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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
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    total species: 41
    total photos: 173
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Citrine Wagtail (2014-04-03)
    2. Masked Wagtail (2014-04-19)
    3. Northern Wheatear (2014-04-19)
    4. Hoopoe (2014-05-09)
    5. Eurasian Jackdaw (2014-05-09)
    6. Tree Sparrow (2014-05-09)
    7. Eurasian Redstart (2014-05-13)
    8. Eurasian Magpie (2014-05-13)
    9. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2014-05-14)
    10. Common Rosefinch (2014-05-19)
    11. Black-headed Gull (2014-06-03)
    12. Great Cormorant (2014-06-30)
    13. Common Kestrel (2014-07-03)
    14. European Golden Oriole (2014-07-03)
    15. Red-backed Shrike (2014-07-08)
    16. Lesser Whitethroat (2014-07-22)
    17. Song Thrush (2014-07-22)
    18. Rook (2014-07-26)
    19. Great Tit (2014-07-30)
    20. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2014-07-30)
    21. Meadow Bunting (2014-08-01)
    22. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2014-08-12)
    23. Common Whitethroat (2014-08-12)
    24. Spotted Flycatcher (2014-08-12)
    25. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2014-08-12)
    26. Grey Wagtail (2014-08-17)
    27. Tree Pipit (2014-08-17)
    28. Willow Tit (2014-08-17)
    29. Black Kite (2014-08-22)
    30. Black-throated Thrush (2014-08-23)
    31. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2014-09-06)
    32. Fieldfare (2014-09-06)
    33. Coal Tit (2014-09-16)
    34. Rock Pigeon (2014-09-16)
    35. Hooded Crow (2014-09-22)
    36. Common Sparrowhawk (2014-09-23)
    37. Common Chiffchaff (2014-09-23)
    38. Hume's Warbler (2014-09-24)
    39. Yellowhammer (2014-09-24)
    40. House Sparrow (2014-11-22)
    41. Pine Grosbeak (2014-11-28)

    recent uploads

    2014-11-28. Pine Grosbeak.

    2014-11-24. House Sparrow.

    2014-10-19. Coal Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker.

    2014-10-17. Rock Pigeon.

    2014-10-15. Hume's Warbler.

    2014-10-09. Common Kestrel, Hume's Warbler.

    2014-10-07. Red-backed Shrike.

    2014-10-05. Meadow Bunting, Black-throated Thrush, Eurasian Redstart, Common Rosefinch.

    2014-10-04. Common Chiffchaff, Common Rosefinch, Spotted Flycatcher, Yellowhammer, Common Whitethroat, Blyth's Reed Warbler.

    2014-10-02. Blyth's Reed Warbler.

    2014-09-30. Northern Wheatear, Common Sparrowhawk, Common Sparrowhawk, Meadow Bunting, Meadow Bunting, Hume's Warbler, Fieldfare, Citrine Wagtail, Willow Tit, Tree Pipit, Grey Wagtail, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Great Spotted Woodpecker.

    2014-09-29. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard, Hooded Crow, Yellowhammer, Spotted Flycatcher, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Black-throated Thrush.

    2014-09-28. Masked Wagtail, Great Tit, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Black-headed Gull, Rook, Lesser Whitethroat, Tree Sparrow, Eurasian Jackdaw, Black Kite, Meadow Bunting.

    2014-09-27. Hoopoe, Eurasian Redstart, Eurasian Magpie, Eurasian Redstart, Great Cormorant, European Golden Oriole, Song Thrush, Lesser Whitethroat.

    2014-04-23. Peregrine Falcon.

    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...