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Gaviiformes
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    total species: 158
    total photos: 577
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 6

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    1. Black-throated Thrush (2026-01-03)
    2. Eurasian Blackbird (2026-01-03)
    3. Red-crested Pochard (2026-01-13)
    4. Whooper Swan (2026-01-13)
    5. Mute Swan (2026-01-13)
    6. Grey Heron (2026-01-13)
    7. Little Owl (2026-01-13)
    8. Common Raven (2026-01-13)
    9. Long-legged Buzzard (2026-01-13)
    10. White-winged Lark (2026-01-17)
    11. Sky Lark (2026-01-17)
    12. Calandra Lark (2026-01-17)
    13. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2026-01-17)
    14. Tufted Duck (2026-01-17)
    15. Corn Bunting (2026-01-17)
    16. Black Redstart (2026-01-17)
    17. Northern Reed Bunting (2026-01-17)
    18. Northern Wren (2026-01-17)
    19. Horned Lark (2026-01-17)
    20. Common Starling (2026-01-17)
    21. Tree Sparrow (2026-01-17)
    22. Green Sandpiper (2026-01-17)
    24. Spanish Sparrow (2026-01-17)
    25. Fieldfare (2026-01-17)
    26. Common Sparrowhawk (2026-01-17)
    27. Long-eared Owl (2026-01-17)
    28. Blue Tit (2026-01-17)
    29. European Robin (2026-01-17)
    30. Eurasian Jackdaw (2026-01-18)
    31. Great Black-backed Gull (2026-01-18)
    32. Mew Gull (2026-01-18)
    33. Caspian Gull (2026-01-18)
    34. Black Kite (2026-01-18)
    35. House Sparrow (2026-01-18)
    36. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2026-01-18)
    37. Northern Shoveler (2026-01-20)
    38. Mallard (2026-01-20)
    39. Red-breasted Merganser (2026-01-20)
    40. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2026-01-24)
    41. Common Snipe (2026-02-01)
    42. Black-Necked Grebe (2026-02-01)
    43. Rook (2026-02-01)
    44. Ring-billed Gull (2026-02-08)
    45. Black-headed Gull (2026-02-08)
    46. Crested Lark (2026-02-08)
    47. Common Goldeneye (2026-02-08)
    48. Common Pochard (2026-02-08)
    49. Gadwall (2026-02-11)
    50. Eurasian Wigeon (2026-02-11)
    51. White Wagtail (2026-02-11)
    52. Great Crested Grebe (2026-02-11)
    53. Redwing (2026-02-12)
    54. Common Chiffchaff (2026-02-14)
    55. Mistle Thrush (2026-02-14)
    56. Common Coot (2026-02-14)
    57. Hawfinch (2026-02-14)
    58. Wood Pigeon (2026-02-14)
    59. Lesser Whitethroat (2026-02-14)
    60. Greater Scaup (2026-02-18)
    61. Common Kestrel (2026-02-20)
    62. Brambling (2026-02-20)
    63. European Greenfinch (2026-02-20)
    64. Common Chaffinch (2026-02-21)
    65. Yellowhammer (2026-02-21)
    66. Bohemian Waxwing (2026-02-26)
    67. Dunnock (2026-02-28)
    68. Great Cormorant (2026-03-03)
    69. Chukar Partridge (2026-03-05)
    70. Hooded Crow (2026-03-19)
    71. Hoopoe (2026-03-19)
    72. Slender-billed Gull (2026-03-19)
    73. Masked Wagtail (2026-03-19)
    74. Rock Pigeon (2026-03-19)
    75. Common Shelduck (2026-03-19)
    76. Garganey (2026-03-19)
    77. Ruddy Shelduck (2026-03-23)
    78. Meadow Pipit (2026-03-23)
    79. Dunlin (2026-03-23)
    80. Isabelline Wheatear (2026-03-23)
    81. Great White Egret (2026-03-23)
    82. Kentish Plover (2026-03-23)
    83. Siberian Stonechat (2026-04-02)
    84. Northern Wheatear (2026-04-02)
    85. Greater Short-toed Lark (2026-04-02)
    86. Bluethroat (2026-04-02)
    87. Citrine Wagtail (2026-04-02)
    88. Little Egret (2026-04-02)
    89. Common Swift (2026-04-04)
    90. Common Tern (2026-04-10)
    91. Western Marsh-Harrier (2026-04-10)
    92. Common Sandpiper (2026-04-10)
    93. Eurasian Redstart (2026-04-13)
    94. Song Thrush (2026-04-16)
    95. Willow Warbler (2026-04-16)
    96. Bar-tailed Godwit (2026-04-17)
    97. Grey Plover (2026-04-17)
    98. Eurasian Curlew (2026-04-17)
    99. Purple Heron (2026-04-17)
    100. Black-winged Stilt (2026-04-17)
    101. Sandwich Tern (2026-04-17)
    102. Whinchat (2026-04-17)
    103. Spotted Crake (2026-04-18)
    104. Barn Swallow (2026-04-18)
    105. Glossy Ibis (2026-04-18)
    106. Northern House Martin (2026-04-18)
    107. Sand Martin (2026-04-18)
    108. Little Ringed Plover (2026-04-18)
    109. Pallas's Gull (2026-04-18)
    110. Jack Snipe (2026-04-18)
    111. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2026-04-23)
    112. Eurasian Whimbrel (2026-04-23)
    113. White-winged Tern (2026-04-23)
    114. Common Redshank (2026-04-23)
    115. Semi-collared Flycatcher (2026-04-25)
    116. Pied Flycatcher (2026-04-25)
    117. Marsh Warbler (2026-04-25)
    118. Paddyfield Warbler (2026-04-25)
    119. Spotted Flycatcher (2026-04-25)
    120. Common Whitethroat (2026-04-26)
    121. Ortolan Bunting (2026-04-26)
    122. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2026-04-28)
    123. Greenish Warbler (2026-04-29)
    124. Sykes's Warbler (2026-04-29)
    125. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2026-04-30)
    126. Pied Wheatear (2026-05-01)
    127. Rock Sparrow (2026-05-03)
    128. Bimaculated Lark (2026-05-03)
    129. Finsch's Wheatear (2026-05-03)
    130. Rosy Starling (2026-05-03)
    131. Black-headed Wagtail (2026-05-03)
    132. Cattle Egret (2026-05-03)
    133. Red-headed Bunting (2026-05-03)
    134. Common Rosefinch (2026-05-03)
    135. Grey Wagtail (2026-05-03)
    136. Barred Warbler (2026-05-03)
    137. Red-throated Pipit (2026-05-03)
    138. Whiskered Tern (2026-05-09)
    139. Red-backed Shrike (2026-05-09)
    140. Garden Warbler (2026-05-09)
    141. Wood Sandpiper (2026-05-09)
    142. Greater Ringed Plover (2026-05-09)
    143. Ruddy Turnstone (2026-05-09)
    144. Curlew Sandpiper (2026-05-09)
    145. Broad-billed Sandpiper (2026-05-09)
    146. Little Tern (2026-05-09)
    147. Squacco Heron (2026-05-15)
    148. Little Bittern (2026-05-15)
    149. Terek Sandpiper (2026-05-23)
    150. Caspian Tern (2026-05-23)
    151. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2026-05-31)
    152. Sedge Warbler (2026-05-31)
    153. Steppe Grey Shrike (2026-05-31)
    154. Common Cuckoo (2026-05-31)
    155. Greater Flamingo (2026-06-14)
    156. Laughing Dove (2026-07-03)
    157. Eurasian Collared Dove (2026-07-05)
    158. Streaked Scrub Warbler (2026-07-13)

    recent uploads

    2026-07-17. Streaked Scrub Warbler, Sykes's Warbler, Common Chiffchaff.

    2026-07-13. Streaked Scrub Warbler.

    2026-07-05. Caspian Tern, Pallas's Gull, Common Tern, Red-crested Pochard, White Wagtail, Eurasian Collared Dove, Great Cormorant, Laughing Dove, Common Swift.

    2026-06-25. Spotted Flycatcher, Common Chiffchaff, Hooded Crow, Rock Pigeon.

    2026-06-24. Little Tern, Greater Flamingo, Great Cormorant.

    2026-06-11. Common Swift, Common Swift, Hooded Crow, Common Tern, Common Swift.

    2026-06-02. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse, Isabelline Wheatear, Isabelline Wheatear, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Bimaculated Lark, Barred Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher, Greater Short-toed Lark, Caspian Gull, Pied Wheatear, Steppe Grey Shrike, Bimaculated Lark, Sykes's Warbler, Crested Lark, Red-headed Bunting, Common Cuckoo, Red-backed Shrike.

    2026-05-25. Common Swift, Red-backed Shrike, Northern House Martin, Terek Sandpiper, Caspian Tern, Barn Swallow, Garganey, Ruddy Turnstone, Northern House Martin, Wood Sandpiper.

    2026-05-17. Wood Sandpiper, Greater Ringed Plover, Northern Shoveler, Garganey, Common Coot, Ruddy Turnstone, Curlew Sandpiper, Bar-tailed Godwit, White-winged Tern, Broad-billed Sandpiper, Little Tern, Black-winged Stilt, Whiskered Tern, Grey Plover, Hooded Crow.

    2026-05-15. Squacco Heron, Little Bittern, Whinchat, Hooded Crow, Spotted Flycatcher, Barred Warbler, Sykes's Warbler, Red-breasted Flycatcher.

    2026-05-09. Barn Swallow, Glossy Ibis, Purple Heron, Black-winged Stilt, Whiskered Tern, Glossy Ibis, Red-backed Shrike, Spotted Crake, Little Egret, Purple Heron, Garden Warbler.

    2026-05-05. Cattle Egret.

    2026-05-04. Rock Sparrow, Pied Wheatear, Common Raven, Bimaculated Lark, Finsch's Wheatear, Finsch's Wheatear, Finsch's Wheatear, Paddyfield Warbler, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Rosy Starling, Black-headed Wagtail, Spotted Flycatcher, Willow Warbler, Common Sandpiper, Common Swift, Little Ringed Plover, Pied Wheatear, Rock Pigeon, Red-headed Bunting, Common Rosefinch, Grey Wagtail, Barred Warbler, Red-throated Pipit, Purple Heron, Black-headed Wagtail, Hybrid Wagtail.

    2026-05-02. Pied Wheatear, Pied Wheatear, Pied Wheatear, Common Chiffchaff, Whinchat, Common Whitethroat, Ortolan Bunting, Common Chiffchaff, Common Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler.

    2026-04-30. Greenish Warbler, Sykes's Warbler, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Little Egret, Purple Heron.

    rare birds records


    Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides)

    © Andrey Kovalenko
    2026-06-06
    Almaty area, Sorbulak.

    Second registration of the species on Lake Sorbulak. The first was more than 40 years ago, when two birds were discovered among Grey Herons on June 30, 1982 (Erokhov, 1991). According to available data, this is the easternmost point of flight of the yellow heron from its main range.

    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.
    more rarities...

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    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)

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    unidentified birds

    2026-07-18

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    2026-07-18

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    2026-07-11

    Анна Ясько: предположу бормотушку. Хотя хотелось бы еще ракурсы.
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