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Gaviiformes
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    total species: 35
    total photos: 44
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Eurasian Dipper (2014-02-13)
    2. Yellow-breasted Tit (2014-02-21)
    3. Lammergeier (2014-02-21)
    4. Masked Wagtail (2014-05-27)
    5. Red-headed Bunting (2014-05-27)
    6. Griffon Vulture (2014-05-28)
    7. European Greenfinch (2014-05-28)
    8. White-capped Bunting (2014-06-06)
    10. Turkestan Shrike (2014-08-01)
    11. Blue-capped Redstart (2014-08-01)
    12. Black Kite (2014-08-01)
    13. Carrion Crow (2014-08-23)
    14. Corn Bunting (2014-08-23)
    15. Little Stint (2014-09-07)
    16. Common Mynah (2014-09-08)
    17. Laughing Dove (2014-09-08)
    18. Crested Lark (2014-09-10)
    19. Spotted Flycatcher (2014-09-14)
    20. Hoopoe (2014-09-18)
    21. Ruff (2014-09-30)
    22. Northern Wren (2014-10-21)
    23. Black-throated Accentor (2014-10-28)
    24. Long-legged Buzzard (2014-10-29)
    25. Common Chaffinch (2014-10-30)
    26. Hume's Warbler (2014-10-30)
    27. Red-fronted Serin (2014-11-13)
    28. Mallard (2014-11-22)
    29. Steppe Eagle (2014-11-22)
    30. Ruddy Shelduck (2014-11-22)
    31. Great White Egret (2014-11-22)
    32. Himalayan Snowcock (2014-11-26)
    33. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2014-12-12)
    34. Bohemian Waxwing (2014-12-18)
    35. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2014-12-26)

    recent uploads

    2015-01-05. Hoopoe, Red-fronted Serin, Corn Bunting, Carrion Crow, Northern Wren, Blue-capped Redstart, Turkestan Shrike, Black Kite, Crested Lark, Himalayan Snowcock.

    2015-01-04. White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Himalayan Snowcock, Common Chaffinch, Hume's Warbler, Red-mantled Rosefinch.

    2014-12-21. Long-legged Buzzard, Mallard.

    2014-12-20. Bohemian Waxwing, European Greenfinch, Griffon Vulture, Yellow-breasted Tit.

    2014-12-07. Masked Wagtail, Little Stint, Spotted Flycatcher.

    2014-12-05. White-crowned Penduline Tit, Common Mynah, Red-headed Bunting, White-bellied Dipper.

    2014-12-02. Laughing Dove.

    2014-11-27. Lammergeier.

    2014-11-22. Black-throated Accentor, Great White Egret, Ruddy Shelduck, Steppe Eagle, Ruff.

    2014-11-21. White-capped Bunting.

    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
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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
    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...