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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, September 2016.

    Long-tailed Tit | Andrei Kuryashkin | 4

    Common Sparrowhawk | Askar Isabekov | 3

    Central Asia Starling | Askar Isabekov | 2

    Barred Warbler | Askar Isabekov | 2

    Goldcrest | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 2

    Greater Ringed Plover | Aisagali Kadirov | 2

    Common Sparrowhawk | Aibar Magazov | 2

    Common Snipe | Anna Yasko | 2

    Meadow Bunting | Viktor Kalyuzhnov | 2

    Eurasian Curlew | Askar Isabekov | 2

    Red-throated Pipit | Yuriy Malkov | 2

    White-browed Tit-Warbler | Askar Isabekov | 2

    Siberian Stonechat | Askar Isabekov | 1

    European Nightjar | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Common Kestrel | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Carrion Crow | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Eurasian Hobby | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Eurasian Wryneck | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Wood Pigeon | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Red-backed Shrike | Askar Isabekov | 1

    White-browed Tit-Warbler | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Brown Dipper | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Northern Wren | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Northern Wren | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Common Coot | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Common Moorhen | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Dunlin | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Steppe Eagle | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Steppe Eagle | Askar Isabekov | 1

    European Nightjar | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Steppe Buzzard | Andrey Vilyayev | 1

    Hill Pigeon | Oleg Belyalov | 1

    White-winged Grosbeak | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    Blue-capped Redstart | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    Slender-billed Gull | Aisagali Kadirov | 1

    Mute Swan | Aisagali Kadirov | 1

    Great Tit | Viktor Kolesnikov | 1

    Common Sparrowhawk | Viktor Kolesnikov | 1

    European Nightjar | Malik Nukusbekov | 1

    Wood Sandpiper | Malik Nukusbekov | 1

    Siberian Stonechat | Malik Nukusbekov | 1

    Greater Spotted Eagle | Alexandr Balykin | 1

    Eurasian Redstart | Aibar Magazov | 1

    Red-breasted Flycatcher | Aibar Magazov | 1

    Red-breasted Flycatcher | Aibar Magazov | 1

    Ruff | Alexandr Katuncev | 1

    Common Mynah | Alexandr Katuncev | 1

    Brown Dipper | Alexandr Katuncev | 1

    Common Cuckoo | Alexandr Katuncev | 1

    Steppe Eagle | Valeriy Gryunberg | 1

    Red-throated Pipit | Yuriy Malkov | 1

    Sky Lark | Yuriy Malkov | 1

    Siberian Stonechat | Alexandr Belyaev | 1

    Crested Honey-Buzzard | Alexandr Belyaev | 1

    Mallard | Anna Yasko | 1

    Eurasian Wigeon | Anna Yasko | 1

    Willow Warbler | Anna Yasko | 1

    Turkestan Shrike | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Red-backed Shrike | Askar Isabekov | 1

    White-browed Tit-Warbler | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Songar Tit | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Red-backed Shrike | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Common Sparrowhawk | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Greater Flamingo | Timur Iskakov | 1

    Great Spotted Woodpecker | Vladimir Shefer | 1

    Red Crossbill | Vassiliy Fedorenko | 1

    Sanderling | Aisagali Kadirov | 1

    Common Kingfisher | Viktor Kolesnikov | 1

    Desert Wheatear | Malik Nukusbekov | 1

    Red-breasted Flycatcher | Aibar Magazov | 1

    Red-breasted Flycatcher | Aibar Magazov | 1

    Common Sparrowhawk | Aibar Magazov | 1

    Long-legged Buzzard | Alexandr Katuncev | 1

    European Nightjar | Alexandr Katuncev | 1

    Dunlin | Alexandr Katuncev | 1

    Steppe Eagle | Valeriy Gryunberg | 1

    Red-throated Pipit | Yuriy Malkov | 1

    Red-throated Pipit | Yuriy Malkov | 1

    Siberian Stonechat | Alexandr Belyaev | 1

    Ruff | Anna Yasko | 1

    Long-tailed Tit | Andrei Kuryashkin | 1

    European Nightjar | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Common Sparrowhawk | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Water Pipit | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

    Hill Pigeon | Oleg Belyalov | 1

    Bar-tailed Godwit | Yuriy Malkov | 1

    Merlin | Yuriy Malkov | 1

    Whiskered Tern | Anna Yasko | 1

    Yellow Wagtail | Anna Yasko | 1

    Steppe Buzzard | Maksut Nurkabayev | 1

    Red-breasted Flycatcher | Maksut Nurkabayev | 1

    Long-tailed Tit | Andrei Kuryashkin | 1

    Steppe Buzzard | Aibar Magazov | 1

    Spotted Redshank | Yuriy Malkov | 1

    Merlin | Yuriy Malkov | 1

    Long-tailed Tit | Andrei Kuryashkin | 1

    Spotted Redshank | Yuriy Malkov | 1

    Red-throated Pipit | Yuriy Malkov | 1

    Merlin | Yuriy Malkov | 1

    Merlin | Yuriy Malkov | 1

    White-browed Tit-Warbler | Askar Isabekov | 1

    Red-throated Pipit | Yuriy Malkov | 1

    Steppe Eagle | Alexandr Katuncev | 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...