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2021-01-17| Svetlana Baskakova


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1Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)2

2Common Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)1

3Rough-legged Buzzard (Buteo lagopus)2

4Eastern Buzzard (Buteo japonicus)4

5Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)3

6Lammergeier (Gypaetus barbatus)1

7Chukar Partridge (Alectoris chukar)100

8Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix)14

9Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)5

10Common Mynah (Acridotheres tristis)6

11Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)8

12Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)6

13Eversmann's Redstart (Phoenicurus erythronotus)1

14Black-throated Thrush (Turdus atrogularis)40

15Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)8

16Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)1

17Yellow-breasted Tit (Parus flavipectus)2

18Turkestan Tit (Parus bokharensis)4

19Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)30

20Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)1

21Meadow Bunting (Emberiza cioides)15

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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.

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Bassel Abi Jummaa: Mostly a sedge warbler Anna . (Acro schoenobaenus )

2026-06-02

Bassel Abi Jummaa: OK great . Thanks Anna

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