327 997
pictures
2 612
blog posts
509 photographed species of 532 (95%)
found 32 new species for Kazakhstan

search

classification

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

    • Kolesnikov Viktor

    members stats

    map of photoshootings

    total species: 136
    total photos: 583
    total videos: 1
    total blogposts: 0

    sort by:

    1. Great Grey Shrike (2014-01-08)
    2. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2014-01-08)
    3. Common Goldeneye (2014-01-11)
    4. Smew (2014-01-11)
    5. Mallard (2014-01-12)
    6. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2014-01-12)
    7. Black-throated Thrush (2014-01-14)
    8. Common Redpoll (2014-01-14)
    9. Eurasian Siskin (2014-01-15)
    10. Eurasian Goldfinch (2014-01-15)
    11. Azure Tit (2014-01-15)
    12. European Greenfinch (2014-01-16)
    13. Fieldfare (2014-01-16)
    14. Eurasian Dipper (2014-01-16)
    15. Eurasian Nuthatch (2014-01-16)
    16. Northern Bullfinch (2014-01-16)
    17. Redwing (2014-01-19)
    18. Bohemian Waxwing (2014-01-19)
    19. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2014-01-20)
    20. Goosander (2014-01-22)
    21. Great Tit (2014-01-22)
    22. Eurasian Blackbird (2014-01-29)
    23. Northern Reed Bunting (2014-02-11)
    24. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2014-02-11)
    25. Baikal Bullfinch (2014-02-15)
    26. Whooper Swan (2014-02-18)
    27. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2014-02-22)
    28. Brambling (2014-02-24)
    29. White-Backed Woodpecker (2014-03-03)
    30. Rock Pigeon (2014-03-07)
    31. Eurasian Jackdaw (2014-03-19)
    32. Common Buzzard (2014-03-19)
    33. Caspian Gull (2014-03-19)
    34. Common Chaffinch (2014-03-26)
    35. Common Kestrel (2014-03-26)
    36. Masked Wagtail (2014-03-26)
    37. Black-headed Gull (2014-03-28)
    38. Yellowhammer (2014-04-01)
    39. Meadow Bunting (2014-04-01)
    40. Black Kite (2014-04-01)
    41. White Wagtail (2014-04-16)
    42. Osprey (2014-04-18)
    43. Common Pochard (2014-04-18)
    44. Northern Shoveler (2014-04-18)
    45. Black-tailed Godwit (2014-04-18)
    46. Common Redshank (2014-04-18)
    47. Ruddy Shelduck (2014-04-18)
    48. Northern Lapwing (2014-04-18)
    49. Common Starling (2014-04-18)
    50. Black-Necked Grebe (2014-04-22)
    51. Garganey (2014-04-22)
    52. Northern Pintail (2014-04-22)
    53. Peregrine Falcon (2014-04-22)
    54. Common Sparrowhawk (2014-04-25)
    55. Tree Pipit (2014-04-25)
    56. Green Sandpiper (2014-04-25)
    57. Song Thrush (2014-04-29)
    58. Coal Tit (2014-04-29)
    59. Eurasian Redstart (2014-04-29)
    60. Yellow Wagtail (2014-05-04)
    61. Pied Wheatear (2014-05-05)
    62. Eurasian Hobby (2014-05-05)
    63. Common Crane (2014-05-06)
    64. Tawny Pipit (2014-05-12)
    65. Siberian Stonechat (2014-05-12)
    66. Grey Wagtail (2014-05-12)
    67. Lesser Whitethroat (2014-05-12)
    68. Eurasian Magpie (2014-05-12)
    69. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2014-05-13)
    70. Common Cuckoo (2014-05-13)
    71. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2014-05-15)
    72. Great White Egret (2014-05-15)
    73. Baraba Steppe Gull (2014-05-15)
    74. Common Nightingale (2014-05-15)
    75. Oriental Turtle Dove (2014-05-15)
    76. Booted Warbler (2014-05-19)
    77. Common Rosefinch (2014-05-19)
    78. Paddyfield Warbler (2014-05-22)
    79. Red-backed Shrike (2014-05-22)
    80. Spotted Flycatcher (2014-05-23)
    81. Common Whitethroat (2014-05-27)
    82. Common Chiffchaff (2014-05-27)
    83. Common Tern (2014-05-27)
    84. Hooded Crow (2014-05-29)
    85. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2014-05-29)
    86. Great Reed Warbler (2014-06-01)
    87. Citrine Wagtail (2014-06-01)
    88. Demoiselle Crane (2014-06-01)
    89. Tree Sparrow (2014-06-01)
    90. Greenish Warbler (2014-06-03)
    91. Red-headed Bunting (2014-06-05)
    92. Eurasian Linnet (2014-06-05)
    93. Northern Wheatear (2014-06-06)
    94. Short-eared Owl (2014-06-10)
    95. European Golden Oriole (2014-06-10)
    96. Long-eared Owl (2014-06-12)
    97. Common Oystercatcher (2014-06-12)
    98. Indian Sparrow (2014-06-18)
    99. Red-crested Pochard (2014-06-18)
    100. Savi's Warbler (2014-06-18)
    101. Eurasian Roller (2014-06-18)
    102. Bearded Tit (2014-06-18)
    103. Greater Short-toed Lark (2014-06-18)
    104. Pallas's Gull (2014-06-18)
    105. Hoopoe (2014-06-18)
    106. Caspian Tern (2014-06-18)
    107. Ferruginous Duck (2014-06-18)
    108. Black-headed Wagtail (2014-06-18)
    109. Common Teal (2014-06-18)
    110. Turkestan Shrike (2014-06-18)
    111. Common Coot (2014-06-18)
    112. Black-winged Stilt (2014-06-18)
    113. Little Ringed Plover (2014-06-18)
    114. Great Crested Grebe (2014-06-18)
    115. Barn Swallow (2014-06-18)
    116. Northern House Martin (2014-06-18)
    117. Rosy Starling (2014-06-20)
    118. Lesser Grey Shrike (2014-06-20)
    119. Bluethroat (2014-06-20)
    120. Western Grasshopper Warbler (2014-06-20)
    121. Sedge Warbler (2014-06-20)
    122. House Sparrow (2014-07-01)
    123. Common Kingfisher (2014-08-01)
    124. White-crowned Penduline Tit (2014-08-01)
    125. Great Cormorant (2014-08-01)
    126. Rook (2014-08-14)
    127. Little Stint (2014-08-21)
    128. Cetti's Warbler (2014-08-21)
    129. Hume's Warbler (2014-08-21)
    130. Northern Black Grouse (2014-09-18)
    131. Pine Bunting (2014-09-28)
    132. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard (2014-10-18)
    133. Eurasian Wigeon (2014-10-18)
    134. Willow Tit (2014-10-23)
    135. Eurasian Jay (2014-10-23)
    136. Black Woodpecker (2014-10-23)

    recent uploads

    2014-12-21. Mallard.

    2014-12-09. Great Reed Warbler.

    2014-12-08. Great Reed Warbler.

    2014-11-22. Bohemian Waxwing, Great Spotted Woodpecker.

    2014-11-02. Coal Tit, Eurasian Nuthatch.

    2014-10-24. Eurasian Jay, Black Woodpecker.

    2014-10-23. Willow Tit.

    2014-10-21. Eastern Imperial Eagle.

    2014-10-20. Northern Black Grouse.

    2014-10-19. Hume's Warbler, Black-headed Gull, Eurasian Wigeon.

    2014-10-18. Eurasian Honey-Buzzard, Great Spotted Woodpecker.

    2014-10-08. European Greenfinch, Common Chaffinch, Black-throated Thrush, Common Sparrowhawk.

    2014-09-28. Pine Bunting, Hume's Warbler, Great Tit.

    2014-09-21. Common Chaffinch.

    2014-09-18. Eurasian Linnet.

    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...