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Gaviiformes
Podicipediformes
Pelecaniformes
Ciconiiformes
Phoenicopteriformes
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Falconiformes
Galliformes
Gruiformes
Charadriiformes
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classification:
Gaviiformes
Podicipediformes
Pelecaniformes
Ciconiiformes
Phoenicopteriformes
Anseriformes
Falconiformes
Galliformes
Gruiformes
Charadriiformes
Pterocletiformes
Columbiformes
Cuculiformes
Strigiformes
Caprimulgiformes
Apodiformes
Coraciiformes
Upupiformes
Piciformes
Passeriformes
Best photos of the month, January 2015.
Pine Grosbeak | Alexey Timoshenko | 6
Pine Grosbeak | Alexey Timoshenko | 4
Hawfinch | Aleksandr Feldman | 3
Pander's Ground-Jay | Svetlana Baskakova | 3
Eurasian Nuthatch | Natali Kim | 2
Common Treecreeper | Natali Kim | 2
Hawfinch | Natali Kim | 2
Ural Owl | Aleksandr Feldman | 2
Great Tit | Alexandr Balykin | 2
Eurasian Blackbird | Valentin Zenkov | 2
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Valentin Zenkov | 2
European Greenfinch | Svetlana Aleinikova | 2
Eurasian Blackbird | Svetlana Aleinikova | 2
Eurasian Dipper | Serg Silan | 2
Ibisbill | Alexandr Belyaev | 2
Pine Grosbeak | Alexey Timoshenko | 2
Pine Grosbeak | Yuriy Malkov | 2
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Big Year 2026
1. Qanatbek Kenzhegulov (296)
2. Aizhan Baitimbet (264)
3. Galym Baitimbet (262)
4. Zhaskairat Ermek (258)
5. Gennadiy Dyakin (219)
6. Nikita Kanunnikov (214)
7. Vladimir Muravskiy (200)
8. Sirimbet Zharilkasin (196)
9. Alexandr Belyaev (183)
10. Viktoriya Zvyaginceva (173)
2. Aizhan Baitimbet (264)
3. Galym Baitimbet (262)
4. Zhaskairat Ermek (258)
5. Gennadiy Dyakin (219)
6. Nikita Kanunnikov (214)
7. Vladimir Muravskiy (200)
8. Sirimbet Zharilkasin (196)
9. Alexandr Belyaev (183)
10. Viktoriya Zvyaginceva (173)
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...