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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
  • Pelecanidae
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    total species: 78
    total photos: 100
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Common Tern (2022-07-31)
    2. Black Lark (2022-07-31)
    3. Common Greenshank (2022-07-31)
    4. Black-Necked Grebe (2022-07-31)
    5. Grey Heron (2022-07-31)
    6. Common Sandpiper (2022-07-31)
    7. Lesser Grey Shrike (2022-08-03)
    8. Temminck's Stint (2022-08-03)
    9. Red-footed Falcon (2022-08-03)
    10. Whooper Swan (2022-08-03)
    11. Northern Wheatear (2022-08-03)
    12. Western Marsh-Harrier (2022-08-03)
    13. Wood Pigeon (2022-08-04)
    14. Cetti's Warbler (2022-08-04)
    15. Black-winged Stilt (2022-08-04)
    16. Wood Sandpiper (2022-08-04)
    17. Hoopoe (2022-08-04)
    18. Siberian Stonechat (2022-08-04)
    19. Booted Warbler (2022-08-04)
    20. Spotted Flycatcher (2022-08-04)
    21. Great White Egret (2022-08-04)
    22. Ruff (2022-08-04)
    23. Yellow Wagtail (2022-08-04)
    24. Barn Swallow (2022-08-04)
    25. Tufted Duck (2022-08-04)
    26. Pine Bunting (2022-08-04)
    27. Sky Lark (2022-08-04)
    28. Bluethroat (2022-08-04)
    29. White Wagtail (2022-08-04)
    30. Great Cormorant (2022-08-05)
    31. Paddyfield Warbler (2022-08-05)
    32. Pallid Harrier (2022-08-05)
    33. Black Tern (2022-08-05)
    34. Baraba Steppe Gull (2022-08-05)
    35. Sedge Warbler (2022-08-05)
    36. Great Crested Grebe (2022-08-05)
    37. White-winged Tern (2022-08-05)
    38. Little Bustard (2022-08-05)
    39. Common Coot (2022-08-05)
    40. Northern Lapwing (2022-08-06)
    41. Rook (2022-08-06)
    42. Eurasian Jackdaw (2022-08-06)
    43. Demoiselle Crane (2022-08-06)
    44. Black Kite (2022-08-06)
    45. Hooded Crow (2022-08-06)
    46. Oriental Turtle Dove (2022-08-07)
    47. Northern Reed Bunting (2022-08-07)
    48. Tree Pipit (2022-08-07)
    49. Greylag Goose (2022-08-09)
    50. Common Starling (2022-08-09)
    51. Spotted Redshank (2022-08-09)
    52. European Bee-eater (2022-08-09)
    53. Little Ringed Plover (2022-08-09)
    54. Ruddy Turnstone (2022-08-09)
    55. Terek Sandpiper (2022-08-09)
    56. Common Oystercatcher (2022-08-09)
    57. Marsh Sandpiper (2022-08-09)
    58. Black-tailed Godwit (2022-08-09)
    59. Red-backed Shrike (2022-08-09)
    60. Common Buzzard (2022-08-09)
    61. White-headed Duck (2022-08-09)
    62. Black-headed Gull (2022-08-09)
    63. Common Teal (2022-08-09)
    64. Pied Avocet (2022-08-09)
    65. Long-legged Buzzard (2022-08-09)
    66. Steppe Eagle (2022-08-09)
    67. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2022-08-09)
    68. Turkestan Shrike (2022-08-09)
    69. Kentish Plover (2022-08-09)
    70. Caspian Tern (2022-08-09)
    71. Red-crested Pochard (2022-08-09)
    72. Bearded Tit (2022-08-09)
    73. White-winged Lark (2022-08-09)
    74. Isabelline Wheatear (2022-08-09)
    75. Ruddy Shelduck (2022-08-09)
    76. Dalmatian Pelican (2022-08-09)
    77. Sand Martin (2022-08-09)
    78. Mew Gull (2022-08-09)

    recent uploads

    2022-08-30. Isabelline Wheatear.

    2022-08-29. Tree Pipit, Long-legged Buzzard, Steppe Eagle, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Steppe Eagle, Turkestan Shrike, Kentish Plover, Caspian Tern, Red-crested Pochard, Bearded Tit, Pied Avocet, Little Ringed Plover, White-winged Lark, Ruddy Shelduck, Dalmatian Pelican, Sand Martin, Greylag Goose, Great White Egret, Yellow Wagtail, Mew Gull, Common Greenshank, European Bee-eater, Common Starling, Spotted Redshank, Little Ringed Plover, Ruddy Turnstone, Ruff, Terek Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Common Oystercatcher, Marsh Sandpiper, Black-tailed Godwit, Red-backed Shrike, Common Buzzard, White-headed Duck, Black-headed Gull, Common Teal, Tufted Duck, Black Lark, Common Tern.

    2022-08-28. Great Crested Grebe, White-winged Tern, Little Bustard, Common Coot, Oriental Turtle Dove, Northern Reed Bunting.

    2022-08-14. Baraba Steppe Gull, Black Tern, Pallid Harrier, Paddyfield Warbler, Great White Egret, Great Cormorant, Sedge Warbler.

    2022-08-12. Western Marsh-Harrier, Black Kite, Hooded Crow, Booted Warbler.

    2022-08-11. Great White Egret, Pine Bunting, Spotted Flycatcher, Booted Warbler, Siberian Stonechat, Hoopoe, Wood Sandpiper, Northern Lapwing, Rook, Eurasian Jackdaw, Demoiselle Crane, Black-winged Stilt, Cetti's Warbler.

    2022-08-08. Bluethroat, White Wagtail, Temminck's Stint, Sky Lark.

    2022-08-07. Common Sandpiper, Grey Heron, Black-Necked Grebe, Common Greenshank.

    2022-08-05. Common Greenshank, Tufted Duck, Barn Swallow, Ruff, Wood Pigeon, Yellow Wagtail.

    2022-08-04. Red-footed Falcon, Lesser Grey Shrike, Whooper Swan, Western Marsh-Harrier, Northern Wheatear.

    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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    2026-01-18
    Common Kestrel
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    2025-10-31
    Great Cormorant
    (Raouf Bairashev)

    2025-08-31
    Spotted Flycatcher
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    2025-07-01
    Northern Hawk Owl
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    2025-06-17
    Great White Egret
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    2025-06-01
    Blyth's Reed Warbler
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    2025-04-14
    Grey-Headed Woodpecker
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    2025-03-30
    Great White Egret
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    Common Kestrel
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    2025-03-23
    Common Sparrowhawk
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    Great Tit
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    2025-02-07
    Arctic Loon
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    2025-02-06
    Red Crossbill
    (Viktoriya Zvyaginceva)

    2025-01-07
    Eurasian Penduline Tit
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    2024-08-03
    Common Tern
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    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.
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    Bassel Abi Jummaa: Blyth's reed warbler ( Acrocephalus Dometurum )
    more unidentified birds...