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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, October 2022.

    Red-breasted Goose | Viktor Kolesnikov | 16

    Northern Wren | Yevgeny Belousov | 13

    Upland Buzzard | Raouf Bairashev | 11

    Rustic Bunting | Alexandr Belyaev | 11

    Eurasian Bittern | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 11

    Azure Tit | Raouf Bairashev | 10

    Bearded Tit | Alexandr Belyaev | 10

    Alpine Accentor | Fedor Shakula | 10

    White-browed Tit-Warbler | Raouf Bairashev | 9

    Thrush Nightingale | Anna Yasko | 9

    Northern Reed Bunting | Anna Yasko | 9

    Arctic Loon | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 9

    Common Sparrowhawk | Raouf Bairashev | 8

    Ring-necked Pheasant | Raouf Bairashev | 8

    Steppe Eagle | Gennadiy Dyakin | 8

    White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Viktor Kolesnikov | 8

    Eurasian Jay | Ainur Iskakova | 8

    Lesser Whitethroat | Olga Sivokon | 8

    Greater Flamingo | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 8

    European Greenfinch | Raouf Bairashev | 7

    Eurasian Collared Dove | Raouf Bairashev | 7

    Red-backed Shrike | Anna Yasko | 7

    Water Rail | Kudaibergen Amirekul | 7

    Osprey | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 7

    Grey Heron | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 7

    Red-breasted Goose | Viktor Kolesnikov | 7

    Rock Bunting | Raouf Bairashev | 6

    Ring-necked Pheasant | Raouf Bairashev | 6

    Azure Tit | Gennadiy Dyakin | 6

    White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Viktor Kolesnikov | 6

    Siberian Accentor | Yuriy Malkov | 6

    Northern Wren | Alexandr Belyaev | 6

    Long-tailed Tit | Alexandr Belyaev | 6

    Wallcreeper | Alexandr Belyaev | 6

    Crested Lark | Anna Yasko | 6

    Bluethroat | Anna Yasko | 6

    Goldcrest | Anna Yasko | 6

    Common Sparrowhawk | Kudaibergen Amirekul | 6

    Pygmy Cormorant | Kudaibergen Amirekul | 6

    Eurasian Siskin | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 6

    Bluethroat | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 6

    Black-headed Gull | Sergey Simonov | 6

    House Sparrow | Raouf Bairashev | 5

    Mistle Thrush | Raouf Bairashev | 5

    Northern Reed Bunting | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

    White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

    Asian Short-toed Lark | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

    Grey-headed Goldfinch | Serg Silan | 5

    White Wagtail | Serg Silan | 5

    Azure Tit | Alexandr Belyaev | 5

    Wallcreeper | Alexandr Belyaev | 5

    Peregrine Falcon | Anna Yasko | 5

    Eversmann's Redstart | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

    Northern Wren | Andrey Shatalov | 5

    Coal Tit | Andrey Shatalov | 5

    Song Thrush | Andrey Shatalov | 5

    Osprey | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 5

    Eurasian Woodcock | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 5

    Red-breasted Merganser | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 5

    Slavonian Grebe | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 5

    Tufted Duck | Sergey Simonov | 5

    Common Sparrowhawk | Raouf Bairashev | 5

    Upland Buzzard | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

    Lesser Whitethroat | Olga Sivokon | 5

    Eurasian Blackbird | Raouf Bairashev | 5

    Greater Flamingo | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 5

    Hume's Warbler | Raouf Bairashev | 4

    Eurasian Blackbird | Raouf Bairashev | 4

    Common Mynah | Raouf Bairashev | 4

    Common Redshank | Raouf Bairashev | 4

    Rook | Raouf Bairashev | 4

    Eversmann's Redstart | Raouf Bairashev | 4

    Whooper Swan | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

    Common Redshank | Gennadiy Dyakin | 4

    Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Viktor Kolesnikov | 4

    Eurasian Dipper | Viktor Kolesnikov | 4

    Eurasian Blackbird | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

    Rustic Bunting | Alexandr Belyaev | 4

    Common Chaffinch | Anna Yasko | 4

    Red-breasted Flycatcher | Anna Yasko | 4

    Song Thrush | Anna Yasko | 4

    Red-breasted Flycatcher | Anna Yasko | 4

    Eurasian Blackbird | Anna Yasko | 4

    Western Marsh-Harrier | Kudaibergen Amirekul | 4

    Common Treecreeper | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 4

    Smew | Andrey Shatalov | 4

    Northern Reed Bunting | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

    Siberian Black-backed Gull | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

    Great Cormorant | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

    Song Thrush | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

    Red-flanked Bluetail | Natalia Melnikova | 4

    White-browed Tit-Warbler | Raouf Bairashev | 4

    Ring-necked Pheasant | Raouf Bairashev | 4

    Coal Tit | Viktor Kolesnikov | 4

    Northern Wren | Yevgeny Belousov | 4

    Upland Buzzard | Raouf Bairashev | 4

    Red-breasted Merganser | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

    Greater Flamingo | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

    Greater Flamingo | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 4

    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...