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    • Podicipediformes
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    total species: 284
    total photos: 989
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 6

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    1. Indian Pond Heron (2015-01-01)
    2. Azure Tit (2015-01-01)
    3. Mistle Thrush (2015-01-01)
    4. European Robin (2015-01-01)
    5. European Greenfinch (2015-01-01)
    6. Tree Sparrow (2015-01-01)
    7. Fieldfare (2015-01-01)
    8. Black-throated Thrush (2015-01-01)
    9. Eurasian Blackbird (2015-01-01)
    10. Northern Wren (2015-01-03)
    11. Green Sandpiper (2015-01-03)
    12. Great Tit (2015-01-04)
    13. Common Chaffinch (2015-01-04)
    14. Common Coot (2015-01-04)
    15. Little Grebe (2015-01-04)
    16. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2015-01-04)
    17. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2015-01-04)
    18. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2015-01-04)
    19. White-Winged Woodpecker (2015-01-11)
    20. Water Pipit (2015-01-11)
    21. Mallard (2015-01-11)
    22. Common Kestrel (2015-01-11)
    23. Upland Buzzard (2015-01-11)
    24. Eastern Buzzard (2015-01-11)
    25. Bohemian Waxwing (2015-01-11)
    26. Ibisbill (2015-01-11)
    27. Bearded Tit (2015-01-11)
    28. Black-throated Accentor (2015-01-11)
    29. Carrion Crow (2015-01-17)
    30. Eurasian Jackdaw (2015-01-17)
    31. Hawfinch (2015-01-18)
    32. Chukar Partridge (2015-01-18)
    33. Eversmann's Redstart (2015-01-18)
    34. Common Mynah (2015-01-18)
    35. Water Rail (2015-01-18)
    36. Turkestan Tit (2015-01-18)
    37. Common Sparrowhawk (2015-01-18)
    38. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2015-01-24)
    39. Brambling (2015-01-24)
    40. Jack Snipe (2015-01-25)
    41. Rustic Bunting (2015-01-31)
    42. Long-tailed Tit (2015-01-31)
    43. Goosander (2015-01-31)
    44. Eurasian Siskin (2015-01-31)
    45. Solitary Snipe (2015-01-31)
    46. Ferruginous Duck (2015-02-01)
    47. Eurasian Goldfinch (2015-02-01)
    48. Ural Owl (2015-02-06)
    49. House Sparrow (2015-02-07)
    50. Northern Bullfinch (2015-02-07)
    51. Common Raven (2015-02-07)
    52. Eurasian Dipper (2015-02-07)
    53. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2015-02-07)
    54. Goldcrest (2015-02-07)
    55. Eurasian Jay (2015-02-08)
    57. Willow Tit (2015-02-08)
    58. Baikal Bullfinch (2015-02-08)
    59. Common Treecreeper (2015-02-09)
    60. Coal Tit (2015-02-09)
    61. Northern Goshawk (2015-02-09)
    62. Eurasian Nuthatch (2015-02-09)
    63. Western Capercaillie (2015-02-09)
    64. Mew Gull (2015-02-11)
    65. Northern Reed Bunting (2015-02-11)
    66. Eurasian Magpie (2015-02-11)
    67. Great Grey Shrike (2015-02-11)
    68. Hooded Crow (2015-02-19)
    69. Common Snipe (2015-02-21)
    70. Wallcreeper (2015-02-21)
    71. Great White Egret (2015-02-21)
    72. White Wagtail (2015-03-20)
    73. Long-legged Buzzard (2015-03-20)
    74. Black-headed Gull (2015-03-20)
    75. Tufted Duck (2015-03-20)
    76. Northern Pintail (2015-03-20)
    77. Eurasian Wigeon (2015-03-20)
    78. Red-crested Pochard (2015-03-20)
    79. Steppe Eagle (2015-03-20)
    80. Common Starling (2015-03-20)
    81. Masked Wagtail (2015-03-20)
    82. Cetti's Warbler (2015-03-21)
    83. Common Teal (2015-03-21)
    84. Gadwall (2015-03-21)
    85. Pine Bunting (2015-03-21)
    86. Crested Lark (2015-03-21)
    87. Northern Lapwing (2015-03-21)
    88. Common Oystercatcher (2015-03-21)
    89. Ruddy Shelduck (2015-03-21)
    90. Grey Heron (2015-03-21)
    91. Caspian Gull (2015-03-21)
    92. Black Kite (2015-03-22)
    93. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2015-03-22)
    94. Citrine Wagtail (2015-03-22)
    95. Common Chiffchaff (2015-03-23)
    96. Isabelline Shrike (2015-03-23)
    97. Yellowhammer (2015-03-23)
    98. Great Cormorant (2015-03-23)
    99. Little Ringed Plover (2015-03-23)
    100. Isabelline Wheatear (2015-03-23)
    101. Calandra Lark (2015-03-25)
    102. Pied Wheatear (2015-03-25)
    103. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (2015-03-25)
    104. Black Redstart (2015-03-25)
    105. Rock Bunting (2015-03-25)
    106. Meadow Bunting (2015-03-25)
    107. Northern Wheatear (2015-03-25)
    108. Northern Shoveler (2015-03-25)
    109. Little Owl (2015-03-25)
    110. Sky Lark (2015-03-25)
    111. Garganey (2015-03-28)
    112. Hen Harrier (2015-03-28)
    113. Desert Wheatear (2015-03-28)
    114. Turkestan Shrike (2015-04-04)
    115. Little Bustard (2015-04-05)
    116. Pallas's Gull (2015-04-05)
    117. Bluethroat (2015-04-06)
    118. Long-eared Owl (2015-04-06)
    119. Asian Desert Warbler (2015-04-06)
    120. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2015-04-07)
    121. Black Stork (2015-04-07)
    122. Booted Eagle (2015-04-07)
    123. Golden Eagle (2015-04-07)
    124. Hoopoe (2015-04-07)
    125. Tree Pipit (2015-04-09)
    126. Siberian Stonechat (2015-04-10)
    127. Blue-capped Redstart (2015-04-10)
    128. Eurasian Linnet (2015-04-11)
    129. Montagu's Harrier (2015-04-11)
    130. Plain Mountain Finch (2015-04-11)
    131. Greater Short-toed Lark (2015-04-11)
    132. Demoiselle Crane (2015-04-12)
    133. Grey Wagtail (2015-04-18)
    134. White-crowned Penduline Tit (2015-04-18)
    135. Common Buzzard (2015-04-18)
    136. Wood Pigeon (2015-04-18)
    137. Western Marsh-Harrier (2015-04-19)
    138. Eurasian Wryneck (2015-04-19)
    139. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2015-04-19)
    140. Rock Pigeon (2015-04-19)
    141. Black-headed Wagtail (2015-04-19)
    142. Common Sandpiper (2015-04-19)
    143. Common Tern (2015-04-19)
    144. Common Moorhen (2015-04-19)
    145. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2015-04-19)
    146. Common Redshank (2015-04-23)
    147. Hume's Warbler (2015-04-23)
    148. Yellow Wagtail (2015-04-23)
    149. Cinereous Vulture (2015-04-23)
    150. Laughing Dove (2015-04-23)
    151. Eurasian Collared Dove (2015-04-23)
    152. Barn Swallow (2015-04-25)
    153. Corn Bunting (2015-04-25)
    154. Pied Bushchat (2015-04-25)
    155. Common Whitethroat (2015-04-25)
    156. Rufous Bush Robin (2015-04-25)
    157. Oriental Turtle Dove (2015-04-25)
    158. Eurasian Spoonbill (2015-04-25)
    159. Purple Heron (2015-04-25)
    160. Eurasian Hobby (2015-04-25)
    161. Black-winged Stilt (2015-04-25)
    162. Glossy Ibis (2015-04-25)
    163. Little Egret (2015-04-25)
    164. Collared Pratincole (2015-04-25)
    165. White-tailed Lapwing (2015-04-25)
    166. Pygmy Cormorant (2015-04-25)
    167. Dalmatian Pelican (2015-04-25)
    168. Sand Martin (2015-04-25)
    169. Wood Sandpiper (2015-04-25)
    170. Mute Swan (2015-04-25)
    171. Eurasian Roller (2015-04-25)
    172. Black-tailed Godwit (2015-04-25)
    173. Common Greenshank (2015-04-25)
    174. Osprey (2015-04-25)
    175. Rosy Starling (2015-04-25)
    176. Red-headed Bunting (2015-04-25)
    177. Syke's Warbler (2015-04-25)
    178. Paddyfield Warbler (2015-04-25)
    179. Oriental Lark (2015-04-25)
    180. Common Pheasant (2015-04-29)
    181. Common Nightingale (2015-05-01)
    182. Little Bittern (2015-05-01)
    183. Eurasian Reed Warbler (2015-05-01)
    184. Marsh Sandpiper (2015-05-01)
    185. Great Reed Warbler (2015-05-02)
    186. Common Cuckoo (2015-05-02)
    187. Eurasian Redstart (2015-05-02)
    188. Lesser Whitethroat (2015-05-02)
    189. Common Kingfisher (2015-05-03)
    190. Common Rosefinch (2015-05-03)
    191. Ortolan Bunting (2015-05-07)
    192. Common Shelduck (2015-05-07)
    193. Relict Gull (2015-05-07)
    194. Caspian Tern (2015-05-07)
    195. Sulphur-bellied Warbler (2015-05-08)
    196. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2015-05-08)
    197. Common Goldeneye (2015-05-08)
    198. Sanderling (2015-05-08)
    199. Barred Warbler (2015-05-08)
    200. Lesser Grey Shrike (2015-05-08)
    201. Booted Warbler (2015-05-08)
    202. Eurasian Curlew (2015-05-09)
    203. European Golden Oriole (2015-05-09)
    204. Spotted Flycatcher (2015-05-09)
    205. Shikra (2015-05-09)
    206. Common Crane (2015-05-09)
    207. Little Tern (2015-05-09)
    208. Tawny Pipit (2015-05-09)
    209. Saker Falcon (2015-05-09)
    210. European Bee-eater (2015-05-11)
    211. Pale Sand Martin (2015-05-11)
    212. Great Crested Grebe (2015-05-16)
    213. Black-crowned Night Heron (2015-05-16)
    214. Great White Pelican (2015-05-16)
    215. European Turtle Dove (2015-05-16)
    216. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2015-05-16)
    217. Spotted Redshank (2015-05-16)
    218. Black Tern (2015-05-16)
    219. Common Pochard (2015-05-16)
    220. Terek Sandpiper (2015-05-16)
    221. Temminck's Stint (2015-05-16)
    222. Black-Necked Grebe (2015-05-16)
    223. Pallas's Sea-Eagle (2015-05-16)
    224. Whooper Swan (2015-05-16)
    225. Grey-necked Bunting (2015-05-16)
    226. White-headed Duck (2015-05-16)
    227. Indian Sparrow (2015-05-16)
    228. Spanish Sparrow (2015-05-16)
    229. Little Stint (2015-05-16)
    230. Pied Avocet (2015-05-16)
    231. Northern House Martin (2015-05-29)
    232. Greylag Goose (2015-05-29)
    233. Grey Partridge (2015-05-29)
    234. Red-backed Shrike (2015-05-30)
    235. Steppe Grey Shrike (2015-06-02)
    236. Saxaul Sparrow (2015-06-02)
    237. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2015-06-02)
    238. Pander's Ground-Jay (2015-06-03)
    239. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2015-06-03)
    240. Brown-necked Raven (2015-06-03)
    241. Blue Whistling Thrush (2015-06-13)
    242. Brown Dipper (2015-06-13)
    243. Songar Tit (2015-06-13)
    244. Yellow-billed Chough (2015-06-13)
    245. Himalayan Rubythroat (2015-06-13)
    246. Lammergeier (2015-06-13)
    247. Himalayan Snowcock (2015-06-13)
    248. Greenish Warbler (2015-06-13)
    249. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2015-06-18)
    250. Mongolian Finch (2015-06-18)
    251. Horned Lark (2015-06-18)
    252. Crimson-winged Finch (2015-06-18)
    253. Eurasian Crag Martin (2015-06-18)
    254. White-winged Tern (2015-06-21)
    255. Common Swift (2015-06-23)
    256. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2015-06-23)
    257. Merlin (2015-07-14)
    258. Red-billed Chough (2015-07-16)
    259. Himalayan Vulture (2015-07-16)
    260. Brown Accentor (2015-07-16)
    261. Gull-billed Tern (2015-07-25)
    262. Curlew Sandpiper (2015-07-25)
    263. Ruff (2015-07-25)
    264. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (2015-07-25)
    265. Broad-billed Sandpiper (2015-07-25)
    266. Spotted Nutcracker (2015-08-21)
    267. Red-necked Phalarope (2015-08-22)
    268. Lesser Kestrel (2015-08-22)
    269. Kentish Plover (2015-08-22)
    270. Pacific Golden Plover (2015-08-22)
    271. Crested Honey-Buzzard (2015-08-29)
    272. Egyptian Vulture (2015-09-05)
    273. European Nightjar (2015-09-07)
    274. Wood Warbler (2015-09-07)
    275. Dunlin (2015-09-19)
    276. Pallid Harrier (2015-09-19)
    277. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2015-09-20)
    278. Buff-bellied Pipit (2015-10-04)
    279. Greater Spotted Eagle (2015-10-04)
    280. Meadow Pipit (2015-10-10)
    281. Great Bustard (2015-10-31)
    282. Rough-legged Buzzard (2015-11-29)
    283. Rook (2015-12-26)
    284. Smew (2015-12-26)

    recent uploads

    2016-01-01. Meadow Pipit.

    2015-12-31. Long-tailed Rosefinch, Smew, Common Sparrowhawk, Water Pipit, Common Goldeneye, Northern Reed Bunting.

    2015-12-26. Grey-headed Goldfinch, Northern Wren, Common Sparrowhawk, Merlin, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Rook, Eastern Buzzard, Smew, Northern Reed Bunting, Hybrid Crow.

    2015-12-21. Common Sparrowhawk, Eurasian Hobby.

    2015-12-14. Eurasian Reed Warbler, Common Teal, Common Chiffchaff, Rough-legged Buzzard.

    2015-12-12. Long-tailed Tit, Eurasian Blackbird, Common Sparrowhawk, Red-mantled Rosefinch, Northern Wren, Bohemian Waxwing, Green Sandpiper, Ibisbill.

    2015-12-05. Brambling, Common Starling.

    2015-12-02. Grey-headed Goldfinch, Eurasian Goldfinch, Common Teal, Long-tailed Tit, European Greenfinch, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Eversmann's Redstart, Yellowhammer, White-Winged Woodpecker, Common Mynah, Upland Buzzard, Eastern Buzzard, Rough-legged Buzzard, Gadwall, Common Moorhen, Common Chiffchaff, Northern Wren, Great Grey Shrike, Azure Tit, Tree Sparrow, Eversmann's Redstart, Rough-legged Buzzard, Eurasian Jackdaw, Hooded Crow, Pine Bunting, Ibisbill.

    2015-11-01. Pine Bunting, Common Mynah, Eurasian Siskin, White-Winged Woodpecker, Rustic Bunting, Hume's Warbler, Common Kestrel, Common Buzzard, Water Pipit, Ibisbill, Eversmann's Redstart, Common Sparrowhawk, Common Chiffchaff, Great Bustard, Solitary Snipe.

    2015-10-28. Hybrid Bunting, Pine Bunting.

    2015-10-25. Black-throated Thrush, Common Moorhen, Common Sparrowhawk, Siberian Stonechat, Yellowhammer, Yellowhammer, Rock Bunting, Northern Reed Bunting, Isabelline Shrike, Black Stork, Water Pipit, White Wagtail, Long-tailed Tit, Common Chaffinch, White-Winged Woodpecker, Common Chiffchaff, Common Buzzard, Ibisbill, Goosander.

    2015-10-12. Northern Reed Bunting, Bluethroat, White Wagtail, Hooded Crow, Common Starling, Saxaul Sparrow, Greylag Goose, White Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, Bearded Tit, Rock Bunting, Eversmann's Redstart, Sky Lark, Pallas's Sandgrouse, Black-Bellied Sandgrouse, Water Pipit, Common Chaffinch, Northern Reed Bunting, Buff-bellied Pipit, Meadow Pipit, Great Grey Shrike, Sky Lark.

    2015-10-04. Wood Pigeon, Little Grebe, Common Sparrowhawk, Cetti's Warbler, Great Tit, Little Bustard, Pine Bunting, Water Pipit, Buff-bellied Pipit, Little Ringed Plover, Ibisbill, Turkestan Tit, Greater Spotted Eagle.

    2015-09-27. Chukar Partridge, Chukar Partridge, Pied Wheatear, Black Redstart, Steppe Eagle.

    2015-09-26. Guldenstadt's Redstart, Turkestan Black Redstart, Brown Accentor, Little Grebe, Paddyfield Warbler, White-crowned Penduline Tit, Water Pipit.

    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...