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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
  • Scolopacidae
  • Glareolidae
  • Stercorariidae
  • Laridae
    • Pterocletiformes
  • Pteroclidae
    • Columbiformes
  • Columbidae
    • Cuculiformes
  • Cuculidae
    • Strigiformes
  • Strigidae
    • Caprimulgiformes
  • Caprimulgidae
    • Apodiformes
  • Apodidae
    • Coraciiformes
  • Coraciidae
  • Alcedinidae
  • Meropidae
    • Upupiformes
  • Upupidae
    • Piciformes
  • Picidae
    • Passeriformes
  • Hirundinidae
  • Alaudidae
  • Motacillidae
  • Laniidae
  • Oriolidae
  • Dicruridae
  • Sturnidae
  • Corvidae
  • Bombycillidae
  • Cinclidae
  • Troglodytidae
  • Prunellidae
  • Sylviidae
  • Regulidae
  • Muscicapidae
  • Turdidae
  • Paradoxornithidae
  • Aegithalidae
  • Remizidae
  • Paridae
  • Sittidae
  • Certhiidae
  • Ploceidae
  • Fringillidae
  • Emberizidae

    • Voronova Vera

    members stats

    map of photoshootings

    total species: 120
    total photos: 165
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

    sort by:

    1. Bohemian Waxwing (2013-01-28)
    2. Hawfinch (2013-01-28)
    3. Azure Tit (2013-01-28)
    4. Northern Bullfinch (2013-01-28)
    5. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2013-01-28)
    6. Lesser Kestrel (2013-05-11)
    7. Great Crested Grebe (2013-05-11)
    8. White-winged Tern (2013-05-11)
    9. Common Shelduck (2013-05-11)
    10. Red-Necked Grebe (2013-05-11)
    11. Greylag Goose (2013-05-11)
    12. Short-eared Owl (2013-05-11)
    13. Common Crane (2013-05-12)
    14. Lesser Whitethroat (2013-05-12)
    15. Spotted Flycatcher (2013-05-12)
    16. European Golden Oriole (2013-05-12)
    17. Barn Swallow (2013-05-12)
    18. Coal Tit (2013-05-12)
    19. European Bee-eater (2013-05-12)
    20. Black Lark (2013-05-13)
    21. Golden Eagle (2013-05-13)
    22. Dunlin (2013-05-13)
    23. Greater Short-toed Lark (2013-05-13)
    24. Long-legged Buzzard (2013-05-22)
    25. Meadow Bunting (2013-05-22)
    26. European Nightjar (2013-05-22)
    27. White-capped Bunting (2013-05-22)
    28. White-Winged Woodpecker (2013-05-23)
    29. Mongolian Finch (2013-05-23)
    30. Red-headed Bunting (2013-05-24)
    31. Himalayan Accentor (2013-05-25)
    32. Red-fronted Serin (2013-05-25)
    33. Himalayan Rubythroat (2013-05-26)
    34. Eversmann's Redstart (2013-05-26)
    35. Sulphur-bellied Warbler (2013-05-26)
    36. White-winged Grosbeak (2013-05-26)
    37. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2013-05-26)
    38. Common Moorhen (2013-05-26)
    39. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2013-05-27)
    40. Black Kite (2013-05-27)
    41. Eurasian Hobby (2013-05-27)
    42. Little Bustard (2013-05-27)
    43. Lesser Grey Shrike (2013-05-27)
    44. Griffon Vulture (2013-05-27)
    45. Cinereous Vulture (2013-05-27)
    46. Greater Sand Plover (2013-05-27)
    47. Oriental Turtle Dove (2013-05-27)
    48. Mistle Thrush (2013-05-27)
    49. Brown Dipper (2013-05-27)
    50. Blue-capped Redstart (2013-05-27)
    51. Common Redshank (2013-05-27)
    52. Great Cormorant (2013-05-27)
    53. Great White Pelican (2013-05-27)
    54. White-headed Duck (2013-05-27)
    55. Citrine Wagtail (2013-05-28)
    56. Western Marsh-Harrier (2013-06-12)
    57. Siberian Stonechat (2013-06-12)
    58. Twite (2013-06-12)
    59. Northern Lapwing (2013-06-12)
    60. Tawny Pipit (2013-06-12)
    61. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2013-06-12)
    62. Masked Wagtail (2013-07-29)
    63. Red-backed Shrike (2013-07-30)
    64. Desert Wheatear (2013-07-30)
    65. Eurasian Collared Dove (2013-07-30)
    66. Booted Eagle (2013-07-31)
    67. Grey Partridge (2013-07-31)
    68. Tree Sparrow (2013-07-31)
    69. Montagu's Harrier (2013-07-31)
    70. White-winged Lark (2013-08-01)
    71. Caspian Tern (2013-08-01)
    72. Saker Falcon (2013-08-02)
    73. Hoopoe (2013-08-02)
    74. Black-winged Stilt (2013-08-03)
    75. Pallas's Gull (2013-08-03)
    76. Black-headed Gull (2013-08-03)
    77. Red-necked Phalarope (2013-08-03)
    78. Black-tailed Godwit (2013-08-03)
    79. Ruddy Turnstone (2013-08-03)
    80. Common Tern (2013-08-03)
    81. Temminck's Stint (2013-08-03)
    82. Mute Swan (2013-08-03)
    83. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2013-08-03)
    84. Common Sandpiper (2013-08-03)
    85. Grey Heron (2013-08-03)
    86. Caspian Plover (2013-08-03)
    87. Whooper Swan (2013-08-03)
    88. Purple Heron (2013-08-03)
    89. Terek Sandpiper (2013-08-03)
    90. Black Tern (2013-08-03)
    91. Booted Warbler (2013-08-05)
    92. Pallid Harrier (2013-08-05)
    93. Sociable Lapwing (2013-08-05)
    94. Paddyfield Warbler (2013-08-27)
    95. Common Coot (2013-08-27)
    96. Bearded Tit (2013-08-27)
    97. Common Starling (2013-08-27)
    98. Common Pochard (2013-08-27)
    99. Sand Martin (2013-08-27)
    100. Eurasian Redstart (2013-08-27)
    101. Isabelline Wheatear (2013-08-30)
    102. Mallard (2013-09-06)
    103. White Wagtail (2013-09-06)
    104. Bluethroat (2013-09-10)
    105. Northern Reed Bunting (2013-09-10)
    106. Yellow Wagtail (2013-09-10)
    107. Goldcrest (2013-09-18)
    108. Yellow-billed Chough (2013-09-18)
    109. Spotted Nutcracker (2013-09-26)
    110. Common Treecreeper (2013-09-26)
    111. Northern Wren (2013-09-26)
    112. Black-throated Accentor (2013-09-26)
    113. Hume's Warbler (2013-09-26)
    114. Black-throated Thrush (2013-09-26)
    115. Great White Egret (2013-09-29)
    116. Mew Gull (2013-09-29)
    117. Dalmatian Pelican (2013-09-29)
    118. Common Chiffchaff (2013-09-29)
    119. Hen Harrier (2013-09-29)
    120. Hooded Crow (2013-09-29)

    recent uploads

    2013-12-26. Black Tern, Yellow Wagtail, Hooded Crow.

    2013-10-01. Great White Egret, Mew Gull, Dalmatian Pelican, Common Chiffchaff, Lesser Whitethroat, Hen Harrier.

    2013-09-27. Spotted Nutcracker, Common Treecreeper, Northern Wren, Black-throated Accentor, Hume's Warbler, Black-throated Thrush.

    2013-09-22. Sand Martin, Eurasian Redstart, Goldcrest, Yellow-billed Chough.

    2013-09-14. Bluethroat, Siberian Stonechat, Northern Reed Bunting.

    2013-09-09. Common Coot, Bearded Tit, Common Starling, Common Pochard, Mallard, White Wagtail, Lesser Kestrel.

    2013-08-30. Paddyfield Warbler.

    2013-08-18. Grey Heron, Caspian Plover, Whooper Swan, Purple Heron, Hoopoe, Terek Sandpiper, Whooper Swan, Pallid Harrier, Eastern Imperial Eagle, European Golden Oriole, Sociable Lapwing.

    2013-08-15. Mountain Long-legged Buzzard, Black-winged Stilt, Pallas's Gull, Black-headed Gull, Red-necked Phalarope, Black-tailed Godwit, Ruddy Turnstone, Common Tern, Temminck's Stint, Mute Swan, Lesser Short-toed Lark, Common Sandpiper.

    2013-08-14. Booted Eagle, Grey Partridge, Tree Sparrow, Montagu's Harrier, White-winged Lark, Caspian Tern, Saker Falcon, Lesser Kestrel, Cinereous Vulture, Hoopoe, Western Marsh-Harrier, Long-legged Buzzard, Eastern Imperial Eagle.

    2013-08-13. Booted Warbler, Masked Wagtail, White-headed Duck, Red-headed Bunting, Red-backed Shrike, Barn Swallow, Desert Wheatear, Eurasian Collared Dove.

    2013-08-12. Red-mantled Rosefinch, Common Moorhen.

    2013-08-08. Dunlin, Western Marsh-Harrier, Siberian Stonechat, Twite, Northern Lapwing, Tawny Pipit, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Isabelline Wheatear.

    2013-08-07. Mongolian Finch, Himalayan Accentor, Red-fronted Serin, Common Redshank, Great Cormorant, Great White Pelican, White-headed Duck, Black-backed Citrine Wagtail, Greylag Goose, Short-eared Owl, European Bee-eater, Greater Short-toed Lark.

    2013-06-26. Mistle Thrush, Brown Dipper, Blue-capped Redstart, Himalayan Rubythroat, Eversmann's Redstart, Sulphur-bellied Warbler, White-winged Grosbeak.

    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
    Grey-Headed Woodpecker
    (sergey izoya)

    2025-03-30
    Great White Egret
    (Anna Yasko)
    Common Kestrel
    (Anna Yasko)

    2025-03-23
    Common Sparrowhawk
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    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
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    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

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    Bassel Abi Jummaa: Blyth's reed warbler ( Acrocephalus Dometurum )
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