rough-legged Buzzard.

    2025-10-29. Eurasian Stone Curlew, Citrine Wagtail, Pied Wheatear, Grey-headed Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, Black-headed Wagtail, Pied Bushchat, Common Chaffinch, Common Chaffinch.

    2025-10-27. Guldenstadt's Redstart, Himalayan Vulture, Steppe Buzzard, Corn Bunting, Hume's Warbler.

    2025-10-18. Booted Warbler.

    2025-10-08. Black-eared Kite.

    2021-08-18. Red Phalarope.

    2020-10-25. Pallas's Warbler.

    2020-08-14. River Warbler.

    2019-09-15. Yellow-browed Warbler, Paddyfield Warbler.

    2019-05-18. Blyth's Reed Warbler.

    2019-04-22. Unkown Bird, Eurasian Penduline Tit, Common Chiffchaff.

    2018-12-06. White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

    recent comments

    2025-12-25. to photo # 06310004901 (Northern Bullfinch)

    Канатбек Кенжегулов: Hello! I watched it on my mobile phone, but the map is not visible there.

    2025-12-25. to photo # 06310005001 (Siberian Pipit)

    Bassel Abi Jummaa: Yes Qanatbek at Tengiz south evaporation ponds . I had also recorded this species one year earlier at the same location . Below is the link to that ebird list and sighting . https://ebird.org/checklist/S96627712

    2025-12-25. to photo # 06310004901 (Northern Bullfinch)

    Bassel Abi Jummaa: Hello Qanatbek , yes In tengiz at exact location on map

    2025-12-25. to photo # 06310004901 (Northern Bullfinch)

    Канатбек Кенжегулов: Tengiz?

    2025-12-25. to photo # 06310005003 (Siberian Pipit)

    Канатбек Кенжегулов: Tengiz?

    2025-11-06. to photo # 06310002903 (Wood Warbler)

    Bassel Abi Jummaa: Yes Andrey . In Tengiz rotational village ( RV ) . Exactly at the pin location on map at our company accommodation camp

    2025-11-06. to photo # 06310002901 (Wood Warbler)

    Андрей Коваленко: Место бы указать - Тенгиз.

    2021-08-19. to photo # 06310001101 (Red Phalarope)

    Анна Ясько: Интересная находка, поздравляю!

    2018-12-07. to photo # 06310000201 (White-tailed Sea-Eagle)

    Аскар Исабеков: Dear Bassel Abi Jummaa,
    welcome to the Birds of Kazalhstan site!

    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...