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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
  • Pelecanidae
  • Phalacrocoracidae
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    • Charadriiformes
  • Burhinidae
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  • Stercorariidae
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  • Columbidae
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  • Hirundinidae
  • Alaudidae
  • Motacillidae
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  • Corvidae
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  • Muscicapidae
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  • Aegithalidae
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  • Ploceidae
  • Fringillidae
  • Emberizidae

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    total species: 43
    total photos: 79
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2021-01-03)
    2. Bohemian Waxwing (2021-01-03)
    3. Fieldfare (2021-01-10)
    4. Mallard (2021-01-10)
    5. Eurasian Dipper (2021-01-10)
    6. Goosander (2021-01-16)
    7. Pallas's Rosefinch (2021-01-16)
    8. Hawfinch (2021-01-16)
    9. Northern Bullfinch (2021-01-17)
    10. Eurasian Blackbird (2021-01-17)
    11. Brambling (2021-01-23)
    12. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2021-01-23)
    13. Common Goldeneye (2021-01-23)
    14. Yellowhammer (2021-02-06)
    15. Smew (2021-02-07)
    16. Eurasian Siskin (2021-02-07)
    17. Black-throated Thrush (2021-02-07)
    18. Eurasian Magpie (2021-02-13)
    19. European Greenfinch (2021-03-03)
    20. Rock Pigeon (2021-03-03)
    21. Eurasian Jay (2021-03-06)
    22. Eurasian Nuthatch (2021-03-06)
    23. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2021-03-06)
    24. Eurasian Goldfinch (2021-03-09)
    25. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2021-03-09)
    26. Coal Tit (2021-03-22)
    27. Great Tit (2021-03-22)
    28. Willow Tit (2021-03-23)
    29. Black Kite (2021-04-04)
    30. Masked Wagtail (2021-04-25)
    31. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2021-04-25)
    32. Citrine Wagtail (2021-04-25)
    33. Common Starling (2021-04-25)
    34. Tree Pipit (2021-04-25)
    35. Common Chaffinch (2021-04-25)
    36. Garganey (2021-04-25)
    37. Great Cormorant (2021-04-28)
    38. Common Sandpiper (2021-04-28)
    39. Song Thrush (2021-04-28)
    40. Common Sparrowhawk (2021-04-28)
    41. Eurasian Hobby (2021-05-01)
    42. Yellow Wagtail (2021-05-01)
    43. White Wagtail (2021-05-01)

    recent uploads

    2021-05-02. Eurasian Hobby, Yellow Wagtail, Common Sparrowhawk, White Wagtail.

    2021-04-28. Great Cormorant, Black Kite, Common Sandpiper, Tree Pipit, Song Thrush, Fieldfare, Common Sparrowhawk, Black-throated Thrush.

    2021-04-25. Black Kite, Eurasian Magpie, Garganey, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Common Chaffinch, Tree Pipit, Common Starling, Citrine Wagtail, Masked Wagtail.

    2021-03-24. Coal Tit, Eurasian Nuthatch, Great Tit, Eurasian Jay, Willow Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker.

    2021-03-09. Bohemian Waxwing, Eurasian Goldfinch, European Greenfinch, Hawfinch, Grey-headed Goldfinch.

    2021-03-07. Eurasian Jay, Eurasian Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker.

    2021-03-04. Rock Pigeon, European Greenfinch.

    2021-02-16. Fieldfare, Eurasian Magpie, White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

    2021-02-07. Smew, Smew, Black-throated Thrush, Yellowhammer, Bohemian Waxwing, Northern Bullfinch, Eurasian Siskin.

    2021-02-04. White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Northern Bullfinch, Goosander.

    2021-02-02. Long-tailed Rosefinch.

    2021-01-23. Long-tailed Rosefinch, Brambling, Eurasian Blackbird, Bohemian Waxwing, Common Goldeneye.

    2021-01-18. Northern Bullfinch, Northern Bullfinch, Eurasian Blackbird, Hawfinch.

    2021-01-16. Goosander, Pallas's Rosefinch, Hawfinch, Fieldfare.

    2021-01-10. Fieldfare, Mallard, Eurasian Dipper.

    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...