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Gaviiformes
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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 58
    total photos: 98
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Whooper Swan (2016-02-14)
    2. Great Crested Grebe (2016-02-14)
    3. Bewick's Swan (2016-02-14)
    4. Common Pheasant (2016-02-26)
    5. Isabelline Shrike (2016-02-27)
    6. Common Crane (2016-02-27)
    7. Black-breasted Tit (2016-03-02)
    8. Blue-capped Redstart (2016-03-02)
    9. Masked Wagtail (2016-03-15)
    10. Citrine Wagtail (2016-03-15)
    11. Little Ringed Plover (2016-03-15)
    12. Caspian Gull (2016-03-28)
    13. Black Kite (2016-03-28)
    14. Osprey (2016-04-19)
    15. Crested Lark (2016-04-21)
    16. Griffon Vulture (2016-04-21)
    17. Little Bustard (2016-04-22)
    18. Tawny Pipit (2016-04-26)
    19. Chukar Partridge (2016-04-26)
    20. Demoiselle Crane (2016-04-26)
    21. White-headed Duck (2016-04-30)
    22. Egyptian Vulture (2016-04-30)
    23. European Bee-eater (2016-05-01)
    24. Green Sandpiper (2016-05-01)
    25. Wood Sandpiper (2016-05-01)
    26. Common Sandpiper (2016-05-01)
    27. Temminck's Stint (2016-05-01)
    28. Greater Spotted Eagle (2016-05-04)
    29. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2016-05-07)
    30. Sanderling (2016-05-31)
    31. Crimson-winged Finch (2016-07-09)
    32. Little Stint (2016-07-17)
    33. Sociable Lapwing (2016-07-17)
    34. Himalayan Vulture (2016-07-25)
    35. Barbary Falcon (2016-07-25)
    36. Glossy Ibis (2016-08-05)
    37. Steppe Grey Shrike (2016-08-05)
    38. Western Marsh-Harrier (2016-08-05)
    39. White-tailed Lapwing (2016-08-05)
    40. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2016-08-06)
    41. Finsch's Wheatear (2016-08-06)
    42. Black-winged Stilt (2016-08-06)
    43. Rock Sparrow (2016-08-13)
    44. Eurasian Wryneck (2016-08-14)
    45. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2016-09-01)
    46. Plain Mountain Finch (2016-09-01)
    47. Ibisbill (2016-09-02)
    48. Black-throated Thrush (2016-09-03)
    49. Hill Pigeon (2016-09-18)
    50. Great Grey Shrike (2016-10-30)
    51. Isabelline Wheatear (2016-10-30)
    52. Dunlin (2016-10-30)
    53. Steppe Eagle (2016-10-30)
    54. Bean Goose (2016-10-30)
    55. Spotted Nutcracker (2016-10-30)
    56. European Robin (2016-12-24)
    57. Lesser Whitethroat (2016-12-25)
    58. White-winged Grosbeak (2016-12-25)

    recent uploads

    2017-01-03. European Robin, White-winged Grosbeak.

    2017-01-02. Lesser Whitethroat.

    2016-11-19. Crimson-winged Finch, Crimson-winged Finch.

    2016-11-02. Bewick's Swan, Dusky Thrush.

    2016-10-31. Great Grey Shrike, Isabelline Wheatear, Whooper Swan, Dunlin, Steppe Eagle, Bean Goose.

    2016-10-30. Spotted Nutcracker.

    2016-09-21. Hill Pigeon.

    2016-09-15. Himalayan Vulture, Guldenstadt's Redstart, Hodgson's Rosefinch, Black-throated Thrush.

    2016-09-13. Ibisbill.

    2016-08-17. Eurasian Wryneck.

    2016-08-15. Rock Sparrow.

    2016-08-12. Glossy Ibis.

    2016-08-10. Black-winged Stilt, Finsch's Wheatear, Finsch's Wheatear, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, White-tailed Lapwing, Western Marsh-Harrier, Crested Lark, Steppe Grey Shrike.

    2016-08-01. Sanderling, Temminck's Stint, Temminck's Stint, Short-toed Snake-Eagle, Short-toed Snake-Eagle, Short-toed Snake-Eagle, Barbary Falcon.

    2016-07-27. Himalayan Vulture, Griffon Vulture.

    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
    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
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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
    Eurasian Penduline Tit
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    2024-08-03
    Common Tern
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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...