Big Year in Kazakhstan. Александр Катунцев / Alexandr Katuncev. Birds of Kazakhstan

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483 photographed species of 515 (93%)

found 17 new species for Kazakhstan

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classification

Gaviiformes

Podicipediformes

Pelecaniformes

Phalacrocoracidae

Ciconiiformes

Threskiornithidae

Phoenicopteriformes

Phoenicopteridae

Anseriformes

Falconiformes

Galliformes

Gruiformes

Charadriiformes

Recurvirostridae

Pterocletiformes

Columbiformes

Cuculiformes

Strigiformes

Caprimulgiformes

Apodiformes

Coraciiformes

Upupiformes

Piciformes

Passeriformes

Paradoxornithidae

Александр Катунцев / Alexandr Katuncev

members stats	map of photoshootings
total species: 191 total photos: 692 total videos: 0 total blogposts: 0

1. Eurasian Blackbird (2018-01-02)

2. House Sparrow (2018-01-02)

3. Common Chaffinch (2018-01-02)

4. Rook (2018-01-02)

5. Great Tit (2018-01-02)

6. Rock Pigeon (2018-01-02)

7. Laughing Dove (2018-01-08)

8. Common Mynah (2018-01-08)

9. Black-Billed Magpie (2018-01-08)

10. Eurasian Siskin (2018-01-08)

11. Azure Tit (2018-01-08)

12. Eversmann's Redstart (2018-01-08)

13. European Robin (2018-01-08)

14. Red-mantled Rosefinch (2018-01-08)

15. Carrion Crow (2018-01-08)

16. Goldcrest (2018-01-08)

17. Coal Tit (2018-01-08)

18. Red-fronted Serin (2018-02-04)

19. Black-throated Thrush (2018-02-04)

20. Mistle Thrush (2018-02-04)

21. Brambling (2018-02-04)

22. Eastern Buzzard (2018-02-04)

23. Hooded Crow (2018-02-04)

24. Pygmy Cormorant (2018-02-11)

25. Caspian Gull (2018-02-11)

26. Northern Reed Bunting (2018-02-11)

27. Grey-headed Goldfinch (2018-02-11)

28. European Greenfinch (2018-02-11)

29. Lesser Short-toed Lark (2018-02-11)

30. Tree Sparrow (2018-02-11)

31. Mallard (2018-02-11)

32. White-tailed Sea-Eagle (2018-02-11)

33. Goosander (2018-02-11)

34. Smew (2018-02-11)

35. Yellowhammer (2018-02-11)

36. Common Goldeneye (2018-02-11)

37. Great Crested Grebe (2018-02-11)

38. Ruddy Shelduck (2018-02-11)

39. Long-tailed Rosefinch (2018-02-11)

40. Twite (2018-02-11)

41. Corn Bunting (2018-02-11)

42. Long-eared Owl (2018-02-11)

43. Pine Bunting (2018-02-11)

44. Red Crossbill (2018-02-19)

45. Guldenstadt's Redstart (2018-03-03)

46. Common Buzzard (2018-03-03)

47. Hen Harrier (2018-03-05)

48. Masked Wagtail (2018-03-05)

49. Whooper Swan (2018-03-05)

50. Bewick's Swan (2018-03-05)

51. Northern Pintail (2018-03-05)

52. Eurasian Linnet (2018-03-05)

53. Little Grebe (2018-03-05)

54. Black-headed Gull (2018-03-05)

55. Great White Egret (2018-03-05)

56. Tufted Duck (2018-03-05)

57. Common Coot (2018-03-05)

58. Great Cormorant (2018-03-05)

59. Gadwall (2018-03-05)

60. Red-crested Pochard (2018-03-05)

61. Upland Buzzard (2018-03-05)

62. Northern Shoveler (2018-03-05)

63. Common Kestrel (2018-03-05)

64. Eurasian Jackdaw (2018-03-05)

65. Calandra Lark (2018-03-05)

66. Rough-legged Buzzard (2018-03-05)

67. Eurasian Collared Dove (2018-03-05)

68. Common Pochard (2018-03-05)

69. Common Sparrowhawk (2018-03-15)

70. Pied Wheatear (2018-03-15)

71. Rock Sparrow (2018-03-15)

72. Wood Pigeon (2018-03-30)

73. Black-throated Accentor (2018-03-30)

74. Common Chiffchaff (2018-03-30)

75. Turkestan Shrike (2018-04-08)

76. Cetti's Warbler (2018-04-08)

77. Common Pheasant (2018-04-21)

78. Black Kite (2018-04-21)

79. Common Snipe (2018-04-21)

80. Common Redshank (2018-04-21)

81. White Wagtail (2018-04-21)

82. Black-winged Stilt (2018-04-21)

83. Common Oystercatcher (2018-04-21)

84. Gull-billed Tern (2018-04-21)

85. Common Tern (2018-04-21)

86. Black Tern (2018-04-21)

87. Common Sandpiper (2018-04-21)

88. Eurasian Curlew (2018-04-21)

89. Grey Heron (2018-04-21)

90. Citrine Wagtail (2018-04-21)

91. Little Ringed Plover (2018-04-21)

92. Common Moorhen (2018-04-21)

93. Demoiselle Crane (2018-04-21)

94. Eurasian Redstart (2018-04-21)

95. Yellow Wagtail (2018-04-21)

96. Barn Swallow (2018-04-21)

97. Grey Wagtail (2018-04-21)

98. Garganey (2018-04-21)

99. Ferruginous Duck (2018-04-21)

100. Black-Necked Grebe (2018-04-21)

101. Black-headed Wagtail (2018-04-21)

102. Pied Avocet (2018-04-21)

103. Slender-billed Gull (2018-04-21)

104. Green Sandpiper (2018-04-21)

105. Marsh Sandpiper (2018-04-21)

106. Northern Wheatear (2018-04-21)

107. Isabelline Wheatear (2018-04-21)

108. Dalmatian Pelican (2018-04-21)

109. Black-tailed Godwit (2018-04-21)

110. Lesser Whitethroat (2018-05-01)

111. White-winged Tern (2018-05-06)

112. Spotted Redshank (2018-05-06)

113. Hume's Warbler (2018-05-06)

114. Glossy Ibis (2018-05-06)

115. Temminck's Stint (2018-05-06)

116. Rosy Starling (2018-05-06)

117. Eurasian Hobby (2018-05-06)

118. Western Marsh-Harrier (2018-05-06)

119. Hoopoe (2018-05-06)

120. Great White Pelican (2018-05-06)

121. Pale Sand Martin (2018-05-06)

122. Common Shelduck (2018-05-06)

123. Common Greenshank (2018-05-06)

124. Common Cuckoo (2018-05-06)

125. Common Stonechat (2018-05-06)

126. Spotted Flycatcher (2018-05-06)

127. Sulphur-bellied Warbler (2018-05-06)

128. Common Rosefinch (2018-05-06)

129. Common Whitethroat (2018-05-06)

130. Blyth's Reed Warbler (2018-05-21)

131. Eurasian Scops-Owl (2018-05-21)

132. Blue Whistling Thrush (2018-05-21)

133. Little Bittern (2018-06-03)

134. Red-headed Bunting (2018-06-03)

135. Great Reed Warbler (2018-06-03)

136. Northern Lapwing (2018-06-03)

137. Eurasian Roller (2018-06-03)

138. Chukar Partridge (2018-06-23)

139. Rock Bunting (2018-06-23)

140. Blue Rock Thrush (2018-06-23)

141. Eurasian Crag Martin (2018-06-23)

142. Hume's Whitethroat (2018-06-23)

143. White-capped Bunting (2018-06-23)

144. Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (2018-06-23)

145. Eastern Orphean Warbler (2018-06-23)

146. Mongolian Finch (2018-06-23)

147. Grey-necked Bunting (2018-06-23)

148. Horned Lark (2018-06-23)

149. Greater Short-toed Lark (2018-06-23)

150. Tawny Pipit (2018-06-23)

151. Little Owl (2018-06-23)

152. White-winged Grosbeak (2018-06-24)

153. Hodgson's Rosefinch (2018-06-24)

154. Greenish Warbler (2018-07-06)

155. Brown Accentor (2018-07-06)

156. Collared Pratincole (2018-07-14)

157. White-headed Duck (2018-07-14)

158. Ruff (2018-07-14)

159. Caspian Tern (2018-07-14)

160. Little Stint (2018-07-14)

161. Lesser Grey Shrike (2018-07-14)

162. Curlew Sandpiper (2018-07-14)

163. Common Raven (2018-08-05)

164. Spotted Nutcracker (2018-08-05)

165. Northern House Martin (2018-08-05)

166. Long-legged Buzzard (2018-09-01)

167. Lesser Kestrel (2018-09-08)

168. Tree Pipit (2018-09-08)

169. Ortolan Bunting (2018-09-08)

170. Barbary Falcon (2018-09-08)

171. Wood Sandpiper (2018-09-08)

172. Crested Lark (2018-09-16)

173. Red-necked Phalarope (2018-09-16)

174. Pacific Golden Plover (2018-09-16)

175. Isabelline Shrike (2018-09-16)

176. Barred Warbler (2018-09-23)

177. Garden Warbler (2018-09-23)

178. Greater Ringed Plover (2018-10-23)

179. Water Pipit (2018-10-23)

180. Peregrine Falcon (2018-10-23)

181. Desert Finch (2018-10-23)

182. Common Starling (2018-10-23)

183. Steppe Eagle (2018-10-23)

184. Golden Eagle (2018-10-27)

185. White-browed Tit-Warbler (2018-10-27)

186. Yellow-billed Chough (2018-10-27)

187. Wallcreeper (2018-10-27)

188. Alpine Accentor (2018-10-27)

189. Cinereous Vulture (2018-10-27)

190. Lammergeier (2018-10-27)

191. Songar Tit (2018-11-10)

recent uploads

2018-12-04. Red-fronted Serin, Black-Billed Magpie, Common Chaffinch, Great Tit, Coal Tit, Mallard.

2018-11-17. Pacific Golden Plover.

2018-11-13. Eurasian Blackbird, Common Mynah.

2018-11-11. Carrion Crow, Red-fronted Serin, White-browed Tit-Warbler, Common Kestrel, Songar Tit, Coal Tit, European Robin, Lammergeier, Cinereous Vulture.

2018-10-28. Black-throated Accentor, Red-fronted Serin, Azure Tit, Red-mantled Rosefinch, Golden Eagle, White-browed Tit-Warbler, Yellow-billed Chough, Wallcreeper, Alpine Accentor, Cinereous Vulture, Lammergeier.

2018-10-25. Greater Ringed Plover, Water Pipit, White-headed Duck, Little Grebe, Water Pipit, Mallard, Great Cormorant, Peregrine Falcon, Desert Finch, Common Chaffinch, Common Pheasant, Great Cormorant, Eurasian Roller, Crested Lark, Mallard, Black-headed Gull, Pied Avocet, Common Chaffinch, Common Starling, Steppe Eagle, Eurasian Linnet, Steppe Eagle.

2018-09-30. Greenish Warbler.

2018-09-26. Lesser Whitethroat, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Greenish Warbler, Hume's Warbler, Barred Warbler, Common Stonechat, Common Whitethroat, Garden Warbler.

2018-09-17. Black Kite, Long-legged Buzzard, Lesser Kestrel, Common Sparrowhawk, Crested Lark, Black-headed Gull, Marsh Sandpiper, Red-necked Phalarope, Northern Lapwing, Yellow Wagtail, Masked Wagtail, White Wagtail, Wood Sandpiper, Ruff, Little Stint, Temminck's Stint, Temminck's Stint, Lesser Whitethroat, Isabelline Shrike, Calandra Lark, Ortolan Bunting, Hume's Warbler, Western Marsh-Harrier, White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

2018-09-10. Eurasian Roller, Masked Wagtail, Common Moorhen, Great Crested Grebe, Lesser Kestrel, Lesser Kestrel, Tree Pipit, Hume's Warbler, Eurasian Hobby, Rosy Starling, Caspian Gull, Common Rosefinch, Hume's Warbler, Ortolan Bunting, Barbary Falcon, Black-headed Gull, Little Ringed Plover, Wood Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail, Ruff, Pale Sand Martin, Temminck's Stint, Spotted Flycatcher, Temminck's Stint, Common Sandpiper, Ruff, Gadwall.

2018-09-02. Pied Wheatear, Great Cormorant, Black Kite, Rock Pigeon, Long-legged Buzzard, Grey-necked Bunting, Tree Sparrow, Masked Wagtail, Black-headed Gull.

2018-08-05. Common Raven, Hume's Warbler, Spotted Nutcracker, Common Sandpiper, Northern House Martin.

2018-07-29. Little Ringed Plover, Little Stint, Lesser Grey Shrike, Rosy Starling, Tawny Pipit, Common Tern, Curlew Sandpiper, Hoopoe, Dalmatian Pelican.

2018-07-28. Green Sandpiper, Common Redshank, Common Redshank, Common Redshank, Great Reed Warbler, Caspian Tern, Eurasian Roller, White-tailed Sea-Eagle.

2018-07-20. Black-headed Gull, Western Marsh-Harrier, Collared Pratincole, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Black-Necked Grebe, White-headed Duck, Ruff, Common Redshank, Grey Heron.

Big Year 2018

supported by

1. Isabekov Askar (320)
2. Belyaev Alexandr (304)
3. Gubin Boris (273)
4. Dyakin Gennadiy (250)
5. Yasko Anna (208)
6. Golubeva Anna (207)
7. Katuncev Alexandr (191)
8. Vorobyov Vladimir (169)
9. Malkov Yuriy (158)
10. Zvyaginceva Viktoriya (157)

rare birds records

Pygmy Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pygmaeus)

© Aleksey Timoshenko
2018-10-18
Kostanay reg., Naurzum rezerve

New species of Naurzum Reserve. In northern part of Kazakhstan Pygmy
Cormorant previously was recorded at October 6th, 1998 in Kulykol lake
(Pynnonen, 1999), about 180 km to west from the point of new record.
Also singles or group of 2-80 birds were regularly observed in
Kurgaldzhin Reserve since 2001.

Ерохов С.Н., Березовиков Н.Н. 2009. Материалы к орнитофауне озёрной
степи и лесостепи Кустанайской области. Часть 1 // Рус. орнитол. журн.
18 (516): 1715-1742.
Кошкин А.В. 2017. Орнитофауна Тениз-Коргалжынского региона (Центральный
Казахстан) // Рус. орнитол. журн. 26 (1415): 909-956.

Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)

© Alexandr Belyaev
2018-11-03
Almatinskaja obl.,g.Taldykorgan

Rare vagrant visitors in SE Kazakhstan.

Pallas's Warbler (Phylloscopus proregulus)

© Andrey Kovalenko
2018-10-14
Northern Caspian, Kalamkas.

Rare vagrant bird. First record in western part of Kazakhstan. Before observed in Central Kazakhstan (Kurgaldzhino), and in S and SE Kazakhstan.

Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)

© Askar Isabekov
2018-10-07
Sorbulak lake system. Almaty oblast.

Second photo record of Long-billed Dowitcher in Kazakhstan. The first one was recorded in Sorbulak lakes too at September 7th, 2014 (Fedorenko, Isabekov, Dyakin, 2014). Group of birdwatchers with Peter Kennely also watched this bird in Sholak lake near Kurgaldzhino village at May 15, 2005, but unfortunately no evidence of this record was provided.
Орнитологический вестник Казахстана и Средней Азии, вып. 3, Алматы, 2014: 211-212

more rarities...

recent video

2018-11-24. Mallard (Natali Kim), Tufted Duck (Natali Kim), Smew (Natali Kim), Common Oystercatcher (Natali Kim), Black-headed Gull (Natali Kim), Bohemian Waxwing (Natali Kim), Eurasian Nuthatch (Natali Kim).

2018-11-21. Great White Egret (Natali Kim), Great White Egret (Natali Kim), Grey Heron (Natali Kim), Eurasian Wryneck (Natali Kim), Yellow Wagtail (Natali Kim), Lesser Whitethroat (Natali Kim), Redwing (Natali Kim).

2018-11-16. Barn Swallow (Natali Kim).

unidentified birds

2018-12-16

Владимир Казенас: Спасибо большое за варакушку. Никак не ожидал.

Сергей Л. Волков: Думал я, что у хохотуньи маховые в апреле не столь сильно обтрепанные. А оказывается, бывают такие. Но при этом бывают и совсем целые. Интересно, [....]

2018-11-24

Анна Ясько: Так вроде камышовая овсянка, самец.

Николай Балацкий: Лесной конёк, а точнее - Гималайский конёк A.haringtoni.

Наталья Ким: Благодарю, Анна и Сергей!

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