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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
  • Pelecanidae
  • Phalacrocoracidae
    • Ciconiiformes
  • Ardeidae
  • Threskiornithidae
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    • Phoenicopteriformes
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  • Tetraonidae
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  • Gruidae
  • Rallidae
  • Otididae
    • Charadriiformes
  • Burhinidae
  • Charadriidae
  • Recurvirostridae
  • Haematopodidae
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  • Glareolidae
  • Stercorariidae
  • Laridae
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  • Columbidae
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  • Strigidae
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  • Apodidae
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  • Upupidae
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  • Picidae
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  • Hirundinidae
  • Alaudidae
  • Motacillidae
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  • Corvidae
  • Bombycillidae
  • Cinclidae
  • Troglodytidae
  • Prunellidae
  • Sylviidae
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  • Muscicapidae
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  • Paradoxornithidae
  • Aegithalidae
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  • Sittidae
  • Certhiidae
  • Ploceidae
  • Fringillidae
  • Emberizidae

    • Merz Marina

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    total species: 41
    total photos: 82
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Common Treecreeper (2026-01-01)
    2. Goldcrest (2026-01-01)
    3. Brambling (2026-01-02)
    4. Tree Sparrow (2026-01-02)
    5. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2026-01-02)
    6. Common Goldeneye (2026-01-02)
    7. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2026-01-02)
    8. White-Backed Woodpecker (2026-01-03)
    9. Fieldfare (2026-01-03)
    10. Redwing (2026-01-03)
    11. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2026-01-03)
    12. Rock Pigeon (2026-01-05)
    13. Eurasian Nuthatch (2026-01-05)
    14. Eurasian Siskin (2026-01-05)
    15. Bewick's Swan (2026-01-09)
    16. Northern Bullfinch (2026-01-09)
    17. Goosander (2026-01-09)
    18. Whooper Swan (2026-01-09)
    19. Great Tit (2026-01-09)
    20. Azure Tit (2026-01-11)
    21. House Sparrow (2026-01-17)
    22. Bohemian Waxwing (2026-01-17)
    23. Baikal Bullfinch (2026-01-19)
    24. Common Redpoll (2026-01-21)
    25. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2026-01-21)
    26. Hooded Crow (2026-01-21)
    27. Eurasian Blackbird (2026-01-22)
    28. Long-eared Owl (2026-01-22)
    29. Hawfinch (2026-01-23)
    30. Mallard (2026-02-01)
    31. Eurasian Magpie (2026-02-01)
    32. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2026-02-03)
    33. Common Chaffinch (2026-03-21)
    34. Masked Wagtail (2026-03-26)
    35. White Wagtail (2026-03-26)
    36. Rook (2026-03-26)
    37. Northern Reed Bunting (2026-03-27)
    38. Black-throated Thrush (2026-03-27)
    39. Great White Egret (2026-04-01)
    40. Great Cormorant (2026-04-01)
    41. Caspian Gull (2026-04-01)

    recent uploads

    2026-04-01. Northern Reed Bunting, Black-throated Thrush, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Great White Egret, Great Cormorant, Azure Tit, Caspian Gull.

    2026-03-26. Eurasian Nuthatch, Common Chaffinch, Bewick's Swan, Masked Wagtail, White Wagtail, Masked Wagtail, Rook.

    2026-03-01. Grey-Headed Woodpecker, House Sparrow, Bohemian Waxwing.

    2026-02-22. Eurasian Siskin, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Eurasian Blackbird, Fieldfare.

    2026-02-04. Baikal Bullfinch, Eurasian Blackbird, Grey-Headed Woodpecker, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Eurasian Siskin, Great Spotted Woodpecker, White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

    2026-02-02. Eurasian Siskin, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Mallard, Eurasian Magpie.

    2026-01-25. Bewick's Swan, Hawfinch, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Eurasian Siskin.

    2026-01-22. Eurasian Blackbird, Long-eared Owl.

    2026-01-21. Grey-Headed Woodpecker, Common Redpoll, Hooded Crow.

    2026-01-19. White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Fieldfare, Baikal Bullfinch, Northern Bullfinch.

    2026-01-17. Redwing, Bohemian Waxwing, House Sparrow.

    2026-01-11. Azure Tit, Northern Bullfinch, Goldcrest.

    2026-01-09. Fieldfare, Whooper Swan, Goosander, Common Goldeneye, Great Tit, Northern Bullfinch, Eurasian Siskin, Eurasian Nuthatch, Rock Pigeon, White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

    2026-01-03. White-Backed Woodpecker, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Redwing, Fieldfare.

    2026-01-02. Brambling, Tree Sparrow, Common Treecreeper, Goldcrest, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Common Goldeneye, White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

    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...