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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, March 2017.

    Continental Cormorant | Oleg Belyalov | 3

    Eurasian Scops-Owl | Malik Nukusbekov | 3

    Eurasian Scops-Owl | Malik Nukusbekov | 3

    Isabelline Shrike | Damir Habibullin | 3

    Eversmann's Redstart | Alexandr Katuncev | 3

    White-browed Tit-Warbler | Askar Isabekov | 2

    White-Winged Woodpecker | Askar Isabekov | 2

    Bearded Tit | Askar Isabekov | 2

    Ring-necked Pheasant | Askar Isabekov | 2

    Harlequin Duck | Natali Kim | 2

    Harlequin Duck | Natali Kim | 2

    Eurasian Siskin | Natali Kim | 2

    Steppe Eagle | Yevgeny Belousov | 2

    Demoiselle Crane | Yevgeny Belousov | 2

    Eastern Buzzard | Alexandr Balykin | 2

    White Stork | Alexandr Balykin | 2

    Hoopoe | Alexandr Balykin | 2

    Pine Grosbeak | Vladimir Vorobyov | 2

    Black Stork | Alexandr Belyaev | 2

    Little Ringed Plover | Alexandr Belyaev | 2

    Common Teal | Ivan Bevza | 2

    Gadwall | Ivan Bevza | 2

    Brambling | Alexandr Kostyurin | 2

    Ring-necked Pheasant | Askar Isabekov | 2

    Harlequin Duck | Viktor Kolesnikov | 2

    Harlequin Duck | Viktor Kolesnikov | 2

    Harlequin Duck | Natali Kim | 2

    Northern Goshawk | Yevgeny Belousov | 2

    Demoiselle Crane | Yevgeny Belousov | 2

    Cetti's Warbler | Malik Nukusbekov | 2

    Eurasian Scops-Owl | Malik Nukusbekov | 2

    Carrion Crow | Alexandr Balykin | 2

    Ruddy Shelduck | Ivan Bevza | 2

    Common Teal | Ivan Bevza | 2

    Northern Shoveler | Ivan Bevza | 2

    Harlequin Duck | Viktor Kolesnikov | 2

    Willow Ptarmigan | Vladimir Vorobyov | 2

    Gadwall | Ivan Bevza | 2

    Harlequin Duck | Viktor Kolesnikov | 2

    Ring-necked Pheasant | Askar Isabekov | 1

    White-browed Tit-Warbler | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Eversmann's Redstart | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Masked Wagtail | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Citrine Wagtail | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Pied Wheatear | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Steppe Eagle | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Eversmann's Redstart | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Goldcrest | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Eversmann's Redstart | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Eversmann's Redstart | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Common Coot | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Northern Pintail | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Gadwall | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Northern Shoveler | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Common Pochard | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Azure Tit | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Steppe Eagle | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Ring-necked Pheasant | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Eversmann's Redstart | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Pied Wheatear | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Isabelline Wheatear | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Whooper Swan | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Whooper Swan | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Desert Wheatear | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Eversmann's Redstart | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Dunlin | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Northern Reed Bunting | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Mute Swan | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Desert Wheatear | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Altai Black Redstart | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    White-tailed Lapwing | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Slender-billed Gull | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Eurasian Stone Curlew | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Great Cormorant | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    Harlequin Duck | Viktor Kolesnikov | 1

    Caspian Gull | Viktor Kolesnikov | 1

    Isabelline Shrike | Boris Gubin | 1

    Calandra Lark | Boris Gubin | 1

    Baikal Bullfinch | Natali Kim | 1

    Common Goldeneye | Natali Kim | 1

    Harlequin Duck | Natali Kim | 1

    Mallard | Natali Kim | 1

    White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Natali Kim | 1

    Ruddy Shelduck | Natali Kim | 1

    Ruddy Shelduck | Natali Kim | 1

    White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Natali Kim | 1

    Harlequin Duck | Natali Kim | 1

    Pine Bunting | Yevgeny Belousov | 1

    Crested Lark | Yevgeny Belousov | 1

    Common Kestrel | Yevgeny Belousov | 1

    Long-legged Buzzard | Yevgeny Belousov | 1

    Common Coot | Yevgeny Belousov | 1

    Solitary Snipe | Malik Nukusbekov | 1

    Isabelline Wheatear | Malik Nukusbekov | 1

    Green Sandpiper | Malik Nukusbekov | 1

    Eversmann's Redstart | Malik Nukusbekov | 1

    Brown Accentor | Alexandr Balykin | 1

    Eastern Buzzard | Alexandr Balykin | 1

    White-browed Tit-Warbler | Alexandr Balykin | 1

    Rock Bunting | Alexandr Balykin | 1

    Northern Reed Bunting | Alexandr Balykin | 1

    Yellow-breasted Tit | Alexandr Balykin | 1

    Eastern Imperial Eagle | Aibar Magazov | 1

    Eurasian Siskin | Aibar Magazov | 1

    Northern Goshawk | Vladimir Vorobyov | 1

    Willow Ptarmigan | Vladimir Vorobyov | 1

    Black Woodpecker | Vladimir Vorobyov | 1

    Willow Ptarmigan | Vladimir Vorobyov | 1

    Red-fronted Serin | Alexandr Katuncev | 1

    Blue Tit | Alyona Koshkina | 1

    Coal Tit | Alyona Koshkina | 1

    Ferruginous Duck | Sergei Shmygalev | 1

    Rook | Yuriy Malkov | 1

    Northern Lapwing | Yuriy Malkov | 1

    Grey-headed Goldfinch | Alexandr Belyaev | 1

    Rough-legged Buzzard | Alexandr Belyaev | 1

    Grey-headed Goldfinch | Alexandr Belyaev | 1

    Rough-legged Buzzard | Alexandr Belyaev | 1

    Northern Pintail | Alexandr Belyaev | 1

    White-browed Tit-Warbler | Alexandr Belyaev | 1

    Great Tit | Alexandr Belyaev | 1

    Common Sparrowhawk | Alexandr Belyaev | 1

    Daurian Shrike | Alexandr Belyaev | 1

    Turkestan Shrike | Alexandr Belyaev | 1

    Eversmann's Redstart | Alexandr Belyaev | 1

    Common Oystercatcher | Alexandr Belyaev | 1

    Great Cormorant | Alexandr Belyaev | 1

    Isabelline Wheatear | Alexandr Belyaev | 1

    Little Owl | Alexandr Belyaev | 1

    Bluethroat | Alexandr Belyaev | 1

    Common Coot | Alexandr Belyaev | 1

    Common Oystercatcher | Alexandr Belyaev | 1

    Great White Egret | Alexandr Belyaev | 1

    Great Crested Grebe | Alexandr Belyaev | 1

    Desert Wheatear | Alexandr Belyaev | 1

    Little Ringed Plover | Alexandr Belyaev | 1

    European Robin | Anna Yasko | 1

    Hoopoe | Anna Yasko | 1

    Isabelline Wheatear | Anna Yasko | 1

    Short-eared Owl | Anna Yasko | 1

    Eurasian Wigeon | Ivan Bevza | 1

    Northern Shoveler | Ivan Bevza | 1

    Common Pochard | Ivan Bevza | 1

    Northern Pintail | Ivan Bevza | 1

    Bohemian Waxwing | Ainur Iskakova | 1

    Bohemian Waxwing | Ainur Iskakova | 1

    Common Sparrowhawk | Ainur Iskakova | 1

    Eastern Imperial Eagle | Ainur Iskakova | 1

    Mistle Thrush | Ainur Iskakova | 1

    Wood Pigeon | Damir Habibullin | 1

    Black-Bellied Sandgrouse | Damir Habibullin | 1

    Water Pipit | Damir Habibullin | 1

    Pine Bunting | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Eversmann's Redstart | Askar Isabekov | 1

    White-tailed Lapwing | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Slender-billed Gull | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Chukar Partridge | Boris Gubin | 1

    Mallard | Natali Kim | 1

    Fieldfare | Natali Kim | 1

    Eurasian Siskin | Natali Kim | 1

    Central Asia Starling | Yevgeny Belousov | 1

    Common Chaffinch | Malik Nukusbekov | 1

    Turkestan Black Redstart | Malik Nukusbekov | 1

    Yellow-breasted Tit | Alexandr Balykin | 1

    Black Woodpecker | Vladimir Vorobyov | 1

    Spotted Nutcracker | Vladimir Vorobyov | 1

    Willow Ptarmigan | Vladimir Vorobyov | 1

    Northern Hazelhen | Vladimir Vorobyov | 1

    Willow Ptarmigan | Vladimir Vorobyov | 1

    White Wagtail | Alexandr Belyaev | 1

    Northern Lapwing | Alexandr Belyaev | 1

    Common Coot | Alexandr Belyaev | 1

    Common Pochard | Ivan Bevza | 1

    Gadwall | Ivan Bevza | 1

    Eurasian Nuthatch | Ainur Iskakova | 1

    Eastern Imperial Eagle | Ainur Iskakova | 1

    Eversmann's Redstart | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Eversmann's Redstart | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Isabelline Shrike | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Greater Short-toed Lark | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Common Teal | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Great Cormorant | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    Harlequin Duck | Viktor Kolesnikov | 1

    Crested Lark | Yevgeny Belousov | 1

    Great Bustard | Malik Nukusbekov | 1

    Siberian Black-backed Gull | Alexandr Balykin | 1

    Willow Ptarmigan | Vladimir Vorobyov | 1

    Willow Ptarmigan | Vladimir Vorobyov | 1

    Great Cormorant | Maksut Nurkabayev | 1

    Ferruginous Duck | Ivan Bevza | 1

    Greater Short-toed Lark | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Eastern Rock Nuthatch | Alexandr Belyaev | 1

    Bohemian Waxwing | Ainur Iskakova | 1

    Harlequin Duck | Natali Kim | 1

    White-browed Tit-Warbler | Alexandr Belyaev | 1

    Bohemian Waxwing | Yuriy Malkov | 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...