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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
  • 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
  • Best photos of the month, September 2014.

    Dunlin | Askar Isabekov | 3

    Pallid Scops Owl | Andrey Kovalenko | 3

    Long-billed Dowitcher | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 3

    Spotted Redshank | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 3

    Greater Flamingo | Andrey Kovalenko | 3

    Hoopoe | Askar Isabekov | 2

    Siberian Stonechat | Askar Isabekov | 2

    Common Shelduck | Askar Isabekov | 2

    Pacific Golden Plover | Askar Isabekov | 2

    Curlew Sandpiper | Askar Isabekov | 2

    Ring-necked Pheasant | Askar Isabekov | 2

    Wood Sandpiper | Askar Isabekov | 2

    Pacific Golden Plover | Askar Isabekov | 2

    Red-flanked Bluetail | Alexey Timoshenko | 2

    Azure Tit | Alexey Timoshenko | 2

    Pander's Ground-Jay | Andrey Kovalenko | 2

    Long-legged Buzzard | Andrey Kovalenko | 2

    Common Kingfisher | Andrey Kovalenko | 2

    Greater Flamingo | Andrey Kovalenko | 2

    Eurasian Curlew | Gennadiy Dyakin | 2

    White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Gennadiy Dyakin | 2

    Meadow Bunting | Vladimir Shefer | 2

    Yellow-billed Chough | Oleg Belyalov | 2

    Steppe Eagle | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 2

    Pomarine Skua | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 2

    Ruff | Aisagali Kadirov | 2

    Grey Heron | Aisagali Kadirov | 2

    Rook | Saltore Saparbaev | 2

    Eurasian Hobby | Dennis Urazaliyev | 2

    Black-eared Kite | Askar Isabekov | 2

    Pacific Golden Plover | Askar Isabekov | 2

    Great White Pelican | Askar Isabekov | 2

    Greenish Warbler | Askar Isabekov | 2

    Pied Wheatear | Askar Isabekov | 2

    Turkestan Shrike | Askar Isabekov | 2

    Meadow Bunting | Vladimir Shefer | 2

    Black-eared Kite | Askar Isabekov | 2

    Greater Flamingo | Andrey Kovalenko | 2

    Eurasian Hobby | Yevgeny Belousov | 2

    Black-Bellied Sandgrouse | Askar Isabekov | 2

    Pander's Ground-Jay | Andrey Kovalenko | 2

    Brown-necked Raven | Andrey Kovalenko | 2

    Lesser Whitethroat | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Common Whitethroat | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Siberian Stonechat | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Turkestan Shrike | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Turkestan Shrike | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Greenish Warbler | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Black-eared Kite | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Pied Avocet | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Pied Wheatear | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Common Greenshank | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Eurasian Wigeon | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Little Stint | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Common Snipe | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Yellow Wagtail | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Dalmatian Pelican | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Azure Tit | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Dunlin | Askar Isabekov | 1

    White Wagtail | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Bluethroat | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Little Stint | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Little Stint | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Pacific Golden Plover | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Long-billed Dowitcher | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Common Redshank | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Little Stint | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Eurasian Wryneck | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Turkestan Shrike | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Tree Pipit | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Siberian Stonechat | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Common Mynah | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Eurasian Wryneck | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Lesser Whitethroat | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Turkestan Shrike | Askar Isabekov | 1

    White Wagtail | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Yellow Wagtail | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Lesser Kestrel | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Little Grebe | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Yellow Wagtail | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Isabelline Shrike | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Greater Short-toed Lark | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Eurasian Hobby | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Black-crowned Night Heron | Askar Isabekov | 1

    European Nightjar | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Common Whitethroat | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Common Whitethroat | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Lesser Whitethroat | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Lesser Whitethroat | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Turkestan Shrike | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Tufted Duck | Askar Isabekov | 1

    White-headed Duck | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Common Coot | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Eurasian Curlew | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Wood Sandpiper | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Steppe Eagle | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Sanderling | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Little Stint | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Yellow Wagtail | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Central Asia Starling | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Eurasian Curlew | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Black-winged Stilt | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Ruff | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Black-Necked Grebe | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Water Pipit | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Grey Plover | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Common Kingfisher | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Greater Ringed Plover | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Common Chaffinch | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Masked Wagtail | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Northern Lapwing | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Calandra Lark | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Great Cormorant | Askar Isabekov | 1

    White Wagtail | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Black-Bellied Sandgrouse | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Azure Tit | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Tufted Duck | Askar Isabekov | 1

    White-headed Duck | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Turkestan Shrike | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Little Stint | Alexey Timoshenko | 1

    Wood Sandpiper | Alexey Timoshenko | 1

    Greater Ringed Plover | Alexey Timoshenko | 1

    Sky Lark | Alexey Timoshenko | 1

    Common Chiffchaff | Alexey Timoshenko | 1

    Eurasian Redstart | Alexey Timoshenko | 1

    Common Sparrowhawk | Andrey Kovalenko | 1

    Booted Eagle | Andrey Kovalenko | 1

    Brown-necked Raven | Andrey Kovalenko | 1

    Finsch's Wheatear | Andrey Kovalenko | 1

    White Wagtail | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Red-necked Phalarope | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Pacific Golden Plover | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Northern Lapwing | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Hoopoe | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Dunlin | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Siberian Stonechat | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Bluethroat | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Little Stint | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Dunlin | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Common Snipe | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Ruff | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Marsh Sandpiper | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Spotted Redshank | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Tufted Duck | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Common Chiffchaff | Vladimir Shefer | 1

    Common Snipe | Oleg Belyalov | 1

    Dunlin | Oleg Belyalov | 1

    Pied Wheatear | Oleg Belyalov | 1

    Continental Cormorant | Oleg Belyalov | 1

    Pacific Golden Plover | Oleg Belyalov | 1

    Black-eared Kite | Oleg Belyalov | 1

    Steppe Eagle | Oleg Belyalov | 1

    Merlin | Oleg Belyalov | 1

    Dunlin | Oleg Belyalov | 1

    Steppe Eagle | Oleg Belyalov | 1

    Ruff | Oleg Belyalov | 1

    Ruff | Oleg Belyalov | 1

    Hume's Warbler | Oleg Belyalov | 1

    Griffon Vulture | Oleg Belyalov | 1

    Common Snipe | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    Ruff | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    Pacific Golden Plover | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    Sanderling | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    Greater Ringed Plover | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    Lesser Short-toed Lark | Aisagali Kadirov | 1

    Ruddy Turnstone | Aisagali Kadirov | 1

    Great Cormorant | Aisagali Kadirov | 1

    Greater Ringed Plover | Aisagali Kadirov | 1

    Sanderling | Aisagali Kadirov | 1

    White Wagtail | Aisagali Kadirov | 1

    Common Kestrel | Aisagali Kadirov | 1

    Yellow Wagtail | Aisagali Kadirov | 1

    Tree Pipit | Aisagali Kadirov | 1

    Mallard | Aisagali Kadirov | 1

    Common Oystercatcher | Aisagali Kadirov | 1

    Common Kestrel | Aisagali Kadirov | 1

    Hume's Warbler | Viktor Kolesnikov | 1

    Great Tit | Viktor Kolesnikov | 1

    Dunlin | Ivan Zuban | 1

    Grey Plover | Ivan Zuban | 1

    Masked Wagtail | Natali Kim | 1

    Northern Lapwing | Aleksandr Feldman | 1

    Northern Wheatear | Aleksandr Feldman | 1

    Caspian Gull | Aleksandr Feldman | 1

    Eurasian Wryneck | Yevgeny Belousov | 1

    Eurasian Hobby | Yevgeny Belousov | 1

    Common Whitethroat | Yevgeny Belousov | 1

    Lesser Kestrel | Yevgeny Belousov | 1

    Pied Wheatear | Yevgeny Belousov | 1

    Great Cormorant | Serg Silan | 1

    Oriental Turtle Dove | Ruslan Timerbayev | 1

    Siberian Stonechat | Ruslan Timerbayev | 1

    Lesser Whitethroat | Valentin Zenkov | 1

    Eurasian Spoonbill | Miphail Kalashnikov | 1

    European Robin | Miphail Kalashnikov | 1

    Eurasian Roller | Saltore Saparbaev | 1

    Eurasian Jackdaw | Saltore Saparbaev | 1

    Common Buzzard | Saltore Saparbaev | 1

    Upland Buzzard | Vladimir Vorobyov | 1

    Common Chiffchaff | Vladimir Vorobyov | 1

    Eurasian Hobby | Vladimir Vorobyov | 1

    Great Grey Shrike | Vladimir Vorobyov | 1

    Little Stint | Dennis Urazaliyev | 1

    Siberian Crane | Kanat Batyrkhanuly | 1

    Siberian Crane | Kanat Batyrkhanuly | 1

    Siberian Crane | Murat Baidildin | 1

    Great Spotted Woodpecker | Altynbek Janyspayev | 1

    Spotted Flycatcher | Alexey Maznitsin | 1

    Lesser Whitethroat | Alexey Maznitsin | 1

    Rook | Alexey Maznitsin | 1

    Common Chaffinch | Alexey Maznitsin | 1

    Common Raven | Aleksandr Klimenko | 1

    Common Kestrel | Aktan Muhashov | 1

    White Wagtail | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Little Stint | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Eurasian Wryneck | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Turkestan Shrike | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Isabelline Shrike | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Barred Warbler | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Turkestan Shrike | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Central Asia Starling | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Water Pipit | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Eurasian Hobby | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Pacific Golden Plover | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Northern Wheatear | Alexey Timoshenko | 1

    Pander's Ground-Jay | Andrey Kovalenko | 1

    Griffon Vulture | Oleg Belyalov | 1

    Pacific Golden Plover | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    Long-billed Dowitcher | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    Sanderling | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    Common Sparrowhawk | Aisagali Kadirov | 1

    Barn Swallow | Natali Kim | 1

    Common Quail | Yevgeny Belousov | 1

    Rook | Alexey Maznitsin | 1

    Pacific Golden Plover | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Eurasian Wryneck | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Isabelline Shrike | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Barred Warbler | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Greater Ringed Plover | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Siberian Crane | Alexey Timoshenko | 1

    Pander's Ground-Jay | Andrey Kovalenko | 1

    Pallid Scops Owl | Andrey Kovalenko | 1

    Wood Sandpiper | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Pomarine Skua | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    Great Cormorant | Natali Kim | 1

    White-Backed Woodpecker | Valentin Zenkov | 1

    Steppe Eagle | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Sanderling | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Turkestan Shrike | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Pander's Ground-Jay | Andrey Kovalenko | 1

    Long-billed Dowitcher | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    Sanderling | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    Great Cormorant | Natali Kim | 1

    Eurasian Hobby | Yevgeny Belousov | 1

    Turkestan Shrike | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Black-eared Kite | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Pander's Ground-Jay | Andrey Kovalenko | 1

    Booted Eagle | Andrey Kovalenko | 1

    Red-necked Phalarope | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Sanderling | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Siberian Crane | Kanat Batyrkhanuly | 1

    Eurasian Hobby | Yevgeny Belousov | 1

    Pander's Ground-Jay | Andrey Kovalenko | 1

    Greater Flamingo | Andrey Kovalenko | 1

    Brown-necked Raven | Andrey Kovalenko | 1

    Greater Flamingo | Andrey Kovalenko | 1

    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.

    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...

    more unidentified birds...