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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
  • Pelecanidae
  • Phalacrocoracidae
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  • Burhinidae
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  • Certhiidae
  • Ploceidae
  • Fringillidae
  • Emberizidae

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    total species: 254
    total photos: 1128
    total videos: 0
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    1. Upland Buzzard (2022-01-01)
    2. Black-throated Accentor (2022-01-01)
    3. Azure Tit (2022-01-01)
    4. Eurasian Goldfinch (2022-01-01)
    5. Great White Egret (2022-01-01)
    6. Great Crested Grebe (2022-01-01)
    7. Eastern Buzzard (2022-01-01)
    8. Cetti's Warbler (2022-01-01)
    9. Citrine Wagtail (2022-01-01)
    10. Common Sparrowhawk (2022-01-02)
    11. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (2022-01-02)
    12. Meadow Bunting (2022-01-02)
    13. Common Goldeneye (2022-01-04)
    14. Eurasian Blackbird (2022-01-04)
    15. European Robin (2022-01-13)
    16. Common Chiffchaff (2022-01-13)
    17. Whooper Swan (2022-01-13)
    18. Ibisbill (2022-01-13)
    19. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2022-01-16)
    20. Long-legged Buzzard (2022-01-16)
    21. Rough-legged Buzzard (2022-01-16)
    22. Hen Harrier (2022-01-16)
    23. Common Kestrel (2022-01-16)
    24. Eurasian Collared Dove (2022-01-16)
    25. European Greenfinch (2022-01-29)
    26. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2022-01-29)
    27. Great Grey Shrike (2022-01-29)
    28. Mallard (2022-01-29)
    29. Bean Goose (2022-01-29)
    30. Hawfinch (2022-02-06)
    31. White-Winged Woodpecker (2022-02-06)
    32. Common Teal (2022-02-06)
    33. Eurasian Linnet (2022-02-06)
    34. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2022-02-13)
    35. Bearded Tit (2022-02-13)
    36. Common Chaffinch (2022-02-13)
    37. Goldcrest (2022-02-13)
    38. Long-tailed Tit (2022-02-13)
    39. Northern Reed Bunting (2022-02-13)
    40. Goosander (2022-02-19)
    41. Eversmann's Redstart (2022-02-26)
    42. Common Kingfisher (2022-02-26)
    43. Green Sandpiper (2022-02-27)
    44. Northern Lapwing (2022-02-27)
    45. Common Pochard (2022-03-08)
    46. Smew (2022-03-08)
    47. Caspian Gull (2022-03-08)
    48. Common Coot (2022-03-08)
    49. Eurasian Golden Plover (2022-03-08)
    50. Masked Wagtail (2022-03-08)
    51. Great Cormorant (2022-03-08)
    52. Common Pheasant (2022-03-11)
    53. Gadwall (2022-03-11)
    54. Ferruginous Duck (2022-03-11)
    55. Northern Shoveler (2022-03-11)
    56. Turkestan Tit (2022-03-11)
    57. Pine Bunting (2022-03-11)
    58. Yellowhammer (2022-03-11)
    59. Red-crested Pochard (2022-03-19)
    60. Tufted Duck (2022-03-19)
    61. Pygmy Cormorant (2022-03-19)
    62. Black-throated Thrush (2022-03-19)
    63. Isabelline Shrike (2022-03-19)
    64. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2022-03-19)
    65. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2022-03-19)
    66. Black Kite (2022-03-19)
    67. Eurasian Wigeon (2022-03-19)
    68. Northern Pintail (2022-03-19)
    69. Common Oystercatcher (2022-03-19)
    70. Common Starling (2022-03-19)
    71. Northern Goshawk (2022-03-20)
    72. Mute Swan (2022-03-20)
    73. Pied Wheatear (2022-03-20)
    74. Sky Lark (2022-03-20)
    75. Steppe Eagle (2022-03-20)
    76. Brambling (2022-03-25)
    77. Northern Wren (2022-03-25)
    78. Calandra Lark (2022-03-25)
    79. Common Snipe (2022-03-26)
    80. Little Ringed Plover (2022-03-26)
    81. Chukar Partridge (2022-03-26)
    82. Crested Lark (2022-03-26)
    83. Dalmatian Pelican (2022-03-26)
    84. Rock Bunting (2022-03-26)
    85. Long-eared Owl (2022-03-26)
    86. Kentish Plover (2022-03-26)
    87. Water Pipit (2022-03-26)
    88. Eurasian Curlew (2022-03-26)
    89. White Wagtail (2022-03-26)
    90. Desert Wheatear (2022-03-26)
    91. Common Redshank (2022-03-26)
    92. Common Shelduck (2022-03-26)
    93. Garganey (2022-03-26)
    94. Mistle Thrush (2022-03-26)
    95. Grey Wagtail (2022-03-26)
    96. Northern Wheatear (2022-04-02)
    97. Bluethroat (2022-04-02)
    98. Common Moorhen (2022-04-02)
    99. Little Grebe (2022-04-02)
    100. Common Buzzard (2022-04-02)
    101. Wood Pigeon (2022-04-03)
    102. Black-headed Gull (2022-04-03)
    103. Black Redstart (2022-04-03)
    104. Siberian Stonechat (2022-04-03)
    105. Grey Heron (2022-04-03)
    106. Turkestan Shrike (2022-04-09)
    107. Isabelline Wheatear (2022-04-09)
    108. Black-winged Stilt (2022-04-09)
    109. Tree Pipit (2022-04-10)
    110. Hume's Warbler (2022-04-10)
    111. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2022-04-10)
    112. Little Egret (2022-04-10)
    113. Booted Eagle (2022-04-10)
    114. Savi's Warbler (2022-04-15)
    115. Common Tern (2022-04-15)
    116. Demoiselle Crane (2022-04-15)
    117. Lesser Kestrel (2022-04-15)
    118. Blue Whistling Thrush (2022-04-16)
    119. Eurasian Dipper (2022-04-16)
    120. Common Treecreeper (2022-04-16)
    121. Songar Tit (2022-04-16)
    122. Northern Black Grouse (2022-04-16)
    123. Coal Tit (2022-04-16)
    124. Blue-capped Redstart (2022-04-16)
    125. Brown Dipper (2022-04-16)
    126. White-headed Duck (2022-04-17)
    127. Black-Necked Grebe (2022-04-17)
    128. Paddyfield Warbler (2022-04-17)
    129. Hoopoe (2022-04-17)
    130. Yellow Wagtail (2022-04-17)
    131. Meadow Pipit (2022-04-17)
    132. Common Sandpiper (2022-04-17)
    133. Black-tailed Godwit (2022-04-17)
    134. Pied Avocet (2022-04-17)
    135. Marsh Sandpiper (2022-04-17)
    136. Buff-bellied Pipit (2022-04-17)
    137. Red-throated Pipit (2022-04-17)
    138. Black-headed Wagtail (2022-04-17)
    139. Gull-billed Tern (2022-04-17)
    140. Great Reed Warbler (2022-04-23)
    141. White-crowned Penduline Tit (2022-04-23)
    142. Western Marsh-Harrier (2022-04-23)
    143. Water Rail (2022-04-23)
    144. Barn Swallow (2022-04-30)
    145. Blue Rock Thrush (2022-04-30)
    146. Red-fronted Serin (2022-04-30)
    147. White-capped Bunting (2022-04-30)
    148. Eurasian Crag Martin (2022-04-30)
    149. Lesser Whitethroat (2022-04-30)
    150. Greater Sand Plover (2022-04-30)
    151. Himalayan Vulture (2022-04-30)
    152. Alpine Swift (2022-04-30)
    153. Common Swift (2022-04-30)
    154. Red-billed Chough (2022-04-30)
    155. Egyptian Vulture (2022-05-01)
    156. Golden Eagle (2022-05-01)
    157. Rock Sparrow (2022-05-01)
    158. Common Crane (2022-05-01)
    159. Cinereous Vulture (2022-05-01)
    160. Ruddy Shelduck (2022-05-01)
    161. Baraba Steppe Gull (2022-05-01)
    162. Pallas's Gull (2022-05-01)
    163. Syke's Warbler (2022-05-01)
    164. Common Cuckoo (2022-05-01)
    165. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2022-05-01)
    166. Western Grasshopper Warbler (2022-05-02)
    167. Tawny Pipit (2022-05-02)
    168. Common Whitethroat (2022-05-07)
    169. Wood Sandpiper (2022-05-07)
    170. Common Nightingale (2022-05-07)
    171. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2022-05-07)
    172. Common Rosefinch (2022-05-07)
    173. Corn Bunting (2022-05-07)
    174. Rosy Starling (2022-05-07)
    175. Ortolan Bunting (2022-05-08)
    176. Red-headed Bunting (2022-05-08)
    177. Eurasian Roller (2022-05-08)
    178. European Golden Oriole (2022-05-14)
    179. Crested Honey-Buzzard (2022-05-14)
    180. Shikra (2022-05-14)
    181. Spotted Flycatcher (2022-05-14)
    182. Little Bittern (2022-05-14)
    183. Clamorous Reed Warbler (2022-05-14)
    184. White-winged Tern (2022-05-15)
    185. Black Tern (2022-05-15)
    186. Red-backed Shrike (2022-05-15)
    187. Rock Pigeon (2022-05-25)
    188. Lesser Grey Shrike (2022-05-25)
    189. Eurasian Hobby (2022-05-25)
    190. Thrush Nightingale (2022-05-26)
    191. Eurasian Redstart (2022-05-26)
    192. Fieldfare (2022-05-27)
    193. Greylag Goose (2022-06-01)
    194. Montagu's Harrier (2022-06-01)
    195. Little Tern (2022-06-02)
    196. Temminck's Stint (2022-06-02)
    197. Pale Sand Martin (2022-06-03)
    198. Sand Martin (2022-06-03)
    199. Barred Warbler (2022-06-03)
    200. Black-winged Pratincole (2022-06-03)
    201. Great White Pelican (2022-06-03)
    202. European Bee-eater (2022-06-04)
    203. Booted Warbler (2022-06-04)
    204. Richard's Pipit (2022-06-04)
    205. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2022-06-04)
    206. Eurasian Reed Warbler (2022-06-04)
    207. Caspian Tern (2022-06-04)
    208. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2022-06-04)
    209. Black-crowned Night Heron (2022-06-11)
    210. Red-rumped Swallow (2022-07-03)
    211. Northern House Martin (2022-07-10)
    212. House Sparrow (2022-07-14)
    213. Siberian Rubythroat (2022-07-15)
    214. Eurasian Nuthatch (2022-07-17)
    215. Great Tit (2022-07-18)
    216. Tree Sparrow (2022-07-18)
    217. White-Backed Woodpecker (2022-07-18)
    218. Oriental Cuckoo (2022-07-18)
    219. Willow Tit (2022-07-20)
    220. Sulphur-bellied Warbler (2022-07-24)
    221. Song Thrush (2022-07-31)
    222. Eurasian Magpie (2022-08-01)
    223. Black Stork (2022-08-02)
    224. Red Crossbill (2022-08-03)
    225. Pacific Swift (2022-08-05)
    226. Greenish Warbler (2022-08-11)
    228. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2022-08-17)
    229. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2022-08-21)
    230. Ruff (2022-08-21)
    231. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2022-08-21)
    232. Barbary Falcon (2022-08-30)
    233. Laughing Dove (2022-09-03)
    234. Ruddy Turnstone (2022-09-04)
    235. Pacific Golden Plover (2022-09-04)
    236. Little Bustard (2022-09-04)
    237. Curlew Sandpiper (2022-09-04)
    238. Red-necked Phalarope (2022-09-04)
    239. Little Stint (2022-09-04)
    240. Common Greenshank (2022-09-04)
    241. Dunlin (2022-09-04)
    242. Oriental Turtle Dove (2022-09-04)
    243. Slavonian Grebe (2022-09-10)
    244. Spotted Redshank (2022-09-18)
    245. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2022-09-18)
    246. Rustic Bunting (2022-10-16)
    247. Wallcreeper (2022-10-30)
    248. Short-eared Owl (2022-11-19)
    249. Eurasian Siskin (2022-12-03)
    250. White-winged Lark (2022-12-04)
    251. Horned Lark (2022-12-04)
    252. White-winged Grosbeak (2022-12-11)
    253. Merlin (2022-12-11)
    254. Twite (2022-12-16)

    recent uploads

    2022-12-19. White-winged Grosbeak, Eastern Rock Nuthatch, Chukar Partridge, Chukar Partridge, Twite, European Robin, Eurasian Blackbird, White-winged Grosbeak, Red-mantled Rosefinch, Laughing Dove, Great White Egret, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Ibisbill, Ibisbill.

    2022-12-13. Black-throated Accentor, White-Winged Woodpecker, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Eurasian Siskin, Mistle Thrush, Black-throated Thrush, Eurasian Linnet, Bearded Tit, Long-eared Owl, White-winged Lark, Horned Lark, Hen Harrier, Northern Reed Bunting, Eurasian Goldfinch, Meadow Bunting, Meadow Bunting, Red-fronted Serin, Red-fronted Serin, Eurasian Linnet, Meadow Bunting, Common Chaffinch, White-winged Grosbeak, White-winged Grosbeak, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Merlin, Water Rail, Common Chiffchaff, Northern Wren, Common Snipe.

    2022-12-12. Short-eared Owl, Bearded Tit.

    2022-11-15. Eversmann's Redstart, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Upland Buzzard, Upland Buzzard, Siberian Stonechat, Great Grey Shrike, Goldcrest, Goldcrest.

    2022-10-31. Hume's Warbler, Wallcreeper, Wallcreeper.

    2022-10-29. Black-throated Thrush, Common Starling, Steppe Eagle, Barbary Falcon.

    2022-10-26. Azure Tit, Bearded Tit, Eastern Buzzard, Common Buzzard, Hen Harrier, Steppe Eagle, Great Grey Shrike, Eurasian Blackbird, Rustic Bunting, Northern Wren, Long-tailed Tit.

    2022-10-17. Pine Bunting, Yellowhammer, Hybrid Bunting, Meadow Bunting, Northern Reed Bunting, Rustic Bunting, Water Pipit, Common Starling, Black Redstart, Eversmann's Redstart, Black-throated Thrush, Common Chiffchaff, Common Sparrowhawk, Steppe Eagle, Hen Harrier, Common Buzzard, Chukar Partridge.

    2022-09-26. Common Chiffchaff, Hume's Warbler, Azure Tit, Bluethroat, Northern Reed Bunting, Slavonian Grebe.

    2022-09-22. Pygmy Cormorant, Great Cormorant, Spotted Redshank, Steppe Eagle, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Steppe Eagle, Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint, Great Spotted Woodpecker, White-winged Tern, Black Tern, White-winged Tern, Slavonian Grebe, Black-Necked Grebe, Eurasian Eagle-Owl.

    2022-09-20. Bluethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Kestrel, Ferruginous Duck, Common Pochard, Black Redstart, Oriental Turtle Dove, Short-toed Snake-Eagle, Isabelline Shrike, Eurasian Hobby.

    2022-09-12. Little Grebe, Slavonian Grebe, Black-Necked Grebe, Crested Honey-Buzzard, Western Marsh-Harrier.

    2022-09-07. Montagu's Harrier, Black-tailed Godwit, Ruddy Turnstone, Pacific Golden Plover, Ruff, Little Bustard, Wood Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper, Red-necked Phalarope, Ruff, Common Sandpiper, Little Stint, Black-Necked Grebe, White Wagtail, Common Greenshank, Montagu's Harrier, Eurasian Hobby, Dunlin, Pied Avocet, Little Stint, Little Stint, Kentish Plover, Dunlin, White Wagtail, Oriental Turtle Dove.

    2022-09-06. Laughing Dove, White-headed Duck, Northern Pintail, Great Crested Grebe, Black-Necked Grebe, Little Grebe, Gadwall.

    2022-09-05. Unkown Bird, Unkown Bird, European Bee-eater, Great Reed Warbler, Little Grebe, Pied Wheatear, Great Reed Warbler, Greenish Warbler, Common Snipe, Wood Sandpiper, Red-rumped Swallow, Barbary Falcon, Wood Pigeon, Temminck's Stint.

    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...