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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
  • Pelecanidae
  • Phalacrocoracidae
    • Ciconiiformes
  • Ardeidae
  • Threskiornithidae
  • Ciconiidae
    • Phoenicopteriformes
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    • Anseriformes
  • Anatidae
    • Falconiformes
  • Pandionidae
  • Accipitridae
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    • Galliformes
  • Tetraonidae
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    • Gruiformes
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  • Rallidae
  • Otididae
    • Charadriiformes
  • Burhinidae
  • Charadriidae
  • Recurvirostridae
  • Haematopodidae
  • Scolopacidae
  • Glareolidae
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  • Laridae
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    map of photoshootings

    total species: 65
    total photos: 160
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 1

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    1. Goosander (2015-01-02)
    2. Hawfinch (2015-01-08)
    3. Bohemian Waxwing (2015-01-08)
    4. Northern Bullfinch (2015-01-08)
    5. Eurasian Dipper (2015-01-08)
    6. Baikal Bullfinch (2015-03-18)
    7. Tree Sparrow (2015-03-18)
    8. Great Tit (2015-03-18)
    9. Brambling (2015-04-05)
    10. Black-throated Thrush (2015-04-05)
    11. Common Chaffinch (2015-04-05)
    12. Eversmann's Redstart (2015-04-05)
    13. Water Pipit (2015-04-08)
    14. Common Starling (2015-04-09)
    15. Black-headed Gull (2015-04-09)
    16. Great Grey Shrike (2015-04-09)
    17. White Wagtail (2015-04-09)
    18. Caspian Gull (2015-04-09)
    19. Masked Wagtail (2015-04-09)
    20. Northern Reed Bunting (2015-04-09)
    21. Mallard (2015-04-10)
    22. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (2015-04-10)
    23. Black Kite (2015-04-10)
    24. Common Buzzard (2015-04-14)
    25. Osprey (2015-04-14)
    26. Tree Pipit (2015-04-17)
    27. Green Sandpiper (2015-04-17)
    28. Grey Wagtail (2015-04-17)
    29. Citrine Wagtail (2015-04-17)
    30. Little Ringed Plover (2015-04-17)
    31. Yellow Wagtail (2015-04-20)
    32. Eurasian Magpie (2015-04-20)
    33. Isabelline Wheatear (2015-04-20)
    34. Bluethroat (2015-04-20)
    35. Common Pochard (2015-04-20)
    36. Demoiselle Crane (2015-04-20)
    37. Northern Wheatear (2015-04-20)
    38. Fieldfare (2015-04-20)
    39. Eurasian Jackdaw (2015-04-20)
    40. Tufted Duck (2015-04-22)
    41. Eurasian Wigeon (2015-04-22)
    42. Azure Tit (2015-04-26)
    43. Common Sandpiper (2015-04-27)
    44. Barn Swallow (2015-04-27)
    45. Eurasian Wryneck (2015-04-29)
    46. Song Thrush (2015-04-29)
    47. Siberian Stonechat (2015-05-04)
    48. Common Tern (2015-05-05)
    49. Eurasian Penduline Tit (2015-05-05)
    50. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2015-05-28)
    51. Greenish Warbler (2015-05-28)
    52. Sedge Warbler (2015-07-29)
    53. Crested Honey-Buzzard (2015-09-29)
    54. Meadow Bunting (2015-09-29)
    55. Yellowhammer (2015-10-12)
    56. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2015-10-12)
    57. Eurasian Siskin (2015-10-12)
    58. Gadwall (2015-10-25)
    59. Northern Shoveler (2015-10-25)
    60. Hooded Crow (2015-10-25)
    61. Willow Tit (2015-10-25)
    62. Eurasian Nuthatch (2015-11-26)
    63. Common Goldeneye (2015-11-26)
    64. Eurasian Blackbird (2015-12-01)
    65. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2015-12-13)

    recent uploads

    2015-12-30. Siberian Stonechat.

    2015-12-13. White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

    2015-12-01. Eurasian Blackbird.

    2015-11-28. Eurasian Nuthatch, Common Goldeneye.

    2015-11-11. Mallard.

    2015-10-31. Willow Tit.

    2015-10-29. Gadwall, Northern Shoveler, Hybrid Crow, Hooded Crow.

    2015-10-18. Yellowhammer, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Tree Sparrow, Eurasian Siskin, Black-throated Thrush.

    2015-09-29. Siberian Stonechat.

    2015-09-16. Crested Honey-Buzzard, Meadow Bunting, Caspian Gull.

    2015-08-02. Sedge Warbler.

    2015-07-05. Azure Tit.

    2015-06-07. Western Grasshopper Warbler, Sedge Warbler.

    2015-05-28. Greenish Warbler, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Blyth's Reed Warbler.

    2015-05-07. Common Tern.

    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...