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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
  • Pelecanidae
  • Phalacrocoracidae
    • Ciconiiformes
  • Ardeidae
  • Threskiornithidae
  • Ciconiidae
    • Phoenicopteriformes
  • Phoenicopteridae
    • Anseriformes
  • Anatidae
    • Falconiformes
  • Pandionidae
  • Accipitridae
  • Falconidae
    • Galliformes
  • Tetraonidae
  • Phasianidae
    • Gruiformes
  • Gruidae
  • Rallidae
  • Otididae
    • Charadriiformes
  • Burhinidae
  • Charadriidae
  • Recurvirostridae
  • Haematopodidae
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  • Glareolidae
  • Stercorariidae
  • Laridae
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    • Columbiformes
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  • Upupidae
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  • Picidae
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    members stats

    map of photoshootings

    total species: 102
    total photos: 777
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 5

    sort by:

    1. Merlin (2013-01-13)
    2. Red-throated Thrush (2013-01-19)
    3. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2013-01-26)
    4. Eurasian Goldfinch (2013-01-26)
    5. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2013-01-26)
    6. Mallard (2013-01-26)
    7. Common Kestrel (2013-01-26)
    8. Hen Harrier (2013-01-27)
    9. Corn Bunting (2013-01-27)
    10. Black-throated Thrush (2013-01-27)
    11. Eurasian Linnet (2013-01-27)
    12. Common Starling (2013-01-27)
    13. Rough-legged Buzzard (2013-01-27)
    14. Caspian Gull (2013-01-27)
    15. Great White Egret (2013-01-27)
    16. Grey Heron (2013-01-28)
    17. Wallcreeper (2013-01-28)
    18. Greylag Goose (2013-01-28)
    19. Rock Sparrow (2013-01-28)
    20. Smew (2013-01-28)
    21. Black-headed Gull (2013-01-28)
    23. Calandra Lark (2013-01-29)
    24. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2013-01-29)
    25. Steppe Eagle (2013-01-29)
    26. Cinereous Vulture (2013-01-29)
    27. Yellow-billed Chough (2013-02-10)
    28. Eastern Buzzard (2013-02-10)
    29. Golden Eagle (2013-02-10)
    30. Great Tit (2013-02-23)
    31. Mistle Thrush (2013-02-23)
    32. European Greenfinch (2013-02-23)
    33. Azure Tit (2013-02-23)
    34. Common Sparrowhawk (2013-02-23)
    35. Fieldfare (2013-02-23)
    36. Bohemian Waxwing (2013-02-23)
    37. White Stork (2013-03-21)
    38. Eurasian Blackbird (2013-03-22)
    39. Common Chiffchaff (2013-03-22)
    40. Osprey (2013-03-22)
    41. Bearded Tit (2013-03-23)
    42. Cetti's Warbler (2013-03-23)
    43. Black-breasted Tit (2013-03-24)
    44. Tawny Owl (2013-03-24)
    45. Rock Bunting (2013-03-24)
    46. Peregrine Falcon (2013-03-25)
    47. Common Oystercatcher (2013-03-25)
    48. Long-tailed Tit (2013-04-06)
    49. Red-throated Pipit (2013-05-11)
    50. Wood Sandpiper (2013-05-13)
    51. Red-headed Bunting (2013-05-17)
    52. White-tailed Lapwing (2013-05-19)
    53. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2013-05-20)
    54. Pine Bunting (2013-06-20)
    55. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2013-06-20)
    56. Red-fronted Serin (2013-06-20)
    57. Mongolian Finch (2013-06-22)
    58. Brandt's Rosefinch (2013-07-28)
    59. Water Rail (2013-08-24)
    60. Little Crake (2013-08-24)
    61. Savi's Warbler (2013-08-24)
    62. Moustached Warbler (2013-08-24)
    63. Common Pochard (2013-08-24)
    64. Common Kingfisher (2013-08-24)
    65. Barred Warbler (2013-08-24)
    66. Long-legged Buzzard (2013-08-31)
    67. Pacific Golden Plover (2013-09-02)
    68. Slavonian Grebe (2013-09-08)
    69. Sulphur-bellied Warbler (2013-09-08)
    71. Rustic Bunting (2013-10-13)
    72. Northern Reed Bunting (2013-10-13)
    73. Saxaul Sparrow (2013-10-14)
    74. Pygmy Cormorant (2013-10-14)
    75. Buff-bellied Pipit (2013-10-20)
    76. Meadow Pipit (2013-10-20)
    77. Water Pipit (2013-10-20)
    78. Black-throated Accentor (2013-10-26)
    79. Common Treecreeper (2013-10-26)
    80. Goldcrest (2013-10-26)
    81. Songar Tit (2013-10-26)
    82. Coal Tit (2013-10-26)
    83. Eurasian Magpie (2013-10-26)
    84. Carrion Crow (2013-10-26)
    85. Northern Wren (2013-10-26)
    86. Eurasian Dipper (2013-10-26)
    87. Rook (2013-10-26)
    88. Whooper Swan (2013-11-23)
    89. Bean Goose (2013-11-23)
    90. White-winged Lark (2013-11-23)
    91. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2013-11-23)
    92. Common Raven (2013-12-07)
    93. Upland Buzzard (2013-12-07)
    94. Brown Accentor (2013-12-07)
    95. European Robin (2013-12-14)
    96. Spanish Sparrow (2013-12-14)
    97. Little Grebe (2013-12-14)
    98. Great Grey Shrike (2013-12-14)
    99. Black-tailed Godwit (2013-12-14)
    100. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2013-12-15)
    101. Brambling (2013-12-20)
    102. Common Chaffinch (2013-12-20)

    recent uploads

    2013-12-21. Brambling, Eurasian Blackbird, European Greenfinch, Great Tit, Goldcrest, Common Chaffinch, European Robin, Black-throated Thrush.

    2013-12-16. Long-legged Buzzard, European Robin, Spanish Sparrow, Common Starling, Northern Reed Bunting, Water Rail, European Greenfinch, Common Sparrowhawk, Little Grebe, Grey Heron, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Hen Harrier, Peregrine Falcon, Great Grey Shrike, Black-tailed Godwit, Hen Harrier, White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

    2013-12-15. Coal Tit, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Goldcrest, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Common Sparrowhawk.

    2013-12-09. Water Rail.

    2013-12-08. Eastern Buzzard, Common Raven, Upland Buzzard, Brown Accentor.

    2013-11-24. Greater White-fronted Goose, Whooper Swan, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Bean Goose, Merlin, White-winged Lark, Pallas's Sandgrouse.

    2013-11-19. Steppe Eagle, Azure Tit.

    2013-10-27. Black-throated Thrush, Black-throated Accentor, Common Treecreeper, Goldcrest, Common Chiffchaff, Songar Tit, Coal Tit, Great Tit, Coal Tit, Eurasian Magpie, Carrion Crow, Northern Wren, White-bellied Dipper, Eastern Buzzard, Azure Tit, Eastern Buzzard, Rook, Hybrid (Black-throated x Red-throated) Thrush.

    2013-10-24. Black-headed Penduline Tit, Black-headed Penduline Tit, Black-headed Penduline Tit, Black-headed Penduline Tit, Black-headed Penduline Tit, Black-headed Penduline Tit, Black-headed Penduline Tit, Black-headed Penduline Tit, Black-headed Penduline Tit, Black-headed Penduline Tit.

    2013-10-21. Steppe Eagle.

    2013-10-20. Siberian Pipit, Meadow Pipit, Water Pipit, Eastern Imperial Eagle.

    2013-10-18. Eurasian Penduline Tit, Eurasian Penduline Tit.

    2013-10-17. Black-headed Penduline Tit.

    2013-10-15. Rustic Bunting, Black-headed Penduline Tit, Northern Reed Bunting, Northern Reed Bunting, Saxaul Sparrow, Pygmy Cormorant.

    2013-09-18. Slavonian Grebe, Slavonian Grebe, Sulphur-bellied Warbler.

    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...