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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

    • Balykin Alexandr

    members stats

    map of photoshootings

    total species: 87
    total photos: 248
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

    sort by:

    1. Pygmy Cormorant (2013-03-13)
    2. Eastern Buzzard (2013-03-13)
    3. Black-headed Gull (2013-03-13)
    4. Eversmann's Redstart (2013-03-13)
    5. Yellow-breasted Tit (2013-03-13)
    6. Eurasian Magpie (2013-03-13)
    7. Brambling (2013-03-13)
    8. Common Chaffinch (2013-03-13)
    9. Mallard (2013-03-14)
    10. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2013-03-14)
    11. Hooded Crow (2013-03-14)
    12. Eurasian Collared Dove (2013-03-14)
    13. Demoiselle Crane (2013-03-14)
    14. Common Starling (2013-03-28)
    15. European Greenfinch (2013-03-28)
    16. Black-throated Thrush (2013-03-28)
    17. Eurasian Jackdaw (2013-03-28)
    18. Bluethroat (2013-03-31)
    19. Siberian Stonechat (2013-03-31)
    20. Great Tit (2013-03-31)
    21. Corn Bunting (2013-03-31)
    22. Great Crested Grebe (2013-03-31)
    23. Great White Egret (2013-03-31)
    24. Masked Wagtail (2013-03-31)
    25. Common Coot (2013-03-31)
    26. Common Moorhen (2013-03-31)
    27. Black Redstart (2013-04-04)
    28. Carrion Crow (2013-04-04)
    29. Common Chiffchaff (2013-04-04)
    30. Little Ringed Plover (2013-04-04)
    31. Garganey (2013-04-04)
    32. Grey Wagtail (2013-04-04)
    33. Turkestan Tit (2013-04-04)
    34. Tree Pipit (2013-04-04)
    35. Common Sparrowhawk (2013-04-04)
    36. Eurasian Blackbird (2013-04-05)
    37. Common Swift (2013-04-05)
    38. Pied Wheatear (2013-04-09)
    39. Barn Swallow (2013-04-10)
    40. Wood Pigeon (2013-04-10)
    41. Citrine Wagtail (2013-04-22)
    42. White Wagtail (2013-04-22)
    43. Hoopoe (2013-04-22)
    44. Eurasian Roller (2013-04-22)
    45. Isabelline Shrike (2013-04-23)
    46. Common Tern (2013-04-23)
    47. Black Kite (2013-04-23)
    48. Red-rumped Swallow (2013-04-24)
    49. Tufted Duck (2013-04-24)
    50. Rufous Bush Robin (2013-04-24)
    51. Rock Pigeon (2013-04-24)
    52. Common Sandpiper (2013-04-24)
    53. Green Sandpiper (2013-04-24)
    54. Grey Heron (2013-04-25)
    55. Northern House Martin (2013-04-25)
    56. Turkestan Shrike (2013-04-25)
    57. Lesser Grey Shrike (2013-04-25)
    58. Eurasian Hobby (2013-04-25)
    59. Northern Lapwing (2013-04-25)
    60. Crested Lark (2013-04-25)
    61. Common Buzzard (2013-04-25)
    62. Common Greenshank (2013-04-25)
    63. Western Marsh-Harrier (2013-04-25)
    64. Black-winged Stilt (2013-04-25)
    65. Common Redshank (2013-04-25)
    66. Grey-necked Bunting (2013-05-04)
    67. Eurasian Wryneck (2013-05-05)
    68. Common Cuckoo (2013-05-07)
    69. Barred Warbler (2013-05-07)
    70. Rosy Starling (2013-05-07)
    71. Common Nightingale (2013-05-07)
    72. Long-tailed Shrike (2013-05-07)
    73. Shikra (2013-05-07)
    74. Common Whitethroat (2013-05-07)
    75. House Sparrow (2013-05-07)
    76. Common Rosefinch (2013-05-07)
    77. Indian Golden Oriole (2013-05-10)
    78. White Stork (2013-05-18)
    79. Rook (2013-05-18)
    80. Arctic Warbler (2013-05-18)
    81. Calandra Lark (2013-05-18)
    82. Montagu's Harrier (2013-05-18)
    83. Ruddy Shelduck (2013-05-18)
    84. Spotted Flycatcher (2013-08-31)
    85. Lesser Whitethroat (2013-09-02)
    86. Common Kingfisher (2013-09-02)
    87. Greenish Warbler (2013-09-02)

    recent uploads

    2013-09-03. Yellow-breasted Tit, Greenish Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher.

    2013-09-02. Spotted Flycatcher, Lesser Whitethroat, Turkestan Shrike, Common Kingfisher.

    2013-08-16. Common Moorhen.

    2013-06-11. Long-tailed Shrike, Siberian Stonechat, Corn Bunting.

    2013-05-19. White Stork, Northern Lapwing, Rook, Arctic Warbler, Lesser Grey Shrike, Calandra Lark, Montagu's Harrier, Demoiselle Crane, Ruddy Shelduck.

    2013-05-11. House Sparrow, Common Rosefinch, Common Whitethroat, Indian Golden Oriole.

    2013-05-10. Common Cuckoo, Barred Warbler, Rosy Starling, Turkestan Western Nightingale, Western Long-tailed Shrike, Shikra, Common Whitethroat.

    2013-05-05. Eurasian Wryneck, Masked Wagtail, Grey-necked Bunting.

    2013-04-29. Red-rumped Swallow, Common Tern, Pied Wheatear, Tufted Duck, Rufous Bush Robin, Siberian Stonechat, Rock Pigeon, Common Sparrowhawk, Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Garganey, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Black-winged Stilt, Common Redshank.

    2013-04-28. Common Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, Western Marsh-Harrier, Black Kite.

    2013-04-27. Grey Heron, Northern House Martin, Common Sandpiper, Mallard, Great Crested Grebe, Turkestan Shrike, Siberian Stonechat, Lesser Grey Shrike, Eurasian Roller, Eurasian Hobby, Carrion Crow, Common Moorhen, Northern Lapwing, Crested Lark, Steppe Buzzard.

    2013-04-23. Isabelline Shrike, Common Tern, Black Kite.

    2013-04-22. Grey Wagtail, Masked Wagtail, Citrine Wagtail, White Wagtail, Hoopoe, Eurasian Roller, Tree Pipit, Siberian Stonechat, Pied Wheatear, Siberian Stonechat, Common Chiffchaff.

    2013-04-13. Pied Wheatear, Barn Swallow, Eurasian Jackdaw, Wood Pigeon.

    2013-04-05. Eurasian Blackbird, Common Swift.

    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...

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    2025-08-31
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    2025-02-07
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    2025-02-06
    Red Crossbill
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    2025-01-07
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    2024-08-03
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    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
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    Bassel Abi Jummaa: Blyth's reed warbler ( Acrocephalus Dometurum )
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