Balykin Alexandr. 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

Balykin Alexandr

members stats	map of photoshootings
total species: 117 total photos: 242 total videos: 0 total blogposts: 0

1. Grey Heron (2016-01-02)

2. Yellow-breasted Tit (2016-01-02)

3. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2016-01-06)

4. Eastern Buzzard (2016-01-07)

5. Hen Harrier (2016-01-07)

6. Carrion Crow (2016-01-07)

7. Upland Buzzard (2016-01-07)

8. Great White Egret (2016-01-07)

9. Northern Wren (2016-01-08)

10. Tree Sparrow (2016-01-08)

11. Pygmy Cormorant (2016-01-08)

12. Laughing Dove (2016-01-08)

13. Common Sparrowhawk (2016-01-08)

14. Water Rail (2016-01-09)

15. Great Tit (2016-01-09)

16. Mallard (2016-01-09)

17. Common Chaffinch (2016-01-13)

18. Hooded Crow (2016-01-13)

19. Common Mynah (2016-01-13)

20. Eurasian Collared Dove (2016-01-13)

21. Eurasian Blackbird (2016-01-18)

22. Mistle Thrush (2016-01-18)

23. Red-billed Chough (2016-01-21)

24. Azure Tit (2016-01-21)

25. Common Buzzard (2016-01-21)

26. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2016-01-21)

27. Common Pheasant (2016-01-21)

28. Golden Eagle (2016-01-21)

29. Eversmann's Redstart (2016-01-21)

30. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2016-01-21)

31. Red-fronted Serin (2016-01-21)

32. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2016-01-24)

33. Northern Reed Bunting (2016-01-24)

34. House Sparrow (2016-01-24)

35. Eurasian Magpie (2016-01-24)

36. Eurasian Jackdaw (2016-01-24)

37. Brambling (2016-01-24)

38. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2016-01-26)

39. Eurasian Dipper (2016-01-26)

40. Coal Tit (2016-01-28)

41. Goldcrest (2016-01-28)

42. Brown Dipper (2016-01-28)

43. Eurasian Siskin (2016-01-28)

44. Eurasian Goldfinch (2016-01-31)

45. Yellowhammer (2016-02-21)

46. Wallcreeper (2016-03-13)

47. Black-headed Gull (2016-03-19)

48. Pied Wheatear (2016-03-19)

49. Grey Wagtail (2016-03-21)

50. Corn Bunting (2016-03-25)

51. Isabelline Wheatear (2016-03-25)

52. Crested Lark (2016-03-25)

53. Common Chiffchaff (2016-03-27)

54. Demoiselle Crane (2016-03-27)

55. European Greenfinch (2016-03-27)

56. Masked Wagtail (2016-03-27)

57. Little Ringed Plover (2016-03-27)

58. Bluethroat (2016-03-27)

59. Common Coot (2016-03-28)

60. Great Crested Grebe (2016-03-28)

61. Gadwall (2016-03-28)

62. Booted Eagle (2016-03-28)

63. Black Kite (2016-03-28)

64. Steppe Eagle (2016-03-28)

65. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2016-03-28)

66. Isabelline Shrike (2016-03-30)

67. Common Kestrel (2016-03-30)

68. Blue-capped Redstart (2016-04-08)

69. Hume's Warbler (2016-04-08)

70. Long-legged Buzzard (2016-04-08)

71. Black Redstart (2016-04-09)

72. Common Starling (2016-04-11)

73. Caspian Gull (2016-04-11)

74. Ruddy Shelduck (2016-04-11)

75. Red-crested Pochard (2016-04-11)

76. Common Pochard (2016-04-11)

77. Turkestan Shrike (2016-04-11)

78. Dalmatian Pelican (2016-04-11)

79. Northern Pintail (2016-04-11)

80. Eurasian Wigeon (2016-04-11)

81. Common Oystercatcher (2016-04-11)

82. Northern Shoveler (2016-04-11)

83. Citrine Wagtail (2016-04-11)

84. White Wagtail (2016-04-11)

85. Barn Swallow (2016-04-11)

86. Garganey (2016-04-11)

87. Northern Lapwing (2016-04-11)

88. Green Sandpiper (2016-04-11)

89. Black-winged Stilt (2016-04-11)

90. Common Redshank (2016-04-11)

91. Common Teal (2016-04-11)

92. Pied Avocet (2016-04-11)

93. Great Cormorant (2016-04-11)

94. Great White Pelican (2016-04-11)

95. Wood Pigeon (2016-04-26)

96. Red-rumped Swallow (2016-05-09)

97. Red-headed Bunting (2016-05-09)

98. Mute Swan (2016-09-14)

99. Lesser Kestrel (2016-09-14)

100. Ruff (2016-09-14)

101. Black-Necked Grebe (2016-09-14)

102. Little Stint (2016-09-14)

103. Common Moorhen (2016-09-14)

104. Little Grebe (2016-09-14)

105. Greater Spotted Eagle (2016-09-14)

106. Oriental Turtle Dove (2016-09-14)

107. Black-tailed Godwit (2016-09-14)

108. Western Marsh-Harrier (2016-09-14)

109. Eurasian Roller (2016-09-14)

110. Eurasian Redstart (2016-09-14)

111. Eurasian Curlew (2016-09-14)

112. Ferruginous Duck (2016-09-14)

113. Lesser Whitethroat (2016-10-14)

114. Desert Wheatear (2016-10-14)

115. Jack Snipe (2016-10-14)

116. Common Kingfisher (2016-10-14)

117. Greater Short-toed Lark (2016-10-14)

recent uploads

2016-10-31. Lesser Whitethroat, Desert Wheatear, Black Redstart, Yellow-breasted Tit, Eurasian Collared Dove, Mallard, Black-headed Gull, Jack Snipe, Common Chaffinch, Common Coot, Great Crested Grebe, Common Chiffchaff, Common Kingfisher, Greater Short-toed Lark.

2016-09-26. Ferruginous Duck, Red-crested Pochard, White Wagtail, Pied Wheatear.

2016-09-23. Lesser Kestrel, Ring-necked Pheasant, Common Coot, Ruff, Grey Heron, Black-Necked Grebe, Little Stint, Great Cormorant, Common Moorhen, Little Grebe, Greater Spotted Eagle, Oriental Turtle Dove, Grey Heron, Ruff, Black-winged Stilt, Great Crested Grebe, Ruff, Dalmatian Pelican, Greater Spotted Eagle, Black-tailed Godwit, Pied Wheatear, Pied Wheatear, Black Kite, Northern Lapwing, Pied Avocet, Ruff, Long-legged Buzzard, Western Marsh-Harrier, Eurasian Roller, Eurasian Redstart, Eurasian Curlew, Ruddy Shelduck.

2016-09-22. Mute Swan.

2016-05-13. Red-rumped Swallow, Red-headed Bunting.

2016-04-26. Wood Pigeon, Mallard, Ring-necked Pheasant.

2016-04-14. Common Chiffchaff, Eurasian Wigeon, Great White Pelican.

2016-04-13. Common Starling, Caspian Gull, Great Crested Grebe, Ruddy Shelduck, Red-crested Pochard, Common Pochard, Common Chiffchaff, Turkestan Shrike, Common Kestrel, Dalmatian Pelican, Northern Pintail, Eurasian Wigeon, Common Oystercatcher, Northern Shoveler, Carrion Crow, Common Coot, Citrine Wagtail, Siberian White Wagtail, Masked Wagtail, Citrine Wagtail, Barn Swallow, Garganey, Northern Lapwing, Little Ringed Plover, Grey Heron, Green Sandpiper, Black-winged Stilt, Common Redshank, Common Teal, Gadwall, Pied Avocet, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Great Cormorant.

2016-04-11. Blue-capped Redstart, Hume's Warbler, Mistle Thrush, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Common Chiffchaff, Turkestan Black Redstart, Pied Wheatear, Long-legged Buzzard.

2016-03-31. Eastern Imperial Eagle, Steppe Eagle.

2016-03-30. Demoiselle Crane, European Greenfinch, Masked Wagtail, Little Ringed Plover, Black-headed Gull, Yellow-breasted Tit, Common Chaffinch, Common Chiffchaff, Bluethroat, Hybrid Tit, Common Coot, Great Crested Grebe, Gadwall, Isabelline Shrike, Corn Bunting, Common Kestrel, Booted Eagle, Black Kite.

2016-03-26. Corn Bunting, Isabelline Wheatear, Crested Lark.

2016-03-21. Black-headed Gull, Pied Wheatear, White-bellied Dipper, Grey Wagtail.

2016-03-13. Wallcreeper.

2016-02-22. Eurasian Goldfinch, Northern Reed Bunting, Common Chaffinch, Brambling, Eurasian Siskin, Yellowhammer.

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...