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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
    • Caprimulgiformes
  • Caprimulgidae
    • Apodiformes
  • Apodidae
    • Coraciiformes
  • Coraciidae
  • Alcedinidae
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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

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    members stats

    map of photoshootings

    total species: 162
    total photos: 1020
    total videos: 5
    total blogposts: 2

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

    recent uploads

    2023-12-26. Azure Tit, Red-fronted Serin, Black-throated Thrush, Common Chaffinch, Brambling, Bohemian Waxwing.

    2023-12-25. Red-mantled Rosefinch, Grey-headed Goldfinch.

    2023-12-24. Eversmann's Redstart.

    2023-12-23. Great White Egret, Eastern Buzzard, Great White Egret, Brambling.

    2023-12-22. Great White Egret.

    2023-12-20. Bohemian Waxwing, Bohemian Waxwing, Rook, Eurasian Blackbird, Goldcrest.

    2023-12-12. Azure Tit.

    2023-12-11. White-browed Tit-Warbler.

    2023-11-13. Black-throated Thrush, Ring-necked Pheasant.

    2023-11-11. European Greenfinch, Ring-necked Pheasant.

    2023-11-10. White-browed Tit-Warbler, White-browed Tit-Warbler.

    2023-11-09. Grey-headed Goldfinch, Black-throated Thrush, White-browed Tit-Warbler.

    2023-11-08. Common Chaffinch, Brambling.

    2023-11-07. Carrion Crow, Eastern Buzzard, Hooded Crow.

    2023-11-05. White-browed Tit-Warbler, Mallard.

    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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    2025-08-31
    Spotted Flycatcher
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    2025-07-01
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    2025-02-06
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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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