Best photos of the month. December 2021. 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, December 2021.

White-browed Tit-Warbler | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 25

White-browed Tit-Warbler | Raouf Bairashev | 17

White-browed Tit-Warbler | Gennadiy Dyakin | 15

Red-fronted Serin | Raouf Bairashev | 14

Ring-billed Gull | Anna Yasko | 14

White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Viktor Kolesnikov | 12

Common Treecreeper | Viktor Kolesnikov | 11

White-browed Tit-Warbler | Gennadiy Dyakin | 11

White-browed Tit-Warbler | Raouf Bairashev | 11

Eversmann's Redstart | Raouf Bairashev | 10

Goldcrest | Raouf Bairashev | 10

Ibisbill | Alexandr Belyaev | 10

Solitary Snipe | Alexandr Belyaev | 10

Ibisbill | Alexandr Belyaev | 10

Black-headed Gull | Anna Yasko | 10

Eurasian Golden Plover | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 10

Ring-billed Gull | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 10

White-browed Tit-Warbler | Gennadiy Dyakin | 10

White-browed Tit-Warbler | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 10

Eurasian Magpie | Raouf Bairashev | 9

Azure Tit | Raouf Bairashev | 9

Eurasian Blackbird | Gennadiy Dyakin | 9

Eurasian Dipper | Viktor Kolesnikov | 9

Eurasian Collared Dove | Alexandr Katuncev | 9

Amur (White) Wagtail | Alexandr Belyaev | 9

Ring-billed Gull | Anna Yasko | 9

Eurasian Golden Plover | Anna Yasko | 9

White-browed Tit-Warbler | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 9

Azure Tit | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 9

Bearded Tit | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 9

Tufted Duck | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 9

Common Chaffinch | Raouf Bairashev | 8

Rook | Gennadiy Dyakin | 8

Peregrine Falcon | Viktor Kolesnikov | 8

Red Crossbill | Viktor Kolesnikov | 8

Ural Owl | Vladimir Vorobyov | 8

Barbary Falcon | Alexandr Belyaev | 8

Northern Wren | Alexandr Belyaev | 8

Black-headed Gull | Anna Yasko | 8

Bearded Tit | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 8

Common Coot | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 8

White-browed Tit-Warbler | Robert Parker | 8

White-browed Tit-Warbler | Raouf Bairashev | 8

Water Rail | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 8

Grey-headed Goldfinch | Raouf Bairashev | 7

Azure Tit | Alexandr Katuncev | 7

Citrine Wagtail | Alexandr Belyaev | 7

Amur (White) Wagtail | Alexandr Belyaev | 7

Yellow-breasted Tit | Kudaibergen Amirekul | 7

Common Treecreeper | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 7

Little Owl | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 7

Solitary Snipe | Alexandr Belyaev | 7

Black-headed Gull | Anna Yasko | 7

Grey-headed Goldfinch | Raouf Bairashev | 6

Red-mantled Rosefinch | Raouf Bairashev | 6

Ibisbill | Gennadiy Dyakin | 6

Hawfinch | Valentin Zenkov | 6

Godlewski's Bunting | Vladimir Vorobyov | 6

Whooper Swan | Gleb Bolbotov | 6

Common Goldeneye | Anna Yasko | 6

Eurasian Golden Plover | Anna Yasko | 6

Desert Finch | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 6

White-browed Tit-Warbler | Raouf Bairashev | 6

Black Woodpecker | Andrei Kuryashkin | 6

Ring-billed Gull | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 6

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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...