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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
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  • Podicipedidae
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  • Phalacrocoracidae
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  • Tetraonidae
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  • Rallidae
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    • Charadriiformes
  • Burhinidae
  • Charadriidae
  • Recurvirostridae
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    total species: 176
    total photos: 940
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 2

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    1. Eurasian Jackdaw (2021-01-02)
    2. Crested Lark (2021-01-02)
    3. Mallard (2021-01-02)
    4. Tufted Duck (2021-01-02)
    5. Common Pochard (2021-01-02)
    6. Goosander (2021-01-02)
    7. Common Kestrel (2021-01-02)
    8. Rough-legged Buzzard (2021-01-02)
    9. Smew (2021-01-02)
    10. Whooper Swan (2021-01-02)
    11. Common Goldeneye (2021-01-02)
    12. Mute Swan (2021-01-02)
    13. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2021-01-02)
    14. Northern Reed Bunting (2021-01-02)
    15. Azure Tit (2021-01-02)
    16. Eurasian Linnet (2021-01-02)
    17. Steppe Eagle (2021-01-02)
    18. Masked Wagtail (2021-01-02)
    19. Meadow Pipit (2021-01-02)
    20. Green Sandpiper (2021-01-02)
    21. Water Pipit (2021-01-02)
    22. Pygmy Cormorant (2021-01-02)
    23. Hen Harrier (2021-01-02)
    24. Northern Wren (2021-01-02)
    25. Great White Egret (2021-01-02)
    26. Mew Gull (2021-01-02)
    27. Common Buzzard (2021-01-02)
    28. Corn Bunting (2021-01-02)
    29. Brambling (2021-01-02)
    30. Tree Sparrow (2021-01-02)
    31. Little Grebe (2021-01-02)
    32. Yellowhammer (2021-01-02)
    33. Red-fronted Serin (2021-01-10)
    34. Common Mynah (2021-01-17)
    35. Hooded Crow (2021-01-17)
    36. Eurasian Dipper (2021-01-17)
    37. Great Tit (2021-01-17)
    38. Grey Wagtail (2021-01-17)
    39. Brown Dipper (2021-01-17)
    40. Carrion Crow (2021-01-17)
    41. House Sparrow (2021-01-24)
    42. Eurasian Siskin (2021-02-24)
    43. Common Chaffinch (2021-02-26)
    44. Eurasian Magpie (2021-02-26)
    45. Eurasian Blackbird (2021-02-26)
    46. Black-throated Accentor (2021-03-07)
    47. Eversmann's Redstart (2021-03-07)
    48. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2021-03-07)
    49. Calandra Lark (2021-03-22)
    50. Pied Wheatear (2021-03-22)
    51. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2021-03-22)
    52. Northern Wheatear (2021-03-22)
    53. Stock Pigeon (2021-03-22)
    54. Citrine Wagtail (2021-03-22)
    55. Caspian Gull (2021-03-22)
    56. Great Cormorant (2021-03-22)
    57. Common Redshank (2021-03-22)
    58. White Wagtail (2021-03-22)
    59. Common Shelduck (2021-03-22)
    60. Red-crested Pochard (2021-03-22)
    61. Common Coot (2021-03-22)
    62. Northern Pintail (2021-03-22)
    63. Little Ringed Plover (2021-03-22)
    64. Isabelline Shrike (2021-03-22)
    65. Pallas's Gull (2021-03-22)
    66. Ruddy Shelduck (2021-03-22)
    67. Common Starling (2021-03-22)
    68. Pine Bunting (2021-03-22)
    69. Isabelline Wheatear (2021-03-22)
    70. Northern Lapwing (2021-03-22)
    71. Common Pheasant (2021-03-27)
    72. Black Kite (2021-03-27)
    73. Long-legged Buzzard (2021-03-27)
    74. Pied Avocet (2021-03-27)
    75. Gadwall (2021-03-27)
    76. Eurasian Wigeon (2021-03-27)
    77. Black Redstart (2021-03-27)
    78. Ferruginous Duck (2021-03-27)
    79. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2021-03-27)
    80. Grey Heron (2021-03-27)
    81. Common Chiffchaff (2021-03-27)
    82. Black-throated Thrush (2021-03-27)
    83. Mistle Thrush (2021-03-27)
    84. Northern Shoveler (2021-03-27)
    85. Bluethroat (2021-03-27)
    86. Spotted Crake (2021-03-27)
    87. Black-headed Gull (2021-03-27)
    88. Turkestan Shrike (2021-03-27)
    89. Black-Necked Grebe (2021-04-11)
    90. White-headed Duck (2021-04-11)
    91. Great Crested Grebe (2021-04-11)
    92. Western Marsh-Harrier (2021-04-11)
    93. Eurasian Curlew (2021-04-11)
    94. Common Sandpiper (2021-04-11)
    95. Black-winged Stilt (2021-04-11)
    96. Siberian Stonechat (2021-04-11)
    97. Yellow Wagtail (2021-04-11)
    98. Rock Pigeon (2021-04-24)
    99. Wood Pigeon (2021-04-24)
    100. Greenish Warbler (2021-04-24)
    101. Northern House Martin (2021-05-03)
    102. European Greenfinch (2021-05-07)
    103. Blue Rock Thrush (2021-05-09)
    104. White-capped Bunting (2021-05-09)
    105. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2021-05-09)
    106. Desert Wheatear (2021-05-09)
    107. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2021-05-09)
    108. Rock Sparrow (2021-05-09)
    109. Eastern Orphean Warbler (2021-05-09)
    110. Mongolian Finch (2021-05-09)
    111. Common Cuckoo (2021-05-09)
    112. Lesser Grey Shrike (2021-05-09)
    113. Eurasian Roller (2021-05-09)
    114. European Bee-eater (2021-05-09)
    115. Long-tailed Shrike (2021-05-09)
    116. Indian Golden Oriole (2021-05-09)
    117. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2021-05-09)
    118. Common Whitethroat (2021-05-09)
    119. Rock Bunting (2021-05-09)
    120. Little Bittern (2021-05-15)
    121. Common Kingfisher (2021-05-15)
    122. Common Rosefinch (2021-05-15)
    123. Common Tern (2021-05-15)
    124. Little Bustard (2021-05-15)
    125. Rosy Starling (2021-05-15)
    126. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2021-05-15)
    127. Red-headed Bunting (2021-05-15)
    128. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2021-05-15)
    129. Common Moorhen (2021-05-15)
    130. Baraba Steppe Gull (2021-05-15)
    131. Clamorous Reed Warbler (2021-05-15)
    132. Black-crowned Night Heron (2021-05-15)
    133. Dalmatian Pelican (2021-05-15)
    134. Temminck's Stint (2021-05-15)
    135. Eurasian Whimbrel (2021-05-15)
    136. Common Oystercatcher (2021-05-15)
    137. Caspian Tern (2021-05-15)
    138. Common Greenshank (2021-05-15)
    139. Little Stint (2021-05-15)
    140. Garganey (2021-05-15)
    141. Great White Pelican (2021-05-15)
    142. Black-tailed Godwit (2021-05-15)
    143. Spotted Redshank (2021-05-15)
    144. Common Swift (2021-05-15)
    145. Pale Sand Martin (2021-05-15)
    146. Dunlin (2021-05-15)
    147. White-winged Tern (2021-05-15)
    148. Common Nightingale (2021-05-15)
    149. Lesser Whitethroat (2021-05-15)
    150. Eurasian Hobby (2021-05-15)
    151. Barn Swallow (2021-05-15)
    152. European Nightjar (2021-05-22)
    153. Rook (2021-06-05)
    154. Blue Whistling Thrush (2021-06-26)
    155. Eurasian Collared Dove (2021-07-30)
    156. Common Sparrowhawk (2021-07-31)
    157. Laughing Dove (2021-08-12)
    158. Red-necked Phalarope (2021-08-14)
    159. Wood Sandpiper (2021-08-14)
    160. Spotted Flycatcher (2021-08-14)
    161. Lesser Kestrel (2021-08-14)
    162. Red-backed Shrike (2021-08-21)
    163. Hume's Warbler (2021-08-22)
    164. Egyptian Vulture (2021-09-18)
    165. Common Raven (2021-09-18)
    166. Golden Eagle (2021-09-25)
    167. Turkestan Tit (2021-09-25)
    168. Sand Martin (2021-09-25)
    169. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2021-10-16)
    170. Blue-capped Redstart (2021-10-16)
    171. Alpine Accentor (2021-10-16)
    172. Yellow-browed Warbler (2021-11-06)
    173. Goldcrest (2021-11-13)
    174. Bewick's Swan (2021-12-17)
    175. Greater White-fronted Goose (2021-12-17)
    176. Bean Goose (2021-12-17)

    recent uploads

    2021-12-23. Bean Goose, Mute Swan, Black-headed Gull, Caspian Gull, Mew Gull, Crested Lark, Caspian Gull, Smew, Mallard, Rock Pigeon, Caspian Gull, Common Raven, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Common Starling, Black-throated Thrush, Mistle Thrush, European Greenfinch, Whooper Swan, Black-throated Thrush, Caspian Gull.

    2021-12-22. Grey Heron, Bewick's Swan, Eurasian Collared Dove, Greater White-fronted Goose.

    2021-12-01. Rook, Eurasian Blackbird, Hooded Crow, Common Mynah, Eurasian Magpie, Great Tit, Azure Tit.

    2021-11-23. Rook, Goldcrest, White-browed Tit-Warbler, Mallard.

    2021-11-14. Common Pheasant, Great Tit, Northern Wren, Eurasian Blackbird, Brambling, Goldcrest, Common Chaffinch, Azure Tit, Common Pheasant.

    2021-11-09. White-browed Tit-Warbler, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Yellow-browed Warbler, Rook, Common Chiffchaff.

    2021-10-24. Rook, Mallard.

    2021-10-17. Eurasian Collared Dove, Mistle Thrush, Black-throated Accentor, Common Chiffchaff, White-browed Tit-Warbler, Blue-capped Redstart, Golden Eagle, Red-fronted Serin, Alpine Accentor, Eversmann's Redstart.

    2021-10-13. Common Chaffinch, Eurasian Blackbird, Brambling, Hume's Warbler, Eurasian Magpie, Great Tit, Common Sparrowhawk.

    2021-10-02. Golden Eagle, Spotted Flycatcher, Golden Eagle.

    2021-10-01. Turkestan Tit, Sand Martin, Tree Sparrow, Hume's Warbler, Common Chiffchaff, Great Cormorant, Black-headed Gull.

    2021-09-29. Egyptian Vulture, Corn Bunting, Pied Wheatear, Rock Pigeon, Common Buzzard, Common Raven, Laughing Dove.

    2021-09-13. Common Kingfisher, Laughing Dove, Carrion Crow, Greenish Warbler, Blue Whistling Thrush, White Wagtail, Lesser Whitethroat, Mallard, Common Kingfisher, Greenish Warbler.

    2021-09-05. White Wagtail, Mallard, Caspian Gull, Eurasian Blackbird, Common Kingfisher.

    2021-09-04. Mallard, Grey Wagtail, Spotted Flycatcher.

    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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    Common Kestrel
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    Great Cormorant
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    2025-08-31
    Spotted Flycatcher
    (Anna Yasko)

    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
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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
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    2025-01-07
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    2024-08-03
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    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
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    Bassel Abi Jummaa: Blyth's reed warbler ( Acrocephalus Dometurum )
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