Best photos of the month. May 2016. Birds of Kazakhstan.

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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, May 2016.

Macqueen's Bustard | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 5

Finsch's Wheatear | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 4

Finsch's Wheatear | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

Short-toed Snake-Eagle | Askar Isabekov | 3

Black Kite | Askar Isabekov | 3

Red-footed Falcon | Askar Isabekov | 3

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 3

Pallid Scops Owl | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 3

Eastern Scops-Owl | Boris Gubin | 3

Eurasian Hobby | Malik Nukusbekov | 3

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 3

Common Buzzard | Askar Isabekov | 2

Common Cuckoo | Askar Isabekov | 2

Northern Wheatear | Askar Isabekov | 2

Lesser Grey Shrike | Askar Isabekov | 2

Barn Swallow | Askar Isabekov | 2

Levant Sparrowhawk | Askar Isabekov | 2

Common Kestrel | Askar Isabekov | 2

Eurasian Roller | Askar Isabekov | 2

Grey Partridge | Askar Isabekov | 2

European Golden Oriole | Askar Isabekov | 2

Tawny Pipit | Askar Isabekov | 2

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Askar Isabekov | 2

Common Kingfisher | Askar Isabekov | 2

Egyptian Vulture | Gennadiy Dyakin | 2

Macqueen's Bustard | Gennadiy Dyakin | 2

Eurasian Stone Curlew | Gennadiy Dyakin | 2

Red-headed Bunting | Gennadiy Dyakin | 2

Crested Honey-Buzzard | Timur Iskakov | 2

Wood Sandpiper | Oleg Belyalov | 2

Greater Spotted Eagle | Oleg Belyalov | 2

Egyptian Vulture | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 2

White-tailed Lapwing | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 2

Eurasian Stone Curlew | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 2

Menetries Warbler | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 2

Eurasian Scops-Owl | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 2

White-throated Robin | Malik Nukusbekov | 2

Pin-Tailed Sandgrouse | Malik Nukusbekov | 2

Little Ringed Plover | Malik Nukusbekov | 2

Ortolan Bunting | Vladimir Vorobyov | 2

Eurasian Wryneck | Vladimir Vorobyov | 2

North Mongolian Yellow Wagtail | Vladimir Vorobyov | 2

Eurasian Scops-Owl | Vladimir Vorobyov | 2

Altai Snowcock | Vladimir Vorobyov | 2

Demoiselle Crane | Sergei Shmygalev | 2

Western Marsh-Harrier | Yuriy Malkov | 2

Black-winged Pratincole | Yuriy Malkov | 2

Little Stint | Yuriy Malkov | 2

Eurasian Stone Curlew | Alexandr Belyaev | 2

Bluethroat | Alexandr Belyaev | 2

Common Mynah | Alexandr Belyaev | 2

Asian Desert Warbler | Alexandr Belyaev | 2

Desert Wheatear | Alexandr Belyaev | 2

Syke's Warbler | Anna Yasko | 2

Mute Swan | Askar Isabekov | 2

Grey Partridge | Askar Isabekov | 2

Red-footed Falcon | Askar Isabekov | 2

Finsch's Wheatear | Gennadiy Dyakin | 2

Macqueen's Bustard | Gennadiy Dyakin | 2

Eurasian Roller | Gennadiy Dyakin | 2

White-tailed Lapwing | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 2

North Mongolian Yellow Wagtail | Vladimir Vorobyov | 2

Willow Ptarmigan | Vladimir Vorobyov | 2

Calandra Lark | Valeriy Gryunberg | 2

Ortolan Bunting | Alexandr Belyaev | 2

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Alexandr Belyaev | 2

Asian Desert Warbler | Alexandr Belyaev | 2

Levant Sparrowhawk | Askar Isabekov | 2

Red-footed Falcon | Askar Isabekov | 2

Finsch's Wheatear | Gennadiy Dyakin | 2

Desert Finch | Gennadiy Dyakin | 2

Kentish Plover | Gennadiy Dyakin | 2

Little Bustard | Malik Nukusbekov | 2

White-winged Lark | Valeriy Gryunberg | 2

Asian Desert Warbler | Alexandr Belyaev | 2

Syke's Warbler | Anna Yasko | 2

Macqueen's Bustard | Gennadiy Dyakin | 2

Desert Finch | Gennadiy Dyakin | 2

White-tailed Lapwing | Gennadiy Dyakin | 2

Syke's Warbler | Anna Yasko | 2

Finsch's Wheatear | Gennadiy Dyakin | 2

Macqueen's Bustard | Gennadiy Dyakin | 2

White-tailed Lapwing | Gennadiy Dyakin | 2

Little Bustard | Malik Nukusbekov | 2

Little Ringed Plover | Malik Nukusbekov | 2

Steppe Eagle | 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.

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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 )

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