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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
  • Pelecanidae
  • Phalacrocoracidae
    • Ciconiiformes
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    • Falconiformes
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  • Tetraonidae
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    • Charadriiformes
  • Burhinidae
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  • Recurvirostridae
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  • Paradoxornithidae
  • Aegithalidae
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  • Certhiidae
  • Ploceidae
  • Fringillidae
  • Emberizidae

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    total species: 34
    total photos: 134
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Gadwall (2016-04-15)
    2. Garganey (2016-04-16)
    3. Little Ringed Plover (2016-04-16)
    4. Mute Swan (2016-04-16)
    5. Masked Wagtail (2016-04-17)
    6. Dalmatian Pelican (2016-04-18)
    7. Black-Necked Grebe (2016-05-03)
    8. Calandra Lark (2016-05-05)
    9. White-winged Lark (2016-05-09)
    10. White-headed Duck (2016-05-10)
    11. Steppe Grey Shrike (2016-05-21)
    12. Himalayan Vulture (2016-06-08)
    13. Lammergeier (2016-06-25)
    14. Red-headed Bunting (2016-07-21)
    15. Red-crested Pochard (2016-07-21)
    16. Northern Shoveler (2016-07-21)
    17. Wood Sandpiper (2016-07-21)
    18. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2016-07-22)
    19. Common Moorhen (2016-07-22)
    20. Black-winged Stilt (2016-07-22)
    21. Turkestan Shrike (2016-07-23)
    22. Pied Wheatear (2016-07-23)
    23. Long-legged Buzzard (2016-07-23)
    24. Rosy Starling (2016-07-23)
    25. Crested Lark (2016-07-23)
    26. Eurasian Hobby (2016-08-10)
    27. Eurasian Roller (2016-08-10)
    28. Common Kestrel (2016-08-24)
    29. Great Cormorant (2016-08-30)
    30. Steppe Eagle (2016-09-15)
    31. Greater Flamingo (2016-10-01)
    32. Common Pochard (2016-10-06)
    33. Cinereous Vulture (2016-10-21)
    34. Golden Eagle (2016-10-21)

    recent uploads

    2016-11-08. Lammergeier, Lammergeier, Lammergeier.

    2016-11-02. Golden Eagle.

    2016-10-29. Lammergeier, Lammergeier, Lammergeier.

    2016-10-21. Cinereous Vulture, Lammergeier, Lammergeier, Golden Eagle.

    2016-10-06. Greater Flamingo, White-headed Duck, White-headed Duck, Common Pochard.

    2016-10-03. Long-legged Buzzard.

    2016-10-01. White-headed Duck, White-headed Duck, Greater Flamingo.

    2016-09-21. Steppe Eagle.

    2016-09-15. Steppe Eagle.

    2016-08-30. Eurasian Hobby, Great Cormorant.

    2016-08-26. Eurasian Hobby, Eurasian Hobby.

    2016-08-25. Eurasian Hobby, Common Kestrel.

    2016-08-20. Eurasian Hobby.

    2016-08-18. Eurasian Hobby.

    2016-08-11. Eurasian Hobby, Eurasian Roller.

    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
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    2025-08-31
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    2025-06-17
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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
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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
    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...