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

search

Jasylkol lake. Turgen chine. Ile Alatau National Park.


2007-07-21| Askar Isabekov

Very rainy day, sun wasn't showed, it was rainy incessant. The lake is placed in high mountain chine in fir forest belt. Landscape is mostly close fir tree forest crossing by wide juniper glades and wet meadows. Because of rainy weather I didn't see a lot of birds mostly heard ones. From time to time in fir forest Carrion Crows, Spotted Nutcrackers, Oriental Turtle Doves occurs. At night Scops Owl sang, Hume's Warblers and Rosefinches sang by day.

On wet meadows birds fared. Someone hunted to insects another one pecked seed. No one reside at meadow constantly, birds arrived and flew away. Common Whitethroats, Common Rosefinches (these two species made majority of spotted birds), on evening flocks of Grey-headed Goldfinches and one Stonechat arrived. Once Corncrake shot out the road.


1. Stonechat (Saxicola torquata maura)


2. Common Whitethroat (Sylvia communis rubicola)

comments:
no comments


secret code

* all fields are required

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...

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

more unidentified birds...