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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
  • Pelecanidae
  • Phalacrocoracidae
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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 43
    total photos: 79
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Little Ringed Plover (2014-04-19)
    2. Bluethroat (2014-04-20)
    3. Northern Pintail (2014-04-21)
    5. Demoiselle Crane (2014-05-05)
    6. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2014-05-05)
    7. Rosy Starling (2014-05-05)
    8. Himalayan Rubythroat (2014-06-22)
    9. Carrion Crow (2014-06-27)
    10. Grey Heron (2014-07-18)
    11. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2014-07-18)
    12. Greylag Goose (2014-07-18)
    13. Collared Pratincole (2014-07-18)
    14. Red-necked Phalarope (2014-07-19)
    15. European Nightjar (2014-07-19)
    16. Ruddy Shelduck (2014-07-19)
    17. Greater Short-toed Lark (2014-07-20)
    18. Common Rosefinch (2014-07-20)
    19. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2014-07-20)
    20. Little Owl (2014-07-22)
    21. Northern Wheatear (2014-08-03)
    22. Himalayan Snowcock (2014-08-03)
    23. Red-backed Shrike (2014-08-27)
    24. Common Greenshank (2014-08-27)
    25. Eurasian Curlew (2014-08-29)
    27. Ortolan Bunting (2014-08-29)
    28. Pallas's Gull (2014-08-29)
    29. Ruddy Turnstone (2014-08-30)
    30. Ruff (2014-08-30)
    31. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2014-08-30)
    32. Blue-capped Redstart (2014-10-04)
    33. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2014-10-04)
    34. Great Grey Shrike (2014-11-03)
    35. Golden Eagle (2014-11-16)
    36. Lammergeier (2014-11-24)
    37. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2014-11-26)
    38. Common Chaffinch (2014-11-26)
    39. Goosander (2014-11-26)
    40. Long-tailed Duck (2014-11-26)
    41. Red-breasted Merganser (2014-11-26)
    42. Common Goldeneye (2014-11-26)
    43. Mute Swan (2014-11-27)

    recent uploads

    2015-01-09. Garganey, European Nightjar, Rough-legged Buzzard.

    2015-01-08. Little Bustard, Common Crane.

    2015-01-07. Black Kite, Black Kite.

    2015-01-06. Common Mynah, Caspian Gull, Ferruginous Duck, Glossy Ibis, Glossy Ibis.

    2015-01-05. Greater Sand Plover, White Stork, White Stork, Pied Avocet, Water Pipit.

    2014-12-31. Eurasian Blackbird.

    2014-12-30. Great Grey Shrike, Long-legged Buzzard, Red-backed Shrike, Himalayan Rubythroat, Siberian Black-backed Gull.

    2014-12-29. Himalayan Snowcock, Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush, Northern Pintail, Whooper Swan, Great White Egret, Pin-Tailed Sandgrouse, Sandwich Tern, Mallard, Steppe Eagle, Common Shelduck, Great Cormorant.

    2014-12-28. Siberian Black-backed Gull, Common Greenshank, Red-backed Shrike, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Grey Heron, Little Ringed Plover, Red-necked Phalarope, Rosy Starling, Greater Flamingo, Greater Flamingo, Greater Flamingo, Greater Flamingo, Rosy Starling, Northern Wheatear, Blue-capped Redstart, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Common Chaffinch, Carrion Crow, Carrion Crow.

    2014-12-27. Himalayan Golden Eagle, Long-tailed Duck, Red-breasted Merganser, Goosander, Common Goldeneye, Mute Swan, Black-Bellied Sandgrouse, Black-Bellied Sandgrouse, Bluethroat, Greylag Goose, Little Owl, Common Rosefinch, Common Rosefinch, Ruddy Shelduck, European Nightjar, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Collared Pratincole, Greater Short-toed Lark, Pallas's Gull, Himalayan Snowcock, Eurasian Curlew, Eurasian Curlew, Eurasian Curlew, Ortolan Bunting, Ruddy Turnstone, Ruddy Turnstone, Ruff, Ruff, Lammergeier, Lammergeier, Lammergeier, Lammergeier.

    2014-12-26. White-tailed Sea-Eagle, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Mute Swan, Mute Swan, Mute Swan, Demoiselle Crane, Demoiselle Crane, Short-toed Snake-Eagle, Greater Flamingo, Caspian Plover, Great White Pelican, Great White Pelican, Great White Pelican, Great White Pelican.

    2014-12-25. Lammergeier, White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

    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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    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
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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
    (Viktoriya Zvyaginceva)

    2025-01-07
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    2024-08-03
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    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...