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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
  • Pelecanidae
  • Phalacrocoracidae
    • Ciconiiformes
  • Ardeidae
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    • Phoenicopteriformes
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    • Anseriformes
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    • Falconiformes
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  • Tetraonidae
  • Phasianidae
    • Gruiformes
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  • Rallidae
  • Otididae
    • Charadriiformes
  • Burhinidae
  • Charadriidae
  • Recurvirostridae
  • Haematopodidae
  • Scolopacidae
  • Glareolidae
  • Stercorariidae
  • Laridae
    • Pterocletiformes
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    • Columbiformes
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    • Strigiformes
  • Strigidae
    • Caprimulgiformes
  • Caprimulgidae
    • Apodiformes
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    • Coraciiformes
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    • Upupiformes
  • Upupidae
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  • Picidae
    • Passeriformes
  • Hirundinidae
  • Alaudidae
  • Motacillidae
  • Laniidae
  • Oriolidae
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  • Bombycillidae
  • Cinclidae
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  • Paradoxornithidae
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  • Sittidae
  • Certhiidae
  • Ploceidae
  • Fringillidae
  • Emberizidae

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    total species: 161
    total photos: 359
    total videos: 0
    total blogposts: 0

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    1. Common Starling (2024-12-17)
    2. Golden Eagle (2025-01-09)
    3. Cinereous Vulture (2025-01-10)
    4. Common Mynah (2025-01-11)
    5. Mute Swan (2025-01-13)
    6. European Greenfinch (2025-01-13)
    7. Common Chaffinch (2025-01-13)
    8. Wallcreeper (2025-01-15)
    9. Chukar Partridge (2025-01-15)
    10. Great Tit (2025-01-19)
    11. Great Grey Shrike (2025-01-20)
    12. White-Winged Woodpecker (2025-01-22)
    13. Common Kestrel (2025-01-29)
    14. Tree Sparrow (2025-01-30)
    15. Smew (2025-02-01)
    16. Common Goldeneye (2025-02-01)
    17. Steppe Eagle (2025-02-06)
    18. Turkestan Tit (2025-02-13)
    19. Rock Pigeon (2025-02-13)
    20. Black-throated Thrush (2025-02-13)
    21. Long-legged Buzzard (2025-02-20)
    22. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2025-02-22)
    23. Ruddy Shelduck (2025-02-23)
    24. Finsch's Wheatear (2025-02-25)
    25. Little Owl (2025-02-26)
    26. Hooded Crow (2025-02-26)
    27. Eurasian Magpie (2025-02-26)
    28. Rook (2025-02-27)
    29. Eurasian Jackdaw (2025-03-05)
    30. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2025-03-08)
    31. Hoopoe (2025-03-10)
    32. Crested Lark (2025-03-12)
    33. Greylag Goose (2025-03-13)
    34. Great Cormorant (2025-03-14)
    35. White Wagtail (2025-03-14)
    36. Tufted Duck (2025-03-14)
    37. Western Marsh-Harrier (2025-03-14)
    38. Great White Egret (2025-03-14)
    39. Mallard (2025-03-16)
    40. Pallas's Gull (2025-03-16)
    41. Common Teal (2025-03-16)
    42. Black-headed Gull (2025-03-16)
    43. Grey Heron (2025-03-16)
    44. Eurasian Wigeon (2025-03-16)
    45. Pied Wheatear (2025-03-16)
    46. Dalmatian Pelican (2025-03-16)
    47. Masked Wagtail (2025-03-16)
    48. Hen Harrier (2025-03-17)
    49. Northern Wheatear (2025-03-18)
    50. House Sparrow (2025-03-18)
    51. Kentish Plover (2025-03-19)
    52. Common Redshank (2025-03-19)
    53. Common Snipe (2025-03-19)
    54. Spanish Sparrow (2025-03-19)
    55. Little Bustard (2025-03-19)
    56. Calandra Lark (2025-03-19)
    57. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (2025-03-19)
    58. Common Crane (2025-03-19)
    59. Macqueen's Bustard (2025-03-19)
    60. Turkestan Shrike (2025-03-19)
    61. Citrine Wagtail (2025-03-19)
    62. Desert Finch (2025-03-19)
    63. Isabelline Wheatear (2025-03-19)
    64. Northern Shoveler (2025-03-19)
    65. Slender-billed Gull (2025-03-19)
    66. Pygmy Cormorant (2025-03-19)
    68. Common Coot (2025-03-24)
    69. Common Sparrowhawk (2025-03-24)
    70. Isabelline Shrike (2025-03-24)
    71. Demoiselle Crane (2025-03-27)
    72. Black-Necked Grebe (2025-03-27)
    73. White Stork (2025-03-27)
    74. Siberian Stonechat (2025-03-27)
    75. White-tailed Lapwing (2025-03-27)
    76. Desert Wheatear (2025-03-27)
    77. Common Oystercatcher (2025-03-28)
    78. Common Buzzard (2025-03-28)
    79. Pied Avocet (2025-03-28)
    80. Glossy Ibis (2025-03-28)
    81. Ruff (2025-03-28)
    82. Bluethroat (2025-04-06)
    83. Booted Eagle (2025-04-06)
    84. Menetries Warbler (2025-04-11)
    85. Barn Swallow (2025-04-11)
    86. Black-winged Stilt (2025-04-11)
    87. Eurasian Collared Dove (2025-04-11)
    88. Egyptian Vulture (2025-04-11)
    89. Grey Wagtail (2025-04-26)
    90. Eurasian Roller (2025-04-26)
    91. Common Tern (2025-04-28)
    92. Streaked Scrub Warbler (2025-04-29)
    93. Red-headed Bunting (2025-05-01)
    94. European Bee-eater (2025-05-01)
    95. Spotted Flycatcher (2025-05-02)
    96. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (2025-05-02)
    97. Osprey (2025-05-04)
    98. Common Kingfisher (2025-05-04)
    99. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (2025-05-04)
    100. Ortolan Bunting (2025-05-04)
    101. Little Stint (2025-05-04)
    102. Rosy Starling (2025-05-04)
    103. Garganey (2025-05-04)
    104. Common Sandpiper (2025-05-04)
    105. Oriental Turtle Dove (2025-05-04)
    106. Carrion Crow (2025-05-07)
    107. Greater Sand Plover (2025-05-09)
    108. Steppe Grey Shrike (2025-05-09)
    109. Syke's Warbler (2025-05-09)
    110. Red-backed Shrike (2025-05-09)
    111. Common Cuckoo (2025-05-09)
    112. Paddyfield Warbler (2025-05-09)
    113. Indian Sparrow (2025-05-09)
    114. Pander's Ground-Jay (2025-05-23)
    115. Pallid Scops Owl (2025-05-27)
    116. Rufous Bush Robin (2025-05-27)
    117. European Nightjar (2025-05-27)
    118. White-crowned Penduline Tit (2025-05-28)
    119. Northern House Martin (2025-05-29)
    120. Eurasian Hobby (2025-05-29)
    121. Shikra (2025-06-05)
    122. Wood Pigeon (2025-06-18)
    123. Asian Paradise Flycatcher (2025-06-18)
    124. Mistle Thrush (2025-06-18)
    125. Eurasian Blackbird (2025-06-18)
    126. Indian Golden Oriole (2025-06-18)
    127. Lesser Grey Shrike (2025-06-18)
    128. Tree Pipit (2025-06-18)
    129. Blue Whistling Thrush (2025-06-25)
    130. Red-rumped Swallow (2025-06-25)
    131. Great Bustard (2025-06-26)
    132. Egyptian Nightjar (2025-07-26)
    133. Crested Honey-Buzzard (2025-08-24)
    134. Eurasian Wryneck (2025-08-24)
    135. Eastern Rock Nuthatch (2025-08-24)
    136. Bearded Tit (2025-10-13)
    137. Green Sandpiper (2026-01-01)
    138. Goosander (2026-01-02)
    139. Red-fronted Serin (2026-01-08)
    140. Meadow Bunting (2026-01-08)
    141. Whooper Swan (2026-01-08)
    142. Common Pheasant (2026-01-20)
    143. Cetti's Warbler (2026-01-30)
    144. Red-crested Pochard (2026-02-06)
    145. Eversmann's Redstart (2026-02-13)
    146. Fieldfare (2026-02-15)
    147. Variable Wheatear (2026-02-19)
    148. Rock Sparrow (2026-02-19)
    149. Black-throated Accentor (2026-02-24)
    150. Great White Pelican (2026-03-30)
    151. Common Chiffchaff (2026-03-30)
    152. Little Ringed Plover (2026-04-18)
    153. Lesser Whitethroat (2026-04-29)
    154. Common Rosefinch (2026-04-29)
    155. Yellow-breasted Tit (2026-04-30)
    156. Temminck's Stint (2026-04-30)
    157. Common Moorhen (2026-04-30)
    158. Purple Heron (2026-04-30)
    159. Eurasian Spoonbill (2026-04-30)
    160. Great Crested Grebe (2026-05-20)
    161. Black Kite (2026-05-22)

    recent uploads

    2026-05-28. Shikra, Oriental Turtle Dove, Common Kestrel, Great Crested Grebe, Turkestan Tit, Indian Golden Oriole.

    2026-05-26. White Stork, European Nightjar, Barn Swallow, Carrion Crow, Black Kite.

    2026-05-02. Little Ringed Plover, Wood Pigeon, Blue Whistling Thrush, Lesser Grey Shrike, Asian Paradise Flycatcher, Great Tit, Lesser Grey Shrike, Eurasian Hobby, Eurasian Blackbird, Mistle Thrush, Tree Pipit, Grey Wagtail, Spotted Flycatcher, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Rosefinch, Common Cuckoo, Common Sandpiper, Indian Golden Oriole, Long-legged Buzzard, Common Kingfisher, Booted Eagle, Yellow-breasted Tit, Turkestan Shrike, Black-winged Stilt, Red-rumped Swallow, Eurasian Roller, Temminck's Stint, Siberian Stonechat, Siberian Stonechat, Common Moorhen, Purple Heron, White-tailed Lapwing, Glossy Ibis, Eurasian Spoonbill, Spanish Sparrow, Siberian Stonechat, Unkown Bird, Osprey, Great White Pelican, Citrine Wagtail, Common Oystercatcher, Common Chiffchaff, Desert Wheatear, Northern Shoveler, Common Starling, Dalmatian Pelican.

    2026-03-03. Ruff, Black-throated Accentor, Greater White-fronted Goose, Little Bustard, Cetti's Warbler, Eversmann's Redstart.

    2026-02-19. Variable Wheatear, Rock Sparrow.

    2026-02-16. Fieldfare.

    2026-02-09. Crested Lark, Little Owl, Long-legged Buzzard, Pallas's Gull, Red-crested Pochard, Mute Swan, Black-Bellied Sandgrouse, Hooded Crow, Common Teal, White Stork.

    2026-01-23. Mute Swan, Common Pheasant.

    2026-01-19. Hen Harrier, Western Marsh-Harrier.

    2026-01-13. Mallard.

    2026-01-12. Red-fronted Serin, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Meadow Bunting, Common Coot, Whooper Swan, Dalmatian Pelican.

    2026-01-06. Great White Egret, Eurasian Magpie, Common Crane, Grey Heron, Green Sandpiper.

    2026-01-05. White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Ruddy Shelduck, Steppe Eagle, Goosander, Common Goldeneye.

    2025-10-14. Bearded Tit.

    2025-08-26. Crested Honey-Buzzard, Eurasian Wryneck, Eastern Rock Nuthatch.

    2025-08-04. Common Cuckoo, Rosy Starling.

    2025-07-21. Egyptian Nightjar.

    2025-06-30. Blue Whistling Thrush, Red-rumped Swallow, Great Bustard.

    2025-06-27. Tree Pipit.

    2025-06-21. Mistle Thrush, Eurasian Blackbird, Indian Golden Oriole, Lesser Grey Shrike.

    2025-06-20. Wood Pigeon, Asian Paradise Flycatcher.

    2025-06-11. Pallid Scops Owl.

    2025-06-08. Carrion Crow.

    2025-06-05. White-crowned Penduline Tit, Pallid Scops Owl, Rufous Bush Robin, Northern House Martin, Booted Eagle, Turkestan Tit, European Nightjar, Eurasian Hobby, Shikra, Eurasian Hobby, Glossy Ibis.

    2025-05-25. Pander's Ground-Jay.

    2025-05-19. Long-legged Buzzard, Spotted Flycatcher.

    2025-05-12. Indian Sparrow, Red-backed Shrike, Rook.

    2025-05-10. Greater Sand Plover, Steppe Grey Shrike, Syke's Warbler, Red-backed Shrike, Common Cuckoo, Paddyfield Warbler.

    2025-05-05. Grey Wagtail, Eurasian Roller, Red-headed Bunting, European Bee-eater, Osprey, Common Kingfisher, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Ortolan Bunting, Common Snipe, Little Stint, Central Asia Starling, Black-winged Stilt, Rosy Starling, Garganey, Common Teal, Common Sandpiper, Common Tern, Spotted Flycatcher, Streaked Scrub Warbler, Oriental Turtle Dove, Eurasian Eagle-Owl.

    2025-04-16. Desert Finch.

    2025-04-15. Bluethroat, Menetries Warbler, Barn Swallow, Black-winged Stilt, Eurasian Collared Dove, Egyptian Vulture, Booted Eagle.

    2025-03-29. Black-headed Gull, Glossy Ibis, White Stork, Siberian Stonechat, Pied Wheatear, Ruff, Kentish Plover, White-tailed Lapwing, Isabelline Wheatear, Desert Wheatear.

    2025-03-28. Demoiselle Crane, Steppe Buzzard, Black-Necked Grebe, Pied Avocet, Common Oystercatcher.

    2025-03-25. Kentish Plover, Hen Harrier, Common Redshank, Common Snipe, Spanish Sparrow, Little Bustard, Calandra Lark, Black-Bellied Sandgrouse, Calandra Lark, Common Crane, Macqueen's Bustard, Turkestan Shrike, Common Starling, Kentish Plover, Common Teal, Citrine Wagtail, Desert Finch, Pied Wheatear, Dalmatian Pelican, Common Coot, Common Sparrowhawk, Isabelline Shrike, Masked Wagtail, Isabelline Wheatear, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Steppe Eagle, Common Starling, Common Kestrel, Northern Shoveler, Slender-billed Gull, Pied Wheatear, Northern Wheatear, Pygmy Cormorant, Unkown Bird, Greater White-fronted Goose, House Sparrow.

    2025-03-17. Mallard, Mallard, Pallas's Gull, Pallas's Gull, Common Teal, Black-headed Gull, Grey Heron, Eurasian Wigeon.

    2025-03-14. Great Cormorant, White Wagtail, Common Mynah, Tufted Duck, Western Marsh-Harrier, Great White Egret.

    2025-03-13. Eastern Imperial Eagle, Greylag Goose.

    2025-03-12. Common Mynah, Finsch's Wheatear, Rook, Wallcreeper, Chukar Partridge, Common Starling, Crested Lark, European Greenfinch, Common Chaffinch, Eurasian Magpie, Turkestan Tit, Rock Pigeon, Black-throated Thrush.

    2025-03-11. Little Owl, White-Winged Woodpecker, Mute Swan, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Steppe Eagle, Golden Eagle, Great Grey Shrike, Grey Heron, Common Kestrel, Long-legged Buzzard, Cinereous Vulture, Hooded Crow, Eurasian Jackdaw, Hoopoe, Ruddy Shelduck.

    2025-02-01. Smew, Common Goldeneye.

    2025-01-31. Tree Sparrow, Hybrid Crow.

    2025-01-19. Great Tit.

    recent comments

    2026-05-30. to photo # 08490026701 (Oriental Turtle Dove)

    Анна Ясько: Затылок коричневый, "зеркальце" сбоку шеи сизое, а не белое, поясница серая. Это большая горлица.

    2026-05-30. to photo # 08490027101 (Indian Golden Oriole)

    Анна Ясько: Крайние рулевые без черных полей. Это индийская иволга.

    2026-05-28. to photo # 08490026801 (Common Kestrel)

    Андрей Коваленко: Пустельжонок.

    2026-05-27. to photo # 08490026201 (European Nightjar)

    Анна Ясько: Перенесла в обыкновенного.

    2026-05-26. to photo # 08490026501 (Black Kite)

    Анна Ясько: Поправила.

    2026-05-26. to photo # 08490026501 (Black Kite)

    Владимир Муравский: Это на автомате, авдотка первая в списке :)

    2026-05-26. to photo # 08490026201 (European Nightjar)

    Владимир Муравский: Айдос, а почему решили, что буланый? Вполне обыкновенный козодой

    2026-05-26. to photo # 08490026501 (Black Kite)

    Андрей Коваленко: Коршун...

    2026-05-26. to photo # 08490026201 (European Nightjar)

    Андрей Коваленко: Почему буланый...?

    2026-05-11. to photo # 08490022701 (Lesser Whitethroat)

    Анна Ясько: Была такая мысль, но по одному фото не просто доказать.

    2026-05-11. to photo # 08490022701 (Lesser Whitethroat)

    Андрей Коваленко: Может и горная...

    2026-05-11. to photo # 08490021701 (Lesser Grey Shrike)

    Bassel Abi Jummaa: I agree Anna . Yes the pink color is completely washed out due to this

    2026-05-11. to photo # 08490024801 (Spanish Sparrow)

    Анна Ясько: Черногрудый воробей.

    2026-05-11. to photo # 08490022701 (Lesser Whitethroat)

    Анна Ясько: Yes, it seems so.

    2026-05-11. to photo # 08490021701 (Lesser Grey Shrike)

    Анна Ясько: The photo is noticeably overexposed, so it looks strange, in my opinion.

    2026-05-04. to photo # 08490025401 (Citrine Wagtail)

    Анна Ясько: Желтоголовая трясогузка.

    2026-05-04. to photo # 08490024001 (Temminck's Stint)

    Анна Ясько: Белохвостый песочник Calidris temminckii.

    2026-05-04. to photo # 08490023101 (Indian Golden Oriole)

    Анна Ясько: Индийская иволга Oriolus kundoo.

    2026-05-04. to photo # 08490021901 (Great Tit)

    Анна Ясько: Большая синица - низ желтый.

    2026-05-02. to photo # 08490024901 (Siberian Stonechat)

    Bassel Abi Jummaa: Female Siberian stonechat ( Saxiola Maurus )

    2026-05-02. to photo # 08490024101 (Siberian Stonechat)

    Bassel Abi Jummaa: Most probably Siberian stonechat . But difficult to be 100% sure from this photo . But most likely Siberian

    2026-05-02. to photo # 08490022801 (Common Rosefinch)

    Bassel Abi Jummaa: Common rosefinch

    2026-05-02. to photo # 08490022701 (Lesser Whitethroat)

    Bassel Abi Jummaa: Most probably lesser whitethroat ( Curruca curruca )

    2026-05-02. to photo # 08490022401 (Tree Pipit)

    Bassel Abi Jummaa: Tree pipit ( Anthus Trivialis )

    2026-05-02. to photo # 08490022301 (Mistle Thrush)

    Bassel Abi Jummaa: Mistle thrush ( Turdus Viscivorus )

    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...