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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
  • Laridae
    • Pterocletiformes
  • Pteroclidae
    • Columbiformes
  • Columbidae
    • Cuculiformes
  • Cuculidae
    • Strigiformes
  • Strigidae
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  • Caprimulgidae
    • Apodiformes
  • Apodidae
    • Coraciiformes
  • Coraciidae
  • Alcedinidae
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    • Upupiformes
  • Upupidae
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  • Picidae
    • Passeriformes
  • Hirundinidae
  • Alaudidae
  • Motacillidae
  • Laniidae
  • Oriolidae
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  • Corvidae
  • Bombycillidae
  • Cinclidae
  • Troglodytidae
  • Prunellidae
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  • Muscicapidae
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  • Paradoxornithidae
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  • Certhiidae
  • Ploceidae
  • Fringillidae
  • Emberizidae

    • Bastaev Vasilii

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    total species: 87
    total photos: 137
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Red Crossbill (2024-01-05)
    2. Blue Tit (2024-01-11)
    3. Mistle Thrush (2024-01-13)
    4. Great Grey Shrike (2024-01-13)
    5. Pine Bunting (2024-01-13)
    6. Yellowhammer (2024-01-13)
    7. Fieldfare (2024-01-13)
    8. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2024-01-13)
    9. Bohemian Waxwing (2024-01-13)
    10. European Robin (2024-01-13)
    11. Eurasian Blackbird (2024-01-13)
    12. Mew Gull (2024-01-13)
    13. House Sparrow (2024-01-16)
    14. Long-eared Owl (2024-01-16)
    15. Wood Pigeon (2024-01-23)
    16. Dalmatian Pelican (2024-01-24)
    17. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2024-01-28)
    18. Great White Egret (2024-01-28)
    19. Hen Harrier (2024-01-28)
    20. Eurasian Spoonbill (2024-01-28)
    21. European Greenfinch (2024-02-02)
    22. Tree Sparrow (2024-02-04)
    23. Red-breasted Merganser (2024-02-04)
    24. Black-Necked Grebe (2024-02-04)
    25. Crested Lark (2024-02-04)
    26. Red-crested Pochard (2024-02-04)
    27. Common Sparrowhawk (2024-02-08)
    28. Stock Pigeon (2024-02-19)
    29. Pallas's Gull (2024-03-02)
    30. Common Shelduck (2024-03-02)
    31. Slender-billed Gull (2024-03-08)
    32. Great Cormorant (2024-03-08)
    33. Greater Flamingo (2024-03-09)
    34. Gadwall (2024-03-09)
    35. Ruff (2024-03-17)
    36. Hawfinch (2024-03-23)
    37. Eurasian Magpie (2024-03-23)
    38. Grey Partridge (2024-03-23)
    39. Common Redpoll (2024-03-23)
    40. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2024-03-24)
    41. Long-tailed Tit (2024-03-24)
    42. Carrion Crow (2024-03-24)
    43. Willow Tit (2024-03-24)
    44. Northern Bullfinch (2024-03-24)
    45. Azure Tit (2024-03-24)
    46. Black Woodpecker (2024-03-24)
    47. Brambling (2024-03-24)
    48. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2024-03-25)
    49. Caspian Gull (2024-03-25)
    50. Eurasian Jackdaw (2024-03-25)
    51. Goosander (2024-03-26)
    52. Common Goldeneye (2024-03-26)
    53. Black Kite (2024-03-26)
    54. Rook (2024-03-26)
    55. Hooded Crow (2024-03-26)
    56. Masked Wagtail (2024-03-26)
    57. Eastern Buzzard (2024-03-28)
    58. Common Chaffinch (2024-03-28)
    59. Common Chiffchaff (2024-03-28)
    60. Yellow-breasted Tit (2024-03-28)
    61. Common Mynah (2024-03-28)
    62. Common Swift (2024-03-28)
    63. Eurasian Collared Dove (2024-03-28)
    64. Black Stork (2024-03-28)
    65. Desert Finch (2024-03-29)
    66. Common Tern (2024-04-01)
    67. Garganey (2024-04-01)
    68. Pied Avocet (2024-04-01)
    69. Common Redshank (2024-04-01)
    70. Black-tailed Godwit (2024-04-01)
    71. Kentish Plover (2024-04-01)
    72. Dunlin (2024-04-01)
    73. Song Thrush (2024-04-03)
    74. Black-crowned Night Heron (2024-04-03)
    75. Sky Lark (2024-04-03)
    76. Corn Bunting (2024-04-07)
    77. Finsch's Wheatear (2024-04-07)
    78. Isabelline Wheatear (2024-04-07)
    80. Bluethroat (2024-04-07)
    81. Hoopoe (2024-04-12)
    82. Eurasian Whimbrel (2024-04-16)
    83. Terek Sandpiper (2024-04-16)
    84. Green Sandpiper (2024-04-16)
    85. Citrine Wagtail (2024-04-16)
    86. Grey Plover (2024-04-16)
    87. Little Ringed Plover (2024-04-16)

    recent uploads

    2024-04-20. Eurasian Whimbrel, Slender-billed Gull, Terek Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Citrine Wagtail, Dunlin, Grey Plover, Little Ringed Plover.

    2024-04-12. Hoopoe.

    2024-04-07. Corn Bunting, Finsch's Wheatear, Isabelline Wheatear, Eastern Black-eared Wheatear, Bluethroat.

    2024-04-06. Eurasian Blackbird, Eastern Buzzard, Rook, Common Chaffinch, Common Chiffchaff, Yellow-breasted Tit, Masked Wagtail, Common Mynah, Common Swift, Eurasian Collared Dove, Black Stork, Song Thrush, Black-crowned Night Heron, Hawfinch, Stock Pigeon, Sky Lark, Eurasian Blackbird, Eurasian Blackbird, Eurasian Collared Dove, Rook, Common Mynah, Common Swift, Eurasian Collared Dove, Desert Finch.

    2024-04-04. Fieldfare, Goosander, Common Goldeneye, Bohemian Waxwing, Black Kite, Rook, Hybrid Crow, Hooded Crow, Masked Wagtail, Goosander, Common Redpoll, European Greenfinch, Bohemian Waxwing.

    2024-04-03. Bohemian Waxwing, Hawfinch, Eurasian Magpie, European Greenfinch, Eurasian Magpie, Tree Sparrow, Grey Partridge, Grey Partridge, Common Redpoll, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Long-tailed Tit, Carrion Crow, Willow Tit, Northern Bullfinch, Hawfinch, Northern Bullfinch, Azure Tit, Black Woodpecker, Brambling, Pine Bunting, Hybrid Bunting, Eurasian Blackbird, Hawfinch, Yellowhammer, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Unkown Bird, Caspian Gull, Eurasian Jackdaw.

    2024-04-02. Common Tern, Garganey, Pied Avocet, Ruff, Common Shelduck, Common Redshank, Black-tailed Godwit, Kentish Plover, Dunlin, Ruff.

    2024-03-09. Slender-billed Gull, Great Cormorant, Great Grey Shrike, Greater Flamingo, Gadwall.

    2024-03-02. Pallas's Gull, Common Shelduck.

    2024-02-19. Stock Pigeon, Lesser Short-toed Lark.

    2024-02-08. Common Sparrowhawk.

    2024-02-05. House Sparrow, Tree Sparrow, House Sparrow, Tree Sparrow, Red-breasted Merganser, Black-Necked Grebe, Crested Lark, Red-crested Pochard, Mistle Thrush, European Greenfinch.

    2024-01-29. Dalmatian Pelican, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Great White Egret, Hen Harrier, Eurasian Spoonbill.

    2024-01-26. Blue Tit, Red Crossbill, European Robin, Eurasian Blackbird, Wood Pigeon, European Robin.

    2024-01-19. House Sparrow, Long-eared Owl.

    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...