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Aktau. Mangistau.


2017-10-05| Askar Isabekov
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1Black-Necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)5

2Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)10

3Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)2

4Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)50

5Common Teal (Anas crecca)15

6Black Kite (Milvus migrans)2

7Western Marsh-Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)1

8Common Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)1

9Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)1

10Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)1

11Greater Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)1

12Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)2

13Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)1

14Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)30

15Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)15

16Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)20

17Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)20

18White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)5

19Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)1

20Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)3

21Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)1

22Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)10

23Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola maurus)1

24Eurasian Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)3

25European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)1

26Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)2

27House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)50

28Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)5

29Desert Finch (Rhodospiza obsoleta)15

30Common Rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus)1

31Northern Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)5

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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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