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Gaviiformes
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    total species: 45
    total photos: 268
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Mallard (2013-02-25)
    2. Goosander (2013-02-26)
    3. Fieldfare (2013-03-08)
    4. Smew (2013-03-12)
    5. Bohemian Waxwing (2013-03-25)
    6. Masked Wagtail (2013-04-15)
    7. Azure Tit (2013-04-15)
    8. Eurasian Hobby (2013-04-27)
    9. Common Chaffinch (2013-04-27)
    10. Common Starling (2013-04-27)
    11. Yellowhammer (2013-05-11)
    12. Black Kite (2013-05-11)
    13. Pied Wheatear (2013-05-11)
    14. Ortolan Bunting (2013-05-11)
    15. Spotted Flycatcher (2013-05-18)
    16. Common Rosefinch (2013-05-25)
    17. Lesser Whitethroat (2013-05-25)
    18. Booted Warbler (2013-06-09)
    19. Bluethroat (2013-06-09)
    20. Siberian Stonechat (2013-06-09)
    21. Yellow Wagtail (2013-06-09)
    22. Eurasian Linnet (2013-07-06)
    23. Common Whitethroat (2013-07-06)
    24. Eurasian Redstart (2013-07-07)
    25. Caspian Gull (2013-07-08)
    26. Rock Bunting (2013-07-08)
    27. Northern Wheatear (2013-07-09)
    28. Common Kestrel (2013-07-09)
    29. Oriental Turtle Dove (2013-07-09)
    30. Barn Swallow (2013-07-12)
    31. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2013-07-13)
    32. Common Kingfisher (2013-08-10)
    33. Grey Heron (2013-08-10)
    34. Great Cormorant (2013-08-21)
    35. Grey Wagtail (2013-08-21)
    36. Eurasian Nuthatch (2013-08-28)
    37. Common Buzzard (2013-08-29)
    38. Spotted Nutcracker (2013-08-29)
    39. Willow Tit (2013-08-29)
    40. Brambling (2013-09-22)
    41. Common Sparrowhawk (2013-09-22)
    42. Black-headed Gull (2013-09-28)
    43. Eurasian Siskin (2013-11-16)
    44. Eurasian Dipper (2013-11-23)
    45. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2013-12-01)

    recent uploads

    2014-01-10. Great Cormorant, Black-headed Gull.

    2014-01-04. Eurasian Dipper, Black-headed Gull, Mallard, Mallard.

    2013-12-17. Goosander, Mallard.

    2013-12-03. Long-tailed Rosefinch.

    2013-11-28. Eurasian Dipper.

    2013-11-26. Eurasian Dipper.

    2013-11-18. Eurasian Siskin, Caspian Gull, Fieldfare.

    2013-10-02. Smew.

    2013-09-26. Great Cormorant, Grey Wagtail, Mallard, Eurasian Hobby.

    2013-09-25. Black-headed Gull, Great Cormorant, Mallard, Goosander, Eurasian Hobby, Booted Warbler.

    2013-09-24. Mallard, Goosander, Goosander.

    2013-09-23. Common Sparrowhawk, Common Chaffinch, Brambling, Mallard, Masked Wagtail, Great Tit.

    2013-09-15. Grey Heron, Common Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, Eurasian Nuthatch, Northern Wheatear, Willow Tit, Spotted Nutcracker, Common Buzzard.

    2013-07-21. Common Kestrel, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Common Whitethroat, Spotted Flycatcher, Northern Wheatear.

    2013-07-20. Rock Bunting, Rock Bunting, Oriental Turtle Dove, Common Whitethroat, Caspian Gull, Barn Swallow, Eurasian Linnet, Eurasian Redstart, Eurasian Redstart.

    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...