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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 2016.

    Long-tailed Tit | Andrei Kuryashkin | 4

    Common Sparrowhawk | Askar Isabekov | 3

    Central Asia Starling | Askar Isabekov | 2

    Barred Warbler | Askar Isabekov | 2

    Goldcrest | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 2

    Greater Ringed Plover | Aisagali Kadirov | 2

    Common Sparrowhawk | Aibar Magazov | 2

    Common Snipe | Anna Yasko | 2

    Meadow Bunting | Viktor Kalyuzhnov | 2

    Eurasian Curlew | Askar Isabekov | 2

    Red-throated Pipit | Yuriy Malkov | 2

    White-browed Tit-Warbler | Askar Isabekov | 2

    Siberian Stonechat | Askar Isabekov | 1

    European Nightjar | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Common Kestrel | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Carrion Crow | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Eurasian Hobby | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Eurasian Wryneck | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Wood Pigeon | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Red-backed Shrike | Askar Isabekov | 1

    White-browed Tit-Warbler | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Brown Dipper | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Northern Wren | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Northern Wren | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Common Coot | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Common Moorhen | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Dunlin | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Steppe Eagle | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Steppe Eagle | Askar Isabekov | 1

    European Nightjar | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Steppe Buzzard | Andrey Vilyayev | 1

    Hill Pigeon | Oleg Belyalov | 1

    White-winged Grosbeak | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    Blue-capped Redstart | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    Slender-billed Gull | Aisagali Kadirov | 1

    Mute Swan | Aisagali Kadirov | 1

    Great Tit | Viktor Kolesnikov | 1

    Common Sparrowhawk | Viktor Kolesnikov | 1

    European Nightjar | Malik Nukusbekov | 1

    Wood Sandpiper | Malik Nukusbekov | 1

    Siberian Stonechat | Malik Nukusbekov | 1

    Greater Spotted Eagle | Alexandr Balykin | 1

    Eurasian Redstart | Aibar Magazov | 1

    Red-breasted Flycatcher | Aibar Magazov | 1

    Red-breasted Flycatcher | Aibar Magazov | 1

    Ruff | Alexandr Katuncev | 1

    Common Mynah | Alexandr Katuncev | 1

    Brown Dipper | Alexandr Katuncev | 1

    Common Cuckoo | Alexandr Katuncev | 1

    Steppe Eagle | Valeriy Gryunberg | 1

    Red-throated Pipit | Yuriy Malkov | 1

    Sky Lark | Yuriy Malkov | 1

    Siberian Stonechat | Alexandr Belyaev | 1

    Crested Honey-Buzzard | Alexandr Belyaev | 1

    Mallard | Anna Yasko | 1

    Eurasian Wigeon | Anna Yasko | 1

    Willow Warbler | Anna Yasko | 1

    Turkestan Shrike | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Red-backed Shrike | Askar Isabekov | 1

    White-browed Tit-Warbler | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Songar Tit | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Red-backed Shrike | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Common Sparrowhawk | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Greater Flamingo | Timur Iskakov | 1

    Great Spotted Woodpecker | Vladimir Shefer | 1

    Red Crossbill | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    Sanderling | Aisagali Kadirov | 1

    Common Kingfisher | Viktor Kolesnikov | 1

    Desert Wheatear | Malik Nukusbekov | 1

    Red-breasted Flycatcher | Aibar Magazov | 1

    Red-breasted Flycatcher | Aibar Magazov | 1

    Common Sparrowhawk | Aibar Magazov | 1

    Long-legged Buzzard | Alexandr Katuncev | 1

    European Nightjar | Alexandr Katuncev | 1

    Dunlin | Alexandr Katuncev | 1

    Steppe Eagle | Valeriy Gryunberg | 1

    Red-throated Pipit | Yuriy Malkov | 1

    Red-throated Pipit | Yuriy Malkov | 1

    Siberian Stonechat | Alexandr Belyaev | 1

    Ruff | Anna Yasko | 1

    Long-tailed Tit | Andrei Kuryashkin | 1

    European Nightjar | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Common Sparrowhawk | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Water Pipit | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Hill Pigeon | Oleg Belyalov | 1

    Bar-tailed Godwit | Yuriy Malkov | 1

    Merlin | Yuriy Malkov | 1

    Whiskered Tern | Anna Yasko | 1

    Yellow Wagtail | Anna Yasko | 1

    Steppe Buzzard | Maksut Nurkabayev | 1

    Red-breasted Flycatcher | Maksut Nurkabayev | 1

    Long-tailed Tit | Andrei Kuryashkin | 1

    Steppe Buzzard | Aibar Magazov | 1

    Spotted Redshank | Yuriy Malkov | 1

    Merlin | Yuriy Malkov | 1

    Long-tailed Tit | Andrei Kuryashkin | 1

    Spotted Redshank | Yuriy Malkov | 1

    Red-throated Pipit | Yuriy Malkov | 1

    Merlin | Yuriy Malkov | 1

    Merlin | Yuriy Malkov | 1

    White-browed Tit-Warbler | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Red-throated Pipit | Yuriy Malkov | 1

    Steppe Eagle | Alexandr Katuncev | 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...