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total species: 69
total photos: 70
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1. Black-throated Accentor (2022-01-20)
2. Brambling (2022-01-20)
3. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2022-01-20)
4. Northern Wren (2022-01-20)
5. European Greenfinch (2022-01-20)
6. Great White Egret (2022-01-20)
7. Green Sandpiper (2022-01-20)
8. Northern Reed Bunting (2022-01-20)
9. Eversmann's Redstart (2022-01-20)
10. Tree Sparrow (2022-01-20)
11. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2022-01-20)
12. Black-throated Thrush (2022-01-20)
13. Azure Tit (2022-01-21)
14. Hooded Crow (2022-01-21)
15. Great Tit (2022-01-21)
16. Mew Gull (2022-01-22)
17. Yellowhammer (2022-01-22)
18. Rock Pigeon (2022-01-22)
19. European Robin (2022-01-22)
20. Eurasian Goldfinch (2022-01-22)
21. Black-Billed Magpie (2022-01-22)
22. Eurasian Jackdaw (2022-01-22)
23. Eurasian Blackbird (2022-01-22)
24. Common Chaffinch (2022-01-22)
25. Whooper Swan (2022-01-22)
26. Ruddy Shelduck (2022-01-22)
27. Smew (2022-01-22)
28. Black-headed Gull (2022-01-22)
29. Carrion Crow (2022-01-22)
30. Caspian Gull (2022-01-22)
31. Goosander (2022-01-22)
32. Eurasian Collared Dove (2022-01-22)
33. Common Kestrel (2022-01-22)
34. Common Sparrowhawk (2022-01-22)
35. Mallard (2022-01-22)
36. Mute Swan (2022-01-22)
37. Common Pheasant (2022-01-26)
38. Eastern Buzzard (2022-01-26)
39. Rook (2022-01-26)
40. Common Mynah (2022-01-27)
41. Twite (2022-01-27)
42. Red-crested Pochard (2022-01-27)
43. Pied Avocet (2022-01-27)
44. Long-tailed Duck (2022-01-27)
45. Little Grebe (2022-01-27)
46. Horned Lark (2022-01-27)
47. Red-fronted Serin (2022-01-27)
48. Eurasian Linnet (2022-01-27)
49. Corn Bunting (2022-01-27)
50. Common Shelduck (2022-01-27)
51. Common Goldeneye (2022-01-27)
52. Calandra Lark (2022-01-27)
53. Great Crested Grebe (2022-01-27)
54. Common Raven (2022-02-04)
55. Tufted Duck (2022-02-04)
56. Wallcreeper (2022-02-04)
57. Eastern Imperial Eagle (2022-03-01)
58. Pallas's Gull (2022-03-01)
59. Long-legged Buzzard (2022-03-01)
60. Sky Lark (2022-03-01)
61. Great Spotted Woodpecker (2022-03-05)
62. House Sparrow (2022-03-05)
63. Redwing (2022-03-05)
64. Common Treecreeper (2022-03-05)
65. Eurasian Jay (2022-03-07)
66. Eurasian Siskin (2022-03-07)
67. Fieldfare (2022-03-07)
68. Grey-Headed Woodpecker (2022-03-07)
69. Hawfinch (2022-03-07)

recent uploads


2022-03-07. Sky Lark, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Long-legged Buzzard, Pallas's Gull, Great Spotted Woodpecker, House Sparrow, Redwing, Common Treecreeper, Eurasian Jay, Eurasian Siskin, Fieldfare, Grey-Headed Woodpecker, Hawfinch.

2022-02-05. Common Raven, Tufted Duck, Wallcreeper.

2022-01-27. Calandra Lark, Common Goldeneye, Common Shelduck, Corn Bunting, Eurasian Linnet, Red-fronted Serin, Great Crested Grebe, Steppe Horned Lark, Little Grebe, Long-tailed Duck, Pied Avocet, Red-crested Pochard, Twite, Common Mynah.

2022-01-26. Ring-necked Pheasant, Eastern Buzzard, Rook.

2022-01-22. Black-headed Gull, Carrion Crow, Caspian Gull, Goosander, Eurasian Collared Dove, Common Kestrel, Common Sparrowhawk, Mallard, Mute Swan, Ruddy Shelduck, Smew, Whooper Swan, Common Chaffinch, Eurasian Blackbird, Eurasian Jackdaw, Black-Billed Magpie, Eurasian Goldfinch, European Robin, Rock Pigeon, Yellowhammer, Mew Gull.

2022-01-21. Azure Tit, Great Tit, Hooded Crow.

2022-01-20. Black-throated Thrush, Black-throated Accentor, Brambling, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Northern Wren, European Greenfinch, Great White Egret, Green Sandpiper, Northern Reed Bunting, Eversmann's Redstart, Tree Sparrow, White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

rare birds records


Naumann's Thrush (Turdus naumanni)

© Alexey Timoshenko
2024-04-02
kostanay reg.

The second record of the species on the territory of Kazakhstan. Previously, one bird was photographed in the southeast in the lower reaches of the Turgen River on November 5, 2016 (I. Bevza, kz.birds.watch).


Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca)

© Muhammed-Rahim Boranbaev
2024-03-04
Tasorpa, Kyzylsay natural park, Mangystau

A very rare wintering species for Mangystau, known only from the remains of the skin obtained from the vicinity of Fort Aleksandrovsky in 1892/93. (Zarudny, 1896).


Bearded Tit (Panurus biarmicus)

© Galina Rosenberg
2019-11-22
g.Altai.Vostochno-Kazachstanskaia oblast

The first registration of the species in the mountainous part of Altai.


White-winged Snowfinch (Montifringilla nivalis)

© Serg Silan
2024-02-28
Kazakhstan

The first record of the White-winged Snowfinch in Western Altai. Photo recording was made in the southern spurs of the Ulbinsky ridge in the valley of the Urankhaika River at an altitude of less than 800 m above sea level. The White-winged Snowfinch was previously not known for the Kazakh part of Altai, but was first recorded in Southern Altai on January 26, 2017 in the upper reaches of the Tautekeli River at an altitude of 2400 m, where it was subsequently recorded on March 10, 2021, and there were also several sightings in January and February 2023 in the Sarykora tract (Vorobiev, 2023).

more rarities...

recent video

2024-04-07
Horned Lark
(Anna Yasko)

2024-04-01
Common Chiffchaff
(Anna Yasko)

2024-02-18
Great Spotted Woodpecker
(Gulsana Battakova)

2024-02-06
Brambling
(Kiril Ivanov)

2024-02-03
Great Spotted Woodpecker
(Irina Kuryanova)

2023-12-28
Hume's Warbler
(Gulsana Battakova)

2023-11-30
Himalayan Vulture
(Andrey Kovalenko)

2023-08-01
Ruddy Turnstone
(Anna Yasko)

2023-07-03
Paddyfield Warbler
(Anna Yasko)

2023-06-30
Little Bittern
(Viktoriya Zvyaginceva)
Long-eared Owl
(Viktoriya Zvyaginceva)

2023-06-19
Grey-Headed Woodpecker
(sergey izoya)

2023-06-12
European Greenfinch
(Raouf Bairashev)

2023-06-03
Himalayan Accentor
(Viktoriya Zvyaginceva)

2023-05-02
Common Moorhen
(Raouf Bairashev)

more video...

unidentified birds


2024-04-18

Никита Канунников: Кеклик, тут без вариантов.

2024-04-18

Андрей Коваленко: Зяблик.

2024-04-18

Андрей Коваленко: Степной орел.

2024-04-18

Андрей Коваленко: Горный.

2024-04-18

Галина Розенберг: Чибис..

more unidentified birds...