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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
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  • Strigidae
    • Caprimulgiformes
  • Caprimulgidae
    • Apodiformes
  • Apodidae
    • Coraciiformes
  • Coraciidae
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  • Upupidae
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  • Picidae
    • Passeriformes
  • Hirundinidae
  • Alaudidae
  • Motacillidae
  • Laniidae
  • Oriolidae
  • Dicruridae
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  • Corvidae
  • Bombycillidae
  • Cinclidae
  • Troglodytidae
  • Prunellidae
  • Sylviidae
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  • Muscicapidae
  • Turdidae
  • Paradoxornithidae
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  • Sittidae
  • Certhiidae
  • Ploceidae
  • Fringillidae
  • Emberizidae

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    total species: 63
    total photos: 96
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Azure Tit (2015-08-23)
    2. Great White Egret (2015-08-23)
    3. Shikra (2015-08-23)
    4. Eurasian Hobby (2015-08-23)
    5. White-headed Duck (2015-08-23)
    6. Bluethroat (2015-08-23)
    7. Common Shelduck (2015-08-23)
    8. Ruddy Shelduck (2015-08-23)
    9. Common Teal (2015-08-23)
    10. Great Cormorant (2015-08-23)
    11. Hoopoe (2015-08-23)
    12. Turkestan Shrike (2015-08-23)
    13. Black Kite (2015-08-23)
    14. Black-winged Stilt (2015-08-23)
    15. Northern Lapwing (2015-08-23)
    16. Red-necked Phalarope (2015-08-23)
    17. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2015-08-23)
    18. Little Ringed Plover (2015-08-23)
    19. Terek Sandpiper (2015-08-23)
    20. Common Coot (2015-08-23)
    21. Black-headed Gull (2015-08-23)
    22. Black-Necked Grebe (2015-08-23)
    23. Carrion Crow (2015-08-23)
    24. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2015-08-24)
    25. Blue Whistling Thrush (2015-08-24)
    26. Grey Wagtail (2015-08-24)
    27. Yellow-billed Chough (2015-08-24)
    28. Common Kestrel (2015-08-24)
    29. Common Mynah (2015-08-24)
    30. Masked Wagtail (2015-08-25)
    31. Long-legged Buzzard (2015-08-25)
    32. Indian Golden Oriole (2015-08-26)
    33. Spotted Flycatcher (2015-08-26)
    34. Northern House Martin (2015-08-27)
    35. Cinereous Vulture (2015-08-27)
    36. Lesser Kestrel (2015-08-27)
    37. Rock Pigeon (2015-08-27)
    38. Eurasian Collared Dove (2015-08-27)
    39. Laughing Dove (2015-08-27)
    40. Tree Sparrow (2015-08-27)
    41. Common Whitethroat (2015-08-27)
    42. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (2015-08-27)
    43. Common Raven (2015-08-27)
    44. Eurasian Roller (2015-08-27)
    45. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2015-08-27)
    46. Lesser Whitethroat (2015-08-27)
    47. Broad-billed Sandpiper (2015-08-28)
    48. Steppe Eagle (2015-08-28)
    49. Little Stint (2015-08-28)
    50. Turkestan Tit (2015-08-28)
    51. Wood Sandpiper (2015-08-28)
    52. Ortolan Bunting (2015-08-28)
    53. Black Stork (2015-08-28)
    54. Pygmy Cormorant (2015-08-28)
    55. Caspian Gull (2015-08-28)
    56. Sand Martin (2015-08-28)
    57. Barn Swallow (2015-08-28)
    58. Grey Heron (2015-08-28)
    59. Pied Avocet (2015-08-28)
    60. Wood Pigeon (2015-08-28)
    61. Eurasian Magpie (2015-08-28)
    62. Yellow-breasted Tit (2015-08-28)
    63. Green Sandpiper (2015-08-29)

    recent uploads

    2016-01-08. Wood Sandpiper, Little Stint, Broad-billed Sandpiper.

    2016-01-05. Black-headed Gull.

    2016-01-03. Rock Pigeon, Turkestan Tit, Caspian Gull, Shikra, Azure Tit, Turkestan Tit, Turkestan Tit, Hybrid Tit.

    2015-12-31. Black-winged Stilt, Azure Tit, Carrion Crow, Black-Necked Grebe, Black-headed Gull, Common Coot, Terek Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover, Northern Lapwing, Red-necked Phalarope, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Blue Whistling Thrush, Grey Wagtail, Common Kestrel, Yellow-billed Chough, Guldenstadt's Redstart, Common Mynah, Masked Wagtail, Indian Golden Oriole, Spotted Flycatcher, Common Mynah, Rock Pigeon, Eurasian Collared Dove, Laughing Dove, Tree Sparrow, Common Whitethroat, Eastern Rock Nuthatch, Common Raven, Lesser Whitethroat, Northern House Martin, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Eurasian Roller, Yellow-breasted Tit, Eurasian Magpie, Wood Pigeon, Pied Avocet, Grey Heron, Barn Swallow, Sand Martin, Pygmy Cormorant, Black Stork, Wood Sandpiper, Ortolan Bunting, Turkestan Shrike, Green Sandpiper, Common Teal, Ruddy Shelduck, Common Shelduck, Bluethroat, White-headed Duck, Eurasian Hobby, Great White Egret, Great Cormorant, Hoopoe, Turkestan Shrike, Black Kite, Long-legged Buzzard, Cinereous Vulture, Lesser Kestrel, Eurasian Hobby, Steppe Eagle.

    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...