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Gaviiformes
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    total species: 125
    total photos: 1142
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 10

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    1. Northern Bullfinch (2014-01-01)
    2. Smew (2014-01-01)
    3. Goosander (2014-01-01)
    4. Black-throated Thrush (2014-01-01)
    5. Bohemian Waxwing (2014-01-01)
    6. Common Goldeneye (2014-01-02)
    7. Fieldfare (2014-01-03)
    8. Common Redpoll (2014-01-03)
    9. Mallard (2014-01-07)
    10. Eurasian Dipper (2014-01-07)
    11. Baikal Bullfinch (2014-01-11)
    12. Brambling (2014-01-18)
    13. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2014-01-25)
    14. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2014-01-26)
    15. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2014-02-01)
    16. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2014-02-01)
    17. Common Chaffinch (2014-02-02)
    18. Eurasian Siskin (2014-02-02)
    19. Eurasian Blackbird (2014-02-09)
    20. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2014-03-21)
    21. Eurasian Goldfinch (2014-03-21)
    22. Azure Tit (2014-03-24)
    23. Eurasian Nuthatch (2014-03-24)
    24. Baraba Steppe Gull (2014-03-24)
    25. White-Backed Woodpecker (2014-03-30)
    26. Black-headed Gull (2014-03-30)
    27. Common Starling (2014-03-30)
    28. Masked Wagtail (2014-04-04)
    29. Rock Bunting (2014-04-19)
    30. Meadow Bunting (2014-04-19)
    31. Black Kite (2014-04-19)
    32. Common Chiffchaff (2014-04-25)
    33. Bewick's Swan (2014-04-27)
    34. Tree Pipit (2014-04-27)
    35. Grey Wagtail (2014-04-27)
    36. Caspian Gull (2014-04-27)
    37. Great Cormorant (2014-04-27)
    38. Hooded Crow (2014-04-27)
    39. Yellowhammer (2014-05-02)
    40. Eurasian Wryneck (2014-05-03)
    41. Eurasian Hobby (2014-05-03)
    42. Common Kingfisher (2014-05-03)
    43. Collared Pratincole (2014-05-09)
    44. Yellow Wagtail (2014-05-09)
    45. Sand Martin (2014-05-09)
    46. Great White Egret (2014-05-09)
    47. European Bee-eater (2014-05-09)
    48. Isabelline Wheatear (2014-05-09)
    49. Dalmatian Pelican (2014-05-09)
    50. Mute Swan (2014-05-09)
    51. Little Ringed Plover (2014-05-09)
    52. Kentish Plover (2014-05-09)
    53. Common Kestrel (2014-05-09)
    54. Common Oystercatcher (2014-05-09)
    55. Common Sandpiper (2014-05-09)
    56. Pallas's Gull (2014-05-09)
    57. Tawny Pipit (2014-05-09)
    58. Corn Bunting (2014-05-09)
    59. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2014-05-09)
    60. Gadwall (2014-05-09)
    61. Grey Heron (2014-05-09)
    62. Greylag Goose (2014-05-09)
    63. Eurasian Roller (2014-05-09)
    64. Eurasian Whimbrel (2014-05-09)
    65. Lesser Kestrel (2014-05-09)
    66. Hoopoe (2014-05-09)
    67. Caspian Tern (2014-05-09)
    68. Black-headed Wagtail (2014-05-09)
    69. Siberian Stonechat (2014-05-09)
    70. Lesser Grey Shrike (2014-05-09)
    71. Northern Lapwing (2014-05-09)
    72. Pied Avocet (2014-05-09)
    73. Common Redshank (2014-05-10)
    74. Greater Short-toed Lark (2014-05-10)
    75. Western Marsh-Harrier (2014-05-10)
    76. Great White Pelican (2014-05-10)
    77. White-winged Tern (2014-05-10)
    78. Red-crested Pochard (2014-05-10)
    79. Common Rosefinch (2014-05-10)
    80. Eurasian Jackdaw (2014-05-11)
    81. Barn Swallow (2014-05-11)
    82. Common Cuckoo (2014-05-11)
    83. Hume's Warbler (2014-05-11)
    84. Great Tit (2014-05-12)
    85. Common Mynah (2014-05-12)
    86. Lesser Whitethroat (2014-05-17)
    87. Pied Wheatear (2014-05-18)
    88. Greenish Warbler (2014-05-24)
    89. Spotted Flycatcher (2014-05-24)
    90. Red-backed Shrike (2014-05-25)
    91. Common Whitethroat (2014-05-25)
    92. Booted Warbler (2014-05-25)
    93. Tree Sparrow (2014-05-25)
    94. Long-eared Owl (2014-05-31)
    95. Ruddy Shelduck (2014-05-31)
    96. Montagu's Harrier (2014-05-31)
    97. Eurasian Magpie (2014-05-31)
    98. Oriental Turtle Dove (2014-06-01)
    99. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2014-06-08)
    100. European Golden Oriole (2014-06-14)
    101. Pine Bunting (2014-06-14)
    102. Northern Wheatear (2014-06-22)
    103. Red-headed Bunting (2014-06-22)
    104. Eurasian Linnet (2014-06-22)
    105. Bluethroat (2014-07-06)
    106. Eurasian Redstart (2014-07-07)
    108. Olive-backed Pipit (2014-07-20)
    109. Mistle Thrush (2014-07-21)
    110. Spotted Nutcracker (2014-07-23)
    111. Water Pipit (2014-07-23)
    112. Black-throated Accentor (2014-07-26)
    113. Pine Grosbeak (2014-07-26)
    114. Short-eared Owl (2014-07-27)
    115. Eversmann's Redstart (2014-07-28)
    116. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2014-07-31)
    117. Himalayan Accentor (2014-07-31)
    118. Asian Rosy-Finch (2014-07-31)
    119. Siberian Tit (2014-08-01)
    120. Siberian Rubythroat (2014-08-04)
    121. Arctic Loon (2014-08-07)
    122. Common Tern (2014-08-07)
    123. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2014-08-17)
    124. Whooper Swan (2014-11-01)
    125. Common Sparrowhawk (2014-11-01)

    recent uploads

    2014-12-04. Eurasian Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Northern Bullfinch.

    2014-11-14. Arctic Redpoll, Common Redpoll.

    2014-11-10. Common Sparrowhawk.

    2014-11-07. Whooper Swan.

    2014-09-29. White-Backed Woodpecker, Great Cormorant.

    2014-09-19. Rock Bunting, Pied Wheatear, Masked Wagtail, Common Kestrel, Rock Bunting, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Hoopoe, Black Kite, Oriental Turtle Dove, Pied Wheatear, Eurasian Linnet, Black-eared Kite, Common Kestrel.

    2014-09-18. Great Cormorant, Eurasian Redstart, Common Kestrel, Black-eared Kite.

    2014-09-17. Great Cormorant, Spotted Flycatcher, Grey Heron, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Common Chiffchaff, Eurasian Honey-Buzzard.

    2014-09-16. Spotted Flycatcher, Eurasian Redstart, Altai Black-throated Accentor.

    2014-09-12. Azure Tit, Eurasian Hobby, Yellow Wagtail, Common Kestrel, Booted Warbler, Common Whitethroat.

    2014-09-08. Common Kestrel, Lesser Whitethroat.

    2014-09-05. Hoopoe, Long-eared Owl.

    2014-09-03. Bluethroat.

    2014-08-28. Red-backed Shrike, Arctic Loon, Black-eared Kite, Red-backed Shrike, Tree Pipit, Spotted Nutcracker, Common Rosefinch, Eurasian Nuthatch, Siberian Rubythroat, Common Rosefinch, Siberian Stonechat, Masked Wagtail, Great Cormorant, Barn Swallow, Black-headed Gull, Common Tern.

    2014-08-27. Spotted Nutcracker, Hume's Warbler, Siberian Tit.

    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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    2026-01-18
    Common Kestrel
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    Great Cormorant
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    2025-08-31
    Spotted Flycatcher
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    2025-07-01
    Northern Hawk Owl
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    2025-06-17
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    2025-06-01
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    2025-04-14
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    2025-03-30
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    2025-03-23
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    Great Tit
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    2025-02-07
    Arctic Loon
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    2025-02-06
    Red Crossbill
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    2025-01-07
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    2024-08-03
    Common Tern
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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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