Kuryashkin Andrei. Birds of Kazakhstan

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509 photographed species of 532 (95%)

found 32 new species for Kazakhstan

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Gaviiformes

Podicipediformes

Pelecaniformes

Phalacrocoracidae

Ciconiiformes

Threskiornithidae

Phoenicopteriformes

Phoenicopteridae

Anseriformes

Falconiformes

Galliformes

Gruiformes

Charadriiformes

Recurvirostridae

Pterocletiformes

Columbiformes

Cuculiformes

Strigiformes

Caprimulgiformes

Apodiformes

Coraciiformes

Upupiformes

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Paradoxornithidae

Kuryashkin Andrei

members stats	map of photoshootings
total species: 110 total photos: 294 total videos: 0 total blogposts: 1

1. Common Goldeneye (2022-01-23)

2. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2022-01-23)

3. Black-throated Thrush (2022-01-23)

4. Fieldfare (2022-01-23)

5. Eurasian Siskin (2022-01-23)

6. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2022-02-06)

7. Eurasian Nuthatch (2022-02-06)

8. Eurasian Blackbird (2022-02-06)

9. Eurasian Goldfinch (2022-02-06)

10. Pallas's Rosefinch (2022-02-06)

11. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2022-02-06)

12. Goosander (2022-02-07)

13. Mallard (2022-02-07)

14. Yellowhammer (2022-02-08)

15. Eurasian Dipper (2022-02-08)

16. Mistle Thrush (2022-02-08)

17. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2022-02-08)

18. Azure Tit (2022-02-09)

19. Common Chaffinch (2022-02-17)

20. Hawfinch (2022-02-19)

21. Brambling (2022-02-19)

22. European Greenfinch (2022-02-19)

23. Great Grey Shrike (2022-04-02)

24. Eurasian Collared Dove (2022-04-02)

25. Baraba Steppe Gull (2022-04-02)

26. Northern Reed Bunting (2022-04-07)

27. Tree Pipit (2022-04-07)

28. Greylag Goose (2022-04-07)

29. Desert Wheatear (2022-04-10)

30. Brown-necked Raven (2022-04-10)

31. Caspian Gull (2022-04-10)

32. Eurasian Wryneck (2022-04-12)

33. Asian Desert Warbler (2022-04-13)

34. Greater Short-toed Lark (2022-04-13)

35. Northern Wheatear (2022-04-13)

36. Black Redstart (2022-04-13)

37. Lesser Kestrel (2022-04-13)

38. Common Chiffchaff (2022-04-13)

39. Long-legged Buzzard (2022-04-13)

40. Steppe Grey Shrike (2022-04-15)

41. Tawny Pipit (2022-04-15)

42. Carrion Crow (2022-04-15)

43. Black Kite (2022-04-27)

44. Green Sandpiper (2022-04-27)

45. Grey Wagtail (2022-04-27)

46. Common Sparrowhawk (2022-04-27)

47. Gadwall (2022-05-02)

48. Common Tern (2022-05-02)

49. Common Starling (2022-05-02)

50. White Wagtail (2022-05-02)

51. Great Tit (2022-05-02)

52. Lesser Whitethroat (2022-05-02)

53. Great Cormorant (2022-05-02)

54. Eurasian Jackdaw (2022-05-02)

55. Rook (2022-05-02)

56. Black Lark (2022-05-09)

57. Horned Lark (2022-05-09)

58. Sky Lark (2022-05-09)

59. Yellow Wagtail (2022-05-09)

60. Ruddy Shelduck (2022-05-09)

61. Siberian Stonechat (2022-05-09)

62. Bluethroat (2022-05-09)

63. Mute Swan (2022-05-15)

64. Masked Wagtail (2022-05-15)

65. Citrine Wagtail (2022-05-15)

66. Great Crested Grebe (2022-05-15)

67. White-winged Tern (2022-05-15)

68. Little Tern (2022-05-15)

69. Black-headed Gull (2022-05-15)

70. Black Stork (2022-05-15)

71. Great Reed Warbler (2022-05-15)

72. Eurasian Hobby (2022-05-15)

73. Common Kestrel (2022-05-15)

74. Grey Heron (2022-05-15)

75. Great White Egret (2022-05-15)

76. Pale Sand Martin (2022-05-15)

77. Garganey (2022-05-15)

78. Common Teal (2022-05-15)

79. Tufted Duck (2022-05-15)

80. Black-Necked Grebe (2022-05-15)

81. Common Snipe (2022-05-15)

82. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2022-05-29)

83. Common Buzzard (2022-05-29)

84. Steppe Eagle (2022-05-29)

85. Pied Wheatear (2022-05-29)

86. Turkestan Shrike (2022-06-06)

87. Booted Warbler (2022-06-06)

88. Common Shelduck (2022-06-06)

89. Black-winged Stilt (2022-06-06)

90. Little Ringed Plover (2022-06-06)

91. Demoiselle Crane (2022-06-06)

92. Common Moorhen (2022-06-06)

93. Northern Shoveler (2022-06-06)

94. Northern Lapwing (2022-06-06)

95. Northern Pintail (2022-06-06)

96. Common Oystercatcher (2022-06-12)

97. Oriental Turtle Dove (2022-06-12)

98. Common Raven (2022-06-12)

99. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2022-06-12)

100. Hooded Crow (2022-06-12)

101. Wood Sandpiper (2022-06-12)

102. Common Coot (2022-06-12)

103. Spotted Flycatcher (2022-06-12)

104. Common Rosefinch (2022-06-12)

105. European Bee-eater (2022-06-12)

106. Barn Swallow (2022-06-12)

107. Greenish Warbler (2022-06-12)

108. Pine Bunting (2022-06-12)

109. Hen Harrier (2022-06-12)

110. Eurasian Redstart (2022-06-12)

recent uploads

2022-10-27. Common Goldeneye, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Mallard.

2022-09-20. Great Cormorant, Black-headed Gull, White Wagtail, Tree Pipit, Northern Wheatear, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Common Chiffchaff, Common Starling, Hen Harrier, Grey Heron, Mallard, Common Sparrowhawk, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Caspian Gull, Common Chiffchaff, Common Chiffchaff, Common Chaffinch, Common Chaffinch, Eurasian Redstart, Brambling.

2022-09-10. Yellowhammer, Pine Bunting, Common Coot, Great Crested Grebe, Sky Lark.

2022-08-21. Garganey, Great Cormorant.

2022-08-20. Spotted Flycatcher, Common Rosefinch, European Bee-eater, White Wagtail, Azure Tit, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Siberian Stonechat, Grey Heron, Sky Lark, Barn Swallow, Greenish Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Northern Shoveler.

2022-08-10. Wood Sandpiper, Common Coot.

2022-07-20. Common Buzzard, Oriental Turtle Dove, Common Raven, Eurasian Hobby, Common Kestrel, Short-toed Snake-Eagle, Black Kite, Hooded Crow, Black Kite, Black Kite.

2022-06-13. Common Oystercatcher, Hybrid Wagtail, Eurasian Blackbird.

2022-06-08. Turkestan Shrike, Turkestan Shrike, Turkestan Shrike, Bluethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Booted Warbler, Common Kestrel, Common Shelduck, White-winged Tern, Gadwall, Black-winged Stilt, Little Ringed Plover, Ruddy Shelduck, Sky Lark, Mallard, Demoiselle Crane, Eurasian Hobby, Northern Wheatear, Common Moorhen, Common Shelduck, Gadwall, Northern Shoveler, Northern Lapwing, Northern Wheatear, Northern Pintail.

2022-05-31. White-winged Tern, Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush, Black Kite, Common Buzzard, Steppe Eagle, Pied Wheatear.

2022-05-30. Black Lark.

2022-05-22. Hybrid Wagtail, Hybrid Wagtail, Hybrid Wagtail.

2022-05-16. Mute Swan, Masked Wagtail, Citrine Wagtail, Great Crested Grebe, White-winged Tern, Little Tern, Common Tern, Black-headed Gull, Baraba Steppe Gull, Black Stork, Great Reed Warbler, Tree Pipit, Eurasian Hobby, Common Kestrel, Black Kite, Grey Heron, Great White Egret, Pale Sand Martin, Great Cormorant, Garganey, Common Teal, Gadwall, Tufted Duck, Black-Necked Grebe, Tufted Duck, Common Snipe.

2022-05-10. Lesser Whitethroat, Black Lark, Steppe Horned Lark, Sky Lark, Yellow Wagtail, Ruddy Shelduck, Northern Wheatear, Sky Lark, Siberian Stonechat, Tawny Pipit, Bluethroat, Sky Lark, Green Sandpiper.

2022-05-02. Tree Pipit, Gadwall, Mallard, Common Tern, Common Starling, White Wagtail, Great Tit, Lesser Whitethroat, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Great Cormorant, Black Kite, Eurasian Jackdaw, Rook.

Big Year 2026

1. Qanatbek Kenzhegulov (287)
2. Galym Baitimbet (241)
3. Zhaskairat Ermek (240)
4. Nikita Kanunnikov (213)
5. Aizhan Baitimbet (212)
6. Gennadiy Dyakin (204)
7. Sirimbet Zharilkasin (196)
8. Vladimir Muravskiy (196)
9. Gani Nazarbek (161)
10. Andrey Kovalenko (153)

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)

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...