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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
  • Pelecanidae
  • Phalacrocoracidae
    • Ciconiiformes
  • Ardeidae
  • Threskiornithidae
  • Ciconiidae
    • Phoenicopteriformes
  • Phoenicopteridae
    • Anseriformes
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    • Falconiformes
  • Pandionidae
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    • Galliformes
  • Tetraonidae
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    • Gruiformes
  • Gruidae
  • Rallidae
  • Otididae
    • Charadriiformes
  • Burhinidae
  • Charadriidae
  • Recurvirostridae
  • Haematopodidae
  • Scolopacidae
  • Glareolidae
  • Stercorariidae
  • Laridae
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  • Pteroclidae
    • Columbiformes
  • Columbidae
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  • Strigidae
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  • Upupidae
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  • Picidae
    • Passeriformes
  • Hirundinidae
  • Alaudidae
  • Motacillidae
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  • Corvidae
  • Bombycillidae
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  • Prunellidae
  • Sylviidae
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  • Muscicapidae
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  • Paradoxornithidae
  • Aegithalidae
  • Remizidae
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  • Sittidae
  • Certhiidae
  • Ploceidae
  • Fringillidae
  • Emberizidae

    • Balykin Alexandr

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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 45
    total photos: 111
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Eurasian Collared Dove (2015-01-05)
    2. Eurasian Blackbird (2015-01-08)
    3. Brambling (2015-01-08)
    4. Common Chaffinch (2015-01-09)
    5. Eastern Buzzard (2015-01-09)
    6. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2015-01-09)
    7. Great Tit (2015-01-09)
    8. Goldcrest (2015-01-11)
    9. Black-throated Thrush (2015-01-11)
    10. Common Kestrel (2015-01-13)
    11. Mallard (2015-01-13)
    12. Azure Tit (2015-01-21)
    13. Rook (2015-01-27)
    14. Mistle Thrush (2015-01-31)
    15. Eurasian Siskin (2015-01-31)
    16. Red-fronted Serin (2015-01-31)
    17. Turkestan Tit (2015-02-11)
    18. Eurasian Magpie (2015-02-11)
    19. Yellow-breasted Tit (2015-02-11)
    20. Great White Egret (2015-02-11)
    21. Grey Heron (2015-02-11)
    22. Common Buzzard (2015-02-14)
    23. Red-billed Chough (2015-02-16)
    24. Carrion Crow (2015-02-16)
    25. Common Sparrowhawk (2015-03-17)
    26. Black-headed Gull (2015-03-23)
    27. Common Chiffchaff (2015-03-23)
    28. Common Pheasant (2015-03-23)
    29. Northern Bullfinch (2015-03-30)
    30. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2015-03-30)
    31. White-Backed Woodpecker (2015-03-30)
    32. Common Raven (2015-03-30)
    33. Fieldfare (2015-03-30)
    34. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2015-03-30)
    35. Eurasian Nuthatch (2015-03-31)
    36. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2015-03-31)
    37. Rock Pigeon (2015-03-31)
    38. Red-headed Bunting (2015-06-26)
    39. Masked Wagtail (2015-06-29)
    40. Eurasian Roller (2015-07-18)
    41. Barn Swallow (2015-07-20)
    42. Common Coot (2015-07-20)
    43. Green Sandpiper (2015-07-20)
    44. Common Sandpiper (2015-07-20)
    45. Eurasian Hobby (2015-09-14)

    recent uploads

    2015-09-16. Eurasian Hobby.

    2015-07-21. Common Kestrel, Eurasian Roller, Common Pheasant, Barn Swallow, Mallard, Black-headed Gull, Common Coot, Mallard, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper.

    2015-06-30. Masked Wagtail, Red-headed Bunting.

    2015-05-28. Ibisbill.

    2015-04-11. Northern Bullfinch, Northern Bullfinch, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, White-Backed Woodpecker, Common Raven, Fieldfare, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Rock Pigeon, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Eurasian Nuthatch, White-Backed Woodpecker, Azure Tit, Fieldfare, Northern Bullfinch, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Mallard, Common Pheasant, Common Chiffchaff, Black-headed Gull, Common Sparrowhawk.

    2015-02-16. Carrion Crow, Red-billed Chough, Mistle Thrush, Eastern Buzzard, Hybrid Tit.

    2015-02-15. Common Buzzard, Black-throated Thrush, Turkestan Tit, Eurasian Blackbird, Eurasian Magpie, Yellow-breasted Tit, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Common Chaffinch, Great White Egret, Grey Heron.

    2015-02-14. Azure Tit, Eurasian Blackbird, Rook, Mistle Thrush, Black-throated Thrush, Red-fronted Serin, Eurasian Siskin.

    2015-02-13. Eastern Buzzard, Common Kestrel, Mallard.

    2015-01-11. Black-throated Thrush, Common Chaffinch, Goldcrest, Great Tit, Brambling.

    2015-01-10. Eurasian Collared Dove, Great White Pelican.

    2015-01-09. Great Tit, Brambling, Common Chaffinch, Eastern Buzzard, Grey-headed Goldfinch.

    2015-01-08. Common Pheasant, Chukar Partridge, Cinereous Vulture, Pamir Horned Lark, Black-throated Thrush, Himalayan Vulture, Common Kestrel, Red-billed Chough, Green Sandpiper, Black Kite, Little Bittern, Brambling, Eurasian Blackbird.

    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...