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Best photos of the month, August 2022.

Common Kingfisher | Raouf Bairashev | 14

Common Kingfisher | Gennadiy Dyakin | 12

Glossy Ibis | Anna Yasko | 12

Terek Sandpiper | Ainur Iskakova | 11

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 11

Eurasian Wryneck | Andrey Kovalenko | 10

Barn Swallow | Raouf Bairashev | 9

Common Kingfisher | Sergei Titov | 9

Little Ringed Plover | Aibar Magazov | 9

Black Stork | Serg Silan | 9

Common Kestrel | Raouf Bairashev | 8

Spotted Flycatcher | Raouf Bairashev | 8

Spotted Flycatcher | Anna Yasko | 8

Ruff | Ainur Iskakova | 8

Common Kingfisher | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 8

Glossy Ibis | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 8

Western Marsh-Harrier | Vadim Nagumanov | 8

Common Kingfisher | Raouf Bairashev | 8

Glossy Ibis | Andrey Kovalenko | 7

Little Tern | Andrey Kovalenko | 7

Dunlin | Aibar Magazov | 7

Black-Billed Magpie | Aibar Magazov | 7

Eurasian Nuthatch | Aibar Magazov | 7

White-headed Duck | Yuriy Malkov | 7

Paddyfield Warbler | Alexandr Belyaev | 7

Northern Lapwing | Ainur Iskakova | 7

Spotted Redshank | Ainur Iskakova | 7

Curlew Sandpiper | Ainur Iskakova | 7

Eurasian Hobby | Andrey Shatalov | 7

Eurasian Wryneck | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 7

Common Kingfisher | Gennadiy Dyakin | 7

Common Kingfisher | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 7

Glossy Ibis | Anna Yasko | 7

Ring-necked Pheasant | Raouf Bairashev | 6

Eurasian Roller | Raouf Bairashev | 6

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Andrey Kovalenko | 6

Little Ringed Plover | Gennadiy Dyakin | 6

Pacific Golden Plover | Gennadiy Dyakin | 6

Spotted Flycatcher | Aibar Magazov | 6

White-Backed Woodpecker | Aibar Magazov | 6

Common Kingfisher | Serg Silan | 6

Hoopoe | Yuriy Malkov | 6

Icterine Warbler | Yuriy Malkov | 6

Pygmy Cormorant | Alexandr Belyaev | 6

Common Sandpiper | Ainur Iskakova | 6

Spotted Nutcracker | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 6

Common Oystercatcher | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 6

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 6

Eurasian Wryneck | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 6

Eurasian Wryneck | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 6

Smew | Vadim Nagumanov | 6

Mallard | Raouf Bairashev | 5

Common Kingfisher | Raouf Bairashev | 5

Greenish Warbler | Raouf Bairashev | 5

Steppe Grey Shrike | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Steppe Grey Shrike | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Black Kite | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Black-Bellied Sandgrouse | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Black-winged Stilt | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Greater Short-toed Lark | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Greater Sand Plover | Gennadiy Dyakin | 5

Common Sandpiper | Aibar Magazov | 5

Little Stint | Aibar Magazov | 5

European Bee-eater | Yuriy Malkov | 5

Ruddy Turnstone | Anna Yasko | 5

Little Stint | Anna Yasko | 5

Mallard | Viktoriya Zvyaginceva | 5

Great Cormorant | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 5

Grey Heron | Aldiyar Saparbayev | 5

Red-footed Falcon | Elena Bobachenko | 5

Steppe Eagle | Elena Bobachenko | 5

Common Cuckoo | Andrey Shatalov | 5

Grey Wagtail | Robert Parker | 5

Eurasian Wryneck | Andrey Kovalenko | 5

Red Crossbill | Serg Silan | 5

Common Kingfisher | Raouf Bairashev | 5

White-headed Duck | Yuriy Malkov | 5

Glossy Ibis | Qanatbek Kenzhegulov | 5

rare birds records


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).


Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos chrysaetos)

© Aldiyar Saparbayev
2024-01-26
Outskirts of Uralsk

The first photographic record of a rare species for the region. In the past, it nested in places around Ilek and the Urals, and by the 60s of the 20th century only vagrants were encountered in the summer (Korelov, 1962). There is information about record of two single birds on September 18 and September 19, 2007 in the area of the Karachaganak gas condensate field (V.A. Kovshar, 2008).

unidentified birds


2024-03-28

Канатбек Кенжегулов: Ссылка - ttps://media.ebird.org/catalog?taxonCode=lbbgul5&mediaType=photo&view=list

2024-03-28

Канатбек Кенжегулов: Подсказывают, что возможно Халей с нарушенной линькой, что это значит насчет нарушенной линьки - не знаю. Клюв не длинноват для Халея?

more unidentified birds...