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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
  • Pelecanidae
  • Phalacrocoracidae
    • Ciconiiformes
  • Ardeidae
  • Threskiornithidae
  • Ciconiidae
    • Phoenicopteriformes
  • Phoenicopteridae
    • Anseriformes
  • Anatidae
    • Falconiformes
  • Pandionidae
  • Accipitridae
  • Falconidae
    • Galliformes
  • Tetraonidae
  • Phasianidae
    • Gruiformes
  • Gruidae
  • Rallidae
  • Otididae
    • Charadriiformes
  • Burhinidae
  • Charadriidae
  • Recurvirostridae
  • Haematopodidae
  • Scolopacidae
  • Glareolidae
  • Stercorariidae
  • Laridae
    • Pterocletiformes
  • Pteroclidae
    • Columbiformes
  • Columbidae
    • Cuculiformes
  • Cuculidae
    • Strigiformes
  • Strigidae
    • Caprimulgiformes
  • Caprimulgidae
    • Apodiformes
  • Apodidae
    • Coraciiformes
  • Coraciidae
  • Alcedinidae
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    • Upupiformes
  • Upupidae
    • Piciformes
  • Picidae
    • Passeriformes
  • Hirundinidae
  • Alaudidae
  • Motacillidae
  • Laniidae
  • Oriolidae
  • Dicruridae
  • Sturnidae
  • Corvidae
  • Bombycillidae
  • Cinclidae
  • Troglodytidae
  • Prunellidae
  • Sylviidae
  • Regulidae
  • Muscicapidae
  • Turdidae
  • Paradoxornithidae
  • Aegithalidae
  • Remizidae
  • Paridae
  • Sittidae
  • Certhiidae
  • Ploceidae
  • Fringillidae
  • Emberizidae

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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 61
    total photos: 146
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Dalmatian Pelican (2015-04-22)
    2. Great Crested Grebe (2015-04-24)
    3. Slender-billed Gull (2015-04-25)
    4. Great White Pelican (2015-04-25)
    5. Turkestan Shrike (2015-04-25)
    6. Greylag Goose (2015-04-25)
    7. Steppe Grey Shrike (2015-04-25)
    8. Little Tern (2015-05-04)
    9. Greater Flamingo (2015-05-04)
    10. Temminck's Stint (2015-05-05)
    11. Glossy Ibis (2015-05-06)
    12. Bar-tailed Godwit (2015-05-06)
    13. Purple Heron (2015-05-06)
    14. Great White Egret (2015-05-06)
    15. Grey Plover (2015-05-06)
    16. Osprey (2015-05-06)
    17. Little Egret (2015-05-06)
    18. Northern Black Grouse (2015-05-16)
    19. Blue-capped Redstart (2015-05-28)
    20. House Sparrow (2015-06-17)
    21. Water Pipit (2015-06-21)
    22. Red-crested Pochard (2015-07-02)
    23. Barn Swallow (2015-07-02)
    24. Common Coot (2015-07-03)
    25. Calandra Lark (2015-07-04)
    26. Common Sandpiper (2015-07-04)
    27. Pied Avocet (2015-07-05)
    28. Red-necked Phalarope (2015-07-05)
    29. Eurasian Whimbrel (2015-07-05)
    30. Little Ringed Plover (2015-07-05)
    31. Common Tern (2015-07-06)
    32. Ruff (2015-07-06)
    33. Curlew Sandpiper (2015-07-07)
    34. Chukar Partridge (2015-07-08)
    35. Ferruginous Duck (2015-07-22)
    36. Black-winged Stilt (2015-07-22)
    37. Ruddy Shelduck (2015-07-22)
    38. Pin-Tailed Sandgrouse (2015-07-23)
    39. Red-headed Bunting (2015-07-23)
    40. Long-legged Buzzard (2015-07-24)
    41. Gadwall (2015-07-24)
    42. Common Redshank (2015-07-24)
    43. Tawny Pipit (2015-07-24)
    44. Collared Pratincole (2015-07-24)
    45. Blue Whistling Thrush (2015-08-22)
    46. Egyptian Vulture (2015-09-02)
    47. Steppe Eagle (2015-09-03)
    48. European Golden Oriole (2015-09-03)
    49. Griffon Vulture (2015-09-03)
    50. Northern Lapwing (2015-09-24)
    51. Eurasian Golden Plover (2015-10-21)
    52. Tufted Duck (2015-10-21)
    53. Common Pochard (2015-10-21)
    54. Red-breasted Merganser (2015-10-21)
    55. Greater Scaup (2015-10-21)
    56. Black-Necked Grebe (2015-10-21)
    57. Eurasian Curlew (2015-10-22)
    58. Northern Reed Bunting (2015-10-24)
    59. Whooper Swan (2015-10-25)
    60. Bewick's Swan (2015-10-25)
    61. Bearded Tit (2015-10-25)

    recent uploads

    2015-12-10. Eurasian Curlew.

    2015-11-27. Great Crested Grebe, Black-Necked Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Greater Scaup, Red-breasted Merganser.

    2015-11-26. Common Pochard, Common Coot.

    2015-11-25. Black-Necked Grebe.

    2015-11-21. Bewick's Swan, Whooper Swan.

    2015-11-20. Osprey, Eurasian Golden Plover, Tufted Duck, Common Pochard, Greater Flamingo, Northern Reed Bunting, Bearded Tit, Common Coot.

    2015-10-01. Pied Avocet.

    2015-09-30. Northern Lapwing.

    2015-09-18. Steppe Eagle.

    2015-09-09. European Golden Oriole, Griffon Vulture.

    2015-09-08. Egyptian Vulture.

    2015-08-22. Blue Whistling Thrush.

    2015-08-07. Common Redshank, Red-necked Phalarope, Tawny Pipit, Collared Pratincole.

    2015-08-05. Ruddy Shelduck, Black-winged Stilt, Gadwall.

    2015-07-31. Common Tern.

    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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    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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