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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
  • Pelecanidae
  • Phalacrocoracidae
    • Ciconiiformes
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    • Phoenicopteriformes
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    • Falconiformes
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  • Tetraonidae
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  • Rallidae
  • Otididae
    • Charadriiformes
  • Burhinidae
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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 130
    total photos: 693
    total videos: 2
    total blogposts: 2

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    1. European Robin (2014-01-01)
    2. Lesser Whitethroat (2014-01-01)
    3. Black-throated Thrush (2014-01-01)
    4. Redwing (2014-01-01)
    5. White-winged Grosbeak (2014-01-01)
    6. Goldcrest (2014-01-01)
    7. Great Tit (2014-01-01)
    8. Red-throated Thrush (2014-01-01)
    9. Brambling (2014-01-01)
    10. Common Chaffinch (2014-01-01)
    11. Eurasian Siskin (2014-01-01)
    12. Eurasian Blackbird (2014-01-01)
    13. Water Pipit (2014-01-11)
    14. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2014-01-11)
    15. Yellow-breasted Tit (2014-01-18)
    16. Great Rosefinch (2014-01-18)
    17. Glaucous Gull (2014-01-21)
    18. Eurasian Jackdaw (2014-01-22)
    19. Lammergeier (2014-02-01)
    20. Yellow-billed Chough (2014-02-02)
    21. Brandt's Rosefinch (2014-02-02)
    22. Red-billed Chough (2014-02-02)
    23. Red-breasted Rosefinch (2014-02-02)
    24. White-winged Snowfinch (2014-02-02)
    25. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2014-02-02)
    26. Blyth's Rosefinch (2014-02-09)
    27. Meadow Pipit (2014-03-01)
    28. Crested Lark (2014-03-23)
    29. Great White Egret (2014-03-25)
    30. Common Swift (2014-03-25)
    31. Bewick's Swan (2014-03-29)
    32. Peregrine Falcon (2014-03-29)
    33. Eversmann's Redstart (2014-03-29)
    34. Northern Pintail (2014-03-29)
    35. Common Shelduck (2014-03-29)
    36. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2014-04-09)
    37. Citrine Wagtail (2014-04-09)
    38. Pallid Scops Owl (2014-04-10)
    39. Finsch's Wheatear (2014-04-10)
    40. Menetries Warbler (2014-04-10)
    41. Eurasian Curlew (2014-04-11)
    42. Pied Wheatear (2014-04-12)
    43. Macqueen's Bustard (2014-04-15)
    44. Pin-Tailed Sandgrouse (2014-04-18)
    45. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2014-04-18)
    46. Whinchat (2014-04-26)
    47. Golden Eagle (2014-04-26)
    48. Red-headed Bunting (2014-04-28)
    49. Common Quail (2014-05-07)
    50. Hume's Warbler (2014-05-21)
    51. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2014-05-22)
    52. Booted Eagle (2014-05-22)
    53. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2014-05-25)
    55. Northern Reed Bunting (2014-05-26)
    56. Black-winged Stilt (2014-05-27)
    57. Eurasian Wigeon (2014-05-27)
    58. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2014-06-01)
    59. Brown-necked Raven (2014-06-01)
    60. Turkestan Shrike (2014-06-01)
    61. Spanish Sparrow (2014-06-01)
    62. Yellow Wagtail (2014-06-01)
    63. Greater Short-toed Lark (2014-06-01)
    64. Caspian Plover (2014-06-01)
    65. Indian Sparrow (2014-06-01)
    66. Hooded Crow (2014-06-01)
    67. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2014-06-01)
    68. Hoopoe (2014-06-01)
    69. Eurasian Roller (2014-06-01)
    70. Whooper Swan (2014-06-01)
    71. Great White Pelican (2014-06-01)
    72. European Turtle Dove (2014-06-01)
    73. Barbary Falcon (2014-06-07)
    74. Pale Sand Martin (2014-06-07)
    75. Wood Warbler (2014-06-14)
    76. Corn Bunting (2014-06-14)
    78. Pallas's Sea-Eagle (2014-06-21)
    79. Demoiselle Crane (2014-06-22)
    80. Black-crowned Night Heron (2014-06-22)
    81. Little Bittern (2014-06-22)
    82. Common Chiffchaff (2014-06-28)
    83. Black-throated Accentor (2014-06-28)
    84. Common Rosefinch (2014-06-28)
    85. Himalayan Rubythroat (2014-06-28)
    86. Common Cuckoo (2014-06-28)
    87. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2014-06-28)
    88. Sulphur-bellied Warbler (2014-06-28)
    89. Sand Martin (2014-06-29)
    90. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2014-07-18)
    91. Common Kingfisher (2014-07-19)
    92. Eurasian Hobby (2014-07-19)
    93. Black Kite (2014-07-20)
    94. Tawny Pipit (2014-07-20)
    95. Gull-billed Tern (2014-07-20)
    96. Sedge Warbler (2014-07-22)
    97. Red-footed Falcon (2014-07-23)
    98. Upland Buzzard (2014-07-23)
    99. Barn Swallow (2014-07-23)
    100. Common Kestrel (2014-07-24)
    101. European Golden Oriole (2014-07-25)
    102. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2014-08-03)
    103. Baillon's Crake (2014-08-10)
    104. Eurasian Collared Dove (2014-08-10)
    105. Azure Tit (2014-08-10)
    106. Clamorous Reed Warbler (2014-08-10)
    107. Siberian Jay (2014-08-20)
    108. Purple Heron (2014-09-04)
    109. Pander's Ground-Jay (2014-09-08)
    110. Streaked Scrub Warbler (2014-09-08)
    111. Long-legged Buzzard (2014-09-08)
    112. Common Sparrowhawk (2014-09-10)
    113. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2014-09-10)
    114. Common Raven (2014-09-24)
    115. Yellow-browed Warbler (2014-09-25)
    116. Greater Flamingo (2014-09-26)
    117. Saker Falcon (2014-09-27)
    118. Greater Ringed Plover (2014-10-05)
    119. Isabelline Shrike (2014-10-05)
    120. Asian Desert Warbler (2014-10-05)
    121. Greater Spotted Eagle (2014-10-11)
    122. Eurasian Golden Plover (2014-10-11)
    123. Asian Short-toed Lark (2014-11-02)
    124. Saxaul Sparrow (2014-11-02)
    125. Great Cormorant (2014-11-02)
    126. Steppe Eagle (2014-11-02)
    127. Mongolian Finch (2014-11-02)
    128. Northern Wren (2014-11-08)
    129. Merlin (2014-12-27)
    130. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2014-12-27)

    recent uploads

    2014-12-28. Merlin, Great White Pelican, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Long-tailed Rosefinch, Northern Wren.

    2014-12-22. Northern Wren, Northern Wren.

    2014-11-08. Northern Wren.

    2014-11-03. Asian Short-toed Lark, Saxaul Sparrow, Great Cormorant, Steppe Eagle, Mongolian Finch, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Asian Short-toed Lark.

    2014-10-15. White-crowned Penduline Tit.

    2014-10-12. Greater Spotted Eagle, Eurasian Golden Plover, Common Sparrowhawk.

    2014-10-11. Meadow Pipit.

    2014-10-08. Yellow-browed Warbler, Common Raven.

    2014-10-07. Greater Ringed Plover, Hybrid Azure Tit, Azure Tit, Isabelline Shrike, Asian Desert Warbler.

    2014-10-01. Greater Flamingo, Greater Flamingo, Finsch's Wheatear.

    2014-09-29. Saker Falcon.

    2014-09-14. Pallid Scops Owl, Pallid Scops Owl, Purple Heron, Brown-necked Raven.

    2014-09-12. Pander's Ground-Jay, Streaked Scrub Warbler, Long-legged Buzzard, Common Sparrowhawk, Booted Eagle, Eurasian Honey-Buzzard, Common Kingfisher.

    2014-08-23. Siberian Jay.

    2014-08-14. Eurasian Roller, Common Kingfisher.

    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
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    2025-04-14
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    2025-03-30
    Great White Egret
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    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
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    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...