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Gaviiformes
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    total species: 69
    total photos: 215
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 4

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    1. Eurasian Redstart (2021-04-25)
    2. Common Chaffinch (2021-04-25)
    3. Tree Pipit (2021-04-25)
    4. Sedge Warbler (2021-04-26)
    6. Whinchat (2021-04-27)
    7. Lesser Whitethroat (2021-04-27)
    8. Common Swift (2021-04-28)
    9. House Sparrow (2021-04-28)
    10. Yellow Wagtail (2021-04-28)
    11. Pied Flycatcher (2021-04-29)
    12. Common Chiffchaff (2021-04-29)
    13. Ruddy Shelduck (2021-04-29)
    14. Gull-billed Tern (2021-04-29)
    15. Caspian Gull (2021-04-29)
    16. Ortolan Bunting (2021-04-29)
    18. Willow Warbler (2021-04-30)
    19. Paddyfield Warbler (2021-04-30)
    20. Red-breasted Flycatcher (2021-05-01)
    21. Bluethroat (2021-05-02)
    22. Common Rosefinch (2021-05-03)
    23. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2021-05-03)
    24. Black-headed Gull (2021-05-06)
    26. Common Tern (2021-05-08)
    27. Glossy Ibis (2021-05-11)
    28. Black-legged Kittiwake (2021-05-12)
    29. Long-tailed Duck (2021-05-12)
    30. Arctic Loon (2021-05-12)
    31. Arctic Skua (2021-05-13)
    32. Caspian Tern (2021-05-14)
    33. Pallas's Gull (2021-05-22)
    34. Grey Heron (2021-05-23)
    35. Purple Heron (2021-05-26)
    36. Woodchat Shrike (2021-05-29)
    37. Red-necked Phalarope (2021-05-29)
    38. Terek Sandpiper (2021-05-29)
    39. Shikra (2021-05-30)
    40. Black-winged Stilt (2021-06-02)
    41. Little Ringed Plover (2021-06-02)
    42. White-headed Duck (2021-06-02)
    43. Mallard (2021-06-02)
    44. Great Reed Warbler (2021-06-06)
    45. Garden Warbler (2021-06-14)
    46. Marsh Warbler (2021-06-14)
    47. Crested Lark (2021-06-20)
    48. Hoopoe (2021-06-20)
    49. Pied Wheatear (2021-06-23)
    50. White Wagtail (2021-10-15)
    51. Slender-billed Gull (2021-10-15)
    52. Osprey (2021-10-16)
    53. Northern Reed Bunting (2021-10-18)
    54. Goldcrest (2021-10-19)
    55. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2021-10-21)
    56. Mute Swan (2021-10-22)
    57. Blue Tit (2021-10-22)
    58. Calandra Lark (2021-10-22)
    59. Great Cormorant (2021-10-22)
    60. Common Sparrowhawk (2021-10-28)
    61. Black Redstart (2021-10-28)
    62. Long-eared Owl (2021-10-29)
    63. Brambling (2021-10-29)
    64. Peregrine Falcon (2021-10-31)
    65. Great Tit (2021-11-01)
    66. Water Rail (2021-11-05)
    67. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2021-11-21)
    68. Rook (2021-11-21)
    69. Eurasian Blackbird (2021-11-21)

    recent uploads

    2021-12-13. Great Cormorant.

    2021-11-22. Goldcrest, Mallard, White-browed Tit-Warbler, White-browed Tit-Warbler, White-browed Tit-Warbler, Rook, Eurasian Blackbird.

    2021-11-06. Water Rail.

    2021-11-04. Goldcrest, Black-headed Gull, Mute Swan, Blue Tit, Pallas's Gull, Calandra Lark, Great Cormorant, Great Cormorant, European Black Redstart, Great Cormorant, Long-eared Owl, Brambling, Great Tit, Northern Reed Bunting, White Wagtail, Slender-billed Gull, Osprey.

    2021-11-03. Peregrine Falcon, Common Sparrowhawk, Peregrine Falcon, White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

    2021-06-24. Eastern Black-eared Wheatear, Pied Wheatear.

    2021-06-22. Eastern Common Swift.

    2021-06-21. Crested Lark, Hoopoe, Eastern Black-eared Wheatear, Garden Warbler, Marsh Warbler, Eurasian Redstart, Sedge Warbler, Tree Pipit, House Sparrow.

    2021-06-20. Eastern Common Swift, Eastern Black-eared Wheatear.

    2021-06-16. Eastern Black-eared Wheatear.

    2021-06-13. Great Reed Warbler, Eastern Black-eared Wheatear, Sedge Warbler.

    2021-06-08. Black-headed Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail.

    2021-06-02. Black-winged Stilt, Little Ringed Plover, Glossy Ibis, White-headed Duck, Mallard, Purple Heron.

    2021-05-31. Shikra.

    2021-05-30. Woodchat Shrike, Sedge Warbler, Red-necked Phalarope, Terek Sandpiper.

    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...