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Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
    • Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    • Pelecaniformes
  • Pelecanidae
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    • Charadriiformes
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  • Picidae
    • Passeriformes
  • Hirundinidae
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    1. Alpine Accentor (Prunella collaris)
    2. Arctic Loon (Gavia arctica)
    3. Asian Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi)
    4. Azure Tit (Parus cyanus)
    5. Baikal Bullfinch (Pyrrhula cineracea)
    6. Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
    7. Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
    8. Barred Warbler (Sylvia nisoria)
    9. Bean Goose (Anser fabalis)
    10. Bearded Tit (Panurus biarmicus)
    11. Bewick's Swan (Cygnus bewickii)
    12. Bimaculated Lark (Melanocorypha bimaculata)
    13. Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
    14. Black Lark (Melanocorypha yeltoniensis)
    15. Black Stork (Ciconia nigra)
    16. Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius)
    17. Black-Bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis)
    18. Black-Necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
    19. Black-headed Bunting (Emberiza melanocephala)
    20. Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)
    21. Black-headed Wagtail (Motacilla feldegg)
    22. Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
    23. Black-throated Thrush (Turdus atrogularis)
    24. Black-winged Pratincole (Glareola nordmanni)
    25. Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
    26. Blue Tit (Parus caeruleus)
    27. Blue Whistling Thrush (Myophonus caeruleus)
    28. Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)
    29. Blyth's Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus dumetorum)
    30. Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
    31. Booted Warbler (Hippolais caligata)
    32. Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
    33. Brandt's Rosefinch (Leucosticte brandti)
    34. Broad-billed Sandpiper (Limicola falcinellus)
    35. Brown Accentor (Prunella fulvescens)
    36. Brown Dipper (Cinclus pallasii)
    37. Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra)
    38. Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
    39. Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)
    40. Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti)
    41. Chukar Partridge (Alectoris chukar)
    42. Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus)
    43. Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola)
    44. Coal Tit (Parus ater)
    45. Collared Pratincole (Glareola pratincola)
    46. Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
    47. Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
    48. Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
    49. Common Coot (Fulica atra)
    50. Common Crane (Grus grus)
    51. Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
    52. Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
    53. Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
    54. Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
    55. Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
    56. Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
    57. Common Mynah (Acridotheres tristis)
    58. Common Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)
    59. Common Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
    60. Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
    61. Common Pochard (Aythya ferina)
    62. Common Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
    63. Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)
    64. Common Rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus)
    65. Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
    66. Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
    67. Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
    68. Common Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
    69. Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
    70. Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
    71. Common Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
    72. Common Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
    73. Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)
    74. Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)
    75. Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
    76. Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus)
    77. Demoiselle Crane (Anthropoides virgo)
    78. Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
    79. Eastern Black-eared Wheatear (Oenanthe melanoleuca)
    80. Eastern Olivaceous Warbler (Hippolais pallida)
    81. Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus)
    82. Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)
    83. Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
    84. Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata)
    85. Eurasian Dipper (Cinclus cinclus)
    86. Eurasian Dotterel (Charadrius morinellus)
    87. Eurasian Eagle-Owl (Bubo bubo)
    88. Eurasian Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
    89. Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo)
    90. Eurasian Linnet (Acanthis cannabina)
    91. Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)
    92. Eurasian Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
    93. Eurasian Penduline Tit (Remiz pendulinus)
    94. Eurasian Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
    95. Eurasian Scops-Owl (Otus scops)
    96. Eurasian Siskin (Carduelis spinus)
    97. Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
    98. Eurasian Stone Curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus)
    99. Eurasian Three-Toed Woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus)
    100. Eurasian Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
    101. Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)
    102. European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster)
    103. European Golden Oriole (Oriolus oriolus)
    104. European Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
    105. Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
    106. Gadwall (Anas strepera)
    107. Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)
    108. Garganey (Anas querquedula)
    109. Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
    110. Goosander (Mergus merganser)
    111. Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
    112. Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
    113. Great Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus)
    114. Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
    115. Great Tit (Parus major)
    116. Great White Egret (Egretta alba)
    117. Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
    118. Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)
    119. Greater Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
    120. Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
    121. Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
    122. Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
    123. Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix)
    124. Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
    125. Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
    126. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (Picus canus)
    127. Grey-headed Goldfinch (Carduelis caniceps)
    128. Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
    129. Guldenstadt's Redstart (Phoenicurus erythrogaster)
    130. Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)
    131. Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
    132. Himalayan Accentor (Prunella himalayana)
    133. Himalayan Rubythroat (Luscinia pectoralis)
    134. Himalayan Vulture (Gyps himalayensis)
    135. Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
    136. Hoopoe (Upupa epops)
    137. Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)
    138. House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
    139. Hume's Warbler (Phylloscopus humei)
    140. Ibisbill (Ibidorhyncha struthersii)
    141. Icterine Warbler (Hippolais icterina)
    142. Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)
    143. Lammergeier (Gypaetus barbatus)
    144. Lesser Flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor)
    145. Lesser Sand Plover (Charadrius mongolus)
    146. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos minor)
    147. Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)
    148. Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus)
    149. Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
    150. Little Gull (Larus minutus)
    151. Little Owl (Athene noctua)
    152. Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)
    153. Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
    154. Little Tern (Sterna albifrons)
    155. Long-eared Owl (Asio otus)
    156. Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus)
    157. Long-tailed Rosefinch (Uragus sibiricus)
    158. Long-tailed Shrike (Lanius schach)
    159. Macqueen's Bustard (Chlamydotis macqueenii)
    160. Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
    161. Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)
    162. Masked Wagtail (Motacilla personata)
    163. Merlin (Falco columbarius)
    164. Mew Gull (Larus canus)
    165. Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
    166. Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
    167. Northern Black Grouse (Tetrao tetrix)
    168. Northern Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
    169. Northern Hawk Owl (Surnia ulula)
    170. Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
    171. Northern Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
    172. Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
    173. Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
    174. Northern Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
    175. Oriental Turtle Dove (Streptopelia orientalis)
    176. Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza hortulana)
    177. Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
    178. Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva)
    179. Paddyfield Warbler (Acrocephalus agricola)
    180. Pale Sand Martin (Riparia diluta)
    181. Pallas's Gull (Larus ichthyaetus)
    182. Pallas's Sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus)
    183. Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus)
    184. Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
    185. Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
    186. Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka)
    187. Pygmy Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pygmaeus)
    188. Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
    189. Red-Necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)
    190. Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)
    191. Red-billed Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)
    192. Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
    193. Red-breasted Rosefinch (Carpodacus puniceus)
    194. Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina)
    195. Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus)
    196. Red-fronted Serin (Serinus pusillus)
    197. Red-headed Bunting (Emberiza bruniceps)
    198. Red-mantled Rosefinch (Carpodacus rhodochlamys)
    199. Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
    200. Red-throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus)
    201. Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
    202. Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
    203. Rock Bunting (Emberiza cia)
    204. Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
    205. Rosy Starling (Sturnus roseus)
    206. Rough-legged Buzzard (Buteo lagopus)
    207. Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)
    208. Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
    209. Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)
    210. Rufous Bush Robin (Cercotrichas galactotes)
    211. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (Monticola saxatilis)
    212. Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
    213. Sanderling (Calidris alba)
    214. Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)
    215. Siberian Crane (Grus leucogeranus)
    216. Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola maurus)
    217. Sky Lark (Alauda arvensis)
    218. Slavonian Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
    219. Smew (Mergellus albellus)
    220. Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
    221. Sociable Lapwing (Chettusia gregaria)
    222. Solitary Snipe (Gallinago solitaria)
    223. Spanish Sparrow (Passer hispaniolensis)
    224. Spotted Crake (Porzana porzana)
    225. Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
    226. Spotted Nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes)
    227. Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)
    228. Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis)
    229. Syke's Warbler (Hippolais rama)
    230. Temminck's Stint (Calidris temminckii)
    231. Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)
    232. Thrush Nightingale (Luscinia luscinia)
    233. Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)
    234. Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
    235. Turkestan Shrike (Lanius phoenicuroides)
    236. Ural Owl (Strix uralensis)
    237. Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta)
    238. Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
    239. Western Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia)
    240. Western Marsh-Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
    241. White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)
    242. White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
    243. White-Backed Woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos)
    244. White-Winged Woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucopterus)
    245. White-browed Tit-Warbler (Leptopoecile sophiae)
    246. White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala)
    247. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
    248. White-winged Grosbeak (Mycerobas carnipes)
    249. White-winged Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)
    250. Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
    251. Willow Tit (Parus montanus)
    252. Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus)
    253. Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
    254. Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
    255. Yellow-billed Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus)
    256. Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)

    Big Year 2026

    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...