327 993
pictures
2 612
blog posts
509 photographed species of 532 (95%)
found 32 new species for Kazakhstan

search

classification

Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
  • Pelecanidae
  • Phalacrocoracidae
    • Ciconiiformes
  • Ardeidae
  • Threskiornithidae
  • Ciconiidae
    • Phoenicopteriformes
  • Phoenicopteridae
    • Anseriformes
  • Anatidae
    • Falconiformes
  • Pandionidae
  • Accipitridae
  • Falconidae
    • Galliformes
  • Tetraonidae
  • Phasianidae
    • Gruiformes
  • Gruidae
  • Rallidae
  • Otididae
    • Charadriiformes
  • Burhinidae
  • Charadriidae
  • Recurvirostridae
  • Haematopodidae
  • Scolopacidae
  • Glareolidae
  • Stercorariidae
  • Laridae
    • Pterocletiformes
  • Pteroclidae
    • Columbiformes
  • Columbidae
    • Cuculiformes
  • Cuculidae
    • Strigiformes
  • Strigidae
    • Caprimulgiformes
  • Caprimulgidae
    • Apodiformes
  • Apodidae
    • Coraciiformes
  • Coraciidae
  • Alcedinidae
  • Meropidae
    • Upupiformes
  • Upupidae
    • Piciformes
  • Picidae
    • Passeriformes
  • Hirundinidae
  • Alaudidae
  • Motacillidae
  • Laniidae
  • Oriolidae
  • Dicruridae
  • Sturnidae
  • Corvidae
  • Bombycillidae
  • Cinclidae
  • Troglodytidae
  • Prunellidae
  • Sylviidae
  • Regulidae
  • Muscicapidae
  • Turdidae
  • Paradoxornithidae
  • Aegithalidae
  • Remizidae
  • Paridae
  • Sittidae
  • Certhiidae
  • Ploceidae
  • Fringillidae
  • Emberizidae

    • Muravskiy Vladimir

    members stats

    map of photoshootings

    total species: 196
    total photos: 481
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

    sort by:

    1. Carrion Crow (2026-01-04)
    2. Great Tit (2026-01-05)
    3. Azure Tit (2026-01-06)
    4. Black-throated Thrush (2026-01-06)
    5. Golden Eagle (2026-01-08)
    6. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2026-01-09)
    7. Long-tailed Tit (2026-01-13)
    8. Common Chaffinch (2026-01-14)
    9. Eastern Buzzard (2026-01-14)
    10. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2026-01-14)
    11. Eurasian Blackbird (2026-01-15)
    12. Eversmann's Redstart (2026-01-17)
    13. Brambling (2026-01-17)
    14. Common Mynah (2026-01-21)
    15. Goldcrest (2026-01-25)
    16. Red-fronted Serin (2026-01-27)
    17. Lammergeier (2026-02-11)
    18. White-winged Grosbeak (2026-02-14)
    19. Eurasian Magpie (2026-02-15)
    20. Mistle Thrush (2026-03-05)
    21. Cinereous Vulture (2026-03-15)
    22. Himalayan Vulture (2026-03-15)
    23. Caspian Gull (2026-03-19)
    24. White Wagtail (2026-03-19)
    25. Black-headed Gull (2026-03-19)
    26. Hooded Crow (2026-03-19)
    27. Common Shelduck (2026-03-21)
    28. Common Teal (2026-03-21)
    29. Northern Shoveler (2026-03-21)
    30. Gadwall (2026-03-21)
    31. Common Pochard (2026-03-21)
    32. Northern Lapwing (2026-03-21)
    33. Great White Pelican (2026-03-21)
    34. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2026-03-21)
    35. Grey Heron (2026-03-21)
    36. Garganey (2026-03-21)
    37. Northern Reed Bunting (2026-03-21)
    38. House Sparrow (2026-03-21)
    39. Tree Sparrow (2026-03-22)
    40. Mute Swan (2026-03-23)
    41. Merlin (2026-03-23)
    42. Calandra Lark (2026-03-24)
    43. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2026-03-24)
    44. Steppe Eagle (2026-03-25)
    45. Grey Partridge (2026-03-25)
    46. Common Starling (2026-03-25)
    47. Common Kestrel (2026-03-25)
    48. Steppe Grey Shrike (2026-03-25)
    49. Long-eared Owl (2026-03-25)
    50. Eurasian Jackdaw (2026-03-26)
    51. Desert Finch (2026-03-26)
    52. Isabelline Wheatear (2026-03-27)
    53. Great Cormorant (2026-03-28)
    54. Slender-billed Gull (2026-03-28)
    55. Common Coot (2026-03-28)
    56. Citrine Wagtail (2026-03-28)
    57. Marsh Sandpiper (2026-03-28)
    58. Ruff (2026-03-28)
    59. Little Stint (2026-03-28)
    60. Eurasian Wigeon (2026-03-28)
    61. Western Marsh-Harrier (2026-03-28)
    62. Hen Harrier (2026-03-31)
    63. Common Chiffchaff (2026-03-31)
    64. Bluethroat (2026-04-01)
    65. Northern Wheatear (2026-04-01)
    66. Pallid Harrier (2026-04-01)
    67. Long-legged Buzzard (2026-04-02)
    68. Rough-legged Buzzard (2026-04-03)
    69. Pied Avocet (2026-04-04)
    70. Black-winged Stilt (2026-04-04)
    71. Red-crested Pochard (2026-04-04)
    72. Tufted Duck (2026-04-04)
    73. Gull-billed Tern (2026-04-04)
    74. White-headed Duck (2026-04-04)
    75. Lesser Whitethroat (2026-04-05)
    76. Common Sparrowhawk (2026-04-05)
    77. Hoopoe (2026-04-06)
    78. White-winged Tern (2026-04-06)
    79. Hawfinch (2026-04-06)
    80. Eurasian Collared Dove (2026-04-06)
    81. Kentish Plover (2026-04-07)
    82. Crested Lark (2026-04-07)
    83. Pied Wheatear (2026-04-08)
    84. Desert Wheatear (2026-04-09)
    85. Greater Short-toed Lark (2026-04-09)
    86. Common Sandpiper (2026-04-11)
    87. Yellow Wagtail (2026-04-11)
    88. Green Sandpiper (2026-04-11)
    89. Dunlin (2026-04-11)
    90. Glossy Ibis (2026-04-11)
    91. Paddyfield Warbler (2026-04-11)
    92. Northern Pintail (2026-04-11)
    93. Great White Egret (2026-04-11)
    94. Ruddy Shelduck (2026-04-11)
    95. Barn Swallow (2026-04-11)
    96. Long-tailed Duck (2026-04-12)
    97. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2026-04-12)
    98. Purple Heron (2026-04-12)
    99. Common Redshank (2026-04-12)
    100. Whinchat (2026-04-12)
    101. Great Crested Grebe (2026-04-12)
    102. Willow Warbler (2026-04-12)
    103. Pied Flycatcher (2026-04-16)
    104. Song Thrush (2026-04-16)
    105. Wood Pigeon (2026-04-19)
    106. Black Kite (2026-04-19)
    107. Common Buzzard (2026-04-19)
    108. Eurasian Roller (2026-04-26)
    109. Demoiselle Crane (2026-04-26)
    110. Grey Wagtail (2026-04-26)
    111. Turkestan Shrike (2026-04-26)
    112. Black Tern (2026-04-26)
    113. Common Tern (2026-04-26)
    114. Little Ringed Plover (2026-04-26)
    115. Common Greenshank (2026-04-26)
    116. Siberian Stonechat (2026-04-26)
    117. Great Reed Warbler (2026-04-26)
    118. Spanish Sparrow (2026-04-26)
    119. Peregrine Falcon (2026-04-26)
    120. Eurasian Hobby (2026-04-26)
    121. Common Moorhen (2026-04-26)
    122. Pygmy Cormorant (2026-04-26)
    123. Dalmatian Pelican (2026-04-26)
    124. Black-tailed Godwit (2026-04-26)
    125. Common Snipe (2026-04-26)
    126. Masked Wagtail (2026-04-26)
    127. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2026-04-26)
    128. Barred Warbler (2026-04-26)
    129. Black-headed Wagtail (2026-04-26)
    130. Tree Pipit (2026-04-26)
    131. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2026-04-28)
    132. Hume's Warbler (2026-04-28)
    133. Blue Whistling Thrush (2026-04-30)
    134. Eurasian Crag Martin (2026-05-01)
    135. White-crowned Penduline Tit (2026-05-01)
    136. White-capped Bunting (2026-05-01)
    137. Rock Bunting (2026-05-01)
    138. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2026-05-01)
    139. Rosy Starling (2026-05-01)
    140. Northern House Martin (2026-05-01)
    141. Corn Bunting (2026-05-01)
    142. Tawny Pipit (2026-05-01)
    143. Eurasian Linnet (2026-05-01)
    144. Mongolian Finch (2026-05-01)
    145. Indian Sparrow (2026-05-01)
    146. Grey-necked Bunting (2026-05-01)
    147. Chukar Partridge (2026-05-01)
    148. Eastern Orphean Warbler (2026-05-01)
    149. Horned Lark (2026-05-01)
    150. Rock Sparrow (2026-05-01)
    151. Spotted Redshank (2026-05-08)
    152. Ferruginous Duck (2026-05-08)
    153. Wood Sandpiper (2026-05-08)
    154. Common Oystercatcher (2026-05-08)
    155. Common Kingfisher (2026-05-08)
    156. Shikra (2026-05-08)
    157. Brown-necked Raven (2026-05-08)
    158. Black-headed Penduline Tit (2026-05-08)
    159. Lesser Grey Shrike (2026-05-08)
    160. Little Bustard (2026-05-08)
    161. Oriental Turtle Dove (2026-05-08)
    162. Common Cuckoo (2026-05-09)
    163. Temminck's Stint (2026-05-09)
    164. Pallid Scops Owl (2026-05-09)
    165. European Bee-eater (2026-05-09)
    166. White-Winged Woodpecker (2026-05-09)
    167. Bimaculated Lark (2026-05-09)
    168. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2026-05-09)
    169. Spotted Flycatcher (2026-05-09)
    170. Cetti's Warbler (2026-05-09)
    171. Ortolan Bunting (2026-05-09)
    172. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2026-05-09)
    173. Red-backed Shrike (2026-05-09)
    174. Red-headed Bunting (2026-05-09)
    175. Rufous Bush Robin (2026-05-09)
    176. Turkestan Tit (2026-05-09)
    177. Yellow-eyed Pigeon (2026-05-10)
    178. Saxaul Sparrow (2026-05-10)
    179. Common Whitethroat (2026-05-13)
    180. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2026-05-14)
    181. Common Swift (2026-05-14)
    182. Whiskered Tern (2026-05-16)
    183. White-tailed Lapwing (2026-05-16)
    184. Collared Pratincole (2026-05-16)
    185. Greater Sand Plover (2026-05-16)
    186. Lesser Kestrel (2026-05-17)
    187. Eurasian Whimbrel (2026-05-17)
    188. Eurasian Redstart (2026-05-18)
    189. Sand Martin (2026-05-19)
    190. Common Rosefinch (2026-05-21)
    191. Sedge Warbler (2026-05-22)
    192. Terek Sandpiper (2026-05-23)
    193. Bearded Tit (2026-05-23)
    194. Curlew Sandpiper (2026-05-23)
    195. Greater Ringed Plover (2026-05-24)
    196. Garden Warbler (2026-05-26)

    recent uploads

    2026-06-02. White-headed Duck, Paddyfield Warbler, Pied Wheatear, Desert Wheatear, Steppe Grey Shrike, Sand Martin, Barn Swallow, Kentish Plover, Kentish Plover.

    2026-06-01. Pied Wheatear, Eurasian Roller.

    2026-05-31. Whiskered Tern, Black-headed Gull, White-winged Tern, Black-headed Wagtail, Northern Wheatear.

    2026-05-29. Blyth's Reed Warbler, Red-headed Bunting, Lesser Grey Shrike, Long-legged Buzzard.

    2026-05-28. White Wagtail.

    2026-05-27. Willow Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Garden Warbler.

    2026-05-26. Common Rosefinch.

    2026-05-25. Red-headed Bunting, Calandra Lark, Grey-headed Wagtail.

    2026-05-24. Blyth's Reed Warbler, Red-crested Pochard, Gull-billed Tern, Greater Ringed Plover.

    2026-05-23. Sedge Warbler, Pied Avocet, Terek Sandpiper, Bearded Tit, Curlew Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper, White-winged Tern.

    2026-05-22. Common Rosefinch, Common Rosefinch, Red-backed Shrike.

    2026-05-21. Blyth's Reed Warbler, Blyth's Reed Warbler, White Wagtail.

    2026-05-20. Pied Wheatear, Pied Wheatear, Whinchat, Glossy Ibis.

    2026-05-19. Willow Warbler, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Sand Martin, Red-headed Bunting, Desert Wheatear, Collared Pratincole, Common Swift.

    2026-05-18. Eurasian Redstart, Kentish Plover.

    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...