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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
  • Pelecanidae
  • Phalacrocoracidae
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    • Charadriiformes
  • Burhinidae
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  • Hirundinidae
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  • Motacillidae
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    total species: 42
    total photos: 49
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Common Sparrowhawk (2026-01-27)
    2. Laughing Dove (2026-01-30)
    3. Common Chaffinch (2026-01-30)
    4. Black-throated Accentor (2026-01-30)
    5. Azure Tit (2026-02-01)
    6. Rook (2026-02-01)
    7. Common Moorhen (2026-02-01)
    8. Eurasian Collared Dove (2026-02-01)
    9. Little Grebe (2026-02-01)
    10. Pygmy Cormorant (2026-02-01)
    11. Brambling (2026-02-01)
    12. Mistle Thrush (2026-02-15)
    13. Black-throated Thrush (2026-03-04)
    14. Red-fronted Serin (2026-03-13)
    15. Tree Sparrow (2026-03-17)
    16. Rock Bunting (2026-03-19)
    17. Common Chiffchaff (2026-03-21)
    18. Blue Whistling Thrush (2026-03-21)
    19. European Greenfinch (2026-03-21)
    20. Eastern Buzzard (2026-03-21)
    21. Masked Wagtail (2026-03-21)
    22. Chukar Partridge (2026-03-22)
    23. Common Pochard (2026-03-22)
    24. Black-headed Gull (2026-03-22)
    25. Pied Wheatear (2026-03-22)
    26. Hoopoe (2026-03-22)
    27. Tufted Duck (2026-03-22)
    28. Northern Lapwing (2026-04-11)
    29. Green Sandpiper (2026-04-11)
    30. Black Redstart (2026-04-11)
    31. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2026-04-11)
    32. Little Bustard (2026-04-11)
    33. Calandra Lark (2026-04-11)
    34. Corn Bunting (2026-04-11)
    35. Isabelline Wheatear (2026-04-11)
    36. Ruddy Shelduck (2026-04-11)
    37. Grey Partridge (2026-04-11)
    38. Demoiselle Crane (2026-04-11)
    39. Northern Wheatear (2026-04-11)
    40. Black Kite (2026-04-15)
    41. Common Pheasant (2026-04-15)
    42. Coal Tit (2026-04-15)

    recent uploads

    2026-04-23. Eastern Buzzard, European Greenfinch, Masked Wagtail, Blue Whistling Thrush, Common Chiffchaff, Black-throated Accentor, Chukar Partridge, Common Pochard, Black-headed Gull, Pied Wheatear, Hoopoe, Tufted Duck, Coal Tit, Common Pheasant, Black Kite, Northern Wheatear, Demoiselle Crane, Grey Partridge, Ruddy Shelduck, Isabelline Wheatear, Corn Bunting, Calandra Lark, Little Bustard, Black-Bellied Sandgrouse, Black Redstart, Green Sandpiper, Northern Lapwing.

    2026-03-20. Rock Bunting, Rock Bunting.

    2026-03-19. Rock Bunting, Laughing Dove, Tree Sparrow.

    2026-03-13. Black-throated Thrush, Common Sparrowhawk, Red-fronted Serin.

    2026-02-16. Mistle Thrush.

    2026-02-02. Azure Tit, Rook, Common Moorhen, Eurasian Collared Dove, Little Grebe, Pygmy Cormorant, Brambling.

    2026-01-30. Laughing Dove, Black-throated Accentor, Common Chaffinch.

    2026-01-27. Common Sparrowhawk.

    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
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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
    (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...