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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
  • Pelecanidae
  • Phalacrocoracidae
    • Ciconiiformes
  • Ardeidae
  • Threskiornithidae
  • Ciconiidae
    • Phoenicopteriformes
  • Phoenicopteridae
    • Anseriformes
  • Anatidae
    • Falconiformes
  • Pandionidae
  • Accipitridae
  • Falconidae
    • Galliformes
  • Tetraonidae
  • Phasianidae
    • Gruiformes
  • Gruidae
  • Rallidae
  • Otididae
    • Charadriiformes
  • Burhinidae
  • Charadriidae
  • Recurvirostridae
  • Haematopodidae
  • Scolopacidae
  • Glareolidae
  • Stercorariidae
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    • Pterocletiformes
  • Pteroclidae
    • Columbiformes
  • Columbidae
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  • Strigidae
    • Caprimulgiformes
  • Caprimulgidae
    • Apodiformes
  • Apodidae
    • Coraciiformes
  • Coraciidae
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    • Upupiformes
  • Upupidae
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  • Picidae
    • Passeriformes
  • Hirundinidae
  • Alaudidae
  • Motacillidae
  • Laniidae
  • Oriolidae
  • Dicruridae
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  • Corvidae
  • Bombycillidae
  • Cinclidae
  • Troglodytidae
  • Prunellidae
  • Sylviidae
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  • Muscicapidae
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  • Paradoxornithidae
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  • Certhiidae
  • Ploceidae
  • Fringillidae
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    total species: 142
    total photos: 413
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Mistle Thrush (2023-03-10)
    2. Carrion Crow (2023-03-11)
    3. Eversmann's Redstart (2023-03-11)
    4. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2023-03-11)
    5. Golden Eagle (2023-03-11)
    6. Brown Dipper (2023-03-11)
    7. Eurasian Goldfinch (2023-03-11)
    8. Common Chaffinch (2023-03-11)
    9. Great Tit (2023-03-11)
    10. Azure Tit (2023-03-11)
    11. Black-headed Gull (2023-03-14)
    12. Mallard (2023-03-14)
    13. Northern Reed Bunting (2023-03-14)
    14. Caspian Gull (2023-03-16)
    15. Common Goldeneye (2023-03-16)
    16. Great Cormorant (2023-03-16)
    17. Isabelline Wheatear (2023-03-16)
    18. White Wagtail (2023-03-16)
    19. Tree Sparrow (2023-03-16)
    20. European Stonechat (2023-03-16)
    21. Brambling (2023-03-16)
    22. Common Kestrel (2023-03-16)
    23. Black-throated Accentor (2023-03-17)
    24. Long-legged Buzzard (2023-03-18)
    25. House Sparrow (2023-03-18)
    26. Crested Lark (2023-03-18)
    27. Bimaculated Lark (2023-03-18)
    28. Greater Flamingo (2023-03-19)
    29. Citrine Wagtail (2023-03-22)
    30. Common Chiffchaff (2023-03-22)
    31. Song Thrush (2023-03-25)
    32. Mute Swan (2023-03-26)
    33. Red-crested Pochard (2023-03-26)
    34. Western Marsh-Harrier (2023-03-26)
    35. Common Starling (2023-03-27)
    36. Black-headed Wagtail (2023-04-03)
    37. Common Coot (2023-04-03)
    38. Common Sandpiper (2023-04-03)
    39. Hoopoe (2023-04-03)
    40. Common Kingfisher (2023-04-05)
    41. Northern Wheatear (2023-04-05)
    42. Bluethroat (2023-04-05)
    43. Slender-billed Gull (2023-04-05)
    44. Common Tern (2023-04-05)
    45. Ruddy Shelduck (2023-04-05)
    46. Common Sparrowhawk (2023-04-05)
    47. Black-Necked Grebe (2023-04-05)
    48. Pallid Harrier (2023-04-05)
    49. Solitary Snipe (2023-04-08)
    50. Green Sandpiper (2023-04-08)
    51. Hooded Crow (2023-04-08)
    52. Little Ringed Plover (2023-04-08)
    53. Gadwall (2023-04-10)
    54. Eurasian Whimbrel (2023-04-10)
    55. Grey Wagtail (2023-04-10)
    56. Lesser Whitethroat (2023-04-10)
    57. Pied Wheatear (2023-04-10)
    58. Northern Shoveler (2023-04-11)
    59. Marsh Sandpiper (2023-04-16)
    60. Red-necked Phalarope (2023-04-16)
    61. Greater Ringed Plover (2023-04-16)
    62. Black-crowned Night Heron (2023-04-16)
    63. Kentish Plover (2023-04-16)
    64. Common Redshank (2023-04-16)
    65. Grey Plover (2023-04-16)
    66. Willow Warbler (2023-04-16)
    67. Dunlin (2023-04-16)
    68. Black-winged Stilt (2023-04-16)
    69. Eurasian Curlew (2023-04-22)
    70. Gull-billed Tern (2023-04-22)
    71. Bar-tailed Godwit (2023-04-22)
    72. Caspian Tern (2023-04-22)
    73. Grey Heron (2023-04-22)
    74. Common Shelduck (2023-04-22)
    75. Little Tern (2023-04-28)
    76. Wood Sandpiper (2023-04-28)
    77. Garganey (2023-05-02)
    78. Sanderling (2023-05-02)
    79. Common Greenshank (2023-05-02)
    80. Terek Sandpiper (2023-05-02)
    81. Broad-billed Sandpiper (2023-05-02)
    82. White-winged Tern (2023-05-02)
    83. Ruddy Turnstone (2023-05-02)
    84. Little Stint (2023-05-02)
    85. Glossy Ibis (2023-05-02)
    86. Whiskered Tern (2023-05-06)
    87. Whinchat (2023-05-06)
    88. Red-backed Shrike (2023-05-06)
    89. Eurasian Redstart (2023-05-06)
    90. Masked Wagtail (2023-05-08)
    91. Desert Finch (2023-05-08)
    92. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2023-05-08)
    93. Barn Swallow (2023-05-08)
    94. Pied Avocet (2023-05-08)
    95. Calandra Lark (2023-05-08)
    96. Eurasian Jackdaw (2023-05-08)
    97. Common Swift (2023-05-08)
    98. Rook (2023-05-08)
    99. Black Kite (2023-05-08)
    100. Eurasian Magpie (2023-05-08)
    101. Red-footed Falcon (2023-05-08)
    102. European Greenfinch (2023-05-09)
    103. Black Redstart (2023-05-09)
    104. Fieldfare (2023-05-09)
    105. Spotted Flycatcher (2023-05-10)
    106. Wood Pigeon (2023-05-10)
    107. Common Cuckoo (2023-05-10)
    108. Common Whitethroat (2023-05-10)
    109. Tree Pipit (2023-05-10)
    110. Booted Warbler (2023-05-10)
    111. Little Egret (2023-05-11)
    112. Lesser Grey Shrike (2023-05-13)
    113. Little Bittern (2023-05-21)
    114. Northern House Martin (2023-05-27)
    115. Pallas's Gull (2023-05-27)
    116. Great Crested Grebe (2023-05-27)
    117. Sand Martin (2023-05-28)
    118. Syke's Warbler (2023-05-28)
    119. Eurasian Roller (2023-05-31)
    120. Purple Heron (2023-05-31)
    121. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2023-06-12)
    122. Finsch's Wheatear (2023-06-24)
    123. Greater Short-toed Lark (2023-06-24)
    124. Chukar Partridge (2023-06-24)
    125. Curlew Sandpiper (2023-07-20)
    126. Little Gull (2023-08-06)
    127. Pine Bunting (2023-11-18)
    128. Yellowhammer (2023-11-18)
    129. Tufted Duck (2023-11-18)
    130. Blue Tit (2023-11-29)
    131. Northern Pintail (2023-12-03)
    132. Eurasian Wigeon (2023-12-03)
    133. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2023-12-03)
    134. Whooper Swan (2023-12-03)
    135. Greater White-fronted Goose (2023-12-03)
    136. Bohemian Waxwing (2023-12-03)
    137. Little Grebe (2023-12-03)
    138. Long-tailed Duck (2023-12-18)
    139. Hawfinch (2023-12-18)
    140. Mew Gull (2023-12-21)
    141. Hen Harrier (2023-12-22)
    142. Red Crossbill (2023-12-26)

    recent uploads

    2023-12-26. Red Crossbill, Bohemian Waxwing.

    2023-12-24. Common Chiffchaff, European Greenfinch, Common Sparrowhawk, Mistle Thrush, Hen Harrier, Brambling.

    2023-12-22. Wood Pigeon.

    2023-12-21. Mew Gull.

    2023-12-19. Long-tailed Duck, Fieldfare, Hawfinch, Grey Heron, Common Kestrel, Broad-billed Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Common Redshank, Kentish Plover, Bar-tailed Godwit, Garganey, Terek Sandpiper, Ruddy Turnstone, Crested Lark, Little Gull, White Wagtail.

    2023-12-05. Crested Lark, Terek Sandpiper, Kentish Plover, Common Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper.

    2023-12-04. Northern Pintail, Mute Swan, Eurasian Wigeon, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Whooper Swan, Greater White-fronted Goose, Common Sparrowhawk, Bohemian Waxwing, Little Grebe, Pine Bunting, Yellowhammer, Common Kestrel, Northern Reed Bunting, Tufted Duck, Common Goldeneye, Great Crested Grebe, Mistle Thrush, Blue Tit.

    2023-06-28. Pied Wheatear, Finsch's Wheatear, Greater Short-toed Lark, Chukar Partridge, Finsch's Wheatear, Bimaculated Lark.

    2023-06-13. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater.

    2023-06-02. Western Marsh-Harrier, Common Kestrel, Pied Wheatear, Little Ringed Plover, Glossy Ibis, Red-crested Pochard, Little Egret, Northern Shoveler.

    2023-06-01. Eurasian Roller, Purple Heron.

    2023-05-31. Northern House Martin, Citrine Wagtail, Red-crested Pochard, Ruddy Turnstone.

    2023-05-29. Lesser Grey Shrike, Sand Martin, Syke's Warbler, Dunlin, Sanderling, Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Black-winged Stilt.

    2023-05-28. Eurasian Magpie, Common Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Hooded Crow, White Wagtail, Whinchat, Spotted Flycatcher, Whinchat, Red-backed Shrike, Eurasian Redstart, Common Cuckoo, Tree Pipit, Booted Warbler, Eurasian Redstart, Rook, Eurasian Jackdaw, Pallas's Gull, Great Crested Grebe.

    2023-05-26. Hooded Crow, Grey Heron, Glossy Ibis, Rook, Black Kite, Barn Swallow, Hooded Crow, Common Sandpiper, Common Starling, Eurasian Magpie, Red-footed Falcon, Black Kite, Red-footed Falcon, Black Kite, House Sparrow, Barn Swallow, Little Egret, Hooded Crow, Spotted Flycatcher, Great Tit, Eurasian Magpie, Wood Pigeon, Common Tern, Mallard, Common Kestrel, Common Cuckoo.

    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...

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    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...