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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
  • Pelecanidae
  • Phalacrocoracidae
    • Ciconiiformes
  • Ardeidae
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    • Phoenicopteriformes
  • Phoenicopteridae
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    • Gruiformes
  • Gruidae
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  • Otididae
    • Charadriiformes
  • Burhinidae
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  • Recurvirostridae
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  • Columbidae
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  • Cuculidae
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  • Strigidae
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  • Caprimulgidae
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  • Upupidae
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  • Picidae
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  • Hirundinidae
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  • Motacillidae
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  • Oriolidae
  • Dicruridae
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  • Cinclidae
  • Troglodytidae
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  • Sylviidae
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  • Paridae
  • Sittidae
  • Certhiidae
  • Ploceidae
  • Fringillidae
  • Emberizidae

    • Big Year 2023

    The winner will submit the pictures of the largest number of bird species taken on the territory of our country during this year.

    You can see previous years competitions results here: 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

    participants


    * number inside brackets means the number of species photographed in 2023
    4. Shakula Fedor (250)
    8. Ishkov Leonid (198)
    10. Sivokon Olga (175)
    11. Rekuts Irina (172)
    12. Yasko Anna (169)
    14. Sagaliyev Nurum (164)
    15. Bairashev Raouf (162)
    18. Malkov Yuriy (144)
    19. Silan Serg (144)
    20. Bastaev Vasilii (142)
    22. Shatalov Andrey (127)
    24. Bazdyrev Andrey (121)
    25. Telegin Ruslan (112)
    26. Parker Robert (105)
    32. Magazov Aibar (78)
    36. Merz Marina (73)
    42. Ivanova Maria (51)
    45. Morozov Maxim (32)
    51. Bevza Ivan (20)
    54. Molino Felix (16)
    55. Pestov Mark (15)
    56. Tanaev Kirill (15)
    59. Iceberg Hera (10)
    64. Ku Diana (6)
    65. Ni Dmitriy (6)
    74. izoya sergey (3)
    75. Ashby Sveta (2)

    all species photographed in 2023


    * in order of appearance (number inside brackets means the date of first record "month-day" )
    1. Great Tit (2023-01-01)
    2. Common Goldeneye (2023-01-01)
    3. Eurasian Dipper (2023-01-01)
    4. Carrion Crow (2023-01-01)
    5. Bohemian Waxwing (2023-01-01)
    6. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2023-01-01)
    7. Eurasian Blackbird (2023-01-01)
    8. Hooded Crow (2023-01-01)
    9. Tree Sparrow (2023-01-01)
    10. Azure Tit (2023-01-01)
    11. White-winged Grosbeak (2023-01-01)
    12. Fieldfare (2023-01-01)
    13. Hawfinch (2023-01-01)
    14. Eurasian Magpie (2023-01-01)
    15. European Greenfinch (2023-01-01)
    16. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2023-01-01)
    17. Black-throated Thrush (2023-01-01)
    18. Brambling (2023-01-01)
    19. Songar Tit (2023-01-01)
    20. Mistle Thrush (2023-01-01)
    21. Common Treecreeper (2023-01-01)
    22. Black-throated Accentor (2023-01-01)
    24. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2023-01-01)
    25. Lammergeier (2023-01-01)
    26. Eurasian Nuthatch (2023-01-02)
    27. House Sparrow (2023-01-02)
    28. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2023-01-02)
    29. Red-fronted Serin (2023-01-02)
    30. Meadow Bunting (2023-01-02)
    31. Baikal Bullfinch (2023-01-02)
    32. Northern Bullfinch (2023-01-02)
    33. Horned Lark (2023-01-02)
    34. White-winged Snowfinch (2023-01-02)
    35. Asian Rosy-Finch (2023-01-02)
    36. Red-billed Chough (2023-01-02)
    37. Yellowhammer (2023-01-02)
    38. Pine Bunting (2023-01-02)
    39. Goldcrest (2023-01-02)
    40. Rook (2023-01-02)
    41. Common Mynah (2023-01-02)
    42. Alpine Accentor (2023-01-02)
    43. Coal Tit (2023-01-02)
    44. Spotted Nutcracker (2023-01-02)
    45. Eurasian Collared Dove (2023-01-02)
    46. Common Raven (2023-01-02)
    47. Great White Egret (2023-01-02)
    48. Little Owl (2023-01-02)
    49. Common Chaffinch (2023-01-02)
    50. White-Winged Woodpecker (2023-01-02)
    51. European Robin (2023-01-02)
    52. Goosander (2023-01-02)
    53. Rock Pigeon (2023-01-02)
    54. Long-tailed Tit (2023-01-03)
    55. Common Pheasant (2023-01-03)
    56. Eversmann's Redstart (2023-01-03)
    57. Ring-billed Gull (2023-01-03)
    58. Northern Hawk Owl (2023-01-03)
    59. Brown Accentor (2023-01-03)
    60. Northern Wren (2023-01-03)
    61. Water Rail (2023-01-03)
    62. White-Backed Woodpecker (2023-01-04)
    63. Willow Tit (2023-01-04)
    64. Common Sparrowhawk (2023-01-04)
    65. Eastern Buzzard (2023-01-04)
    66. Solitary Snipe (2023-01-04)
    68. Brown Dipper (2023-01-05)
    69. Baraba Steppe Gull (2023-01-05)
    70. Mallard (2023-01-05)
    71. Steppe Eagle (2023-01-05)
    72. Brandt's Rosefinch (2023-01-05)
    73. Godlewski's Bunting (2023-01-06)
    74. Chukar Partridge (2023-01-07)
    75. Lapland Longspur (2023-01-07)
    76. Common Kestrel (2023-01-07)
    77. Long-legged Buzzard (2023-01-07)
    78. Blue Whistling Thrush (2023-01-07)
    79. Red Crossbill (2023-01-07)
    80. Snow Bunting (2023-01-07)
    81. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2023-01-08)
    82. Crested Lark (2023-01-08)
    83. Common Buzzard (2023-01-08)
    84. White Wagtail (2023-01-09)
    85. Masked Wagtail (2023-01-09)
    86. Blue Tit (2023-01-10)
    87. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2023-01-11)
    88. Eurasian Jay (2023-01-11)
    89. Eurasian Goldfinch (2023-01-11)
    90. Eurasian Siskin (2023-01-11)
    91. Great Rosefinch (2023-01-11)
    92. Ural Owl (2023-01-12)
    93. Long-eared Owl (2023-01-14)
    94. Eurasian Jackdaw (2023-01-14)
    95. Western Marsh-Harrier (2023-01-14)
    96. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2023-01-14)
    97. Common Snipe (2023-01-14)
    98. Turkestan Tit (2023-01-15)
    99. Northern Goshawk (2023-01-15)
    100. Tufted Duck (2023-01-15)
    101. Caspian Gull (2023-01-15)
    102. Mew Gull (2023-01-15)
    103. Black-headed Gull (2023-01-15)
    104. Greater Scaup (2023-01-15)
    105. Common Redshank (2023-01-15)
    106. Northern Pintail (2023-01-15)
    107. Grey Partridge (2023-01-15)
    108. Common Teal (2023-01-16)
    109. Little Grebe (2023-01-17)
    110. Pygmy Cormorant (2023-01-17)
    111. Wood Pigeon (2023-01-18)
    112. Rough-legged Buzzard (2023-01-18)
    113. Common Coot (2023-01-18)
    114. Northern Reed Bunting (2023-01-18)
    115. Ruddy Shelduck (2023-01-18)
    116. Great Grey Shrike (2023-01-18)
    117. White-winged Lark (2023-01-18)
    118. Grey Heron (2023-01-18)
    119. Green Sandpiper (2023-01-18)
    120. Eurasian Woodcock (2023-01-18)
    121. Common Starling (2023-01-18)
    122. Common Pochard (2023-01-18)
    123. Bewick's Swan (2023-01-18)
    124. Northern Shoveler (2023-01-18)
    125. Whooper Swan (2023-01-18)
    126. Greater Flamingo (2023-01-18)
    127. Eurasian Wigeon (2023-01-18)
    128. Smew (2023-01-19)
    129. Mute Swan (2023-01-19)
    130. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2023-01-21)
    131. Yellow-breasted Tit (2023-01-21)
    132. Cinereous Vulture (2023-01-21)
    133. Golden Eagle (2023-01-21)
    134. Upland Buzzard (2023-01-21)
    135. Red-breasted Merganser (2023-01-21)
    136. Red-crested Pochard (2023-01-21)
    137. Black Lark (2023-01-22)
    138. White-crowned Penduline Tit (2023-01-26)
    139. Meadow Pipit (2023-01-26)
    140. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2023-01-26)
    141. Northern Lapwing (2023-01-26)
    142. Great Crested Grebe (2023-01-27)
    143. Corn Bunting (2023-01-29)
    144. Bearded Tit (2023-01-30)
    145. Water Pipit (2023-01-31)
    146. Common Redpoll (2023-02-01)
    147. Laughing Dove (2023-02-02)
    148. Sky Lark (2023-02-03)
    149. Stock Pigeon (2023-02-03)
    150. Snowy Owl (2023-02-04)
    151. Great Cormorant (2023-02-05)
    152. Gadwall (2023-02-06)
    153. Pander's Ground-Jay (2023-02-10)
    154. Short-eared Owl (2023-02-11)
    155. Wallcreeper (2023-02-18)
    156. Peregrine Falcon (2023-02-19)
    157. Hen Harrier (2023-02-19)
    158. Eurasian Linnet (2023-02-19)
    159. Desert Finch (2023-02-19)
    160. Yellow-billed Chough (2023-02-20)
    161. Calandra Lark (2023-02-23)
    162. Great Bustard (2023-02-24)
    163. Plain Mountain Finch (2023-02-24)
    164. Pallas's Rosefinch (2023-02-25)
    165. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2023-02-25)
    166. Merlin (2023-02-25)
    167. Northern Black Grouse (2023-02-26)
    168. Greylag Goose (2023-02-27)
    169. Common Shelduck (2023-02-27)
    170. Dalmatian Pelican (2023-02-27)
    171. Little Bustard (2023-02-27)
    172. Pallas's Gull (2023-02-27)
    173. Isabelline Shrike (2023-02-27)
    174. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2023-03-01)
    175. Greater Spotted Eagle (2023-03-02)
    176. Isabelline Wheatear (2023-03-05)
    177. White-headed Duck (2023-03-05)
    178. Cetti's Warbler (2023-03-05)
    179. Alpine Swift (2023-03-06)
    180. Common Crane (2023-03-07)
    181. Eurasian Bittern (2023-03-07)
    182. Desert Wheatear (2023-03-08)
    183. Song Thrush (2023-03-10)
    184. Black Redstart (2023-03-10)
    185. Slender-billed Gull (2023-03-10)
    186. Hoopoe (2023-03-10)
    187. Rock Bunting (2023-03-11)
    188. Common Chiffchaff (2023-03-11)
    189. Citrine Wagtail (2023-03-11)
    190. Black Kite (2023-03-11)
    191. Little Ringed Plover (2023-03-11)
    192. Common Swift (2023-03-13)
    193. European Stonechat (2023-03-14)
    194. Willow Ptarmigan (2023-03-14)
    195. Spanish Sparrow (2023-03-14)
    196. Steppe Grey Shrike (2023-03-14)
    197. Greater Short-toed Lark (2023-03-14)
    198. Blue-capped Redstart (2023-03-17)
    199. Black Stork (2023-03-17)
    200. Siberian Stonechat (2023-03-17)
    201. Pied Wheatear (2023-03-17)
    202. Demoiselle Crane (2023-03-17)
    203. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (2023-03-17)
    204. Trumpeter Finch (2023-03-17)
    205. Black-Necked Grebe (2023-03-18)
    206. Barred Warbler (2023-03-18)
    207. Bimaculated Lark (2023-03-18)
    208. Red-throated Thrush (2023-03-19)
    209. Common Oystercatcher (2023-03-19)
    210. Common Moorhen (2023-03-19)
    211. Grey Wagtail (2023-03-20)
    212. Kentish Plover (2023-03-20)
    213. Bluethroat (2023-03-21)
    214. Rock Sparrow (2023-03-21)
    215. Ferruginous Duck (2023-03-21)
    216. Turkestan Shrike (2023-03-21)
    217. Dunlin (2023-03-22)
    218. Greater White-fronted Goose (2023-03-22)
    219. Himalayan Vulture (2023-03-22)
    220. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2023-03-22)
    221. Northern House Martin (2023-03-23)
    222. Finsch's Wheatear (2023-03-23)
    223. Ruff (2023-03-23)
    224. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2023-03-25)
    225. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2023-03-25)
    226. White Stork (2023-03-25)
    227. Pallid Harrier (2023-03-25)
    228. Black-tailed Godwit (2023-03-25)
    229. Jack Snipe (2023-03-26)
    230. Tawny Pipit (2023-03-27)
    231. Northern Wheatear (2023-03-27)
    232. Garganey (2023-03-27)
    233. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2023-03-30)
    234. Red-necked Phalarope (2023-04-01)
    235. Indian Sparrow (2023-04-01)
    236. Tree Pipit (2023-04-02)
    237. Black-headed Wagtail (2023-04-02)
    238. Common Sandpiper (2023-04-02)
    239. Yellow Wagtail (2023-04-02)
    240. Barn Swallow (2023-04-02)
    241. Glossy Ibis (2023-04-02)
    242. Purple Heron (2023-04-02)
    243. Lesser Kestrel (2023-04-02)
    244. Savi's Warbler (2023-04-02)
    245. Black-winged Stilt (2023-04-02)
    246. White-tailed Lapwing (2023-04-02)
    247. Marsh Sandpiper (2023-04-02)
    248. Macqueen's Bustard (2023-04-03)
    249. Red-Necked Grebe (2023-04-04)
    250. Eurasian Redstart (2023-04-04)
    251. Common Kingfisher (2023-04-04)
    252. Blue Rock Thrush (2023-04-05)
    253. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2023-04-05)
    254. Common Tern (2023-04-05)
    255. Bean Goose (2023-04-05)
    256. Himalayan Snowcock (2023-04-06)
    257. Himalayan Accentor (2023-04-06)
    258. Great White Pelican (2023-04-07)
    259. Little Gull (2023-04-08)
    260. Eurasian Curlew (2023-04-08)
    261. Pied Avocet (2023-04-08)
    262. Lesser Whitethroat (2023-04-08)
    263. Eurasian Whimbrel (2023-04-09)
    264. Booted Eagle (2023-04-09)
    265. Greater Sand Plover (2023-04-09)
    266. Sociable Lapwing (2023-04-10)
    267. Montagu's Harrier (2023-04-10)
    268. Eurasian Wryneck (2023-04-10)
    269. Yellow-eyed Pigeon (2023-04-12)
    270. Saxaul Sparrow (2023-04-12)
    271. Osprey (2023-04-12)
    272. Hume's Warbler (2023-04-14)
    273. European Bee-eater (2023-04-14)
    274. Oriental Turtle Dove (2023-04-14)
    275. Gull-billed Tern (2023-04-14)
    276. Brown-necked Raven (2023-04-14)
    277. Egyptian Vulture (2023-04-15)
    278. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2023-04-15)
    279. Bar-tailed Godwit (2023-04-16)
    280. Sand Martin (2023-04-16)
    281. Saker Falcon (2023-04-16)
    282. Greater Ringed Plover (2023-04-16)
    283. Black-crowned Night Heron (2023-04-16)
    284. Grey Plover (2023-04-16)
    285. Willow Warbler (2023-04-16)
    286. Whinchat (2023-04-17)
    287. Spotted Crake (2023-04-17)
    288. Moustached Warbler (2023-04-17)
    289. Red-rumped Swallow (2023-04-18)
    290. Caspian Plover (2023-04-18)
    291. Menetries Warbler (2023-04-19)
    292. Shikra (2023-04-19)
    293. Syrian Woodpecker (2023-04-20)
    294. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2023-04-20)
    295. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2023-04-21)
    296. Pied Bushchat (2023-04-21)
    297. Common Quail (2023-04-21)
    298. Caspian Tern (2023-04-22)
    299. Little Egret (2023-04-22)
    300. Long-tailed Shrike (2023-04-22)
    301. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2023-04-22)
    302. Hill Pigeon (2023-04-22)
    303. Ibisbill (2023-04-22)
    304. Griffon Vulture (2023-04-23)
    305. Grey-necked Bunting (2023-04-23)
    306. Wood Sandpiper (2023-04-23)
    307. Eurasian Crag Martin (2023-04-23)
    308. Ortolan Bunting (2023-04-23)
    309. Common Greenshank (2023-04-23)
    310. Eurasian Golden Plover (2023-04-23)
    311. Collared Pratincole (2023-04-24)
    312. Altai Snowcock (2023-04-27)
    313. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2023-04-27)
    314. Crested Honey-Buzzard (2023-04-27)
    315. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2023-04-27)
    316. Little Tern (2023-04-28)
    317. Paddyfield Warbler (2023-04-28)
    318. Eurasian Roller (2023-04-28)
    319. Common Cuckoo (2023-04-28)
    320. Spotted Flycatcher (2023-04-28)
    321. Pied Flycatcher (2023-04-29)
    322. Mongolian Finch (2023-04-29)
    323. Syke's Warbler (2023-04-29)
    324. White-capped Bunting (2023-04-29)
    325. Rufous Bush Robin (2023-04-29)
    326. Greenish Warbler (2023-04-30)
    327. Rosy Starling (2023-04-30)
    328. Thrush Nightingale (2023-04-30)
    329. Common Nightingale (2023-04-30)
    330. European Golden Oriole (2023-04-30)
    331. Great Reed Warbler (2023-04-30)
    332. Little Bittern (2023-04-30)
    333. Eurasian Reed Warbler (2023-04-30)
    334. Red-headed Bunting (2023-04-30)
    335. Pin-Tailed Sandgrouse (2023-04-30)
    336. Common Rosefinch (2023-05-01)
    337. Sulphur-bellied Warbler (2023-05-01)
    338. Cattle Egret (2023-05-01)
    339. White-winged Tern (2023-05-01)
    340. Temminck's Stint (2023-05-01)
    341. Black-winged Pratincole (2023-05-01)
    342. Sanderling (2023-05-02)
    343. Terek Sandpiper (2023-05-02)
    344. Broad-billed Sandpiper (2023-05-02)
    345. Ruddy Turnstone (2023-05-02)
    346. Little Stint (2023-05-02)
    347. Slavonian Grebe (2023-05-03)
    348. Spotted Redshank (2023-05-03)
    349. Curlew Sandpiper (2023-05-03)
    350. Common Whitethroat (2023-05-04)
    351. European Nightjar (2023-05-04)
    352. Whiskered Tern (2023-05-04)
    353. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2023-05-04)
    354. Long-tailed Duck (2023-05-04)
    355. Lesser Grey Shrike (2023-05-04)
    356. Eurasian Hobby (2023-05-05)
    357. Red-backed Shrike (2023-05-06)
    358. Red-throated Pipit (2023-05-06)
    359. Wood Warbler (2023-05-06)
    360. Yellow-backed Wagtail (2023-05-07)
    361. Clamorous Reed Warbler (2023-05-07)
    362. Eastern Olivaceous Warbler (2023-05-07)
    363. Upcher's Warbler (2023-05-07)
    364. Streaked Scrub Warbler (2023-05-07)
    365. Squacco Heron (2023-05-08)
    366. Black Tern (2023-05-08)
    367. Oriental Lark (2023-05-08)
    368. Eurasian Spoonbill (2023-05-08)
    369. Variable Wheatear (2023-05-08)
    370. Baillon's Crake (2023-05-08)
    371. Red-footed Falcon (2023-05-08)
    372. Booted Warbler (2023-05-08)
    373. Black-breasted Tit (2023-05-09)
    374. Indian Golden Oriole (2023-05-10)
    375. Egyptian Nightjar (2023-05-12)
    376. Western Grasshopper Warbler (2023-05-12)
    377. Garden Warbler (2023-05-13)
    378. Pale Sand Martin (2023-05-13)
    379. Tawny Owl (2023-05-14)
    380. Pallas's Reed Bunting (2023-05-15)
    381. Black Woodpecker (2023-05-15)
    382. Sedge Warbler (2023-05-16)
    383. Mediterranean Gull (2023-05-17)
    385. Himalayan Rubythroat (2023-05-19)
    386. Asian Desert Warbler (2023-05-21)
    387. Western Capercaillie (2023-05-24)
    388. Asian Paradise Flycatcher (2023-05-25)
    389. Long-tailed Skua (2023-05-26)
    390. Red Phalarope (2023-05-27)
    391. Pallid Scops Owl (2023-05-27)
    392. Levant Sparrowhawk (2023-06-03)
    393. Siberian Rubythroat (2023-06-04)
    394. Dusky Warbler (2023-06-04)
    395. Rock Ptarmigan (2023-06-07)
    396. Richard's Pipit (2023-06-13)
    397. Marsh Warbler (2023-06-23)
    398. Arctic Loon (2023-06-24)
    399. Pin-tailed Snipe (2023-07-04)
    400. Red-breasted Rosefinch (2023-07-06)
    401. Corncrake (2023-07-12)
    402. Sandwich Tern (2023-07-19)
    403. Olive-backed Pipit (2023-07-21)
    404. Brown Shrike (2023-07-22)
    405. Pacific Swift (2023-07-23)
    406. Relict Gull (2023-07-25)
    407. Swinhoe's Snipe (2023-07-31)
    408. Red-flanked Bluetail (2023-08-02)
    409. Pacific Golden Plover (2023-08-06)
    410. Taiga Flycatcher (2023-08-07)
    411. White-winged Scoter (2023-08-10)
    412. Little Crake (2023-08-14)
    413. Barbary Falcon (2023-08-30)
    414. Northern Hazelhen (2023-09-03)
    415. Blackcap (2023-09-16)
    416. Semi-collared Flycatcher (2023-09-20)
    417. River Warbler (2023-09-26)
    418. Rustic Bunting (2023-09-27)
    419. Yellow-browed Warbler (2023-10-03)
    420. Little Bunting (2023-10-06)
    421. Ring Ouzel (2023-10-19)
    422. Redwing (2023-10-22)
    423. Middle Spotted Woodpecker (2023-10-26)
    424. Siberian Crane (2023-11-03)
    425. Dunnock (2023-11-17)

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    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.

    Northern Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)

    © Margarita Davydova
    2021-04-02
    First president's park, Almaty

    The first photo recording of a Northern Bullfinch in Almaty on the website is a rare sighting for a region where they were previously observed during wintering in the mid-20th century and have now become only occasionally encountered.
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