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Gaviiformes
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    • Podicipediformes
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    total species: 29
    total photos: 136
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Black-tailed Godwit (2021-05-03)
    2. Hoopoe (2021-05-09)
    3. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2021-05-14)
    4. Tawny Pipit (2021-05-14)
    5. Ortolan Bunting (2021-05-22)
    6. Common Starling (2021-05-24)
    7. Black Woodpecker (2021-05-28)
    8. Common Kestrel (2021-05-29)
    9. Red-footed Falcon (2021-05-29)
    10. European Bee-eater (2021-06-03)
    11. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2021-06-12)
    12. White Wagtail (2021-06-18)
    13. Eurasian Redstart (2021-06-20)
    14. Demoiselle Crane (2021-06-24)
    15. Little Bustard (2021-06-24)
    16. Common Oystercatcher (2021-06-24)
    17. White-winged Lark (2021-06-24)
    18. Northern Lapwing (2021-06-24)
    19. Black-headed Gull (2021-06-24)
    20. Yellow Wagtail (2021-06-26)
    21. Mute Swan (2021-06-26)
    22. European Golden Oriole (2021-06-27)
    23. Fieldfare (2021-06-27)
    24. Bluethroat (2021-06-27)
    25. Black-winged Stilt (2021-07-06)
    26. Little Ringed Plover (2021-07-06)
    27. Steppe Eagle (2021-07-06)
    28. Red-backed Shrike (2021-08-14)
    29. Grey Heron (2021-08-14)

    recent uploads

    2021-08-17. Red-backed Shrike, Grey Heron.

    2021-07-07. Black-winged Stilt.

    2021-07-06. Black-winged Stilt, Little Ringed Plover, Steppe Eagle.

    2021-06-29. Bluethroat, Mute Swan, Eurasian Penduline Tit, Tawny Pipit.

    2021-06-28. Yellow Wagtail, European Golden Oriole, Fieldfare.

    2021-06-25. Black-headed Gull, Northern Lapwing, White-winged Lark, Common Oystercatcher, Demoiselle Crane, Little Bustard.

    2021-06-21. Eurasian Redstart, White Wagtail, European Bee-eater.

    2021-06-17. Ortolan Bunting.

    2021-05-30. Common Kestrel, Red-footed Falcon.

    2021-05-28. Black Woodpecker.

    2021-05-25. Common Starling.

    2021-05-15. Eastern Imperial Eagle.

    2021-05-11. Black-tailed Godwit, Hoopoe.

    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...