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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
  • classification:

    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
  • Best photos of the month, March 2012.

    White-Backed Woodpecker | Vladimir Shefer | 3

    European Robin | Askar Isabekov | 2

    Continental Cormorant | Gennadiy Dyakin | 2

    Citrine Wagtail | Gennadiy Dyakin | 2

    Long-tailed Rosefinch | Gennadiy Dyakin | 2

    Common Treecreeper | Askar Isabekov | 2

    European Robin | Askar Isabekov | 2

    European Robin | Gennadiy Dyakin | 2

    Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Common Treecreeper | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Peregrine Falcon | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Crested Lark | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Rock Bunting | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Long-tailed Rosefinch | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Isabelline Wheatear | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Mistle Thrush | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Peregrine Falcon | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Water Pipit | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Daurian Shrike | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Citrine Wagtail | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Bearded Tit | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Pied Wheatear | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Tufted Duck | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Northern Pintail | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Bluethroat | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Eurasian Wigeon | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Grey-headed Wagtail | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Calandra Lark | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Common Kestrel | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Turkestan Black Redstart | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Western Marsh-Harrier | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Central Asia Starling | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Short-toed Snake-Eagle | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Great Spotted Woodpecker | Vladimir Shefer | 1

    Black-throated Thrush | Vladimir Shefer | 1

    Hooded Crow | Vladimir Shefer | 1

    Turkestan Shrike | Andrey Vilyayev | 1

    Mute Swan | Aisagali Kadirov | 1

    Common Oystercatcher | Aisagali Kadirov | 1

    Finsch's Wheatear | Aisagali Kadirov | 1

    Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Northern Goshawk | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Black-throated Thrush | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Western Marsh-Harrier | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Common Kestrel | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Greater Short-toed Lark | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Vladimir Shefer | 1

    Mute Swan | Aisagali Kadirov | 1

    Mistle Thrush | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Desert Finch | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Pied Wheatear | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Pine Bunting | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Long-tailed Rosefinch | Oleg Lyakhov | 1

    Black-throated Thrush | Vladimir Shefer | 1

    Isabelline Wheatear | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Daurian Shrike | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Citrine Wagtail | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    White-Backed Woodpecker | Oleg Lyakhov | 1

    Eurasian Linnet | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Northern Shoveler | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Eurasian Linnet | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Water Pipit | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Great Spotted Woodpecker | Vladimir Shefer | 1

    Peregrine Falcon | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Desert Wheatear | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Eurasian Linnet | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Northern Shoveler | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Short-toed Snake-Eagle | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Black-throated Thrush | Vladimir Shefer | 1

    Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Vladimir Shefer | 1

    European Robin | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Water Pipit | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Peregrine Falcon | Askar Isabekov | 1

    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.

    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 )

    more unidentified birds...