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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
  • Pelecanidae
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  • Muscicapidae
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  • Paradoxornithidae
  • Aegithalidae
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  • Ploceidae
  • Fringillidae
  • Emberizidae

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    total species: 39
    total photos: 84
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Fieldfare (2018-02-05)
    2. Common Redpoll (2018-02-06)
    3. Hawfinch (2018-02-20)
    4. Black-throated Thrush (2018-03-07)
    5. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2018-03-09)
    6. Eurasian Goldfinch (2018-03-18)
    7. Coal Tit (2018-03-22)
    8. Willow Tit (2018-03-23)
    9. White-Backed Woodpecker (2018-04-18)
    10. Common Chaffinch (2018-05-05)
    11. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2018-06-06)
    12. Common Kingfisher (2018-06-09)
    13. Grey Wagtail (2018-06-12)
    14. Lesser Whitethroat (2018-06-15)
    15. Great Cormorant (2018-06-18)
    16. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2018-06-23)
    17. Hoopoe (2018-07-03)
    18. Yellow Wagtail (2018-07-10)
    19. Black Kite (2018-07-12)
    20. Common Kestrel (2018-07-15)
    21. Eurasian Redstart (2018-07-18)
    22. European Golden Oriole (2018-07-22)
    23. Common Sandpiper (2018-07-24)
    24. Spotted Flycatcher (2018-07-24)
    25. Masked Wagtail (2018-07-24)
    26. Baraba Steppe Gull (2018-07-24)
    27. Great White Egret (2018-10-03)
    28. Long-tailed Tit (2018-10-27)
    29. Goosander (2018-12-02)
    30. Tree Sparrow (2018-12-07)
    31. Great Tit (2018-12-07)
    32. Eurasian Nuthatch (2018-12-09)
    33. Eurasian Jay (2018-12-09)
    34. Rock Pigeon (2018-12-16)
    35. Tufted Duck (2018-12-18)
    36. Smew (2018-12-18)
    37. Common Goldeneye (2018-12-18)
    38. Hooded Crow (2018-12-22)
    39. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2018-12-23)

    recent uploads

    2019-01-07. Black Kite.

    2018-12-25. Fieldfare, Long-tailed Rosefinch, White-Backed Woodpecker, Willow Tit.

    2018-12-22. Goosander, Great Cormorant, Hooded Crow, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Masked Wagtail, Baraba Steppe Gull.

    2018-12-20. Fieldfare, Rock Pigeon.

    2018-12-19. Tufted Duck, Common Goldeneye, Hawfinch, Smew, Eurasian Nuthatch, Grey Wagtail, Common Redpoll.

    2018-12-17. Common Chaffinch, Black Kite.

    2018-12-16. Black-throated Thrush, Yellow Wagtail.

    2018-12-15. Blyth's Reed Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Kestrel.

    2018-12-14. Common Starling, Coal Tit, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Eurasian Goldfinch.

    2018-12-13. Common Sandpiper, Spotted Flycatcher.

    2018-12-12. Common Chiffchaff, Common Mynah.

    2018-12-11. Goosander.

    2018-12-10. Tree Sparrow, Great Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Common Kingfisher, Black Kite.

    2018-12-09. Willow Tit, Eurasian Jay, Eurasian Nuthatch.

    2018-12-08. Great Spotted Woodpecker, White-Backed Woodpecker, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker.

    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...