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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
  • Pelecanidae
  • Phalacrocoracidae
    • Ciconiiformes
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    • Phoenicopteriformes
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    • Anseriformes
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    • Falconiformes
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    • Galliformes
  • Tetraonidae
  • Phasianidae
    • Gruiformes
  • Gruidae
  • Rallidae
  • Otididae
    • Charadriiformes
  • Burhinidae
  • Charadriidae
  • Recurvirostridae
  • Haematopodidae
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  • Stercorariidae
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    total species: 89
    total photos: 117
    total videos: 0
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    1. Common Raven (2023-01-07)
    2. Snow Bunting (2023-01-07)
    3. Tree Sparrow (2023-06-17)
    4. Common Tern (2023-06-17)
    5. Dalmatian Pelican (2023-06-18)
    6. Paddyfield Warbler (2023-06-18)
    7. Caspian Gull (2023-06-18)
    8. Mute Swan (2023-06-18)
    9. Great Crested Grebe (2023-06-18)
    10. Great Reed Warbler (2023-06-18)
    11. Northern Reed Bunting (2023-06-18)
    12. Yellow Wagtail (2023-06-18)
    13. Bluethroat (2023-06-18)
    14. Common Redshank (2023-06-18)
    15. Black-winged Stilt (2023-06-18)
    16. Barn Swallow (2023-06-18)
    17. Common Coot (2023-06-18)
    18. Greylag Goose (2023-06-18)
    19. Black-tailed Godwit (2023-06-18)
    20. Mallard (2023-06-18)
    21. Great Cormorant (2023-06-18)
    22. House Sparrow (2023-06-18)
    23. Red-Necked Grebe (2023-06-18)
    24. Whooper Swan (2023-06-20)
    25. Slavonian Grebe (2023-06-20)
    26. White-winged Tern (2023-06-20)
    27. Eurasian Magpie (2023-06-20)
    28. Great White Egret (2023-06-21)
    29. Garganey (2023-06-21)
    30. Hooded Crow (2023-06-21)
    31. Black-Necked Grebe (2023-06-21)
    32. Black-winged Pratincole (2023-06-21)
    33. European Bee-eater (2023-06-21)
    34. Northern Lapwing (2023-06-21)
    35. Citrine Wagtail (2023-06-21)
    36. Black-headed Gull (2023-06-21)
    37. Western Marsh-Harrier (2023-06-22)
    38. Northern Wheatear (2023-06-22)
    39. Sky Lark (2023-06-22)
    40. Little Bustard (2023-06-22)
    41. Grey Heron (2023-06-22)
    42. Northern Shoveler (2023-06-22)
    43. Demoiselle Crane (2023-06-22)
    44. Tufted Duck (2023-06-22)
    45. Common Starling (2023-06-22)
    46. Little Ringed Plover (2023-06-22)
    47. Ruddy Shelduck (2023-06-22)
    48. Green Sandpiper (2023-06-22)
    49. Common Kestrel (2023-06-22)
    50. Rosy Starling (2023-06-24)
    51. Red-headed Bunting (2023-06-24)
    52. Ortolan Bunting (2023-06-24)
    53. Turkestan Shrike (2023-06-24)
    54. Montagu's Harrier (2023-06-24)
    55. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2023-06-24)
    56. Gadwall (2023-06-24)
    57. Barred Warbler (2023-06-24)
    58. Pied Wheatear (2023-06-25)
    59. Tawny Pipit (2023-06-25)
    60. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2023-06-25)
    61. Horned Lark (2023-06-25)
    62. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2023-06-25)
    63. Kentish Plover (2023-06-25)
    64. Desert Wheatear (2023-06-25)
    65. Pallas's Gull (2023-06-25)
    66. Oriental Turtle Dove (2023-06-25)
    67. Common Oystercatcher (2023-06-25)
    68. Little Tern (2023-06-25)
    69. Crested Lark (2023-06-26)
    70. Eurasian Curlew (2023-06-26)
    71. Eurasian Spoonbill (2023-06-26)
    72. Common Moorhen (2023-06-26)
    73. Glossy Ibis (2023-06-26)
    74. Ferruginous Duck (2023-06-26)
    75. Common Shelduck (2023-06-26)
    76. Common Mynah (2023-06-26)
    77. Pied Avocet (2023-06-26)
    78. Rook (2023-06-26)
    79. Hoopoe (2023-06-26)
    80. Spotted Redshank (2023-06-26)
    81. Common Pheasant (2023-06-27)
    82. Wood Pigeon (2023-06-27)
    83. Long-legged Buzzard (2023-06-27)
    84. Eurasian Hobby (2023-07-06)
    85. White Stork (2023-07-06)
    86. Steppe Eagle (2023-07-07)
    87. Eurasian Roller (2023-07-07)
    88. Bearded Tit (2023-07-15)
    89. Booted Eagle (2023-09-24)

    recent uploads

    2023-09-24. Booted Eagle.

    2023-07-30. Wood Pigeon, Long-legged Buzzard, Eurasian Hobby, White Stork, Bearded Tit, Gadwall, Barred Warbler.

    2023-07-29. Ferruginous Duck, Common Shelduck, Common Mynah, Pied Avocet, Rook, Hoopoe, Spotted Redshank.

    2023-07-27. Common Pheasant, Great White Egret, Eurasian Curlew, Great Cormorant, Eurasian Spoonbill, Dalmatian Pelican, Common Moorhen, Glossy Ibis.

    2023-07-21. Little Ringed Plover, Pallas's Gull, Oriental Turtle Dove, Grey Heron, Common Oystercatcher, Little Tern, Crested Lark.

    2023-07-19. Pallas's Sandgrouse, Kentish Plover, Desert Wheatear.

    2023-07-18. Eurasian Roller.

    2023-07-14. Horned Lark, Montagu's Harrier, Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush, Steppe Eagle.

    2023-07-13. Turkestan Shrike, Pied Wheatear, Tawny Pipit, Turkestan Shrike, Short-toed Snake-Eagle.

    2023-07-12. Rosy Starling, Red-headed Bunting, Ortolan Bunting, Yellow Wagtail.

    2023-06-23. Western Marsh-Harrier, Northern Wheatear, Sky Lark, Little Bustard, Grey Heron, Northern Shoveler, Mute Swan, Demoiselle Crane, European Bee-eater, Northern Lapwing, Citrine Wagtail, Eurasian Magpie, Tree Sparrow, Common Tern, Black-headed Gull, Tufted Duck, Common Starling, Little Ringed Plover, Sky Lark, Ruddy Shelduck, Green Sandpiper, Common Kestrel.

    2023-06-21. Bluethroat, Great White Egret, Garganey, Hooded Crow, White-winged Tern, White-winged Tern, Black-Necked Grebe, Black-winged Pratincole.

    2023-06-20. Whooper Swan, Slavonian Grebe, White-winged Tern.

    2023-06-19. Paddyfield Warbler, Caspian Gull, Mute Swan, Great Crested Grebe, Great Reed Warbler, Northern Reed Bunting, Dalmatian Pelican, Yellow Wagtail, Bluethroat, Common Redshank, Black-winged Stilt, Barn Swallow, Common Coot, Greylag Goose, Black-tailed Godwit, Mallard, Great Cormorant, House Sparrow, Red-Necked Grebe.

    2023-02-19. Dunlin, Citrine Wagtail.

    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...