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Gaviiformes
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    total species: 60
    total photos: 153
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Bohemian Waxwing (2013-05-02)
    2. Turkestan Shrike (2013-05-03)
    3. Great Tit (2013-05-04)
    4. Isabelline Wheatear (2013-05-05)
    5. Lesser Kestrel (2013-05-05)
    6. Lesser Grey Shrike (2013-05-05)
    7. Crested Lark (2013-05-05)
    8. Eurasian Roller (2013-05-05)
    9. Tawny Pipit (2013-05-05)
    10. Long-legged Buzzard (2013-05-05)
    11. Calandra Lark (2013-05-05)
    12. Pied Wheatear (2013-05-05)
    13. Eurasian Crag Martin (2013-05-05)
    14. Tree Pipit (2013-05-05)
    15. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2013-05-05)
    16. Black Kite (2013-05-06)
    17. Corn Bunting (2013-05-06)
    18. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2013-05-06)
    19. Long-tailed Shrike (2013-05-06)
    20. Ruff (2013-05-07)
    21. Little Tern (2013-05-07)
    22. Grey Plover (2013-05-07)
    23. White Wagtail (2013-05-07)
    24. Grey Wagtail (2013-05-07)
    25. Common Sandpiper (2013-05-07)
    26. Oriental Turtle Dove (2013-05-07)
    27. Rosy Starling (2013-05-07)
    28. Common Tern (2013-05-07)
    29. Common Starling (2013-05-07)
    30. Little Ringed Plover (2013-05-07)
    31. Hoopoe (2013-05-07)
    32. Siberian Stonechat (2013-05-07)
    33. Ferruginous Duck (2013-05-07)
    34. Common Greenshank (2013-05-07)
    35. Garganey (2013-05-07)
    37. Black-Necked Grebe (2013-05-07)
    38. White-headed Duck (2013-05-07)
    39. Caspian Gull (2013-05-07)
    40. Lesser Whitethroat (2013-05-07)
    41. Black-headed Gull (2013-05-07)
    42. Green Sandpiper (2013-05-07)
    43. Kentish Plover (2013-05-07)
    44. Ruddy Shelduck (2013-05-07)
    45. Black-winged Stilt (2013-05-07)
    46. Great White Pelican (2013-05-07)
    47. Sand Martin (2013-05-07)
    48. Temminck's Stint (2013-05-07)
    49. Blue Whistling Thrush (2013-05-09)
    50. Eversmann's Redstart (2013-05-09)
    51. Ibisbill (2013-05-09)
    52. Himalayan Rubythroat (2013-05-09)
    53. Mistle Thrush (2013-05-09)
    54. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2013-05-09)
    55. Brown Accentor (2013-05-09)
    56. Red-billed Chough (2013-05-09)
    57. Water Pipit (2013-05-09)
    58. White-winged Grosbeak (2013-05-09)
    59. Wood Pigeon (2013-05-10)
    60. European Greenfinch (2013-05-10)

    recent uploads

    2013-05-11. Green Sandpiper, Common Greenshank.

    2013-05-10. Black-eared Kite, Blue Whistling Thrush, Grey Wagtail, Eversmann's Redstart, Ibisbill, Himalayan Rubythroat, Mistle Thrush, Guldenstadt's Redstart, Brown Accentor, Red-billed Chough, Water Pipit, White-winged Grosbeak, Wood Pigeon, European Greenfinch.

    2013-05-08. Caspian Gull, Lesser Whitethroat, Black-headed Gull, Sand Martin, Caspian Gull, Great White Pelican, Temminck's Stint, Black-winged Stilt, Ruddy Shelduck, Garganey, Kentish Plover, Ruff, Little Tern, Grey Plover, White Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Common Sandpiper, Oriental Turtle Dove, Rosy Starling, Eurasian Roller, Common Tern, Central Asia Starling, Little Ringed Plover, Hoopoe, Siberian Stonechat, Ferruginous Duck.

    2013-05-07. White-crowned Penduline Tit, Long-legged Buzzard, Black-Necked Grebe, White-headed Duck.

    2013-05-06. Short-toed Snake-Eagle, Bohemian Waxwing, Lesser Grey Shrike, Long-tailed Shrike, Corn Bunting, Black Kite, Lesser Kestrel.

    2013-05-05. Bohemian Waxwing, Turkestan Shrike, Turkestan Shrike, Great Tit, Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush, Tree Pipit, Eurasian Crag Martin, Pied Wheatear, Isabelline Wheatear, Calandra Lark, Long-legged Buzzard, Tawny Pipit, Eurasian Roller, Crested Lark, Lesser Grey Shrike.

    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
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    2025-03-30
    Great White Egret
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    Common Kestrel
    (Anna Yasko)

    2025-03-23
    Common Sparrowhawk
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    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...