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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
  • Pelecanidae
  • Phalacrocoracidae
    • Ciconiiformes
  • Ardeidae
  • Threskiornithidae
  • Ciconiidae
    • Phoenicopteriformes
  • Phoenicopteridae
    • Anseriformes
  • Anatidae
    • Falconiformes
  • Pandionidae
  • Accipitridae
  • Falconidae
    • Galliformes
  • Tetraonidae
  • Phasianidae
    • Gruiformes
  • Gruidae
  • Rallidae
  • Otididae
    • Charadriiformes
  • Burhinidae
  • Charadriidae
  • Recurvirostridae
  • Haematopodidae
  • Scolopacidae
  • Glareolidae
  • Stercorariidae
  • Laridae
    • Pterocletiformes
  • Pteroclidae
    • Columbiformes
  • Columbidae
    • Cuculiformes
  • Cuculidae
    • Strigiformes
  • Strigidae
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  • Caprimulgidae
    • Apodiformes
  • Apodidae
    • Coraciiformes
  • Coraciidae
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    • Upupiformes
  • Upupidae
    • Piciformes
  • Picidae
    • Passeriformes
  • Hirundinidae
  • Alaudidae
  • Motacillidae
  • Laniidae
  • Oriolidae
  • Dicruridae
  • Sturnidae
  • Corvidae
  • Bombycillidae
  • Cinclidae
  • Troglodytidae
  • Prunellidae
  • Sylviidae
  • Regulidae
  • Muscicapidae
  • Turdidae
  • Paradoxornithidae
  • Aegithalidae
  • Remizidae
  • Paridae
  • Sittidae
  • Certhiidae
  • Ploceidae
  • Fringillidae
  • Emberizidae

    • Bairashev Raouf

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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 51
    total photos: 375
    total videos: 29
    total blogposts: 9

    sort by:

    1. Hooded Crow (2014-01-02)
    2. Common Chaffinch (2014-01-02)
    3. Brambling (2014-01-02)
    4. Eurasian Blackbird (2014-01-03)
    5. Eurasian Siskin (2014-01-03)
    6. White-winged Grosbeak (2014-01-04)
    7. European Robin (2014-01-06)
    8. Goldcrest (2014-01-06)
    9. European Greenfinch (2014-01-06)
    10. Black-throated Thrush (2014-01-06)
    11. Common Sparrowhawk (2014-01-06)
    12. Rook (2014-01-07)
    13. Great Tit (2014-01-07)
    14. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2014-01-09)
    15. Green Sandpiper (2014-01-11)
    16. Common Kingfisher (2014-01-11)
    17. Crested Lark (2014-01-11)
    18. Great White Egret (2014-01-11)
    19. Eurasian Linnet (2014-01-11)
    20. Corn Bunting (2014-01-11)
    21. Northern Reed Bunting (2014-01-11)
    22. Eastern Buzzard (2014-01-11)
    23. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2014-01-11)
    24. Steppe Eagle (2014-01-11)
    25. Eurasian Magpie (2014-01-17)
    26. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2014-02-08)
    27. Long-eared Owl (2014-02-10)
    28. Carrion Crow (2014-02-13)
    29. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2014-02-13)
    30. Common Mynah (2014-02-19)
    31. Caspian Gull (2014-02-20)
    32. Rough-legged Buzzard (2014-02-22)
    33. Merlin (2014-02-22)
    34. Mistle Thrush (2014-02-22)
    35. Tree Sparrow (2014-02-22)
    36. Whooper Swan (2014-02-22)
    37. Fieldfare (2014-03-01)
    38. Northern Pintail (2014-03-01)
    39. Ruddy Shelduck (2014-03-01)
    40. Bohemian Waxwing (2014-03-01)
    41. Eurasian Collared Dove (2014-03-06)
    42. Turkestan Shrike (2014-03-29)
    43. Common Snipe (2014-03-29)
    44. Black-headed Wagtail (2014-07-08)
    45. Isabelline Wheatear (2014-07-08)
    46. Eurasian Hobby (2014-07-08)
    47. Long-tailed Shrike (2014-07-08)
    48. Red-billed Chough (2014-08-03)
    49. Yellow-billed Chough (2014-08-03)
    50. Northern Wheatear (2014-08-03)
    51. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2014-08-03)

    recent uploads

    2014-08-12. Northern Wheatear, Guldenstadt's Redstart, Guldenstadt's Redstart.

    2014-08-08. Red-billed Chough, Red-billed Chough, Yellow-billed Chough.

    2014-08-06. Black-headed Wagtail, Isabelline Wheatear, Eurasian Hobby, Long-tailed Shrike.

    2014-04-01. Common Snipe.

    2014-03-31. Turkestan Shrike.

    2014-03-06. Eurasian Collared Dove, European Greenfinch.

    2014-03-03. Northern Reed Bunting, Fieldfare, Northern Pintail, Ruddy Shelduck, Whooper Swan, Black-throated Thrush, Black-throated Thrush, Eurasian Blackbird, Rough-legged Buzzard, Rough-legged Buzzard, European Greenfinch, Bohemian Waxwing.

    2014-03-02. Fieldfare, Fieldfare.

    2014-02-26. Mistle Thrush, Tree Sparrow, Black-throated Thrush, Crested Lark, Whooper Swan.

    2014-02-25. Northern Reed Bunting, Rough-legged Buzzard, Merlin.

    2014-02-23. Caspian Gull, Great Tit.

    2014-02-22. Steppe Eagle, Hybrid Eagle.

    2014-02-20. Brambling, Great Tit, Hybrid Tit, Common Mynah, Eurasian Blackbird, Carrion Crow.

    2014-02-19. Eurasian Blackbird.

    2014-02-14. Hooded Crow, Eurasian Blackbird, Black-throated Thrush.

    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...