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1. Spotted Redshank (2016-01-24)
2. Green Sandpiper (2016-01-24)
3. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2016-01-24)
4. Great Grey Shrike (2016-01-24)
5. Mallard (2016-01-24)
6. Steppe Eagle (2016-01-24)
7. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2016-01-24)
8. Tree Sparrow (2016-01-24)
9. Twite (2016-01-24)
10. Caspian Gull (2016-01-24)
11. Brambling (2016-02-02)
12. Great Tit (2016-02-02)
13. Azure Tit (2016-02-02)
14. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2016-02-02)
15. White-winged Grosbeak (2016-02-02)
16. Long-tailed Tit (2016-02-02)
17. Yellowhammer (2016-02-04)
18. Golden Eagle (2016-02-05)
19. Common Pheasant (2016-02-06)
20. Wallcreeper (2016-02-12)
21. Brown Dipper (2016-02-14)
22. Red-fronted Serin (2016-02-14)
23. Saker Falcon (2016-02-17)
24. Great Bustard (2016-02-17)
25. Chukar Partridge (2016-02-17)
26. Little Owl (2016-02-17)
27. Long-legged Buzzard (2016-02-17)
28. Common Kestrel (2016-02-17)
29. Cinereous Vulture (2016-02-17)
30. Black Lark (2016-02-17)
31. Northern Goshawk (2016-02-19)
32. Lammergeier (2016-02-22)
33. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2016-02-22)
34. Goosander (2016-02-23)
35. Rough-legged Buzzard (2016-02-23)
36. Common Chaffinch (2016-02-23)
37. Turkestan Tit (2016-02-23)
38. Sky Lark (2016-02-23)
39. House Sparrow (2016-02-23)
40. Common Starling (2016-02-26)
41. Corn Bunting (2016-02-26)
42. Hen Harrier (2016-02-26)
43. Hooded Crow (2016-02-26)
44. Ruddy Shelduck (2016-02-26)
45. Gadwall (2016-02-26)
46. Merlin (2016-02-26)
47. Common Teal (2016-02-26)
48. Northern Reed Bunting (2016-02-26)
49. Calandra Lark (2016-02-26)
50. Northern Lapwing (2016-02-26)
51. Common Mynah (2016-02-26)
52. European Greenfinch (2016-02-26)
53. Great White Egret (2016-02-26)
54. Common Buzzard (2016-02-26)
55. Eurasian Jackdaw (2016-02-26)
56. Black Kite (2016-02-28)
57. Eurasian Collared Dove (2016-02-28)
58. Blue Whistling Thrush (2016-03-05)
59. Black-headed Gull (2016-03-05)
60. Eurasian Linnet (2016-03-05)
61. Masked Wagtail (2016-03-05)
62. Citrine Wagtail (2016-03-05)
63. Common Coot (2016-03-05)
64. Dalmatian Pelican (2016-03-05)
65. Great Cormorant (2016-03-05)
66. Smew (2016-03-05)
67. Pied Avocet (2016-03-05)
68. Grey Heron (2016-03-05)
69. Common Pochard (2016-03-05)
70. Western Marsh-Harrier (2016-03-06)
71. Carrion Crow (2016-03-06)
72. Pine Bunting (2016-03-06)
73. Pied Wheatear (2016-03-06)
74. Wood Pigeon (2016-03-06)
75. Desert Finch (2016-03-06)
76. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2016-03-17)
77. Hoopoe (2016-03-19)
78. Eversmann's Redstart (2016-03-19)
79. Black-throated Accentor (2016-03-19)
80. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2016-03-19)
81. White Wagtail (2016-03-19)
82. Mute Swan (2016-03-19)
83. Macqueen's Bustard (2016-03-22)
84. Greater Sand Plover (2016-03-22)
85. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2016-03-22)
86. Little Bustard (2016-03-22)
87. Bimaculated Lark (2016-03-22)
88. Northern Wheatear (2016-03-22)
89. Grey Partridge (2016-03-23)
90. Isabelline Wheatear (2016-03-23)
91. Steppe Grey Shrike (2016-03-23)
92. Pallid Harrier (2016-03-23)
93. Greater Short-toed Lark (2016-03-23)
94. Turkestan Shrike (2016-03-24)
95. Black-throated Thrush (2016-03-24)
96. Tawny Pipit (2016-03-24)
97. Common Chiffchaff (2016-03-30)
98. Blue-capped Redstart (2016-03-30)
99. Great White Pelican (2016-04-07)
100. Osprey (2016-04-07)
101. Eurasian Curlew (2016-04-07)
102. Bluethroat (2016-04-07)
103. Lesser Whitethroat (2016-04-07)
104. Tree Pipit (2016-04-07)
105. Black Redstart (2016-04-07)
106. Greylag Goose (2016-04-07)
107. Great Crested Grebe (2016-04-07)
108. Common Redshank (2016-04-07)
109. Common Snipe (2016-04-07)
110. Desert Wheatear (2016-04-07)
111. Pin-Tailed Sandgrouse (2016-04-07)
112. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2016-04-07)
113. Crested Lark (2016-04-07)
114. Demoiselle Crane (2016-04-08)
115. Asian Desert Warbler (2016-04-09)
116. Short-eared Owl (2016-04-09)
117. White-winged Lark (2016-04-09)
118. Caspian Plover (2016-04-10)
119. Red-crested Pochard (2016-04-10)
120. Common Kingfisher (2016-04-10)
121. Montagu's Harrier (2016-04-10)
122. Pygmy Cormorant (2016-04-10)
123. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2016-04-11)
124. Northern Shoveler (2016-04-11)
125. Kentish Plover (2016-04-11)
126. Eurasian Siskin (2016-04-12)
127. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2016-04-13)
128. Siberian Stonechat (2016-04-13)
129. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2016-04-14)
130. Grey Wagtail (2016-04-16)
131. Common Oystercatcher (2016-04-20)
132. Yellow-eyed Pigeon (2016-04-20)
133. Oriental Turtle Dove (2016-04-20)
134. Saxaul Sparrow (2016-04-20)
135. Isabelline Shrike (2016-04-20)
136. Common Whitethroat (2016-04-20)
137. Brown-necked Raven (2016-04-21)
138. Black-headed Wagtail (2016-04-22)
139. Hume's Warbler (2016-04-23)
140. Black-winged Stilt (2016-04-23)
141. Ferruginous Duck (2016-04-23)
142. Northern Pintail (2016-04-23)
143. Pallas's Gull (2016-04-24)
144. Yellow Wagtail (2016-04-24)
145. Gull-billed Tern (2016-04-24)
146. Common Sparrowhawk (2016-04-25)
147. Black-Necked Grebe (2016-04-26)
148. Common Cuckoo (2016-04-27)
149. Ortolan Bunting (2016-04-27)
150. Common Sandpiper (2016-04-27)
151. Red-headed Bunting (2016-05-08)
152. European Bee-eater (2016-05-08)
153. Rock Bunting (2016-05-08)
154. Himalayan Vulture (2016-05-08)
155. Booted Eagle (2016-05-08)
156. Mongolian Finch (2016-05-08)
157. Eurasian Hobby (2016-05-08)
158. Eurasian Wigeon (2016-05-08)
159. Barn Swallow (2016-05-09)
160. Rosy Starling (2016-05-09)
161. Willow Warbler (2016-05-12)
162. Lesser Grey Shrike (2016-05-12)
163. Booted Warbler (2016-05-13)
164. Common Nightingale (2016-05-13)
165. Northern Black Grouse (2016-05-13)
166. Western Grasshopper Warbler (2016-05-13)
167. Spotted Flycatcher (2016-05-13)
168. Red-backed Shrike (2016-05-13)
169. Grey-necked Bunting (2016-05-13)
170. Eurasian Whimbrel (2016-05-14)
171. Common Crane (2016-05-14)
172. Collared Pratincole (2016-05-14)
173. Eurasian Roller (2016-05-14)
174. Little Ringed Plover (2016-05-26)
175. Lesser Kestrel (2016-05-27)
176. Common Shelduck (2016-05-27)
177. European Golden Oriole (2016-05-27)
178. Curlew Sandpiper (2016-05-28)
179. Marsh Sandpiper (2016-05-28)
180. Little Stint (2016-05-28)
181. Grey Plover (2016-05-28)
182. Common Tern (2016-05-28)
183. Eurasian Goldfinch (2016-05-29)
184. Willow Tit (2016-05-29)
185. European Nightjar (2016-05-31)
186. Mew Gull (2016-06-01)
187. White-winged Tern (2016-06-01)
188. Slender-billed Gull (2016-06-01)
189. Egyptian Vulture (2016-06-02)
190. Common Rosefinch (2016-06-28)
191. Laughing Dove (2016-07-14)
192. Horned Lark (2016-09-04)
193. Ruddy Turnstone (2016-09-05)
194. Ruff (2016-09-10)
195. Little Grebe (2016-09-10)
196. Wood Sandpiper (2016-09-10)
197. White-Winged Woodpecker (2016-09-16)
198. Common Moorhen (2016-09-20)
199. Bohemian Waxwing (2016-12-16)
200. Eurasian Blackbird (2016-12-21)
201. Goldcrest (2016-12-21)
202. Northern Wren (2016-12-22)

recent uploads


2016-12-25. Golden Eagle, Saxaul Sparrow, Lesser Short-toed Lark, Hen Harrier, Northern Reed Bunting.

2016-12-23. Little Bustard, Common Moorhen, Turkestan Shrike, Desert Wheatear, Turkestan Shrike, Northern Goshawk, Macqueen's Bustard, Common Crane, Pine Bunting, Little Owl, Long-legged Buzzard, Eurasian Collared Dove, Eurasian Wigeon, Northern Goshawk, Blue Whistling Thrush, Bohemian Waxwing, Eurasian Siskin, Red-fronted Serin, White-winged Grosbeak, Eurasian Blackbird, Goldcrest, Northern Wren.

2016-09-18. Common Cuckoo, Desert Wheatear, Horned Lark, Little Owl, Macqueen's Bustard, Ruff, Little Grebe, Wood Sandpiper, Hybrid Wagtail, White Wagtail, White-Winged Woodpecker.

2016-09-06. Blue Whistling Thrush, Common Rosefinch, Laughing Dove, Ruddy Turnstone.

2016-06-05. Little Ringed Plover, Rosy Starling, Common Redshank, Pied Avocet, Little Ringed Plover, Lesser Kestrel, Common Shelduck, Steppe Eagle, European Golden Oriole, Northern Shoveler, Curlew Sandpiper, Marsh Sandpiper, Pied Avocet, Common Pochard, Black-winged Stilt, Little Stint, Grey Plover, Tawny Pipit, Black Lark, Barn Swallow, Booted Warbler, Demoiselle Crane, Common Tern, Lesser Grey Shrike, Ortolan Bunting, Eurasian Roller, Merlin, Lesser Grey Shrike, Pied Wheatear, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Spotted Flycatcher, Eurasian Goldfinch, Common Chaffinch, White Wagtail, Ortolan Bunting, Willow Tit, Northern Black Grouse, Common Sparrowhawk, Eastern Imperial Eagle, European Nightjar, Turkestan Shrike, Mew Gull, White-winged Tern, Slender-billed Gull, Egyptian Vulture.

2016-05-15. Blue Whistling Thrush, Red-headed Bunting, European Bee-eater, Eurasian Linnet, Siberian Stonechat, Turkestan Shrike, Rock Bunting, Chukar Partridge, Cinereous Vulture, Himalayan Vulture, Booted Eagle, Steppe Greater Short-toed Lark, Mongolian Finch, Common Sandpiper, Great Bustard, Eurasian Hobby, Turkestan Shrike, Saker Falcon, Barn Swallow, Rosy Starling, Eurasian Whimbrel, Common Crane, Collared Pratincole, Eurasian Roller, Willow Warbler, Lesser Grey Shrike, Siberian Stonechat, Common Nightingale, Northern Black Grouse, Western Grasshopper Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher, Booted Warbler, Red-backed Shrike, Grey-necked Bunting, Great Bustard, Mallard, Black-Bellied Sandgrouse, Demoiselle Crane, Turkestan Shrike.

2016-04-29. Common Starling, Common Oystercatcher, Yellow-eyed Pigeon, Oriental Turtle Dove, Saxaul Sparrow, Isabelline Shrike, Common Whitethroat, Saker Falcon, Lesser Short-toed Lark, White Wagtail, Saxaul Sparrow, Brown-necked Raven, Short-toed Snake-Eagle, Steppe Grey Shrike, Asian Desert Warbler, Turkestan Shrike, Black-headed Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Hume's Warbler, Northern Shoveler, Black-winged Stilt, Ferruginous Duck, Grey Wagtail, Northern Pintail, Pied Avocet, Great White Pelican, Pallas's Gull, Black-headed Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, Eurasian Curlew, Northern Shoveler, Mute Swan, Gull-billed Tern, Montagu's Harrier, Calandra Lark, Siberian Stonechat, Long-legged Buzzard, Common Sparrowhawk, Short-toed Snake-Eagle, Great Crested Grebe, Great Bustard, Pallid Harrier, Calandra Lark, Eurasian Siskin, Isabelline Wheatear, Tree Pipit, Tawny Pipit, Black-Necked Grebe, Little Bustard, Common Cuckoo, Lesser Whitethroat, Tree Pipit, Ortolan Bunting, Tawny Pipit, Long-legged Buzzard, Common Sandpiper, Caspian Gull.

2016-04-18. Blue-capped Redstart.

2016-04-16. Lesser Short-toed Lark, Crested Lark, Turkestan Shrike, Turkestan Shrike, Chukar Partridge, Saker Falcon, Grey Wagtail.

2016-04-15. Great White Pelican, Osprey, Eurasian Curlew, Bluethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Tree Pipit, Turkestan Black Redstart, Masked Wagtail, Ring-necked Pheasant, Western Marsh-Harrier, Caspian Gull, Greylag Goose, Bluethroat, Great Crested Grebe, Common Redshank, Green Sandpiper, Common Teal, Common Snipe, Isabelline Wheatear, Steppe Eagle, Desert Wheatear, Pin-Tailed Sandgrouse, Black-Bellied Sandgrouse, Lesser Short-toed Lark, Long-legged Buzzard, Bluethroat, Pin-Tailed Sandgrouse, Steppe Greater Short-toed Lark, White Wagtail, Bluethroat, Northern Wheatear, Demoiselle Crane, Common Teal, Long-legged Buzzard, Mallard, Lesser Short-toed Lark, Steppe Grey Shrike, Little Bustard, Long-legged Buzzard, Asian Desert Warbler, Steppe Eagle, Common Kestrel, Western Marsh-Harrier, Pied Wheatear, Macqueen's Bustard, Short-eared Owl, White-winged Lark, Long-legged Buzzard, Steppe Grey Shrike, Greater Sand Plover, Caspian Plover, Red-crested Pochard, Common Kingfisher, Montagu's Harrier, Pygmy Cormorant, Common Redshank, Steppe Buzzard, Little Bustard, Pin-Tailed Sandgrouse, Macqueen's Bustard, Eurasian Eagle-Owl, Northern Shoveler, Kentish Plover, Green Sandpiper, Citrine Wagtail, Pied Wheatear, Mallard, Saker Falcon, Turkestan Black Redstart, Greater Sand Plover, Golden Eagle, Tawny Pipit, Eurasian Siskin, Short-toed Snake-Eagle, Tawny Pipit, Green Sandpiper, Eurasian Penduline Tit, Siberian Stonechat, Green Sandpiper.

2016-03-30. Common Chiffchaff, Blue-capped Redstart.

2016-03-25. Macqueen's Bustard, Greater Sand Plover, Saker Falcon, Black-Bellied Sandgrouse, Saker Falcon, Little Bustard, Northern Lapwing, Long-legged Buzzard, Calandra Lark, Long-legged Buzzard, Bimaculated Lark, Northern Wheatear, Grey Partridge, Long-legged Buzzard, Isabelline Wheatear, Steppe Grey Shrike, Pied Wheatear, Pallid Harrier, Greater Short-toed Lark, Saker Falcon, Hen Harrier, Siberian White Wagtail, Greater Short-toed Lark, Turkestan Shrike, Black-throated Thrush, Citrine Wagtail, Masked Wagtail, Ruddy Shelduck, Tawny Pipit, Turkestan Shrike, Turkestan Shrike.

2016-03-20. Hoopoe, Eversmann's Redstart, Black-throated Accentor, Long-tailed Rosefinch, White Wagtail, Masked Wagtail, Ring-necked Pheasant, Red-mantled Rosefinch, Mute Swan.

2016-03-17. Ring-necked Pheasant, Blue Whistling Thrush, Great Spotted Woodpecker.

2016-03-16. Common Chaffinch, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Long-tailed Tit.

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...