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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

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    total species: 120
    total photos: 439
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

    sort by:

    1. Golden Eagle (2020-01-02)
    2. Common Chaffinch (2020-01-15)
    3. White-Winged Woodpecker (2020-02-09)
    4. Azure Tit (2020-03-19)
    5. Isabelline Shrike (2020-03-20)
    6. Turkestan Shrike (2020-03-20)
    7. Black Kite (2020-03-21)
    8. Grey Heron (2020-03-23)
    9. Common Chiffchaff (2020-03-23)
    10. Red-crested Pochard (2020-03-24)
    11. Great White Egret (2020-03-26)
    12. Pied Wheatear (2020-03-26)
    13. Northern Reed Bunting (2020-03-27)
    14. Ferruginous Duck (2020-03-27)
    15. Black-throated Thrush (2020-03-30)
    16. Common Kestrel (2020-03-31)
    17. Black Redstart (2020-04-03)
    18. Wood Pigeon (2020-04-04)
    19. Hoopoe (2020-04-07)
    20. Great Crested Grebe (2020-04-07)
    21. Common Starling (2020-04-10)
    22. Great White Pelican (2020-04-10)
    23. Black-headed Gull (2020-04-10)
    24. Yellow Wagtail (2020-04-10)
    25. Black-headed Wagtail (2020-04-10)
    26. Common Oystercatcher (2020-04-11)
    27. Whooper Swan (2020-04-12)
    28. Common Redshank (2020-04-13)
    29. Tree Pipit (2020-04-16)
    30. Montagu's Harrier (2020-04-27)
    31. Sky Lark (2020-04-28)
    32. Calandra Lark (2020-04-28)
    33. Ruddy Shelduck (2020-04-28)
    34. Northern Lapwing (2020-05-04)
    35. Black-winged Stilt (2020-05-04)
    36. Eurasian Roller (2020-05-06)
    37. Black-crowned Night Heron (2020-05-06)
    38. Lesser Grey Shrike (2020-05-08)
    39. Red-headed Bunting (2020-05-12)
    40. Spotted Flycatcher (2020-05-12)
    41. Lesser Whitethroat (2020-05-12)
    42. Rosy Starling (2020-05-12)
    43. Long-legged Buzzard (2020-05-16)
    44. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2020-05-23)
    45. Eversmann's Redstart (2022-01-29)
    46. European Greenfinch (2022-01-29)
    47. Caspian Gull (2022-01-30)
    48. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2022-02-02)
    49. Mallard (2022-02-02)
    50. Common Pheasant (2022-02-04)
    51. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2023-04-12)
    52. Masked Wagtail (2023-07-03)
    53. Little Ringed Plover (2023-07-03)
    54. Common Mynah (2023-07-09)
    55. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2023-07-29)
    56. Paddyfield Warbler (2023-07-30)
    57. Northern Black Grouse (2023-10-23)
    58. Isabelline Wheatear (2024-04-12)
    59. Chukar Partridge (2024-04-17)
    60. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2024-04-26)
    61. Siberian Stonechat (2024-04-26)
    62. Glossy Ibis (2024-08-20)
    63. Common Moorhen (2024-08-26)
    64. Greenish Warbler (2024-08-26)
    65. Temminck's Stint (2024-08-28)
    66. Great Cormorant (2024-08-28)
    67. Pygmy Cormorant (2024-10-05)
    68. Rock Bunting (2024-10-16)
    69. Cinereous Vulture (2024-10-17)
    70. Water Pipit (2024-10-17)
    71. Lesser Kestrel (2024-10-18)
    72. Barn Swallow (2024-10-18)
    73. Eastern Buzzard (2024-10-26)
    74. Yellowhammer (2024-10-26)
    75. Brambling (2024-10-26)
    76. Fieldfare (2024-11-23)
    77. Smew (2025-01-03)
    78. Tree Sparrow (2025-01-08)
    79. Eurasian Blackbird (2025-01-10)
    80. Common Coot (2025-03-21)
    81. Dalmatian Pelican (2025-03-22)
    82. Tufted Duck (2025-03-22)
    83. Northern Shoveler (2025-03-22)
    84. Common Buzzard (2025-03-22)
    85. Mute Swan (2025-03-22)
    86. Northern Pintail (2025-03-30)
    87. Rook (2025-03-30)
    88. Eurasian Jackdaw (2025-03-30)
    89. Citrine Wagtail (2025-03-30)
    90. Cetti's Warbler (2025-03-30)
    91. Eurasian Stone Curlew (2025-04-05)
    92. Rock Sparrow (2025-04-05)
    93. Blue-capped Redstart (2025-04-11)
    94. Himalayan Vulture (2025-04-11)
    95. Grey Wagtail (2025-04-11)
    96. Eurasian Collared Dove (2025-04-12)
    97. Egyptian Vulture (2025-04-13)
    98. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2025-04-18)
    99. Rock Pigeon (2025-04-18)
    100. Hume's Warbler (2025-04-18)
    101. Northern Wheatear (2025-04-18)
    102. Corn Bunting (2025-05-03)
    103. Great Reed Warbler (2025-05-10)
    104. Common Cuckoo (2025-06-13)
    105. Common Whitethroat (2025-06-14)
    106. Common Nightingale (2025-06-14)
    107. Western Marsh-Harrier (2025-08-07)
    108. Common Kingfisher (2025-08-24)
    109. Black Stork (2025-09-20)
    110. Steppe Grey Shrike (2025-09-21)
    111. European Nightjar (2025-09-27)
    112. Short-toed Snake-Eagle (2025-09-27)
    113. Carrion Crow (2025-10-21)
    114. Eurasian Dipper (2025-10-23)
    115. Merlin (2025-11-09)
    116. Mistle Thrush (2025-11-09)
    117. Common Sparrowhawk (2025-11-12)
    118. Saxaul Sparrow (2025-11-12)
    119. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2025-11-12)
    120. Demoiselle Crane (2026-04-25)

    recent uploads

    2026-05-14. Demoiselle Crane.

    2025-11-17. Eversmann's Redstart.

    2025-11-16. Saxaul Sparrow, Red-mantled Rosefinch.

    2025-11-14. Common Starling.

    2025-11-13. Common Sparrowhawk, Eversmann's Redstart.

    2025-11-10. Merlin, Yellow Wagtail, Mistle Thrush, Black-throated Thrush, European Greenfinch.

    2025-10-26. Eurasian Dipper, Carrion Crow.

    2025-10-07. Common Buzzard.

    2025-10-06. Blue-capped Redstart, Blue-capped Redstart, European Nightjar, Short-toed Snake-Eagle.

    2025-10-01. Common Buzzard, Tree Pipit.

    2025-09-30. Long-legged Buzzard, Great Cormorant, Himalayan Vulture, Steppe Grey Shrike, Common Chiffchaff, Cinereous Vulture, Black Stork, Common Buzzard.

    2025-08-27. Long-legged Buzzard, Black-winged Stilt, Black-winged Stilt, Northern Lapwing, Western Marsh-Harrier, Dalmatian Pelican, Lesser Whitethroat, Turkestan Shrike, Lesser Whitethroat, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Common Kingfisher, Great White Egret, Spotted Flycatcher, Siberian Stonechat.

    2025-07-11. Lesser Whitethroat, Common Kestrel, Masked Wagtail, Black-headed Wagtail.

    2025-06-23. Common Cuckoo, Red-headed Bunting, Common Whitethroat, Common Nightingale, Siberian Stonechat, Great White Pelican.

    2025-05-18. Pied Wheatear, Siberian Stonechat.

    2025-05-17. Corn Bunting, Chukar Partridge.

    2025-05-16. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush, Red-headed Bunting.

    2025-05-10. Great Reed Warbler, Turkestan Shrike, Black-headed Wagtail.

    2025-04-27. Northern Wheatear, Siberian Stonechat, Black-Bellied Sandgrouse.

    2025-04-26. Siberian Stonechat, Rock Pigeon, Barn Swallow, Hume's Warbler, Common Chiffchaff, Pied Wheatear, Common Starling.

    2025-04-20. Turkestan Shrike, Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush, Pied Wheatear, Pied Wheatear, Chukar Partridge, Sky Lark, Common Kestrel, Hoopoe.

    2025-04-13. Isabelline Wheatear, Pied Wheatear, Eurasian Stone Curlew, Siberian Stonechat, Turkestan Shrike, Black Kite, Ruddy Shelduck, Rock Sparrow, Calandra Lark, Pied Wheatear, Blue-capped Redstart, Himalayan Vulture, Grey Wagtail, Rock Bunting, Siberian Stonechat, Wood Pigeon, Eurasian Jackdaw, Eurasian Collared Dove, Egyptian Vulture.

    2025-04-05. Black Kite, Northern Pintail, Common Oystercatcher, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Ruddy Shelduck, Rook, Common Moorhen, Turkestan Shrike, Eurasian Jackdaw, Common Kestrel, Steppe Buzzard, Citrine Wagtail, Masked Wagtail, Cetti's Warbler, Common Chiffchaff.

    2025-03-24. Common Buzzard, Mute Swan, Common Chaffinch.

    2025-03-23. Pied Wheatear, Red-crested Pochard, Ruddy Shelduck, Dalmatian Pelican, Eversmann's Redstart, Grey Heron, Tufted Duck, Northern Lapwing, Northern Shoveler, Common Coot, Little Ringed Plover.

    2025-03-22. Dalmatian Pelican.

    2025-03-16. Calandra Lark, Common Chaffinch, Common Starling, Common Kestrel.

    2025-01-21. Common Chaffinch, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Tree Sparrow, Eurasian Blackbird.

    2025-01-03. Whooper Swan, Smew.

    2024-11-24. Fieldfare.

    2024-10-29. Pied Wheatear, Siberian Stonechat, Common Chaffinch, Black-throated Thrush.

    2024-10-27. Brambling, Common Chaffinch.

    2024-10-26. Eastern Buzzard, Yellowhammer.

    2024-10-19. Pygmy Cormorant.

    2024-10-18. Rock Bunting, Cinereous Vulture, Water Pipit, Long-legged Buzzard, Azure Tit, Long-legged Buzzard, Lesser Kestrel, Barn Swallow, White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

    2024-09-23. Siberian Stonechat, Common Moorhen, Black-headed Gull, Siberian Stonechat, Spotted Flycatcher, Great White Egret, Greenish Warbler, Isabelline Shrike, Isabelline Shrike, Lesser Grey Shrike, Caspian Gull, Common Redshank, Temminck's Stint, Black-winged Stilt, Great Cormorant.

    2024-09-21. Glossy Ibis.

    2024-05-17. Lesser Grey Shrike, Red-headed Bunting, Common Mynah, Eurasian Roller, Common Pheasant, Common Kestrel.

    2024-04-28. Montagu's Harrier, Pied Wheatear, Eurasian Scops-Owl.

    2024-04-18. Unkown Bird, Common Chaffinch, Chukar Partridge, Red-crested Pochard, Hoopoe.

    2024-04-12. Isabelline Wheatear.

    2024-03-23. Black Redstart.

    2023-10-29. Northern Black Grouse.

    2023-08-04. White-Winged Woodpecker, Paddyfield Warbler, Blyth's Reed Warbler.

    2023-07-10. Mallard.

    2023-07-09. Common Mynah.

    2023-07-06. Black-headed Wagtail, Little Ringed Plover.

    2023-07-05. Masked Wagtail.

    2023-04-14. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse.

    2022-02-04. Northern Reed Bunting, Common Pheasant, White-Winged Woodpecker.

    2022-02-02. Common Chaffinch, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Mallard.

    2022-02-01. Grey Heron.

    2022-01-31. White-Winged Woodpecker.

    2022-01-30. White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Caspian Gull, White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

    2022-01-29. Common Starling, Eversmann's Redstart, Black-throated Thrush, European Greenfinch.

    2022-01-19. White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

    2020-05-25. White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

    2020-05-24. Black-winged Stilt.

    2020-05-16. Long-legged Buzzard.

    2020-05-14. Red-headed Bunting, Spotted Flycatcher, Lesser Whitethroat, Calandra Lark, Rosy Starling.

    2020-05-13. Eurasian Roller.

    2020-05-08. Black-crowned Night Heron, Lesser Grey Shrike.

    2020-05-07. Grey Heron, Eurasian Roller.

    2020-05-04. Northern Lapwing, Black-winged Stilt.

    2020-05-02. Ruddy Shelduck.

    2020-05-01. Sky Lark, Calandra Lark.

    2020-04-30. Montagu's Harrier, Common Oystercatcher.

    2020-04-16. Tree Pipit.

    2020-04-14. Common Redshank, Whooper Swan.

    2020-04-13. Great White Pelican.

    2020-04-12. Great White Egret, Grey-headed Wagtail, Black-headed Wagtail.

    2020-04-11. Great White Pelican, Black-headed Gull.

    2020-04-10. Common Starling.

    2020-04-08. Hoopoe, Great Crested Grebe.

    2020-04-06. Great White Egret, Great White Egret.

    2020-04-05. Grey Heron.

    2020-04-04. Common Chaffinch, Black Kite, Wood Pigeon.

    2020-04-03. Black Redstart, Black Kite, Pied Wheatear.

    2020-04-02. Himalayan Golden Eagle, White-Winged Woodpecker.

    2020-03-31. Common Kestrel, Black-throated Thrush, Black-throated Thrush.

    2020-03-28. Common Chiffchaff.

    2020-03-27. Black Kite, Northern Reed Bunting, Ferruginous Duck.

    2020-03-26. Great White Egret, Red-crested Pochard, Pied Wheatear.

    2020-03-25. Turkestan Shrike, Black Kite, Black Kite.

    2020-03-24. Grey Heron, Black Kite, Common Chiffchaff, Red-crested Pochard.

    2020-03-23. Turkestan Shrike, Black Kite.

    2020-03-22. Black Kite.

    2020-03-21. Isabelline Shrike, Azure Tit.

    recent comments

    2025-11-30. to photo # 07200028803 (Saxaul Sparrow)

    Гера Айсберг: Думаю да, обычно точно ставлю, но карта не работает, это первый капчагайский залив.

    2025-11-19. to photo # 07200028803 (Saxaul Sparrow)

    Ирина: Отличное наблюдение!
    Подскажите, а точка верно стоит? Очень бы хотелось тоже поискать их

    2025-11-19. to photo # 07200028002 (Eversmann's Redstart)

    Гера Айсберг: Анна, благодарю!

    2025-11-19. to photo # 07200028002 (Eversmann's Redstart)

    Анна Ясько: Отправила в красноспинную.

    2025-11-18. to photo # 07200028002 (Eversmann's Redstart)

    Анна Ясько: Да, теперь ясно. Красноспинная.

    2025-11-17. to photo # 07200028002 (Eversmann's Redstart)

    Андрей Коваленко: Всё-таки красноспинная.

    2025-11-17. to photo # 07200028002 (Eversmann's Redstart)

    Гера Айсберг: добавил

    2025-11-17. to photo # 07200028001 (Eversmann's Redstart)

    Гера Айсберг: Спасибо, Андрей, спасибо, Анна! Обязательно посмотрю.

    2025-11-17. to photo # 07200028001 (Eversmann's Redstart)

    Анна Ясько: Еще бы ракурсов. Герман, может есть еще фото?

    2025-11-17. to photo # 07200028001 (Eversmann's Redstart)

    Андрей Коваленко: Для красноспинки какая-то темноватая и хвост скорее черноватый... Седоголовая что ли...?

    2025-11-17. to photo # 07200028901 (Red-mantled Rosefinch)

    Гера Айсберг: Спасибо,Федор!

    2025-11-16. to photo # 07200028901 (Red-mantled Rosefinch)

    Федор Карпов: Арчевая чечевица

    2025-11-13. to photo # 07200028101 (Yellow Wagtail)

    Игорь Фефелов: Цвет ног необычный для желтой, но мне тоже тут видится желтая ,в частности,по окраске крыла.

    2025-11-13. to photo # 07200028101 (Yellow Wagtail)

    Сергей Шурша: Что-то ссылка не отрывается https://kz.birding.day/v2photo.php?l=ru&s=000120826&n=1&t=404&si=kaz , если что, там фото горной 05.12.2020.

    2025-11-13. to photo # 07200028101 (Yellow Wagtail)

    Сергей Шурша: Похожего ракурса я не нашёл, но вот похожая с широкой бровью и светлыми кроющими крыла. Место съёмки примерно тоже. Изначально я обратил внимание [....]

    2025-11-13. to photo # 07200028101 (Yellow Wagtail)

    Анна Ясько: Сергей, я думаю, это именно желтая, так как:1. бровь широкая,2. каймы кроющих крыла белые, а не серые,3. перья надхвостья темные, а не желтые,4. окрас [....]

    2025-11-12. to photo # 07200028101 (Yellow Wagtail)

    Сергей Шурша: Это похоже горная, они и позже встречаются)

    2025-11-12. to photo # 07200028101 (Yellow Wagtail)

    Гера Айсберг: — «А — птички куда летят?»
    — «А-а… птички — твари неразумные, мало ли куда их занесёт нелёгкая!»

    2025-11-12. to photo # 07200028101 (Yellow Wagtail)

    Гера Айсберг: — «А — птички куда летят?»
    — «А-а… птички — твари неразумные, мало ли куда их занесёт нелёгкая!»

    2025-11-11. to photo # 07200028101 (Yellow Wagtail)

    Анна Ясько: Припозднилась, однако.

    2025-11-11. to photo # 07200028202 (Mistle Thrush)

    Гера Айсберг: Этот год на удивление дерябный.

    2025-11-11. to photo # 07200028202 (Mistle Thrush)

    Гера Айсберг: Спасибо, Гульфира!

    2025-11-10. to photo # 07200028201 (Mistle Thrush)

    Gulfira: Гера, красиво!

    2025-10-10. to photo # 07200027601 (Common Buzzard)

    Гера Айсберг: ой! не увидел,что Анна уже перенесла! исправляю

    2025-10-10. to photo # 07200027601 (Common Buzzard)

    Гера Айсберг: Спасибо! переношу в канюкоида!

    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...