Katuncev Alexandr. Birds of Kazakhstan

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509 photographed species of 532 (95%)

found 32 new species for Kazakhstan

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classification

Gaviiformes

Podicipediformes

Pelecaniformes

Phalacrocoracidae

Ciconiiformes

Threskiornithidae

Phoenicopteriformes

Phoenicopteridae

Anseriformes

Falconiformes

Galliformes

Gruiformes

Charadriiformes

Recurvirostridae

Pterocletiformes

Columbiformes

Cuculiformes

Strigiformes

Caprimulgiformes

Apodiformes

Coraciiformes

Upupiformes

Piciformes

Passeriformes

Paradoxornithidae

Katuncev Alexandr

members stats	map of photoshootings
total species: 191 total photos: 692 total videos: 0 total blogposts: 1

1. Eurasian Blackbird (2018-01-02)

2. House Sparrow (2018-01-02)

3. Common Chaffinch (2018-01-02)

4. Rook (2018-01-02)

5. Great Tit (2018-01-02)

6. Rock Pigeon (2018-01-02)

7. Laughing Dove (2018-01-08)

8. Common Mynah (2018-01-08)

9. Eurasian Magpie (2018-01-08)

10. Eurasian Siskin (2018-01-08)

11. Azure Tit (2018-01-08)

12. Eversmann's Redstart (2018-01-08)

13. European Robin (2018-01-08)

14. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2018-01-08)

15. Carrion Crow (2018-01-08)

16. Goldcrest (2018-01-08)

17. Coal Tit (2018-01-08)

18. Red-fronted Serin (2018-02-04)

19. Black-throated Thrush (2018-02-04)

20. Mistle Thrush (2018-02-04)

21. Brambling (2018-02-04)

22. Eastern Buzzard (2018-02-04)

23. Hooded Crow (2018-02-04)

24. Pygmy Cormorant (2018-02-11)

25. Caspian Gull (2018-02-11)

26. Northern Reed Bunting (2018-02-11)

27. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2018-02-11)

28. European Greenfinch (2018-02-11)

29. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2018-02-11)

30. Tree Sparrow (2018-02-11)

31. Mallard (2018-02-11)

32. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2018-02-11)

33. Goosander (2018-02-11)

34. Smew (2018-02-11)

35. Yellowhammer (2018-02-11)

36. Common Goldeneye (2018-02-11)

37. Great Crested Grebe (2018-02-11)

38. Ruddy Shelduck (2018-02-11)

39. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2018-02-11)

40. Twite (2018-02-11)

41. Corn Bunting (2018-02-11)

42. Long-eared Owl (2018-02-11)

43. Pine Bunting (2018-02-11)

44. Red Crossbill (2018-02-19)

45. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2018-03-03)

46. Common Buzzard (2018-03-03)

47. Hen Harrier (2018-03-05)

48. Masked Wagtail (2018-03-05)

49. Whooper Swan (2018-03-05)

50. Bewick's Swan (2018-03-05)

51. Northern Pintail (2018-03-05)

52. Eurasian Linnet (2018-03-05)

53. Little Grebe (2018-03-05)

54. Black-headed Gull (2018-03-05)

55. Great White Egret (2018-03-05)

56. Tufted Duck (2018-03-05)

57. Common Coot (2018-03-05)

58. Great Cormorant (2018-03-05)

59. Gadwall (2018-03-05)

60. Red-crested Pochard (2018-03-05)

61. Upland Buzzard (2018-03-05)

62. Northern Shoveler (2018-03-05)

63. Common Kestrel (2018-03-05)

64. Eurasian Jackdaw (2018-03-05)

65. Calandra Lark (2018-03-05)

66. Rough-legged Buzzard (2018-03-05)

67. Eurasian Collared Dove (2018-03-05)

68. Common Pochard (2018-03-05)

69. Common Sparrowhawk (2018-03-15)

70. Pied Wheatear (2018-03-15)

71. Rock Sparrow (2018-03-15)

72. Wood Pigeon (2018-03-30)

73. Black-throated Accentor (2018-03-30)

74. Common Chiffchaff (2018-03-30)

75. Turkestan Shrike (2018-04-08)

76. Cetti's Warbler (2018-04-08)

77. Common Pheasant (2018-04-21)

78. Black Kite (2018-04-21)

79. Common Snipe (2018-04-21)

80. Common Redshank (2018-04-21)

81. White Wagtail (2018-04-21)

82. Black-winged Stilt (2018-04-21)

83. Common Oystercatcher (2018-04-21)

84. Gull-billed Tern (2018-04-21)

85. Common Tern (2018-04-21)

86. Black Tern (2018-04-21)

87. Common Sandpiper (2018-04-21)

88. Eurasian Curlew (2018-04-21)

89. Grey Heron (2018-04-21)

90. Citrine Wagtail (2018-04-21)

91. Little Ringed Plover (2018-04-21)

92. Common Moorhen (2018-04-21)

93. Demoiselle Crane (2018-04-21)

94. Eurasian Redstart (2018-04-21)

95. Yellow Wagtail (2018-04-21)

96. Barn Swallow (2018-04-21)

97. Grey Wagtail (2018-04-21)

98. Garganey (2018-04-21)

99. Ferruginous Duck (2018-04-21)

100. Black-Necked Grebe (2018-04-21)

101. Black-headed Wagtail (2018-04-21)

102. Pied Avocet (2018-04-21)

103. Slender-billed Gull (2018-04-21)

104. Green Sandpiper (2018-04-21)

105. Marsh Sandpiper (2018-04-21)

106. Northern Wheatear (2018-04-21)

107. Isabelline Wheatear (2018-04-21)

108. Dalmatian Pelican (2018-04-21)

109. Black-tailed Godwit (2018-04-21)

110. Lesser Whitethroat (2018-05-01)

111. White-winged Tern (2018-05-06)

112. Spotted Redshank (2018-05-06)

113. Hume's Warbler (2018-05-06)

114. Glossy Ibis (2018-05-06)

115. Temminck's Stint (2018-05-06)

116. Rosy Starling (2018-05-06)

117. Eurasian Hobby (2018-05-06)

118. Western Marsh-Harrier (2018-05-06)

119. Hoopoe (2018-05-06)

120. Great White Pelican (2018-05-06)

121. Pale Sand Martin (2018-05-06)

122. Common Shelduck (2018-05-06)

123. Common Greenshank (2018-05-06)

124. Common Cuckoo (2018-05-06)

125. Siberian Stonechat (2018-05-06)

126. Spotted Flycatcher (2018-05-06)

127. Sulphur-bellied Warbler (2018-05-06)

128. Common Rosefinch (2018-05-06)

129. Common Whitethroat (2018-05-06)

130. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2018-05-21)

131. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2018-05-21)

132. Blue Whistling Thrush (2018-05-21)

133. Little Bittern (2018-06-03)

134. Red-headed Bunting (2018-06-03)

135. Great Reed Warbler (2018-06-03)

136. Northern Lapwing (2018-06-03)

137. Eurasian Roller (2018-06-03)

138. Chukar Partridge (2018-06-23)

139. Rock Bunting (2018-06-23)

140. Blue Rock Thrush (2018-06-23)

141. Eurasian Crag Martin (2018-06-23)

142. Hume's Whitethroat (2018-06-23)

143. White-capped Bunting (2018-06-23)

144. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2018-06-23)

145. Eastern Orphean Warbler (2018-06-23)

146. Mongolian Finch (2018-06-23)

147. Grey-necked Bunting (2018-06-23)

148. Horned Lark (2018-06-23)

149. Greater Short-toed Lark (2018-06-23)

150. Tawny Pipit (2018-06-23)

151. Little Owl (2018-06-23)

152. White-winged Grosbeak (2018-06-24)

153. Plain Mountain Finch (2018-06-24)

154. Greenish Warbler (2018-07-06)

155. Brown Accentor (2018-07-06)

156. Collared Pratincole (2018-07-14)

157. White-headed Duck (2018-07-14)

158. Ruff (2018-07-14)

159. Caspian Tern (2018-07-14)

160. Little Stint (2018-07-14)

161. Lesser Grey Shrike (2018-07-14)

162. Curlew Sandpiper (2018-07-14)

163. Common Raven (2018-08-05)

164. Spotted Nutcracker (2018-08-05)

165. Northern House Martin (2018-08-05)

166. Long-legged Buzzard (2018-09-01)

167. Lesser Kestrel (2018-09-08)

168. Tree Pipit (2018-09-08)

169. Ortolan Bunting (2018-09-08)

170. Barbary Falcon (2018-09-08)

171. Wood Sandpiper (2018-09-08)

172. Crested Lark (2018-09-16)

173. Red-necked Phalarope (2018-09-16)

174. Pacific Golden Plover (2018-09-16)

175. Isabelline Shrike (2018-09-16)

176. Barred Warbler (2018-09-23)

177. Garden Warbler (2018-09-23)

178. Greater Ringed Plover (2018-10-23)

179. Water Pipit (2018-10-23)

180. Peregrine Falcon (2018-10-23)

181. Desert Finch (2018-10-23)

182. Common Starling (2018-10-23)

183. Steppe Eagle (2018-10-23)

184. Golden Eagle (2018-10-27)

185. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2018-10-27)

186. Yellow-billed Chough (2018-10-27)

187. Wallcreeper (2018-10-27)

188. Alpine Accentor (2018-10-27)

189. Cinereous Vulture (2018-10-27)

190. Lammergeier (2018-10-27)

191. Songar Tit (2018-11-10)

recent uploads

2018-12-04. Red-fronted Serin, Eurasian Magpie, Common Chaffinch, Great Tit, Coal Tit, Mallard.

2018-11-17. Pacific Golden Plover.

2018-11-13. Eurasian Blackbird, Common Mynah.

2018-11-11. Carrion Crow, Red-fronted Serin, White-browed Tit-Warbler, Common Kestrel, Songar Tit, Coal Tit, European Robin, Lammergeier, Cinereous Vulture.

2018-10-28. Black-throated Accentor, Red-fronted Serin, Azure Tit, Red-mantled Rosefinch, Golden Eagle, White-browed Tit-Warbler, Yellow-billed Chough, Wallcreeper, Alpine Accentor, Cinereous Vulture, Lammergeier.

2018-10-25. Greater Ringed Plover, Water Pipit, White-headed Duck, Little Grebe, Water Pipit, Mallard, Great Cormorant, Peregrine Falcon, Desert Finch, Common Chaffinch, Common Pheasant, Great Cormorant, Eurasian Roller, Crested Lark, Mallard, Black-headed Gull, Pied Avocet, Common Chaffinch, Common Starling, Steppe Eagle, Eurasian Linnet, Steppe Eagle.

2018-09-30. Greenish Warbler.

2018-09-26. Lesser Whitethroat, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Greenish Warbler, Hume's Warbler, Barred Warbler, Siberian Stonechat, Common Whitethroat, Garden Warbler.

2018-09-17. Black Kite, Long-legged Buzzard, Lesser Kestrel, Common Sparrowhawk, Crested Lark, Black-headed Gull, Marsh Sandpiper, Red-necked Phalarope, Northern Lapwing, Yellow Wagtail, Masked Wagtail, White Wagtail, Wood Sandpiper, Ruff, Little Stint, Temminck's Stint, Temminck's Stint, Lesser Whitethroat, Isabelline Shrike, Calandra Lark, Ortolan Bunting, Hume's Warbler, Western Marsh-Harrier, White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

2018-09-10. Eurasian Roller, Masked Wagtail, Common Moorhen, Great Crested Grebe, Lesser Kestrel, Lesser Kestrel, Tree Pipit, Hume's Warbler, Eurasian Hobby, Rosy Starling, Caspian Gull, Common Rosefinch, Hume's Warbler, Ortolan Bunting, Barbary Falcon, Black-headed Gull, Little Ringed Plover, Wood Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail, Ruff, Pale Sand Martin, Temminck's Stint, Spotted Flycatcher, Temminck's Stint, Common Sandpiper, Ruff, Gadwall.

2018-09-02. Pied Wheatear, Great Cormorant, Black Kite, Rock Pigeon, Long-legged Buzzard, Grey-necked Bunting, Tree Sparrow, Masked Wagtail, Black-headed Gull.

2018-08-05. Common Raven, Hume's Warbler, Spotted Nutcracker, Common Sandpiper, Northern House Martin.

2018-07-29. Little Ringed Plover, Little Stint, Lesser Grey Shrike, Rosy Starling, Tawny Pipit, Common Tern, Curlew Sandpiper, Hoopoe, Dalmatian Pelican.

2018-07-28. Green Sandpiper, Common Redshank, Common Redshank, Common Redshank, Great Reed Warbler, Caspian Tern, Eurasian Roller, White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

2018-07-20. Black-headed Gull, Western Marsh-Harrier, Collared Pratincole, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Black-Necked Grebe, White-headed Duck, Ruff, Common Redshank, Grey Heron.

Big Year 2026

1. Qanatbek Kenzhegulov (287)
2. Galym Baitimbet (241)
3. Zhaskairat Ermek (240)
4. Nikita Kanunnikov (213)
5. Aizhan Baitimbet (212)
6. Gennadiy Dyakin (204)
7. Sirimbet Zharilkasin (196)
8. Vladimir Muravskiy (196)
9. Gani Nazarbek (161)
10. Andrey Kovalenko (153)

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)

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...