Andrussenko Konstantin. Birds of Kazakhstan

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509 photographed species of 532 (95%)

found 32 new species for Kazakhstan

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classification

Gaviiformes

Podicipediformes

Pelecaniformes

Phalacrocoracidae

Ciconiiformes

Threskiornithidae

Phoenicopteriformes

Phoenicopteridae

Anseriformes

Falconiformes

Galliformes

Gruiformes

Charadriiformes

Recurvirostridae

Pterocletiformes

Columbiformes

Cuculiformes

Strigiformes

Caprimulgiformes

Apodiformes

Coraciiformes

Upupiformes

Piciformes

Passeriformes

Paradoxornithidae

Andrussenko Konstantin

members stats	map of photoshootings
total species: 136 total photos: 478 total videos: 0 total blogposts: 0

1. Red Crossbill (2018-01-03)

2. Bohemian Waxwing (2018-01-03)

3. Eurasian Blackbird (2018-01-03)

4. Great Tit (2018-01-03)

5. Common Redpoll (2018-01-03)

6. Fieldfare (2018-01-03)

7. Rock Pigeon (2018-01-03)

8. Mallard (2018-01-03)

9. Goosander (2018-01-03)

10. Common Goldeneye (2018-01-03)

11. Hawfinch (2018-01-03)

12. Eurasian Siskin (2018-01-03)

13. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2018-01-03)

14. Northern Bullfinch (2018-01-03)

15. Common Treecreeper (2018-01-04)

16. Hooded Crow (2018-01-04)

17. Eurasian Magpie (2018-01-04)

18. Baikal Bullfinch (2018-01-05)

19. Tree Sparrow (2018-01-05)

20. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2018-01-06)

21. Brambling (2018-01-06)

22. Black-throated Thrush (2018-01-09)

23. Smew (2018-01-09)

24. Eurasian Dipper (2018-01-10)

25. Carrion Crow (2018-01-10)

26. Eurasian Nuthatch (2018-01-10)

27. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2018-01-11)

28. White-Backed Woodpecker (2018-01-12)

29. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2018-01-12)

30. Northern Black Grouse (2018-01-13)

31. Eurasian Goldfinch (2018-01-13)

32. Rough-legged Buzzard (2018-01-13)

33. House Sparrow (2018-01-16)

34. Rook (2018-01-20)

35. Pallas's Rosefinch (2018-01-20)

36. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2018-01-31)

37. European Greenfinch (2018-01-31)

38. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2018-02-06)

39. Pine Grosbeak (2018-02-12)

40. Willow Tit (2018-02-13)

41. Northern Hazelhen (2018-02-15)

42. Spotted Nutcracker (2018-02-15)

43. Common Raven (2018-02-15)

44. Long-tailed Tit (2018-03-02)

45. Eurasian Jay (2018-03-03)

46. Common Chaffinch (2018-03-15)

47. Eurasian Jackdaw (2018-03-15)

48. Yellowhammer (2018-03-15)

49. Snow Bunting (2018-03-16)

50. Common Kestrel (2018-03-16)

51. Merlin (2018-03-16)

52. Lapland Longspur (2018-03-17)

53. Pine Bunting (2018-03-25)

54. Black Kite (2018-03-26)

55. Grey Heron (2018-03-28)

56. Great Cormorant (2018-03-28)

57. Northern Pintail (2018-03-28)

58. Common Oystercatcher (2018-03-28)

59. Masked Wagtail (2018-03-28)

60. Caspian Gull (2018-03-28)

61. Black-headed Gull (2018-03-28)

62. White Wagtail (2018-03-28)

63. Azure Tit (2018-03-28)

64. Ruddy Shelduck (2018-04-03)

65. Black Stork (2018-04-04)

66. Common Crane (2018-04-04)

67. Pallas's Gull (2018-04-04)

68. Great Grey Shrike (2018-04-04)

69. Rock Bunting (2018-04-07)

70. Whooper Swan (2018-04-13)

71. Northern Shoveler (2018-04-13)

72. Green Sandpiper (2018-04-13)

73. Citrine Wagtail (2018-04-13)

74. Tree Pipit (2018-04-13)

75. Water Pipit (2018-04-13)

76. Garganey (2018-04-13)

77. Oriental Turtle Dove (2018-04-15)

78. Common Chiffchaff (2018-04-15)

79. Grey Wagtail (2018-04-20)

80. Common Teal (2018-04-20)

81. Common Sandpiper (2018-04-22)

82. Common Starling (2018-04-22)

83. Common Buzzard (2018-04-22)

84. Hen Harrier (2018-04-22)

85. Eurasian Wryneck (2018-04-24)

86. Siberian Stonechat (2018-04-24)

87. Song Thrush (2018-04-25)

88. Little Ringed Plover (2018-04-26)

89. Common Sparrowhawk (2018-04-26)

90. Hume's Warbler (2018-04-27)

91. Lesser Whitethroat (2018-04-27)

92. Gadwall (2018-04-27)

93. Eurasian Hobby (2018-05-04)

94. Eurasian Redstart (2018-05-06)

95. Yellow Wagtail (2018-05-06)

96. Common Kingfisher (2018-05-06)

97. Spotted Flycatcher (2018-05-06)

98. Barn Swallow (2018-05-06)

99. Greenish Warbler (2018-05-06)

100. Common Cuckoo (2018-05-07)

101. Sand Martin (2018-05-07)

102. Common Tern (2018-05-08)

103. Eurasian Wigeon (2018-05-08)

104. Crested Honey-Buzzard (2018-05-08)

105. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2018-05-08)

106. Booted Eagle (2018-05-08)

107. European Golden Oriole (2018-05-09)

108. Common Rosefinch (2018-05-14)

109. Peregrine Falcon (2018-05-14)

110. Northern House Martin (2018-05-14)

111. Red-backed Shrike (2018-05-14)

112. Common Whitethroat (2018-05-19)

113. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2018-05-19)

114. Northern Wheatear (2018-05-22)

115. Hoopoe (2018-05-22)

116. Slender-billed Gull (2018-05-22)

117. Steppe Eagle (2018-05-22)

118. Ortolan Bunting (2018-05-22)

119. Great Crested Grebe (2018-05-22)

120. Sky Lark (2018-05-22)

121. Eurasian Linnet (2018-05-22)

122. Thrush Nightingale (2018-05-26)

123. Western Grasshopper Warbler (2018-06-02)

124. Pied Wheatear (2018-07-06)

125. Eurasian Collared Dove (2018-07-26)

126. Western Marsh-Harrier (2018-07-27)

127. Common Coot (2018-07-27)

128. Northern Lapwing (2018-07-27)

129. Eurasian Curlew (2018-07-27)

130. Lesser Kestrel (2018-07-27)

131. Pallid Harrier (2018-07-27)

132. Black-Necked Grebe (2018-07-27)

133. European Bee-eater (2018-07-27)

134. Bluethroat (2018-08-27)

135. Great White Egret (2018-10-03)

136. Tufted Duck (2018-12-02)

recent uploads

2018-12-19. Tufted Duck.

2018-10-15. Common Sparrowhawk, Hawfinch, Black-throated Thrush, Brambling, Eurasian Linnet, Fieldfare.

2018-10-05. Great White Egret, Grey Heron.

2018-10-01. Spotted Nutcracker, Common Chaffinch, Hawfinch, Grey-Headed Woodpecker.

2018-09-30. Spotted Nutcracker, Common Chiffchaff, Peregrine Falcon.

2018-09-24. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Willow Tit, Eurasian Nuthatch.

2018-09-20. Hume's Warbler, Eurasian Jay, Yellowhammer.

2018-09-05. Common Kestrel, Grey Wagtail, Goosander, Tree Pipit, White-Backed Woodpecker, Grey-Headed Woodpecker, Eurasian Hobby, Great Cormorant, Grey Heron.

2018-08-29. Bluethroat, Yellowhammer, Common Kestrel, Hen Harrier, Siberian Stonechat, Northern Wheatear, Ortolan Bunting.

2018-07-29. Western Marsh-Harrier, Western Marsh-Harrier, Siberian Stonechat.

2018-07-28. Common Coot, Common Sandpiper, Northern Lapwing, Eurasian Curlew, Lesser Kestrel, Pallid Harrier, Black-Necked Grebe, European Bee-eater.

2018-07-26. Eurasian Collared Dove.

2018-07-07. Pied Wheatear, Pied Wheatear, Rock Bunting, Lesser Whitethroat.

2018-06-10. Common Kingfisher, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Eurasian Wigeon, Eurasian Hobby, Common Oystercatcher.

2018-06-04. Black Stork, Common Oystercatcher, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Eurasian Wigeon, Great Cormorant, Common Kestrel, Western Grasshopper Warbler, Common Whitethroat, Caspian Gull, Yellow Wagtail, Gadwall, Northern Shoveler, European Golden Oriole, Blyth's Reed Warbler.

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...