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Gaviiformes
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  • Picidae
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    total species: 175
    total photos: 532
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Common Sparrowhawk (2023-01-04)
    2. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2023-01-04)
    3. Eurasian Magpie (2023-01-04)
    4. Eastern Buzzard (2023-01-04)
    5. Common Chaffinch (2023-01-04)
    6. Northern Wren (2023-01-04)
    7. Brambling (2023-01-04)
    8. Common Pheasant (2023-01-04)
    9. Great White Egret (2023-01-04)
    10. Common Mynah (2023-01-05)
    11. Rook (2023-01-05)
    12. Eurasian Collared Dove (2023-01-05)
    13. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2023-01-05)
    14. Yellowhammer (2023-01-07)
    15. Pine Bunting (2023-01-07)
    16. Long-legged Buzzard (2023-01-07)
    17. White-winged Grosbeak (2023-01-20)
    18. Mistle Thrush (2023-01-20)
    19. Coal Tit (2023-01-22)
    20. Azure Tit (2023-01-22)
    21. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2023-01-22)
    22. Eurasian Blackbird (2023-01-22)
    23. Lammergeier (2023-01-29)
    24. Eurasian Jackdaw (2023-03-04)
    25. Caspian Gull (2023-03-04)
    26. Northern Reed Bunting (2023-03-04)
    27. Eurasian Siskin (2023-03-07)
    28. Black-headed Gull (2023-03-11)
    29. Western Marsh-Harrier (2023-03-11)
    30. Gadwall (2023-03-11)
    31. Eversmann's Redstart (2023-03-11)
    32. Citrine Wagtail (2023-03-11)
    33. Masked Wagtail (2023-03-11)
    34. Great Crested Grebe (2023-03-21)
    35. Common Coot (2023-03-21)
    36. Common Chiffchaff (2023-03-21)
    37. Great Cormorant (2023-03-21)
    38. Common Moorhen (2023-03-21)
    39. Isabelline Shrike (2023-03-21)
    40. Black-throated Thrush (2023-03-21)
    41. Turkestan Shrike (2023-03-21)
    42. Black Kite (2023-03-23)
    43. Common Kestrel (2023-03-23)
    44. Isabelline Wheatear (2023-03-23)
    45. Brown Dipper (2023-03-25)
    46. Blue Whistling Thrush (2023-03-25)
    47. Pied Wheatear (2023-03-26)
    48. Desert Wheatear (2023-03-26)
    49. Sky Lark (2023-03-26)
    50. Ruddy Shelduck (2023-03-26)
    51. Siberian Stonechat (2023-03-26)
    52. Little Ringed Plover (2023-04-02)
    53. Ferruginous Duck (2023-04-02)
    54. Black Redstart (2023-04-02)
    55. Whooper Swan (2023-04-02)
    56. Northern Shoveler (2023-04-02)
    57. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2023-04-02)
    58. Northern Pintail (2023-04-02)
    59. Red-crested Pochard (2023-04-02)
    60. Black-Necked Grebe (2023-04-02)
    61. Little Grebe (2023-04-02)
    62. Grey Heron (2023-04-02)
    63. Tufted Duck (2023-04-02)
    64. White-headed Duck (2023-04-02)
    65. Common Pochard (2023-04-02)
    66. Cinereous Vulture (2023-04-09)
    67. Green Sandpiper (2023-04-22)
    68. Rosy Starling (2023-04-30)
    69. Tree Sparrow (2023-04-30)
    70. Common Sandpiper (2023-04-30)
    71. Red-headed Bunting (2023-04-30)
    72. Common Tern (2023-04-30)
    73. Common Kingfisher (2023-04-30)
    74. Common Raven (2023-04-30)
    75. Montagu's Harrier (2023-04-30)
    76. Wood Pigeon (2023-05-07)
    77. Laughing Dove (2023-05-12)
    78. Black-headed Wagtail (2023-05-12)
    79. Barn Swallow (2023-05-12)
    80. Grey Wagtail (2023-05-12)
    81. Bluethroat (2023-05-12)
    82. Common Rosefinch (2023-05-12)
    83. Common Nightingale (2023-05-12)
    84. Spotted Flycatcher (2023-05-13)
    85. Eurasian Roller (2023-05-14)
    86. Black Stork (2023-05-14)
    87. Eurasian Hobby (2023-05-14)
    88. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2023-05-14)
    89. Golden Eagle (2023-05-14)
    90. European Bee-eater (2023-05-14)
    91. Red-billed Chough (2023-05-27)
    92. Grey-necked Bunting (2023-05-27)
    93. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2023-05-27)
    94. Northern Wheatear (2023-05-27)
    95. Eurasian Linnet (2023-05-27)
    96. Pied Avocet (2023-05-27)
    97. Mongolian Finch (2023-05-27)
    98. Temminck's Stint (2023-05-27)
    99. Chukar Partridge (2023-05-27)
    100. Northern House Martin (2023-06-17)
    101. Rock Pigeon (2023-06-25)
    102. Tawny Pipit (2023-06-25)
    103. Hoopoe (2023-06-25)
    104. Mallard (2023-06-28)
    105. Red-fronted Serin (2023-07-02)
    106. Himalayan Rubythroat (2023-07-02)
    107. Himalayan Accentor (2023-07-06)
    108. Plain Mountain Finch (2023-07-06)
    109. Red-breasted Rosefinch (2023-07-06)
    110. Water Pipit (2023-07-06)
    111. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2023-07-06)
    112. Brown Accentor (2023-07-06)
    113. Common Cuckoo (2023-07-06)
    114. Tree Pipit (2023-07-06)
    115. Hume's Warbler (2023-07-06)
    116. Black-throated Accentor (2023-07-06)
    117. Sulphur-bellied Warbler (2023-07-06)
    118. Blue-capped Redstart (2023-07-06)
    119. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2023-07-06)
    120. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2023-07-15)
    121. Greater Short-toed Lark (2023-07-15)
    122. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2023-07-15)
    123. Horned Lark (2023-07-15)
    124. Rock Bunting (2023-07-15)
    125. European Nightjar (2023-07-15)
    126. Common Swift (2023-07-15)
    127. Great Tit (2023-07-29)
    128. Common Treecreeper (2023-07-29)
    129. Common Buzzard (2023-07-29)
    130. Syke's Warbler (2023-08-06)
    131. Pygmy Cormorant (2023-08-06)
    132. Dalmatian Pelican (2023-08-06)
    133. White-crowned Penduline Tit (2023-08-06)
    134. Black-winged Stilt (2023-08-06)
    135. Pacific Golden Plover (2023-08-06)
    136. Ruff (2023-08-06)
    137. Wood Sandpiper (2023-08-06)
    138. Northern Lapwing (2023-08-06)
    139. Garganey (2023-08-06)
    140. Marsh Sandpiper (2023-08-06)
    141. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2023-08-06)
    142. Common Redshank (2023-08-06)
    143. Common Shelduck (2023-08-06)
    144. Lesser Kestrel (2023-08-06)
    145. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2023-08-12)
    146. Calandra Lark (2023-08-12)
    147. Indian Sparrow (2023-08-12)
    148. Brown-necked Raven (2023-08-12)
    149. Desert Finch (2023-08-12)
    150. Asian Desert Warbler (2023-08-12)
    151. Crested Lark (2023-08-12)
    152. Steppe Grey Shrike (2023-08-12)
    153. Red-necked Phalarope (2023-08-12)
    154. Red-backed Shrike (2023-08-12)
    155. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2023-08-12)
    156. Greenish Warbler (2023-08-20)
    157. Black-crowned Night Heron (2023-08-20)
    158. Eurasian Curlew (2023-08-20)
    159. Kentish Plover (2023-08-20)
    160. Common Snipe (2023-08-20)
    161. Booted Eagle (2023-08-20)
    162. Common Starling (2023-08-20)
    163. Sand Martin (2023-08-20)
    164. Common Greenshank (2023-08-20)
    165. Little Stint (2023-08-20)
    166. Terek Sandpiper (2023-08-20)
    167. Steppe Eagle (2023-08-27)
    168. Ortolan Bunting (2023-08-27)
    169. Black-tailed Godwit (2023-08-30)
    170. Spotted Nutcracker (2023-10-01)
    171. Barred Warbler (2023-10-20)
    172. Brandt's Rosefinch (2023-10-21)
    173. Wallcreeper (2023-10-21)
    174. Yellow-billed Chough (2023-10-21)
    175. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2023-12-03)

    recent uploads

    2024-01-03. White-browed Tit-Warbler, White-browed Tit-Warbler.

    2023-12-20. Brandt's Rosefinch, Brandt's Rosefinch, Wallcreeper, Yellow-billed Chough.

    2023-12-05. Pied Avocet, Mongolian Finch, Temminck's Stint, Ruddy Shelduck, Sky Lark, Pied Avocet, Isabelline Wheatear, Chukar Partridge, Spotted Nutcracker.

    2023-12-04. Barred Warbler, Pine Bunting, Black-throated Thrush, Red-fronted Serin, Himalayan Rubythroat, Desert Wheatear, Little Stint, Crested Lark, Pallas's Sandgrouse, Eurasian Curlew, Ruff, Ferruginous Duck, Black-tailed Godwit.

    2023-09-23. Common Rosefinch, Calandra Lark, Ortolan Bunting, Tree Pipit.

    2023-09-22. Steppe Eagle, Little Ringed Plover, Spotted Flycatcher.

    2023-09-15. Red-backed Shrike, Black-winged Stilt, Common Rosefinch, Red-necked Phalarope, Wood Sandpiper, Long-legged Buzzard, Black Kite, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Common Nightingale, Crested Lark.

    2023-09-13. Montagu's Harrier, Red-necked Phalarope, Temminck's Stint, Hoopoe, Temminck's Stint, Northern Lapwing, Pacific Golden Plover, Little Ringed Plover, Syke's Warbler.

    2023-09-12. Desert Finch, Asian Desert Warbler, Crested Lark, Spotted Flycatcher, Cinereous Vulture, Steppe Grey Shrike, Isabelline Wheatear.

    2023-09-07. Indian Sparrow.

    2023-09-06. Black-winged Stilt, Black-winged Stilt, Little Ringed Plover, Eurasian Curlew, Western Marsh-Harrier, Isabelline Shrike, Lesser Short-toed Lark, Montagu's Harrier, Calandra Lark, Lesser Short-toed Lark, Brown-necked Raven.

    2023-09-05. Eurasian Curlew, Ruff, Red-necked Phalarope, Red-necked Phalarope, Sand Martin, Citrine Wagtail, Common Snipe, Northern Shoveler, Common Snipe, Common Greenshank, Little Stint, Terek Sandpiper, Eurasian Hobby.

    2023-09-03. Common Kingfisher, Little Grebe, Ruff, Booted Eagle, Common Starling.

    2023-09-02. Isabelline Wheatear, Eurasian Linnet, Common Rosefinch, Siberian Stonechat, Isabelline Wheatear, Rock Pigeon, Tawny Pipit, Eurasian Linnet, Common Sandpiper, Eurasian Linnet, Northern Wheatear, Tawny Pipit, Hoopoe, Eurasian Roller, Turkestan Shrike, Greenish Warbler, Turkestan Shrike, Turkestan Shrike, Black-crowned Night Heron, Northern Pintail, Eurasian Roller, Red-necked Phalarope, White-headed Duck, Tree Pipit, Great Cormorant, Pied Wheatear, Eurasian Curlew, Kentish Plover, Common Snipe.

    2023-09-01. Whooper Swan, Eurasian Roller, Black-winged Stilt, Dalmatian Pelican, Common Redshank, Long-legged Buzzard, Black-winged Stilt, Pied Avocet, Common Shelduck, Temminck's Stint, Wood Sandpiper, Lesser Kestrel.

    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...