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Gaviiformes
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    total species: 66
    total photos: 125
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Curlew Sandpiper (2022-10-02)
    2. Ruddy Turnstone (2022-10-02)
    3. Black-headed Gull (2022-10-02)
    4. Little Stint (2022-10-02)
    5. Caspian Gull (2022-10-02)
    6. Common Teal (2022-10-05)
    7. Sanderling (2022-10-05)
    8. Greater Ringed Plover (2022-10-05)
    9. Great Cormorant (2022-10-05)
    10. Little Ringed Plover (2022-10-05)
    11. Steppe Eagle (2022-10-10)
    12. Common Sparrowhawk (2022-10-10)
    13. Common Kestrel (2022-10-12)
    14. Rook (2022-10-12)
    15. Eversmann's Redstart (2022-10-13)
    16. Brambling (2022-10-13)
    17. Isabelline Wheatear (2022-10-14)
    18. Black Kite (2022-10-14)
    19. Long-legged Buzzard (2022-10-14)
    20. Rock Pigeon (2022-10-15)
    21. Northern Reed Bunting (2022-10-20)
    22. House Sparrow (2022-10-20)
    23. Tree Sparrow (2022-10-20)
    24. Siberian Stonechat (2022-10-20)
    25. Crested Lark (2022-10-23)
    26. Western Marsh-Harrier (2022-10-26)
    27. Common Starling (2022-10-26)
    28. Song Thrush (2022-10-26)
    29. Greater Scaup (2022-11-04)
    30. Cetti's Warbler (2022-11-04)
    31. Great White Egret (2022-11-05)
    32. Slender-billed Gull (2022-11-05)
    33. Desert Finch (2022-11-05)
    34. Common Chaffinch (2022-11-05)
    35. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2022-11-05)
    36. Slavonian Grebe (2022-11-05)
    37. Black Redstart (2022-11-05)
    38. Greater Flamingo (2022-11-05)
    39. Common Goldeneye (2022-11-05)
    40. Hen Harrier (2022-11-05)
    41. Common Redshank (2022-11-05)
    42. Mute Swan (2022-11-05)
    43. Northern Shoveler (2022-11-05)
    44. Meadow Pipit (2022-11-05)
    45. Water Rail (2022-11-08)
    46. Black-Necked Grebe (2022-11-08)
    47. Barn Swallow (2022-11-08)
    48. European Robin (2022-11-08)
    49. Common Raven (2022-11-13)
    50. Golden Eagle (2022-11-13)
    51. Tufted Duck (2022-11-16)
    52. Hooded Crow (2022-11-16)
    53. Red-breasted Merganser (2022-11-16)
    54. Common Snipe (2022-11-16)
    55. Whooper Swan (2022-11-18)
    56. Eurasian Wigeon (2022-11-18)
    57. Mallard (2022-11-22)
    58. Eurasian Siskin (2022-11-30)
    59. Green Sandpiper (2022-11-30)
    60. Black-throated Thrush (2022-11-30)
    61. Laughing Dove (2022-12-02)
    62. Mistle Thrush (2022-12-03)
    63. Long-tailed Duck (2022-12-04)
    64. Long-eared Owl (2022-12-04)
    65. Dunlin (2022-12-10)
    66. Grey Heron (2022-12-16)

    recent uploads

    2022-12-22. Eurasian Siskin, Common Chaffinch.

    2022-12-20. Common Kestrel, Great Cormorant, Great White Egret, Grey Heron, Dunlin.

    2022-12-10. Common Goldeneye, Dunlin, Long-eared Owl.

    2022-12-05. Common Chaffinch, Common Sparrowhawk.

    2022-12-04. Long-tailed Duck, Long-eared Owl.

    2022-12-03. Mistle Thrush.

    2022-12-02. Laughing Dove.

    2022-11-30. Common Chaffinch, Eurasian Siskin, Green Sandpiper, Common Sparrowhawk, Black-throated Thrush.

    2022-11-29. Caspian Gull, Water Rail, Black-Necked Grebe, Barn Swallow, Whooper Swan, Eurasian Wigeon, Tufted Duck, Hooded Crow, Red-breasted Merganser, Common Snipe, European Robin, Mallard.

    2022-11-28. Northern Shoveler, Mute Swan, Common Redshank, Hen Harrier, Common Goldeneye, Great White Egret, Desert Finch, Slender-billed Gull, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Slavonian Grebe, European Black Redstart, Greater Flamingo.

    2022-11-26. Isabelline Wheatear, Black Kite, Meadow Pipit.

    2022-11-23. House Sparrow, Tree Sparrow, Siberian Stonechat, Crested Lark, Western Marsh-Harrier, Common Starling, Song Thrush, Greater Scaup, Cetti's Warbler.

    2022-11-22. Common Kestrel, Rook, Brambling, Eversmann's Redstart, Long-legged Buzzard, Rock Pigeon, Northern Reed Bunting.

    2022-11-21. Steppe Eagle, Common Sparrowhawk.

    2022-11-20. Caspian Gull.

    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...