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    total species: 178
    total photos: 349
    total videos: 0
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    1. Common Chaffinch (2025-01-09)
    2. Long-legged Buzzard (2025-01-09)
    3. Lesser Whitethroat (2025-01-09)
    4. Hooded Crow (2025-01-09)
    5. Crested Lark (2025-01-09)
    6. Carrion Crow (2025-01-09)
    7. Great White Egret (2025-01-10)
    8. Western Marsh-Harrier (2025-01-10)
    9. Dalmatian Pelican (2025-01-10)
    10. Whooper Swan (2025-01-10)
    11. Mute Swan (2025-01-10)
    12. Smew (2025-01-10)
    13. Bewick's Swan (2025-01-10)
    14. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2025-01-10)
    15. Greylag Goose (2025-01-10)
    16. Great Cormorant (2025-01-10)
    17. Pygmy Cormorant (2025-01-10)
    18. Pallas's Gull (2025-01-10)
    19. Common Teal (2025-01-10)
    20. Goosander (2025-01-11)
    21. Common Goldeneye (2025-01-11)
    22. Common Pochard (2025-01-11)
    23. Merlin (2025-01-11)
    24. Hen Harrier (2025-01-11)
    25. Finsch's Wheatear (2025-01-12)
    26. Turkestan Tit (2025-02-18)
    27. Ruddy Shelduck (2025-02-18)
    28. Common Shelduck (2025-02-18)
    29. Black-headed Gull (2025-02-18)
    30. Griffon Vulture (2025-03-16)
    31. Eurasian Blackbird (2025-03-16)
    32. Pied Wheatear (2025-03-16)
    33. Common Mynah (2025-03-16)
    34. Yellow-breasted Tit (2025-03-16)
    35. Lammergeier (2025-03-16)
    36. Eversmann's Redstart (2025-03-16)
    37. Demoiselle Crane (2025-03-25)
    38. Common Coot (2025-03-25)
    39. Black Kite (2025-03-25)
    40. European Bee-eater (2025-05-04)
    41. Eurasian Roller (2025-05-05)
    42. Eurasian Collared Dove (2025-05-05)
    43. Indian Sparrow (2025-05-09)
    44. Greater Sand Plover (2025-05-09)
    45. Steppe Grey Shrike (2025-05-09)
    46. Little Owl (2025-05-09)
    47. Rufous Bush Robin (2025-05-09)
    48. Red-backed Shrike (2025-05-09)
    49. Yellow Wagtail (2025-05-10)
    51. Red-headed Bunting (2025-05-10)
    52. Common Whitethroat (2025-05-10)
    53. Turkestan Shrike (2025-05-10)
    54. White-tailed Lapwing (2025-05-10)
    55. Black-winged Stilt (2025-05-10)
    56. Black-headed Wagtail (2025-05-10)
    57. Glossy Ibis (2025-05-10)
    58. Eurasian Spoonbill (2025-05-10)
    59. Calandra Lark (2025-05-10)
    60. Red-crested Pochard (2025-05-10)
    61. Kentish Plover (2025-05-10)
    62. Spotted Redshank (2025-05-10)
    63. Common Oystercatcher (2025-05-15)
    64. White Stork (2025-05-15)
    65. Barn Swallow (2025-05-15)
    66. Great Crested Grebe (2025-05-20)
    67. White-Winged Woodpecker (2025-05-20)
    68. Purple Heron (2025-05-20)
    69. Common Pheasant (2025-05-20)
    70. Greenish Warbler (2025-05-20)
    71. Little Ringed Plover (2025-05-20)
    72. Common Moorhen (2025-05-22)
    73. Black-tailed Godwit (2025-05-22)
    74. Ferruginous Duck (2025-05-22)
    75. Grey Heron (2025-05-22)
    76. Common Tern (2025-05-22)
    77. Little Tern (2025-05-22)
    78. Black-crowned Night Heron (2025-05-22)
    79. Common Cuckoo (2025-05-22)
    80. Common Kestrel (2025-05-22)
    81. Red-necked Phalarope (2025-05-22)
    82. Oriental Turtle Dove (2025-05-22)
    83. Macqueen's Bustard (2025-05-22)
    84. Isabelline Wheatear (2025-05-22)
    85. Collared Pratincole (2025-05-22)
    86. Egyptian Vulture (2025-05-23)
    87. Golden Eagle (2025-05-23)
    88. Pander's Ground-Jay (2025-05-23)
    89. House Sparrow (2025-05-23)
    90. Chukar Partridge (2025-05-23)
    91. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2025-05-23)
    92. Menetries Warbler (2025-05-24)
    93. Eurasian Jackdaw (2025-05-24)
    94. Little Bustard (2025-05-24)
    95. Great Bustard (2025-05-24)
    96. Yellow-billed Chough (2025-05-25)
    97. Grey Wagtail (2025-05-25)
    98. Himalayan Vulture (2025-05-25)
    99. Eurasian Hobby (2025-05-25)
    100. Common Sparrowhawk (2025-05-25)
    101. Rock Bunting (2025-05-25)
    102. Mistle Thrush (2025-05-25)
    103. White-crowned Penduline Tit (2025-05-25)
    104. Wood Pigeon (2025-05-25)
    105. Indian Golden Oriole (2025-05-25)
    106. Eurasian Magpie (2025-05-25)
    107. Hume's Whitethroat (2025-05-25)
    108. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2025-05-26)
    109. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2025-05-27)
    110. Rook (2025-05-27)
    111. Common Starling (2025-05-27)
    112. Booted Eagle (2025-05-28)
    113. Pallid Scops Owl (2025-05-28)
    114. Northern Lapwing (2025-05-29)
    115. Shikra (2025-06-04)
    116. European Nightjar (2025-06-05)
    117. Common Kingfisher (2025-06-25)
    118. Lesser Grey Shrike (2025-06-25)
    119. Red-rumped Swallow (2025-06-25)
    120. Blue Whistling Thrush (2025-06-25)
    121. Asian Paradise Flycatcher (2025-06-25)
    122. Rosy Starling (2025-06-25)
    123. Laughing Dove (2025-06-29)
    124. Green Sandpiper (2025-07-16)
    125. Clamorous Reed Warbler (2025-07-16)
    126. Egyptian Nightjar (2025-07-16)
    127. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2025-07-24)
    128. Syke's Warbler (2025-07-29)
    129. Streaked Scrub Warbler (2025-07-30)
    130. Pied Bushchat (2025-08-04)
    131. Tree Sparrow (2025-08-04)
    132. Spotted Flycatcher (2025-08-14)
    133. Caspian Tern (2025-08-14)
    134. Common Greenshank (2025-08-14)
    135. Siberian Stonechat (2025-08-23)
    136. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (2025-08-24)
    137. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2025-08-24)
    138. European Golden Oriole (2025-08-24)
    139. Desert Wheatear (2025-08-24)
    140. Crested Honey-Buzzard (2025-08-24)
    141. Tree Pipit (2025-08-26)
    142. Bluethroat (2025-08-26)
    143. Sand Martin (2025-08-28)
    144. Black Stork (2025-08-28)
    145. Little Egret (2025-08-28)
    146. Greater Short-toed Lark (2025-08-29)
    147. Wood Sandpiper (2025-08-29)
    148. Common Buzzard (2025-09-08)
    149. Common Crane (2025-09-08)
    150. Osprey (2025-09-11)
    151. Sanderling (2025-09-18)
    152. Ruff (2025-09-18)
    153. Lesser Kestrel (2025-09-19)
    154. Paddyfield Warbler (2025-09-19)
    155. Baillon's Crake (2025-09-25)
    156. Moustached Warbler (2025-09-25)
    157. Common Chiffchaff (2025-09-25)
    158. Greater Spotted Eagle (2025-09-26)
    159. Black Redstart (2025-09-26)
    160. Eurasian Redstart (2025-10-06)
    161. Black-throated Thrush (2025-10-09)
    162. Great Tit (2025-10-15)
    163. Wallcreeper (2025-10-15)
    164. Common Raven (2025-10-16)
    165. Upland Buzzard (2025-10-16)
    166. Bearded Tit (2025-10-30)
    167. Northern Reed Bunting (2025-10-30)
    168. Little Grebe (2025-11-01)
    169. Water Pipit (2025-11-01)
    170. Northern Wren (2025-11-01)
    171. Mallard (2025-11-01)
    172. Greater White-fronted Goose (2025-11-05)
    173. Red-breasted Merganser (2025-11-05)
    174. Mongolian Finch (2025-11-06)
    175. Eurasian Linnet (2025-11-06)
    176. Caspian Gull (2025-11-06)
    177. Pine Bunting (2025-11-06)
    178. European Robin (2025-12-03)

    recent uploads

    2025-12-17. European Robin.

    2025-11-13. Pine Bunting.

    2025-11-07. Greater White-fronted Goose, Streaked Scrub Warbler, Red-breasted Merganser, Streaked Scrub Warbler, Great White Egret, Mongolian Finch, Eurasian Linnet, Streaked Scrub Warbler, Caspian Gull.

    2025-11-02. Little Grebe, Water Pipit, Northern Wren, Bearded Tit, Northern Reed Bunting, Mallard, Common Teal, Eversmann's Redstart.

    2025-10-31. Bearded Tit, Northern Reed Bunting, Bluethroat.

    2025-10-24. Osprey.

    2025-10-19. Lesser Kestrel, Greater Spotted Eagle, Paddyfield Warbler, Booted Eagle, Common Buzzard, Common Crane, Pied Wheatear, Sanderling, Ruff, Dalmatian Pelican, Baillon's Crake, Moustached Warbler, Black Redstart, Common Chiffchaff, Black-throated Thrush, Eurasian Redstart, Black Redstart, Great Tit, Wallcreeper, Common Raven, Upland Buzzard.

    2025-09-11. Osprey.

    2025-09-10. Tree Pipit, Greater Short-toed Lark, Wood Sandpiper, Tree Pipit, Bluethroat.

    2025-09-09. European Golden Oriole, Siberian Stonechat, Desert Wheatear, Crested Honey-Buzzard, Barn Swallow, Sand Martin, Black Stork, Little Egret, Common Kingfisher.

    2025-09-02. Eastern Rock Nuthatch, Eurasian Stone Curlew.

    2025-08-18. Spotted Flycatcher, Caspian Tern, Common Greenshank, Eurasian Hobby.

    2025-08-04. Streaked Scrub Warbler, Pied Bushchat, Tree Sparrow, Short-toed Snake-Eagle, Eurasian Scops-Owl, Syke's Warbler.

    2025-07-20. Laughing Dove, Short-toed Snake-Eagle, Shikra, Red-headed Bunting, Green Sandpiper, Clamorous Reed Warbler, Egyptian Nightjar, Hume's Whitethroat.

    2025-06-28. Black-crowned Night Heron, Common Kingfisher, Lesser Grey Shrike, Red-rumped Swallow, Blue Whistling Thrush, Asian Paradise Flycatcher, Rosy Starling, Western Marsh-Harrier, Booted Eagle, Common Starling, Eurasian Magpie.

    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...