Best photos of the month. November 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, November 2016.

Great White Egret | Malik Nukusbekov | 4

Eversmann's Redstart | Malik Nukusbekov | 3

Great White Egret | Askar Isabekov | 2

Black-throated Thrush | Askar Isabekov | 2

Eurasian Nuthatch | Askar Isabekov | 2

Goldcrest | Viktor Kolesnikov | 2

Grey-Headed Woodpecker | Viktor Kolesnikov | 2

Common Buzzard | Malik Nukusbekov | 2

Siberian Accentor | Malik Nukusbekov | 2

Steppe Eagle | Malik Nukusbekov | 2

Bohemian Waxwing | Malik Nukusbekov | 2

Black-Bellied Sandgrouse | Malik Nukusbekov | 2

Steppe Eagle | Malik Nukusbekov | 2

Steppe Eagle | Alexandr Katuncev | 2

Redwing | Yuriy Malkov | 2

White-Backed Woodpecker | Yuriy Malkov | 2

Grey-headed Goldfinch | Alexandr Belyaev | 2

Little Owl | Alexandr Belyaev | 2

Greater Ringed Plover | Anna Yasko | 2

Naumann's Thrush | Ivan Bevza | 2

Long-tailed Tit | Askar Isabekov | 2

Eurasian Blackbird | Gennadiy Dyakin | 2

Common Mynah | Gennadiy Dyakin | 2

Redwing | Aisagali Kadirov | 2

Bohemian Waxwing | Viktor Kolesnikov | 2

Merlin | Malik Nukusbekov | 2

Siberian Accentor | Malik Nukusbekov | 2

Great White Egret | Malik Nukusbekov | 2

Lammergeier | Valeriy Gryunberg | 2

Great White Egret | Galina Ternovaya | 2

Greater Flamingo | Serg Silan | 2

Eurasian Dipper | Askar Isabekov | 1

Willow Tit | Askar Isabekov | 1

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Askar Isabekov | 1

Long-tailed Tit | Askar Isabekov | 1

Red-flanked Bluetail | Askar Isabekov | 1

Eurasian Dipper | Askar Isabekov | 1

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Askar Isabekov | 1

Eurasian Nuthatch | Askar Isabekov | 1

Great Spotted Woodpecker | Askar Isabekov | 1

Eurasian Nuthatch | Askar Isabekov | 1

Eurasian Magpie | Askar Isabekov | 1

Smew | Askar Isabekov | 1

Siberian Accentor | Alexey Timoshenko | 1

Eurasian Blackbird | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1

Common Teal | Aisagali Kadirov | 1

Red-Necked Grebe | Aisagali Kadirov | 1

Coal Tit | Viktor Kolesnikov | 1

Azure Tit | Viktor Kolesnikov | 1

Yellowhammer | Viktor Kolesnikov | 1

Desert Finch | Malik Nukusbekov | 1

Steppe Eagle | Malik Nukusbekov | 1

Goldcrest | Malik Nukusbekov | 1

Great White Egret | Malik Nukusbekov | 1

Greater Flamingo | Serg Silan | 1

Hen Harrier | Alexandr Katuncev | 1

Golden Eagle | Alexandr Belyaev | 1

Bluethroat | Anna Yasko | 1

Blue Tit | Anna Yasko | 1

Dunlin | Anna Yasko | 1

Common Chiffchaff | Askar Isabekov | 1

Baraba Steppe Gull | Askar Isabekov | 1

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Alexandr Katuncev | 1

Ruddy Shelduck | Alexandr Katuncev | 1

Wallcreeper | Alexandr Belyaev | 1

Bohemian Waxwing | Anna Yasko | 1

Bohemian Waxwing | Malik Nukusbekov | 1

Black-Bellied Sandgrouse | Malik Nukusbekov | 1

Lammergeier | Valeriy Gryunberg | 1

Bohemian Waxwing | Malik Nukusbekov | 1

Lammergeier | Valeriy Gryunberg | 1

Bohemian Waxwing | Malik Nukusbekov | 1

Grey-Headed Woodpecker | Askar Isabekov | 1

Naumann's Thrush | Ivan Bevza | 1

Great White Egret | Galina Ternovaya | 1

Red-flanked Bluetail | Askar Isabekov | 1

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Big Year 2026

1. Qanatbek Kenzhegulov (287)
2. Galym Baitimbet (241)
3. Zhaskairat Ermek (240)
4. Nikita Kanunnikov (213)
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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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