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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, August 2012.

    Barn Swallow | Ivan Zuban | 4

    Garganey | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 3

    White-browed Tit-Warbler | Askar Isabekov | 2

    White-browed Tit-Warbler | Askar Isabekov | 2

    Ruddy Turnstone | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 2

    White-headed Duck | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 2

    Curlew Sandpiper | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 2

    Red-necked Phalarope | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 2

    Glossy Ibis | Aisagali Kadirov | 2

    Eurasian Curlew | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 2

    Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Vladimir Shefer | 2

    White-headed Duck | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 2

    Red-necked Phalarope | Askar Isabekov | 2

    White-headed Duck | Gennadiy Dyakin | 2

    Hodgson's Rosefinch | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Himalayan Snowcock | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Black-throated Accentor | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Red-billed Chough | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Yellow-billed Chough | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Alpine Accentor | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Siberian Stonechat | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Sanderling | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Curlew Sandpiper | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Black-winged Stilt | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Red-necked Phalarope | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Turkestan Shrike | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Common Whitethroat | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Red-backed Shrike | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Blyth's Reed Warbler | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Turkestan Shrike | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Hodgson's Rosefinch | Andrey Kovalenko | 1

    Alpine Accentor | Andrey Kovalenko | 1

    Himalayan Lammergeier | Andrey Kovalenko | 1

    Common Kestrel | Andrey Kovalenko | 1

    White-browed Tit-Warbler | Andrey Kovalenko | 1

    White-headed Duck | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Common Tern | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Grey Heron | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Ruff | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Common Kingfisher | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Lammergeier | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Plain Mountain Finch | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Brown Accentor | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Pacific Golden Plover | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Marsh Sandpiper | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Temminck's Stint | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Sanderling | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Curlew Sandpiper | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Common Kingfisher | Oleg Lyakhov | 1

    Gadwall | Oleg Lyakhov | 1

    Song Thrush | Vladimir Shefer | 1

    Eurasian Jackdaw | Vladimir Shefer | 1

    Common Snipe | Andrey Vilyayev | 1

    Paddyfield Warbler | Andrey Vilyayev | 1

    Masked Wagtail | Andrey Vilyayev | 1

    Spotted Flycatcher | Andrey Vilyayev | 1

    Wood Sandpiper | Andrey Vilyayev | 1

    Green Sandpiper | Andrey Vilyayev | 1

    Greater Ringed Plover | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    White-headed Duck | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    Black-Necked Grebe | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    Yellow-billed Chough | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    Sulphur-bellied Warbler | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    Alpine Accentor | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    Himalayan Accentor | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    Brown Accentor | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    Greenish Warbler | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    Black-throated Accentor | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    Plain Mountain Finch | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    Eurasian Curlew | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    Common Snipe | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    Terek Sandpiper | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    Temminck's Stint | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    Grey Heron | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    Common Kingfisher | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    Red-necked Phalarope | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    Red-necked Phalarope | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    Grey Heron | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    Citrine Wagtail | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    Whooper Swan | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    Ruff | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    Ruff | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    Little Ringed Plover | Aisagali Kadirov | 1

    Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Aisagali Kadirov | 1

    Ruddy Turnstone | Aisagali Kadirov | 1

    Black-headed Gull | Aisagali Kadirov | 1

    Yellow-backed Wagtail | Aisagali Kadirov | 1

    Spotted Flycatcher | Aisagali Kadirov | 1

    Pied Wheatear | Aisagali Kadirov | 1

    Eurasian Collared Dove | Aisagali Kadirov | 1

    Himalayan Lammergeier | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Black-throated Accentor | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Greenish Warbler | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Common Whitethroat | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Whooper Swan | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Common Redshank | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Plain Mountain Finch | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Kentish Plover | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Lesser Whitethroat | Vladimir Shefer | 1

    Western Marsh-Harrier | Andrey Vilyayev | 1

    White-headed Duck | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    Kentish Plover | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    Golden Eagle | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    Water Pipit | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    Brown Accentor | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    White-browed Tit-Warbler | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    Wood Sandpiper | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    Lesser Grey Shrike | Aisagali Kadirov | 1

    European Golden Oriole | Aisagali Kadirov | 1

    White-browed Tit-Warbler | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Water Pipit | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Himalayan Golden Eagle | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Plain Mountain Finch | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Shikra | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Asian Desert Warbler | Andrey Vilyayev | 1

    Ruddy Turnstone | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    White-headed Duck | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    Golden Eagle | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    White-browed Tit-Warbler | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    European Golden Oriole | Aisagali Kadirov | 1

    Himalayan Vulture | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Sanderling | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Barred Warbler | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Western Marsh-Harrier | Andrey Vilyayev | 1

    Lesser Whitethroat | Andrey Vilyayev | 1

    Little Stint | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Hodgson's Rosefinch | Andrey Kovalenko | 1

    White-headed Duck | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Wallcreeper | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Common Kingfisher | Oleg Lyakhov | 1

    Common Whitethroat | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Red-necked Phalarope | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Little Ringed Plover | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Himalayan Snowcock | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Greater Ringed Plover | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Kentish Plover | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Barred Warbler | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Greater Ringed Plover | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Little Ringed Plover | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Pacific Golden Plover | Gennadiy Dyakin | 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...