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Gaviiformes
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  • Phalacrocoracidae
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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 50
    total photos: 222
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Mew Gull (2019-02-05)
    2. Horned Lark (2019-02-15)
    3. Black-headed Gull (2019-02-24)
    4. Mallard (2019-02-24)
    5. Caspian Gull (2019-02-24)
    6. Common Redshank (2019-04-06)
    7. White Wagtail (2019-04-06)
    8. Western Marsh-Harrier (2019-04-06)
    9. Red-necked Phalarope (2019-04-06)
    10. Little Ringed Plover (2019-04-06)
    11. Steppe Grey Shrike (2019-04-06)
    12. Common Tern (2019-04-11)
    13. Purple Heron (2019-04-26)
    14. House Sparrow (2019-05-01)
    15. Little Tern (2019-05-01)
    16. Wood Sandpiper (2019-05-11)
    17. Black-winged Stilt (2019-05-11)
    18. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2019-05-11)
    19. Ruddy Turnstone (2019-05-17)
    20. Common Sandpiper (2019-05-17)
    21. Great Cormorant (2019-05-25)
    22. Pied Avocet (2019-05-30)
    23. Gull-billed Tern (2019-05-30)
    24. Kentish Plover (2019-05-30)
    25. Common Shelduck (2019-05-30)
    26. White-winged Tern (2019-06-30)
    27. Crested Lark (2019-07-26)
    28. Sandwich Tern (2019-08-03)
    29. Grey Heron (2019-08-03)
    30. Terek Sandpiper (2019-08-03)
    31. Common Snipe (2019-08-17)
    32. Ruddy Shelduck (2019-08-17)
    33. Pied Wheatear (2019-08-17)
    34. Temminck's Stint (2019-08-17)
    35. Bar-tailed Godwit (2019-08-17)
    36. Black-tailed Godwit (2019-08-17)
    37. Greater Ringed Plover (2019-08-17)
    38. Ruff (2019-08-17)
    39. Common Pochard (2019-08-17)
    40. Grey Plover (2019-08-17)
    41. Little Stint (2019-09-01)
    42. Spotted Flycatcher (2019-09-01)
    43. Little Owl (2019-09-01)
    44. Spotted Crake (2019-09-06)
    45. Hooded Crow (2019-09-11)
    46. Curlew Sandpiper (2019-09-16)
    47. Great White Egret (2019-10-04)
    48. Common Teal (2019-10-16)
    49. Gadwall (2019-10-16)
    50. Mistle Thrush (2019-12-13)

    recent uploads

    2020-01-09. Mistle Thrush.

    2020-01-04. Black-headed Gull.

    2019-10-16. Caspian Gull, Caspian Gull, Black-headed Gull, Mallard, Common Teal, Gadwall, Gadwall, Great Cormorant, Great Cormorant, Hooded Crow.

    2019-10-08. Little Stint.

    2019-10-07. Wood Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, White Wagtail, White Wagtail, Mallard, Hooded Crow, Black-headed Gull, Great Cormorant, Great Cormorant.

    2019-10-05. Little Stint.

    2019-10-04. Grey Heron, Grey Heron, Mallard, Great White Egret.

    2019-09-17. Common Pochard, Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint, Black-headed Gull, Caspian Gull.

    2019-09-11. Greater Ringed Plover, Sandwich Tern, Hooded Crow, Hooded Crow, Hooded Crow, Wood Sandpiper, Ruff.

    2019-09-08. Black-winged Stilt, Crested Lark, Wood Sandpiper, Spotted Crake, Ruff, Black-winged Stilt, Ruff, White Wagtail.

    2019-09-03. Little Stint, Ruff, Spotted Flycatcher, Little Stint, Black-tailed Godwit, Little Stint, Spotted Flycatcher, Red-necked Phalarope, Little Owl.

    2019-08-20. Common Snipe, Common Snipe, Ruddy Shelduck, Ruddy Shelduck, Ruddy Shelduck, Pied Wheatear, Temminck's Stint, Bar-tailed Godwit, Black-tailed Godwit, Black-tailed Godwit, Common Tern, Little Ringed Plover, Greater Ringed Plover, Ruff, Common Pochard, Common Pochard, Grey Plover, Grey Plover, Grey Plover.

    2019-08-18. Ruddy Turnstone, Ruddy Turnstone, Common Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper.

    2019-08-13. Black-headed Gull.

    2019-08-12. Great Cormorant, Common Tern, Common Tern, Common Tern, Common Tern, Common Tern, Common Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, White-winged Tern, Mallard.

    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...