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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
  • Pelecanidae
  • Phalacrocoracidae
    • Ciconiiformes
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    • Phoenicopteriformes
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    • Charadriiformes
  • Burhinidae
  • Charadriidae
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    total species: 45
    total photos: 140
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Black-throated Thrush (2015-01-25)
    2. Red-fronted Serin (2015-01-25)
    3. Common Sparrowhawk (2015-02-24)
    4. White-winged Grosbeak (2015-02-24)
    5. Common Pheasant (2015-03-20)
    6. Wood Pigeon (2015-03-27)
    7. Grey Wagtail (2015-04-04)
    8. Common Chaffinch (2015-04-04)
    9. Masked Wagtail (2015-04-04)
    10. Eurasian Jackdaw (2015-04-05)
    11. Tree Sparrow (2015-04-05)
    12. Mistle Thrush (2015-04-10)
    13. Tree Pipit (2015-04-19)
    14. Eurasian Redstart (2015-04-19)
    15. Pied Wheatear (2015-04-19)
    16. Isabelline Shrike (2015-04-19)
    17. Chukar Partridge (2015-04-19)
    18. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (2015-04-19)
    19. Rock Sparrow (2015-04-19)
    20. Northern Wheatear (2015-04-25)
    21. Common Kestrel (2015-06-27)
    22. Oriental Turtle Dove (2015-07-06)
    23. Golden Eagle (2015-07-06)
    24. Himalayan Vulture (2015-07-06)
    25. Common Rosefinch (2015-07-06)
    26. Turkestan Shrike (2015-07-06)
    27. Himalayan Rubythroat (2015-07-06)
    28. Rock Pigeon (2015-07-18)
    29. Booted Eagle (2015-07-18)
    30. Long-legged Buzzard (2015-07-18)
    31. Eurasian Roller (2015-07-18)
    32. Isabelline Wheatear (2015-07-18)
    33. Carrion Crow (2015-07-18)
    34. Rosy Starling (2015-07-18)
    35. Ruddy Shelduck (2015-07-18)
    36. Eurasian Hobby (2015-09-01)
    37. White Wagtail (2015-09-13)
    38. Brambling (2015-10-21)
    39. Coal Tit (2015-10-21)
    40. Black-throated Accentor (2015-10-24)
    41. Eurasian Magpie (2015-10-24)
    42. Great Cormorant (2015-10-24)
    43. Plain Mountain Finch (2015-10-24)
    44. Eversmann's Redstart (2015-11-12)
    45. Great Tit (2015-11-13)

    recent uploads

    2015-11-14. Tree Sparrow, Great Tit, Eversmann's Redstart.

    2015-10-25. Mistle Thrush, Coal Tit, Brambling, Black-throated Thrush, White-winged Grosbeak, Black-throated Accentor, Eurasian Magpie, Great Cormorant, Brambling, Plain Mountain Finch, Coal Tit.

    2015-09-13. Ring-necked Pheasant, Eurasian Hobby, Grey Wagtail, Masked Wagtail, Masked Wagtail, Siberian White Wagtail.

    2015-09-01. Eurasian Hobby.

    2015-07-19. Rock Pigeon, Tree Sparrow, Grey Wagtail, Ruddy Shelduck, Rosy Starling, Turkestan Shrike, Mistle Thrush, Carrion Crow, Booted Eagle, Isabelline Wheatear, Eurasian Roller, Long-legged Buzzard, Booted Eagle.

    2015-07-07. Himalayan Rubythroat, Turkestan Shrike, Common Rosefinch, Grey Wagtail, Oriental Turtle Dove, Himalayan Vulture, Himalayan Golden Eagle, Common Kestrel, Common Kestrel.

    2015-04-26. Northern Wheatear.

    2015-04-20. Pied Wheatear, Common Sparrowhawk, Eastern Rock Nuthatch, Chukar Partridge, Tree Pipit, Daurian Shrike, Rock Sparrow, Tree Sparrow, Eurasian Jackdaw, Mistle Thrush, Tree Pipit, Tree Pipit, Pied Wheatear, Eurasian Redstart.

    2015-04-04. Masked Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, White-winged Grosbeak, Common Chaffinch.

    2015-03-29. Ring-necked Pheasant, Wood Pigeon.

    2015-02-26. White-winged Grosbeak.

    2015-02-24. Common Sparrowhawk.

    2015-01-25. Red-fronted Serin, Black-throated Thrush.

    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...