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classification:
Gaviiformes
Podicipediformes
Pelecaniformes
Ciconiiformes
Phoenicopteriformes
Anseriformes
Falconiformes
Galliformes
Gruiformes
Charadriiformes
Pterocletiformes
Columbiformes
Cuculiformes
Strigiformes
Caprimulgiformes
Apodiformes
Coraciiformes
Upupiformes
Piciformes
Passeriformes
Best photos of the month, December 2014.
Macqueen's Bustard | Askar Isabekov | 5
Macqueen's Bustard | Askar Isabekov | 4
Macqueen's Bustard | Askar Isabekov | 4
Tufted Duck | Askar Isabekov | 2
Lesser Whitethroat | Askar Isabekov | 2
Snowy Owl | Alexey Timoshenko | 2
Northern Wren | Andrey Kovalenko | 2
Long-tailed Rosefinch | Andrey Kovalenko | 2
Snowy Owl | Ruslan Urazaliyev | 2
Common Starling | Ruslan Urazaliyev | 2
Hybrid (Black-throated x Red-throated) Thrush | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 2
Eversmann's Redstart | Svetlana Aleinikova | 2
Ibisbill | Alexandr Belyaev | 2
Common Snipe | Alexandr Belyaev | 2
Steppe Horned Lark | Aisagali Kadirov | 2
Tufted Duck | Askar Isabekov | 2
Macqueen's Bustard | 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)
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)
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 )