Best photos of the month. June 2014. Birds of Kazakhstan.

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classification

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

Pterocletiformes

Pteroclidae

Columbiformes

Columbidae

Cuculiformes

Cuculidae

Strigiformes

Strigidae

Caprimulgiformes

Caprimulgidae

Apodiformes

Apodidae

Coraciiformes

Coraciidae

Alcedinidae

Meropidae

Upupiformes

Upupidae

Piciformes

Picidae

Passeriformes

Best photos of the month, June 2014.

Northern House Martin | Sveta Ashby | 6

Eurasian Scops-Owl | Dvorianov Vladimir | 6

Eurasian Scops-Owl | Dvorianov Vladimir | 5

Black-crowned Night Heron | Andrey Kovalenko | 4

Great White Pelican | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Collared Pratincole | Sanzhar Abdikhalyk | 4

Pallas's Sea-Eagle | Andrey Kovalenko | 4

Pallas's Sea-Eagle | Andrey Kovalenko | 3

Barn Swallow | Gennadiy Dyakin | 3

Ruddy Shelduck | Oleg Belyalov | 3

Griffon Vulture | Oleg Belyalov | 3

Great White Pelican | Oleg Belyalov | 3

Black-crowned Night Heron | Oleg Belyalov | 3

Little Bittern | Oleg Belyalov | 3

Pallas's Sea-Eagle | Andrey Kovalenko | 3

Spanish Sparrow | Askar Isabekov | 2

Great White Pelican | Askar Isabekov | 2

Tawny Pipit | Askar Isabekov | 2

Eurasian Hobby | Askar Isabekov | 2

Meadow Bunting | Askar Isabekov | 2

White-crowned Penduline Tit | Andrey Kovalenko | 2

White-browed Tit-Warbler | Andrey Kovalenko | 2

Pallas's Sea-Eagle | Andrey Kovalenko | 2

Caspian Plover | Gennadiy Dyakin | 2

Rock Bunting | Gennadiy Dyakin | 2

Rock Sparrow | Gennadiy Dyakin | 2

Little Grebe | Gennadiy Dyakin | 2

Pallas's Sea-Eagle | Gennadiy Dyakin | 2

Common Oystercatcher | Timur Iskakov | 2

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Oleg Belyalov | 2

Common Redshank | Oleg Belyalov | 2

Desert Finch | Oleg Belyalov | 2

Common Rosefinch | Oleg Belyalov | 2

Whooper Swan | Oleg Belyalov | 2

Red-headed Bunting | Oleg Belyalov | 2

Common Snipe | Oleg Belyalov | 2

Dalmatian Pelican | Oleg Belyalov | 2

Spanish Sparrow | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 2

Crested Lark | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 2

Black-Bellied Sandgrouse | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 2

Long-eared Owl | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 2

Red-crested Pochard | Viktor Kolesnikov | 2

Turkestan Shrike | Viktor Kolesnikov | 2

Ruff | Yevgeny Belousov | 2

Golden Eagle | Serg Silan | 2

Great Tit | Ruslan Timerbayev | 2

White-Backed Woodpecker | Valentin Zenkov | 2

Common Kestrel | Miphail Kalashnikov | 2

Eurasian Scops-Owl | Dvorianov Vladimir | 2

Booted Warbler | Alexey Maznitsin | 2

Black-tailed Godwit | Alexey Maznitsin | 2

Black-tailed Godwit | Viktor Kolesnikov | 2

Red-headed Bunting | Viktor Kolesnikov | 2

Rufous Bush Robin | Yevgeny Belousov | 2

Black-crowned Night Heron | Andrey Kovalenko | 2

Eurasian Scops-Owl | Dvorianov Vladimir | 2

Black-crowned Night Heron | Askar Isabekov | 2

White-tailed Lapwing | Yevgeny Belousov | 2

Meadow Bunting | Askar Isabekov | 2

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Big Year 2026

1. Qanatbek Kenzhegulov (287)
2. Galym Baitimbet (241)
3. Zhaskairat Ermek (240)
4. Nikita Kanunnikov (213)
5. Aizhan Baitimbet (212)
6. Gennadiy Dyakin (204)
7. Sirimbet Zharilkasin (196)
8. Vladimir Muravskiy (196)
9. Gani Nazarbek (161)
10. Andrey Kovalenko (153)

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rare birds records

Great Snipe (Gallinago media)

The second record of a rare migratory species this season.

Great Snipe (Gallinago media)

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)

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)

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...

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...