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Gaviiformes
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    total species: 160
    total photos: 912
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 18

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    1. Eurasian Siskin (2021-01-01)
    2. Red-fronted Serin (2021-01-01)
    3. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2021-01-01)
    4. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2021-01-01)
    5. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2021-01-01)
    6. Azure Tit (2021-01-01)
    7. Brown Dipper (2021-01-01)
    8. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2021-01-01)
    9. Eastern Buzzard (2021-01-01)
    10. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2021-01-02)
    11. Steppe Eagle (2021-01-02)
    12. Little Grebe (2021-01-02)
    13. Rough-legged Buzzard (2021-01-02)
    14. Western Marsh-Harrier (2021-01-02)
    15. Hen Harrier (2021-01-02)
    16. Common Kestrel (2021-01-02)
    17. Masked Wagtail (2021-01-02)
    18. Common Pochard (2021-01-02)
    19. Tufted Duck (2021-01-02)
    20. Smew (2021-01-02)
    21. Mallard (2021-01-02)
    22. Common Sparrowhawk (2021-01-02)
    23. Common Buzzard (2021-01-02)
    24. Whooper Swan (2021-01-02)
    25. Great White Egret (2021-01-02)
    26. Mute Swan (2021-01-02)
    27. Pygmy Cormorant (2021-01-02)
    28. Meadow Pipit (2021-01-02)
    29. Water Pipit (2021-01-02)
    30. Green Sandpiper (2021-01-02)
    31. Northern Wren (2021-01-02)
    32. Mew Gull (2021-01-02)
    33. Corn Bunting (2021-01-02)
    34. Yellowhammer (2021-01-02)
    35. Common Shelduck (2021-01-02)
    36. White-Winged Woodpecker (2021-01-04)
    37. Eversmann's Redstart (2021-01-04)
    38. European Robin (2021-01-04)
    39. Eurasian Blackbird (2021-01-04)
    40. Great Grey Shrike (2021-01-04)
    41. Great Tit (2021-01-04)
    42. Merlin (2021-01-04)
    43. Upland Buzzard (2021-01-04)
    44. Chukar Partridge (2021-01-04)
    45. Eurasian Collared Dove (2021-01-04)
    46. Peregrine Falcon (2021-01-06)
    47. Black-throated Thrush (2021-01-09)
    48. Mistle Thrush (2021-01-09)
    49. Black Lark (2021-01-15)
    50. Horned Lark (2021-01-15)
    51. Golden Eagle (2021-01-15)
    52. White Wagtail (2021-01-19)
    53. Eurasian Linnet (2021-01-19)
    54. Northern Reed Bunting (2021-01-19)
    55. Water Rail (2021-01-19)
    56. Baraba Steppe Gull (2021-01-19)
    57. Wallcreeper (2021-01-24)
    58. Northern Goshawk (2021-01-24)
    59. Turkestan Tit (2021-01-24)
    60. Common Pheasant (2021-01-24)
    61. Brambling (2021-01-24)
    62. Long-legged Buzzard (2021-01-24)
    63. Alpine Accentor (2021-02-05)
    64. Black-throated Accentor (2021-02-05)
    65. Eurasian Magpie (2021-02-07)
    66. Common Goldeneye (2021-02-07)
    67. Goosander (2021-02-07)
    68. Grey Wagtail (2021-02-09)
    69. Eurasian Dipper (2021-02-09)
    70. Hawfinch (2021-02-13)
    71. European Greenfinch (2021-02-13)
    72. Northern Lapwing (2021-02-18)
    73. Pallas's Gull (2021-02-18)
    74. Northern Pintail (2021-02-18)
    75. Common Teal (2021-02-18)
    76. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2021-02-18)
    77. Ruddy Shelduck (2021-02-18)
    78. Red-crested Pochard (2021-02-18)
    79. Black-headed Gull (2021-02-18)
    80. Caspian Gull (2021-02-18)
    81. Dusky Thrush (2021-02-27)
    82. Red-throated Thrush (2021-02-27)
    83. Redwing (2021-02-27)
    84. Fieldfare (2021-02-27)
    85. Common Starling (2021-02-27)
    86. Laughing Dove (2021-02-28)
    87. Pine Bunting (2021-02-28)
    88. Calandra Lark (2021-02-28)
    89. Crested Lark (2021-02-28)
    90. Bohemian Waxwing (2021-03-08)
    91. Isabelline Shrike (2021-03-09)
    92. Rock Bunting (2021-03-09)
    93. Eurasian Jackdaw (2021-03-09)
    94. Isabelline Wheatear (2021-03-10)
    95. Himalayan Vulture (2021-03-10)
    96. Common Raven (2021-03-10)
    97. Red-billed Chough (2021-03-10)
    98. Rock Sparrow (2021-03-10)
    99. Common Coot (2021-03-12)
    100. Little Ringed Plover (2021-03-12)
    101. Desert Wheatear (2021-03-12)
    102. Pied Wheatear (2021-03-12)
    103. Pied Avocet (2021-03-12)
    104. Desert Finch (2021-03-12)
    105. Common Redshank (2021-03-12)
    106. Citrine Wagtail (2021-03-12)
    107. Dalmatian Pelican (2021-03-12)
    108. Great Cormorant (2021-03-12)
    109. Sky Lark (2021-03-12)
    110. Ferruginous Duck (2021-03-12)
    111. Gadwall (2021-03-12)
    112. Northern Shoveler (2021-03-12)
    113. Demoiselle Crane (2021-03-20)
    114. Meadow Bunting (2021-03-20)
    115. Cinereous Vulture (2021-03-20)
    116. White Stork (2021-03-20)
    117. Yellow-breasted Tit (2021-03-20)
    118. Eurasian Redstart (2021-03-21)
    119. Black-headed Wagtail (2021-03-21)
    120. Greater White-fronted Goose (2021-03-21)
    121. Steppe Grey Shrike (2021-03-21)
    122. Black Redstart (2021-03-21)
    123. Siberian Black-backed Gull (2021-03-21)
    124. Hoopoe (2021-03-21)
    125. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2021-03-22)
    126. Egyptian Vulture (2021-03-22)
    127. Common Swift (2021-03-22)
    128. Common Crane (2021-03-22)
    129. Spanish Sparrow (2021-03-22)
    130. Greater Short-toed Lark (2021-03-22)
    131. Tree Pipit (2021-03-22)
    132. Northern Wheatear (2021-03-22)
    133. Finsch's Wheatear (2021-03-22)
    134. Great White Pelican (2021-03-23)
    135. Slender-billed Gull (2021-03-23)
    136. Osprey (2021-03-23)
    137. Greylag Goose (2021-03-23)
    138. Eurasian Curlew (2021-03-23)
    139. Tawny Pipit (2021-03-23)
    140. Bearded Tit (2021-03-23)
    141. Great Crested Grebe (2021-03-23)
    142. Common Chiffchaff (2021-03-24)
    143. Cetti's Warbler (2021-03-24)
    144. Black Kite (2021-03-24)
    145. Common Snipe (2021-03-24)
    146. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (2021-03-24)
    147. Garganey (2021-03-31)
    148. Wood Pigeon (2021-04-04)
    149. Turkestan Shrike (2021-04-06)
    150. Common Chaffinch (2021-04-06)
    151. White-headed Duck (2021-04-08)
    152. Black-winged Stilt (2021-04-08)
    153. Bluethroat (2021-04-08)
    154. Yellow Wagtail (2021-04-08)
    155. Eurasian Wigeon (2021-04-08)
    156. Black-Necked Grebe (2021-04-08)
    157. Siberian Stonechat (2021-04-08)
    158. Black-tailed Godwit (2021-04-08)
    159. Common Moorhen (2021-04-08)
    160. Ruff (2021-04-08)

    recent uploads

    2021-04-13. Ferruginous Duck, Bluethroat, Masked Wagtail, Daurian Shrike, Turkestan Shrike, Common Chiffchaff, Pied Wheatear.

    2021-04-12. Eurasian Curlew, Northern Pintail, Common Teal, Tufted Duck, Common Moorhen, Great Crested Grebe, Black-tailed Godwit, Green Sandpiper, Tree Pipit, Ruff.

    2021-04-11. Dalmatian Pelican, Siberian Stonechat, Isabelline Shrike, Common Shelduck, Little Ringed Plover, Black-headed Gull, Ruddy Shelduck, Black-tailed Godwit.

    2021-04-10. Black-winged Stilt, Bluethroat, Grey-headed Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, Citrine Wagtail, Citrine Wagtail, Eurasian Wigeon, Water Pipit, Garganey, Black-Necked Grebe, Pied Avocet, Common Redshank, Caspian Gull, Little Grebe, Red-crested Pochard.

    2021-04-09. Pygmy Cormorant, White-headed Duck.

    2021-04-08. Black-throated Thrush, Hybrid (Black-throated x Red-throated) Thrush.

    2021-04-07. Turkestan Shrike, Common Chaffinch, Eurasian Siskin, Brambling.

    2021-04-06. Wood Pigeon, Eversmann's Redstart, Brambling.

    2021-04-05. Rock Bunting, Eurasian Redstart, Black-throated Thrush, Eastern Rock Nuthatch, Steppe Eagle, Egyptian Vulture.

    2021-04-04. Short-toed Snake-Eagle, Northern Reed Bunting, Common Chiffchaff, Common Snipe.

    2021-04-03. Black-backed Masked Wagtail, Common Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, Eurasian Blackbird, Black-throated Thrush, Demoiselle Crane, Pallas's Gull, Green Sandpiper, Isabelline Shrike, Corn Bunting, Pine Bunting, Pygmy Cormorant, Brambling, Black Kite, Demoiselle Crane.

    2021-04-02. Calandra Lark, Pied Wheatear, Common Shelduck, Common Redshank, Ring-necked Pheasant, Common Kestrel, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Pied Avocet, Altai Black Redstart, Pied Wheatear, Desert Wheatear, Northern Wheatear, Dalmatian Pelican, Garganey, Northern Pintail.

    2021-04-01. Isabelline Shrike, Pygmy Cormorant, Western Marsh-Harrier, Hen Harrier, Steppe Eagle, Red-crested Pochard, Western Marsh-Harrier, Great Crested Grebe, Common Starling.

    2021-03-31. Dalmatian Pelican, Great White Pelican, Pallas's Gull, Slender-billed Gull, Osprey, Greater White-fronted Goose, Greylag Goose, Eurasian Curlew, Tawny Pipit, Bearded Tit.

    2021-03-30. Crested Lark, Spanish Sparrow, White Wagtail, Greater Short-toed Lark, Tree Pipit, Isabelline Wheatear, Isabelline Wheatear, Desert Wheatear, Northern Wheatear, Pied Wheatear, Finsch's Wheatear.

    rare birds records


    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.
    more rarities...

    recent video

    2026-01-18
    Common Kestrel
    (Ruslan Abutrapov)

    2025-10-31
    Great Cormorant
    (Raouf Bairashev)

    2025-08-31
    Spotted Flycatcher
    (Anna Yasko)

    2025-07-01
    Northern Hawk Owl
    (Tungysh Zaparkulov)

    2025-06-17
    Great White Egret
    (Irina Kuryanova)

    2025-06-01
    Blyth's Reed Warbler
    (Irina Kuryanova)

    2025-04-14
    Grey-Headed Woodpecker
    (sergey izoya)

    2025-03-30
    Great White Egret
    (Anna Yasko)
    Common Kestrel
    (Anna Yasko)

    2025-03-23
    Common Sparrowhawk
    (Ksenia Serbina)
    Great Tit
    (Ksenia Serbina)

    2025-02-07
    Arctic Loon
    (Irina Kuryanova)

    2025-02-06
    Red Crossbill
    (Viktoriya Zvyaginceva)

    2025-01-07
    Eurasian Penduline Tit
    (sergey izoya)

    2024-08-03
    Common Tern
    (Viktoriya Zvyaginceva)

    more video...

    unidentified birds

    2026-06-02

    Bassel Abi Jummaa: booted eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus)
    2026-06-02

    Bassel Abi Jummaa: Mostly a sedge warbler Anna . (Acro schoenobaenus )
    2026-06-02

    Bassel Abi Jummaa: OK great . Thanks Anna
    2026-06-02

    Анна Ясько: Кряквы.
    2026-06-02

    Bassel Abi Jummaa: Blyth's reed warbler ( Acrocephalus Dometurum )
    more unidentified birds...