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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
  • Pelecanidae
  • Phalacrocoracidae
    • Ciconiiformes
  • Ardeidae
  • Threskiornithidae
  • Ciconiidae
    • Phoenicopteriformes
  • Phoenicopteridae
    • Anseriformes
  • Anatidae
    • Falconiformes
  • Pandionidae
  • Accipitridae
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    • Galliformes
  • Tetraonidae
  • Phasianidae
    • Gruiformes
  • Gruidae
  • Rallidae
  • Otididae
    • Charadriiformes
  • Burhinidae
  • Charadriidae
  • Recurvirostridae
  • Haematopodidae
  • Scolopacidae
  • Glareolidae
  • Stercorariidae
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    • Columbiformes
  • Columbidae
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  • Apodidae
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  • Upupidae
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  • Picidae
    • Passeriformes
  • Hirundinidae
  • Alaudidae
  • Motacillidae
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  • Oriolidae
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  • Sturnidae
  • Corvidae
  • Bombycillidae
  • Cinclidae
  • Troglodytidae
  • Prunellidae
  • Sylviidae
  • Regulidae
  • Muscicapidae
  • Turdidae
  • Paradoxornithidae
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  • Sittidae
  • Certhiidae
  • Ploceidae
  • Fringillidae
  • Emberizidae

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    total species: 172
    total photos: 570
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Brambling (2023-01-08)
    2. Rock Pigeon (2023-01-09)
    3. Great Tit (2023-01-14)
    4. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2023-01-23)
    5. Eurasian Magpie (2023-01-26)
    6. Rough-legged Buzzard (2023-02-02)
    7. Asian Rosy-Finch (2023-02-05)
    8. Horned Lark (2023-02-17)
    9. Plain Mountain Finch (2023-02-24)
    10. Common Treecreeper (2023-02-24)
    11. Tree Sparrow (2023-03-23)
    12. Masked Wagtail (2023-03-23)
    13. Yellowhammer (2023-03-26)
    14. Black-throated Thrush (2023-03-30)
    15. Common Chaffinch (2023-04-02)
    16. Stock Pigeon (2023-04-03)
    17. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2023-04-03)
    18. Black-throated Accentor (2023-04-03)
    19. Northern Pintail (2023-04-09)
    20. Eversmann's Redstart (2023-04-09)
    21. White Wagtail (2023-04-12)
    22. Eurasian Goldfinch (2023-04-13)
    23. Eurasian Siskin (2023-04-15)
    24. Black Redstart (2023-04-18)
    25. White-Backed Woodpecker (2023-04-19)
    26. Common Sparrowhawk (2023-04-20)
    27. Common Buzzard (2023-04-21)
    28. Northern Goshawk (2023-04-21)
    29. Eurasian Jackdaw (2023-04-21)
    30. Black Stork (2023-04-23)
    31. Common Kestrel (2023-04-23)
    32. Isabelline Wheatear (2023-04-23)
    33. Great White Egret (2023-04-26)
    34. Caspian Gull (2023-04-26)
    35. Great Grey Shrike (2023-04-26)
    36. Hoopoe (2023-04-28)
    37. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2023-05-03)
    38. Tree Pipit (2023-05-04)
    39. Goosander (2023-05-04)
    40. Common Chiffchaff (2023-05-04)
    41. Common Moorhen (2023-05-04)
    42. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2023-05-05)
    43. Eurasian Redstart (2023-05-05)
    44. Eurasian Wryneck (2023-05-06)
    45. Eurasian Blackbird (2023-05-06)
    46. Carrion Crow (2023-05-07)
    47. Common Starling (2023-05-07)
    48. Barn Swallow (2023-05-07)
    49. Pied Wheatear (2023-05-07)
    50. Eurasian Linnet (2023-05-07)
    51. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2023-05-07)
    52. Citrine Wagtail (2023-05-08)
    53. Azure Tit (2023-05-08)
    54. Ortolan Bunting (2023-05-10)
    55. Siberian Stonechat (2023-05-10)
    56. Fieldfare (2023-05-10)
    57. Common Cuckoo (2023-05-11)
    58. Common Rosefinch (2023-05-11)
    59. Common Kingfisher (2023-05-13)
    60. Lesser Whitethroat (2023-05-14)
    61. Common Sandpiper (2023-05-15)
    62. Spotted Flycatcher (2023-05-15)
    63. Red-backed Shrike (2023-05-15)
    64. Gadwall (2023-05-15)
    65. Garganey (2023-05-16)
    66. Oriental Turtle Dove (2023-05-16)
    67. Thrush Nightingale (2023-05-17)
    68. Eurasian Hobby (2023-05-17)
    69. Slavonian Grebe (2023-05-18)
    70. Dalmatian Pelican (2023-05-20)
    71. Rosy Starling (2023-05-20)
    72. Red-crested Pochard (2023-05-20)
    73. Greylag Goose (2023-05-20)
    74. Great Reed Warbler (2023-05-20)
    75. Sand Martin (2023-05-20)
    76. Demoiselle Crane (2023-05-20)
    77. Whooper Swan (2023-05-20)
    78. Mute Swan (2023-05-20)
    79. Common Coot (2023-05-20)
    80. Long-legged Buzzard (2023-05-20)
    81. Steppe Eagle (2023-05-20)
    82. Black Lark (2023-05-20)
    83. Northern Wheatear (2023-05-20)
    84. White-headed Duck (2023-05-21)
    85. European Bee-eater (2023-05-21)
    86. Hume's Warbler (2023-05-21)
    87. Common Redshank (2023-05-24)
    88. European Golden Oriole (2023-05-24)
    89. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2023-05-24)
    90. Pale Sand Martin (2023-05-25)
    91. Common Whitethroat (2023-05-25)
    92. Grey Wagtail (2023-05-27)
    93. Yellow Wagtail (2023-05-28)
    94. Black Tern (2023-05-30)
    95. Terek Sandpiper (2023-05-31)
    96. Mallard (2023-06-01)
    97. Northern Shoveler (2023-06-01)
    98. Booted Warbler (2023-06-02)
    99. Little Ringed Plover (2023-06-04)
    100. Great Crested Grebe (2023-06-04)
    101. Common Crane (2023-06-10)
    102. Common Goldeneye (2023-06-18)
    103. Black-headed Gull (2023-06-18)
    104. Sky Lark (2023-06-18)
    105. Common Pochard (2023-06-23)
    106. Rook (2023-06-25)
    107. Song Thrush (2023-06-29)
    108. Long-tailed Tit (2023-06-30)
    109. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2023-07-03)
    110. Wood Sandpiper (2023-07-05)
    111. Long-eared Owl (2023-07-06)
    112. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2023-07-07)
    113. Richard's Pipit (2023-07-08)
    114. Grey Heron (2023-07-10)
    115. Little Stint (2023-07-11)
    116. Ruddy Shelduck (2023-07-22)
    117. Peregrine Falcon (2023-07-23)
    118. Upland Buzzard (2023-07-30)
    119. Black-winged Stilt (2023-08-02)
    120. Northern Lapwing (2023-08-02)
    121. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2023-08-02)
    122. Black-Necked Grebe (2023-08-02)
    123. Black-tailed Godwit (2023-08-02)
    124. Greater Short-toed Lark (2023-08-02)
    125. Black Kite (2023-08-06)
    126. Hooded Crow (2023-08-06)
    127. House Sparrow (2023-08-15)
    128. Red-necked Phalarope (2023-08-15)
    129. Arctic Loon (2023-08-15)
    130. Western Marsh-Harrier (2023-08-15)
    131. Temminck's Stint (2023-08-15)
    132. Desert Wheatear (2023-08-19)
    133. Pallas's Gull (2023-08-20)
    134. Common Tern (2023-08-20)
    135. Kentish Plover (2023-08-20)
    136. Ruddy Turnstone (2023-08-20)
    137. Purple Heron (2023-08-21)
    138. Black-headed Wagtail (2023-08-21)
    139. Turkestan Shrike (2023-08-21)
    140. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2023-08-21)
    141. Great White Pelican (2023-08-21)
    142. Eurasian Collared Dove (2023-08-22)
    143. Common Mynah (2023-08-22)
    144. Great Cormorant (2023-08-24)
    145. Hen Harrier (2023-09-07)
    146. Bluethroat (2023-09-10)
    147. Meadow Bunting (2023-09-10)
    148. Pine Bunting (2023-09-16)
    149. Water Pipit (2023-09-16)
    150. Northern Reed Bunting (2023-09-24)
    151. Willow Tit (2023-09-29)
    152. Tufted Duck (2023-10-03)
    153. Eurasian Nuthatch (2023-10-04)
    154. Little Bunting (2023-10-06)
    155. Coal Tit (2023-10-12)
    156. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2023-10-15)
    157. Common Teal (2023-10-21)
    158. Hawfinch (2023-10-27)
    159. European Greenfinch (2023-10-27)
    160. Bean Goose (2023-10-28)
    161. Bohemian Waxwing (2023-11-05)
    162. Eurasian Dipper (2023-11-05)
    163. Northern Bullfinch (2023-11-07)
    164. Rustic Bunting (2023-11-17)
    165. Wood Pigeon (2023-12-02)
    166. Pallas's Rosefinch (2023-12-02)
    167. Merlin (2023-12-07)
    168. Common Redpoll (2023-12-08)
    169. Golden Eagle (2023-12-10)
    170. Northern Black Grouse (2023-12-17)
    171. Baikal Bullfinch (2023-12-20)
    172. Redwing (2023-12-20)

    recent uploads

    2023-12-29. Bohemian Waxwing, Baikal Bullfinch.

    2023-12-28. Black-throated Thrush, Eurasian Siskin, Bohemian Waxwing, Eurasian Blackbird, Fieldfare, White-Backed Woodpecker, Hawfinch.

    2023-12-26. Steppe Buzzard, Upland Buzzard.

    2023-12-25. Upland Buzzard, Lesser Kestrel.

    2023-12-24. Grey Partridge, Lesser Short-toed Lark, Laughing Dove, Greater Flamingo, Lesser White-fronted Goose, White-tailed Lapwing, Glossy Ibis, Calandra Lark, Crested Lark, Marsh Sandpiper, Lesser Grey Shrike, Pied Avocet, Mistle Thrush, Eurasian Penduline Tit, Caspian Tern, Ruff, Eurasian Jay, Little Stint, Little Owl, White-winged Tern, Red-throated Thrush, Carrion Crow, Rock Bunting, House Sparrow, Sanderling, Common Oystercatcher, Eurasian Curlew, Pacific Golden Plover, Greater White-fronted Goose, Common Snipe, Ural Owl, Steppe Eagle.

    2023-12-23. Long-tailed Tit, Pallas's Rosefinch, Common Redpoll.

    2023-12-22. Eurasian Siskin, Eurasian Blackbird, Black-throated Thrush, Pallas's Rosefinch, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Pallas's Rosefinch, Eurasian Goldfinch, Eurasian Goldfinch, Pallas's Rosefinch.

    2023-12-21. Pallas's Rosefinch, Eurasian Dipper, Tree Sparrow.

    2023-12-20. Baikal Bullfinch, Northern Bullfinch, Willow Tit, Pallas's Rosefinch, Pallas's Rosefinch, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Redwing.

    2023-12-19. Hawfinch, Eurasian Blackbird.

    2023-12-17. Eurasian Nuthatch, White-Backed Woodpecker, Northern Black Grouse, Common Redpoll.

    2023-12-15. Hawfinch.

    2023-12-14. Bohemian Waxwing, Bohemian Waxwing.

    2023-12-13. Pallas's Rosefinch, Brambling, Grey-Headed Woodpecker.

    2023-12-10. Rough-legged Buzzard, Golden Eagle, Upland Buzzard.

    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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    Great Cormorant
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    Spotted Flycatcher
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    Northern Hawk Owl
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    2025-06-17
    Great White Egret
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    Blyth's Reed Warbler
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    2025-03-30
    Great White Egret
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    2025-03-23
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    Great Tit
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    2025-02-07
    Arctic Loon
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    2025-02-06
    Red Crossbill
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    2025-01-07
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    2024-08-03
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    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 )
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    Bassel Abi Jummaa: OK great . Thanks Anna
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