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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
  • Pelecanidae
  • Phalacrocoracidae
    • Ciconiiformes
  • Ardeidae
  • Threskiornithidae
  • Ciconiidae
    • Phoenicopteriformes
  • Phoenicopteridae
    • Anseriformes
  • Anatidae
    • Falconiformes
  • Pandionidae
  • Accipitridae
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    • Galliformes
  • Tetraonidae
  • Phasianidae
    • Gruiformes
  • Gruidae
  • Rallidae
  • Otididae
    • Charadriiformes
  • Burhinidae
  • Charadriidae
  • Recurvirostridae
  • Haematopodidae
  • Scolopacidae
  • Glareolidae
  • Stercorariidae
  • Laridae
    • Pterocletiformes
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    • Columbiformes
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    • 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

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    total species: 151
    total photos: 318
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Desert Wheatear (2006-06-11)
    2. Little Bustard (2008-04-19)
    3. Common Buzzard (2009-04-16)
    4. Caspian Plover (2009-04-19)
    5. Little Ringed Plover (2009-04-22)
    6. Red-necked Phalarope (2009-04-22)
    7. Black-headed Wagtail (2009-04-22)
    8. Paddyfield Warbler (2009-04-22)
    9. Common Snipe (2009-04-23)
    10. Black-tailed Godwit (2009-04-23)
    11. Pied Avocet (2009-04-23)
    12. Black-winged Stilt (2009-04-23)
    13. Northern Shoveler (2009-04-28)
    14. Sanderling (2010-05-02)
    15. Common Chiffchaff (2010-05-02)
    16. Calandra Lark (2011-04-19)
    17. Black-winged Pratincole (2011-04-23)
    18. Steppe Grey Shrike (2011-04-24)
    19. Rock Sparrow (2011-04-24)
    20. Rock Pigeon (2011-04-26)
    21. Eurasian Whimbrel (2011-05-06)
    22. Pied Flycatcher (2011-05-08)
    23. Northern Wheatear (2011-09-19)
    24. Mute Swan (2011-11-15)
    25. Common Goldeneye (2011-11-16)
    26. Hooded Crow (2011-11-16)
    27. European Robin (2011-11-17)
    28. Rook (2011-11-17)
    29. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2011-11-17)
    30. Whooper Swan (2011-11-17)
    31. Great Cormorant (2011-11-18)
    32. Great Crested Grebe (2011-11-18)
    33. Black-Necked Grebe (2011-11-19)
    34. Greater Flamingo (2011-11-20)
    35. Long-eared Owl (2011-11-20)
    36. Caspian Gull (2011-11-20)
    37. Black-headed Gull (2011-11-20)
    38. House Sparrow (2011-11-21)
    39. Mallard (2011-11-21)
    40. Egyptian Vulture (2012-05-03)
    42. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2012-05-04)
    43. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2012-05-05)
    44. Lesser Kestrel (2012-05-06)
    45. Rosy Starling (2012-05-07)
    46. Red-headed Bunting (2012-05-08)
    47. Northern House Martin (2012-05-18)
    48. Common Mynah (2012-05-22)
    49. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2012-05-22)
    50. Ruddy Shelduck (2012-05-23)
    51. Laughing Dove (2012-05-26)
    52. Grey Heron (2012-05-26)
    53. Common Sparrowhawk (2012-09-21)
    54. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2012-09-21)
    55. Steppe Eagle (2012-09-26)
    56. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2012-09-27)
    57. Eurasian Wigeon (2012-09-27)
    58. White Wagtail (2013-09-23)
    59. Bluethroat (2014-04-21)
    60. Common Tern (2014-04-21)
    61. Baillon's Crake (2014-04-27)
    62. Purple Heron (2014-04-27)
    63. Spotted Flycatcher (2014-05-01)
    64. Yellow Wagtail (2014-08-30)
    65. Chukar Partridge (2014-08-31)
    66. Horned Lark (2014-08-31)
    67. Pallid Scops Owl (2015-04-21)
    68. Eurasian Roller (2015-05-03)
    69. Eurasian Jackdaw (2015-05-17)
    70. Variable Wheatear (2015-05-19)
    71. Saxaul Sparrow (2015-05-25)
    72. Desert Finch (2015-05-25)
    73. Saker Falcon (2015-05-27)
    74. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2015-09-12)
    75. Common Raven (2015-09-16)
    76. Green Sandpiper (2016-04-20)
    77. Pander's Ground-Jay (2016-05-03)
    78. Pin-Tailed Sandgrouse (2016-05-05)
    79. White-Winged Woodpecker (2016-05-09)
    80. Little Owl (2016-08-29)
    81. Pied Wheatear (2016-08-30)
    82. Common Cuckoo (2016-09-05)
    83. Dunlin (2016-09-11)
    84. Pallid Harrier (2016-09-12)
    85. Black Kite (2016-09-12)
    86. Common Kestrel (2016-09-13)
    87. Pallas's Sandgrouse (2016-09-23)
    88. Common Shelduck (2016-09-24)
    89. Osprey (2016-09-25)
    90. Long-tailed Tit (2016-09-26)
    91. Masked Shrike (2017-05-13)
    92. Golden Eagle (2017-05-14)
    93. Red-backed Shrike (2017-05-19)
    94. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2017-05-20)
    95. Greater Sand Plover (2017-05-22)
    96. Glossy Ibis (2017-09-02)
    97. Ruddy Turnstone (2017-09-02)
    98. Common Starling (2017-09-02)
    99. Ruff (2017-09-02)
    100. Greater Ringed Plover (2017-09-02)
    101. Northern Lapwing (2017-09-02)
    102. Wood Sandpiper (2017-09-02)
    103. Western Marsh-Harrier (2017-09-02)
    104. Slavonian Grebe (2017-09-02)
    105. Common Teal (2017-09-05)
    106. Little Stint (2017-09-06)
    107. Grey Partridge (2017-09-07)
    108. Finsch's Wheatear (2017-09-09)
    109. White-winged Tern (2018-04-25)
    110. Desert Lark (2018-05-01)
    111. Macqueen's Bustard (2018-05-03)
    112. White-tailed Lapwing (2018-06-19)
    113. Long-legged Buzzard (2018-06-21)
    114. Indian Sparrow (2018-06-21)
    115. Demoiselle Crane (2018-06-23)
    116. Common Chaffinch (2018-11-13)
    117. Brambling (2018-11-14)
    118. Eurasian Redstart (2019-04-27)
    119. Siberian Stonechat (2019-04-27)
    120. Hoopoe (2019-05-05)
    121. Cinereous Vulture (2019-05-06)
    122. Griffon Vulture (2019-05-06)
    123. Black Stork (2019-05-10)
    124. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2019-05-14)
    125. Eurasian Collared Dove (2019-08-16)
    126. Common Sandpiper (2019-08-16)
    127. Red-Necked Grebe (2019-08-24)
    128. Common Pheasant (2021-05-08)
    129. Temminck's Stint (2021-05-16)
    130. Lammergeier (2022-04-22)
    131. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2022-04-25)
    132. Isabelline Wheatear (2022-05-02)
    133. Alpine Swift (2022-05-05)
    134. Crested Lark (2022-05-06)
    135. European Bee-eater (2022-05-13)
    136. Eurasian Spoonbill (2022-05-18)
    137. Great White Egret (2022-05-18)
    138. Kentish Plover (2022-05-18)
    139. Curlew Sandpiper (2022-05-20)
    140. Red-crested Pochard (2022-05-20)
    141. Black Lark (2022-05-25)
    142. Common Coot (2022-08-02)
    143. Masked Wagtail (2023-04-29)
    144. Tawny Pipit (2023-04-29)
    145. European Golden Oriole (2023-05-13)
    146. Brown-necked Raven (2023-05-25)
    147. Common Swift (2023-05-27)
    148. White-headed Duck (2023-05-31)
    149. Oriental Turtle Dove (2023-06-07)
    150. White-winged Lark (2023-06-09)
    151. Lesser Whitethroat (2023-09-18)

    recent uploads

    2023-12-01. Lesser Whitethroat.

    2023-06-18. Horned Lark, Black-Bellied Sandgrouse, Alpine Swift.

    2023-06-17. White-headed Duck, Glossy Ibis, Masked Wagtail, Common Mynah, Tawny Pipit, Oriental Turtle Dove.

    2023-06-16. White-winged Lark.

    2023-06-15. European Golden Oriole, Common Swift, Eastern Black-eared Wheatear, Brown-necked Raven.

    2023-03-12. Pallid Harrier, Rock Pigeon, Black Kite, Steppe Eagle.

    2023-02-14. Red-crested Pochard.

    2023-02-13. Short-toed Snake-Eagle.

    2023-01-20. Horned Lark, Rock Sparrow.

    2023-01-18. Finsch's Wheatear.

    2023-01-16. Common Shelduck.

    2023-01-11. Short-toed Snake-Eagle, Isabelline Wheatear, Red-headed Bunting, Rosy Starling.

    2023-01-10. Black-tailed Godwit, Rock Pigeon, Black-winged Pratincole, Red-necked Phalarope, Black-headed Wagtail, Paddyfield Warbler, Common Pheasant, Common Tern, Purple Heron.

    2023-01-09. Calandra Lark, Greater Sand Plover, Steppe Grey Shrike.

    2023-01-08. Rosy Starling, Siberian Stonechat, Eurasian Whimbrel, Steppe Grey Shrike, Rock Sparrow.

    2023-01-07. Eurasian Collared Dove, Ruff, Common Sandpiper, Red-Necked Grebe, Eurasian Jackdaw, Pallid Harrier, Grey Partridge, Little Owl, Little Bustard.

    2023-01-06. Little Stint, Desert Finch, Little Stint, Common Teal, Little Ringed Plover.

    2023-01-05. Eurasian Collared Dove, Common Mynah, Saxaul Sparrow, Common Buzzard.

    2023-01-04. Spotted Flycatcher, Steppe Eagle, Common Raven, Pied Wheatear, Black Kite, Desert Lark, Western Marsh-Harrier, Northern House Martin, Short-toed Snake-Eagle, Egyptian Vulture, Cinereous Vulture, Griffon Vulture, Curlew Sandpiper, Kentish Plover, Black-Necked Grebe, Rock Pigeon, Hooded Crow.

    2023-01-03. Common Shelduck, Greater Flamingo, Pallas's Sandgrouse, Long-tailed Tit, Osprey, Slavonian Grebe, Red-headed Bunting, Black-winged Stilt, Eurasian Eagle-Owl, Eurasian Wigeon.

    2023-01-02. Alpine Swift, Common Sparrowhawk, Lesser Short-toed Lark, Grey Heron, Temminck's Stint, Eurasian Roller, Northern Wheatear.

    2023-01-01. Glossy Ibis, Ruddy Turnstone, Pied Avocet, Common Starling, Ruff, Greater Ringed Plover, Northern Lapwing, Wood Sandpiper, Black-tailed Godwit, Western Marsh-Harrier, Dunlin, Ruff, Greater Flamingo, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Osprey, Common Cuckoo.

    2022-12-31. Pied Flycatcher, Steppe Grey Shrike, Spotted Flycatcher.

    2022-12-30. Black-tailed Godwit, Common Snipe, Pied Avocet, Black-winged Stilt, Northern Shoveler, Red-headed Bunting, Green Sandpiper, Eurasian Eagle-Owl, Red-backed Shrike, Calandra Lark.

    2022-12-29. Common Cuckoo, Chukar Partridge, Eurasian Redstart, Pallid Scops Owl, Sanderling, Common Chiffchaff, Caspian Plover.

    2022-12-28. Common Raven, Saker Falcon, Black Stork, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Little Bustard, Common Kestrel, Dunlin, Yellow Wagtail, Black-headed Wagtail.

    2022-12-27. White Wagtail, Ruddy Shelduck, White-Winged Woodpecker, Pander's Ground-Jay, Little Owl, Eurasian Stone Curlew.

    2022-12-26. Eurasian Spoonbill, White-winged Tern, Black-headed Gull, Long-legged Buzzard, Indian Sparrow, White-tailed Lapwing, Great White Egret, Common Coot, Mute Swan, Wood Sandpiper, Pin-Tailed Sandgrouse.

    2022-12-25. Common Goldeneye, Great Cormorant, Great Cormorant, Great Crested Grebe, Greater Flamingo, Long-eared Owl, Caspian Gull, Black-headed Gull, House Sparrow, Mallard, Hoopoe, Rosy Starling.

    2022-12-24. Horned Lark, Rock Sparrow, Brambling, Common Chaffinch, Demoiselle Crane, Steppe Eagle, Baillon's Crake, Red-necked Phalarope, Bluethroat, European Robin, Rook, Mute Swan, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Whooper Swan.

    2022-12-23. Common Mynah, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater.

    2022-12-22. Golden Eagle.

    2022-12-20. Crested Lark, European Bee-eater.

    2022-12-17. Black-winged Stilt.

    2022-12-16. Whooper Swan, Black Lark, Cinereous Vulture.

    2022-12-15. Greater Sand Plover.

    2022-12-14. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush, Griffon Vulture, Lammergeier.

    2018-10-18. Macqueen's Bustard.

    2017-09-29. Masked Shrike.

    2015-06-14. Variable Wheatear.

    2012-11-19. Eastern Black-eared Wheatear, Black-Bellied Sandgrouse, Lesser Kestrel, Egyptian Vulture, Laughing Dove.

    2012-11-16. Desert Wheatear.

    recent comments

    2023-12-01. to photo # 01480021101 (Lesser Whitethroat)

    Марк Пестов: Спасибо, Андрей!

    2023-12-01. to photo # 01480021101 (Lesser Whitethroat)

    Андрей Коваленко: Славка-завирушка.

    2023-06-17. to photo # 01480020501 (Common Mynah)

    Марк Пестов: Анна, спасибо за напоминание с координатами - совсем забыл. Если не ошибаюсь, то это второй залет единичной майны на территорию заповедника [....]

    2023-06-17. to photo # 01480020501 (Common Mynah)

    Анна Ясько: Прошу обратить внимание, что при ручном вводе координат десятичное разделение должно быть через точку. Иначе карта не отображается. Во всех [....]

    2023-06-17. to photo # 01480020501 (Common Mynah)

    Анна Ясько: Марк, до этого уже были наблюдения майны в Устюртском заповеднике? Знаю, что на каракалпакской части Устюрта неоднократно были встречи. В [....]

    2023-06-17. to photo # 01480020602 (Tawny Pipit)

    Марк Пестов: Спасибо за определение. Размещаю, как полевого...

    2023-06-17. to photo # 01480020501 (Common Mynah)

    Марк Пестов: Редкий залет на территорию Устюртского заповедника. Одна птица была в стайке розовых скворцов.

    2023-06-17. to photo # 01480020602 (Tawny Pipit)

    Андрей Коваленко: Полевой...

    2023-06-17. to photo # 01480020602 (Tawny Pipit)

    Игорь Фефелов: Степноподобен малость, но, видимо, всё-таки луговой конек.

    2023-06-16. to photo # 01480019902 (Eastern Black-eared Wheatear)

    Анна Ясько: Испанская каменка.

    2023-06-16. to photo # 01480020002 (Brown-necked Raven)

    Анна Ясько: По окрасу головы, шеи скорее всего пустынный. Марк, дата верная обозначена? Сейчас стоит 01.01.2000.

    2023-06-15. to photo # 01480020003 (Brown-necked Raven)

    Марк Пестов: возможно, пустынный ворон?

    2023-03-12. to photo # 01480019401 (Rock Pigeon)

    Марк Пестов: Немногочисленная не синантропная популяция сизого голубя гнездится на обрывах Запалного чинка Устюрта

    2023-01-18. to photo # 01480018702 (Finsch's Wheatear)

    Андрей Коваленко: Да, на e-birds часто проблемы с правильным определением. Но по ссылке есть именно черношейные с длинной проекцией ПМ.

    2023-01-18. to photo # 01480018701 (Finsch's Wheatear)

    Марк Пестов: Всем - большое спасибо за обсуждение и определение - было интересно. Останавливаемся на черношейной каменке...

    2023-01-18. to photo # 01480018701 (Finsch's Wheatear)

    Анна Ясько: Пора мне приобретать очки, дата показалась майская. Действительно, осень ведь. Тогда все же согласна с тем, что это черношейная. Насколько [....]

    2023-01-18. to photo # 01480018704 (Finsch's Wheatear)

    Анна Ясько: Длина ПМ очень даже неплохой диагностический признак, которым я часто пользуюсь, но тут надо учитывать некоторые моменты, например, линька [....]

    2023-01-18. to photo # 01480018704 (Finsch's Wheatear)

    Марк Пестов: Спасибо - буду знать. Вероятно, ПМ подвержено индивидуальной изменчивости, которая накладывается на видоспецифичные различия. Так что оценивать [....]

    2023-01-18. to photo # 01480018704 (Finsch's Wheatear)

    Андрей Баздырев: Марк, проекция ПМ - это то расстояние, на которое первостепенные маховые выступают на сложенном крыле из-под третьестепенных/второстепенных.

    2023-01-18. to photo # 01480018704 (Finsch's Wheatear)

    Андрей Баздырев: По некоторым там очень большие вопросы в правильности определения.

    2023-01-18. to photo # 01480018704 (Finsch's Wheatear)

    Марк Пестов: Добавил еще пару фото из той серии на всякий случай. И еще: что означает ПМ?

    2023-01-18. to photo # 01480018702 (Finsch's Wheatear)

    Андрей Коваленко: Еще.

    2023-01-18. to photo # 01480018702 (Finsch's Wheatear)

    Андрей Коваленко: Нате вам с длинной проекцией...

    2023-01-18. to photo # 01480018702 (Finsch's Wheatear)

    Андрей Баздырев: В приведённых примерах хорошо видно короткую проекцию ПМ у черношейной.

    2023-01-18. to photo # 01480018702 (Finsch's Wheatear)

    Марк Пестов: Очень похоже!

    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...