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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
  • Pelecanidae
  • Phalacrocoracidae
    • Ciconiiformes
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  • Rallidae
  • Otididae
    • Charadriiformes
  • Burhinidae
  • Charadriidae
  • Recurvirostridae
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  • Scolopacidae
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  • Stercorariidae
  • Laridae
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  • Columbidae
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  • Paradoxornithidae
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  • Ploceidae
  • Fringillidae
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    total species: 50
    total photos: 93
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. White Wagtail (2021-04-09)
    2. Common Chiffchaff (2021-04-11)
    4. Steppe Eagle (2021-04-18)
    5. Western Marsh-Harrier (2021-04-21)
    6. Common Buzzard (2021-05-03)
    7. Arctic Warbler (2021-05-08)
    8. Ruff (2021-05-11)
    9. Sanderling (2021-05-11)
    10. Caspian Gull (2021-05-12)
    11. Little Stint (2021-05-15)
    12. Terek Sandpiper (2021-05-20)
    13. Twite (2021-05-20)
    14. Greater Ringed Plover (2021-05-20)
    15. Grey Plover (2021-05-20)
    16. Pied Avocet (2021-05-28)
    17. White-winged Tern (2021-05-28)
    18. Red-necked Phalarope (2021-06-02)
    19. Greater Flamingo (2021-06-05)
    20. Glossy Ibis (2021-06-11)
    21. Slender-billed Gull (2021-06-12)
    22. Long-legged Buzzard (2021-08-03)
    23. Caspian Plover (2021-08-04)
    24. Turkestan Shrike (2021-08-09)
    25. Pygmy Cormorant (2021-08-10)
    26. Temminck's Stint (2021-08-15)
    27. Yellow Wagtail (2021-08-15)
    28. Common Whitethroat (2021-08-18)
    29. Black-tailed Godwit (2021-08-22)
    30. Montagu's Harrier (2021-08-22)
    31. Northern Reed Bunting (2021-08-25)
    32. Wood Warbler (2021-09-03)
    33. Hume's Warbler (2021-09-07)
    34. Tree Pipit (2021-09-07)
    35. Whooper Swan (2021-09-12)
    36. European Golden Oriole (2021-09-13)
    37. Sky Lark (2021-09-16)
    38. Pallid Harrier (2021-09-20)
    39. Merlin (2021-09-26)
    40. Common Sparrowhawk (2021-09-29)
    41. Yellow-browed Warbler (2021-09-30)
    42. Eurasian Woodcock (2021-09-30)
    43. Redwing (2021-10-07)
    44. Red-flanked Bluetail (2021-10-07)
    45. Great Grey Shrike (2021-10-08)
    46. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2021-10-08)
    47. Goldcrest (2021-10-10)
    48. Black Redstart (2021-10-13)
    49. Brambling (2021-10-15)
    50. Song Thrush (2021-10-19)

    recent uploads

    2021-12-13. Brambling, Song Thrush.

    2021-12-07. Northern Reed Bunting, Goldcrest, Great Grey Shrike, Black Redstart.

    2021-12-06. Red-flanked Bluetail, Great Grey Shrike, White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

    2021-12-03. Yellow-browed Warbler, Common Sparrowhawk, Eurasian Woodcock.

    2021-12-02. Pygmy Cormorant, Sky Lark, Long-legged Buzzard, Pallid Harrier, Merlin, Redwing.

    2021-11-26. Twite, White Wagtail, Wood Warbler, European Golden Oriole, Long-legged Buzzard, Redwing.

    2021-11-25. Temminck's Stint, Black-tailed Godwit, Northern Reed Bunting.

    2021-11-24. Common Whitethroat, Montagu's Harrier, Wood Warbler, Hume's Warbler, Tree Pipit.

    2021-11-23. Western Marsh-Harrier, Long-legged Buzzard, Temminck's Stint, Yellow Wagtail.

    2021-11-22. Glossy Ibis, Turkestan Shrike, Pygmy Cormorant.

    2021-11-19. Long-legged Buzzard, Caspian Plover.

    2021-11-18. Glossy Ibis, Slender-billed Gull, Little Stint.

    2021-11-17. Greater Flamingo, Steppe Buzzard.

    2021-11-16. Common Buzzard, Long-legged Buzzard, Whooper Swan.

    2021-11-15. Little Stint, Red-necked Phalarope, Common Buzzard, Ruff, Common Buzzard.

    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...