Muravskiy Vladimir. Birds of Kazakhstan

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509 photographed species of 532 (95%)

found 32 new species for Kazakhstan

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classification

Gaviiformes

Podicipediformes

Pelecaniformes

Phalacrocoracidae

Ciconiiformes

Threskiornithidae

Phoenicopteriformes

Phoenicopteridae

Anseriformes

Falconiformes

Galliformes

Gruiformes

Charadriiformes

Recurvirostridae

Pterocletiformes

Columbiformes

Cuculiformes

Strigiformes

Caprimulgiformes

Apodiformes

Coraciiformes

Upupiformes

Piciformes

Passeriformes

Paradoxornithidae

Muravskiy Vladimir

members stats	map of photoshootings
total species: 134 total photos: 307 total videos: 0 total blogposts: 0

1. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2018-01-17)

2. Great Tit (2018-02-07)

3. Brambling (2018-02-08)

4. Azure Tit (2018-02-09)

5. Black-throated Thrush (2018-02-11)

6. Mistle Thrush (2018-02-11)

7. Eurasian Magpie (2018-02-11)

8. Carrion Crow (2018-02-14)

9. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2018-02-16)

10. Eurasian Blackbird (2018-03-06)

11. Common Mynah (2018-03-06)

12. Common Chaffinch (2018-03-08)

13. Common Pheasant (2018-03-08)

14. Red-fronted Serin (2018-03-10)

15. Rock Pigeon (2018-03-10)

16. Hooded Crow (2018-03-10)

17. Rook (2018-03-10)

18. Common Kestrel (2018-03-15)

19. House Sparrow (2018-03-18)

20. Masked Wagtail (2018-03-21)

21. Water Pipit (2018-03-21)

22. Ruddy Shelduck (2018-03-21)

23. Great Cormorant (2018-03-21)

24. Common Chiffchaff (2018-03-21)

25. Northern Reed Bunting (2018-03-21)

26. Demoiselle Crane (2018-03-21)

27. Western Marsh-Harrier (2018-03-21)

28. Mallard (2018-03-22)

29. White Wagtail (2018-03-22)

30. Citrine Wagtail (2018-03-22)

31. Corn Bunting (2018-03-22)

32. Pied Wheatear (2018-03-22)

33. Eurasian Jackdaw (2018-03-22)

34. Long-legged Buzzard (2018-03-22)

35. Steppe Eagle (2018-03-22)

36. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2018-03-22)

37. Common Buzzard (2018-03-22)

38. Little Bustard (2018-03-22)

39. Asian Desert Warbler (2018-03-22)

40. Isabelline Wheatear (2018-03-22)

41. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2018-03-22)

42. Crested Lark (2018-03-22)

43. Great Grey Shrike (2018-03-23)

44. Steppe Grey Shrike (2018-03-23)

45. Eurasian Collared Dove (2018-03-23)

46. Common Starling (2018-03-24)

47. Calandra Lark (2018-03-24)

48. Peregrine Falcon (2018-03-24)

49. Black Stork (2018-03-24)

50. Common Coot (2018-03-24)

51. Black-headed Gull (2018-03-24)

52. Northern Pintail (2018-03-24)

53. Grey Heron (2018-03-24)

54. Hoopoe (2018-03-31)

55. Isabelline Shrike (2018-03-31)

56. Tree Sparrow (2018-03-31)

57. Common Oystercatcher (2018-03-31)

58. Dalmatian Pelican (2018-03-31)

59. Black Redstart (2018-03-31)

60. Black Kite (2018-03-31)

61. Caspian Gull (2018-03-31)

62. Little Ringed Plover (2018-03-31)

63. Common Shelduck (2018-03-31)

64. Northern Shoveler (2018-04-01)

65. Great Crested Grebe (2018-04-01)

66. Common Moorhen (2018-04-01)

67. Wood Pigeon (2018-04-02)

68. Blue Whistling Thrush (2018-04-04)

69. Grey Wagtail (2018-04-04)

70. Blue-capped Redstart (2018-04-11)

71. Great White Pelican (2018-04-29)

72. Green Sandpiper (2018-04-29)

73. Pied Avocet (2018-04-29)

74. Yellow Wagtail (2018-04-29)

75. Eurasian Roller (2018-04-29)

76. Great White Egret (2018-04-29)

77. Oriental Turtle Dove (2018-04-29)

78. Black-winged Stilt (2018-04-29)

79. Common Redshank (2018-04-29)

80. Sand Martin (2018-04-29)

81. Mute Swan (2018-04-29)

82. Red-crested Pochard (2018-04-29)

83. Garganey (2018-04-29)

84. Common Cuckoo (2018-04-29)

85. Black-crowned Night Heron (2018-04-30)

86. White-Winged Woodpecker (2018-04-30)

87. Siberian Stonechat (2018-04-30)

88. Sky Lark (2018-04-30)

89. Rosy Starling (2018-04-30)

90. Ortolan Bunting (2018-04-30)

91. Black-headed Wagtail (2018-04-30)

92. Barn Swallow (2018-04-30)

93. Tree Pipit (2018-04-30)

94. Wood Sandpiper (2018-04-30)

95. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2018-04-30)

96. Chukar Partridge (2018-04-30)

97. Grey Partridge (2018-04-30)

98. Northern Lapwing (2018-04-30)

99. Northern Wheatear (2018-04-30)

100. Turkestan Shrike (2018-04-30)

101. Common Sandpiper (2018-05-01)

102. European Bee-eater (2018-05-01)

103. Eurasian Hobby (2018-05-01)

104. Tawny Pipit (2018-05-01)

105. Himalayan Vulture (2018-05-06)

106. Cinereous Vulture (2018-05-06)

107. Common Tern (2018-05-08)

108. Little Tern (2018-05-08)

109. Spotted Flycatcher (2018-05-08)

110. Bimaculated Lark (2018-05-08)

111. Red-headed Bunting (2018-05-08)

112. Rock Sparrow (2018-05-08)

113. Blue Rock Thrush (2018-05-08)

114. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (2018-05-08)

115. Gadwall (2018-05-08)

116. Lammergeier (2018-05-24)

117. Common Whitethroat (2018-05-27)

118. Greenish Warbler (2018-07-22)

119. Little Owl (2018-08-27)

120. Common Rosefinch (2018-08-27)

121. Booted Warbler (2018-08-27)

122. Hume's Warbler (2018-08-28)

123. Bluethroat (2018-08-28)

124. Little Stint (2018-08-28)

125. Ferruginous Duck (2018-08-28)

126. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2018-08-28)

127. Indian Sparrow (2018-08-28)

128. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2018-08-28)

129. Wood Warbler (2018-08-29)

130. Lesser Whitethroat (2018-08-29)

131. Brown Dipper (2018-09-15)

132. Coal Tit (2018-09-15)

133. White-winged Grosbeak (2018-09-16)

134. Red-billed Chough (2018-09-16)

recent uploads

2018-09-20. Brown Dipper, Blue-capped Redstart, White-winged Grosbeak, Bluethroat, Red-billed Chough, Coal Tit.

2018-09-11. Grey Wagtail.

2018-09-03. Lesser Whitethroat, Masked Wagtail, Masked Wagtail, Short-toed Snake-Eagle, Common Pheasant, Indian Sparrow, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Common Sandpiper, Booted Warbler, Steppe Eagle.

2018-09-02. Little Owl, Common Rosefinch, Bluethroat, Hume's Warbler, Little Stint, Ferruginous Duck, Red-crested Pochard, Wood Warbler.

2018-08-24. Spotted Flycatcher.

2018-08-15. Black-headed Gull, Black-headed Gull, Turkestan Shrike.

2018-07-22. Greenish Warbler.

2018-05-27. Common Whitethroat.

2018-05-24. Lammergeier.

2018-05-13. Gadwall.

2018-05-10. Crested Lark, Common Tern, Little Tern, Oriental Turtle Dove, Spotted Flycatcher, Bimaculated Lark, Red-headed Bunting, Rock Sparrow, Pied Wheatear, Pied Wheatear, Blue Rock Thrush, Blue Rock Thrush, Eastern Rock Nuthatch, Spotted Flycatcher, Tawny Pipit, Long-legged Buzzard.

2018-05-07. Himalayan Vulture, Cinereous Vulture.

2018-05-06. Tree Pipit, Common Buzzard.

2018-05-04. Northern Wheatear, Turkestan Shrike, Tawny Pipit, Common Chiffchaff, Caspian Gull.

2018-05-03. Crested Lark.

Big Year 2026

1. Qanatbek Kenzhegulov (287)
2. Galym Baitimbet (241)
3. Zhaskairat Ermek (240)
4. Nikita Kanunnikov (213)
5. Aizhan Baitimbet (212)
6. Gennadiy Dyakin (204)
7. Sirimbet Zharilkasin (196)
8. Vladimir Muravskiy (196)
9. Gani Nazarbek (161)
10. Andrey Kovalenko (153)

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.

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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)

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...