The Checklist of the Birds of Kazakhstan. Birds of Kazakhstan.

Fifth record in Kazakhstan. The first two refer to Sorbulak: July 16, 2009 (Kovalenko, Dyakin 2009) and December 7, 2013 (Belyalov, Fedorenko 2014); another bird was observed in December 2014 - January 2015 in the vicinity of Taldykorgan (Belyaev, Berezovikov 2015); On July 10, 2019, one bird was found by A. Putilin in the Kostanaynay region on the territory of the Alty Sai eco park (see www.birds.kz).

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium passerinum)

A very rare resident bird. On the website birds.kz this is only the third photographic record of the species.

Zarudny's Sparrow (Passer zarudnyi)

A new species for the fauna of Kazakhstan. The Passer simplex zarudnyi lives in the Karakum Desert and the southern part of the Kyzylkum Desert (Stepanyan 1990). This is the first find in the northern part of Kyzylkum!

Alpine Accentor (Prunella collaris erythropygia)

This is the first record of the Prunella collaris erythropygia in the kazakh part of Altai, where it was only supposed to be found (Gavrilov 1999).

Buff-bellied Pipit (Anthus rubescens)

Second record for the Altyn-Emel National Park. For the first time, one birds of this species were recorded in a flock of Water Pipits on October 14, 2017, as well as on October 18 and 20 (Belyaev 2018).

Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)

The first photo registration of the species in the eastern part of Kazakhstan. This exclusively seagull in Kazakhstan occurs in spring mainly in the Caspian Sea (Kondratenko 2015, Mishchenko, Karpov 2016, www.birds.kz). Outside the Caspian Sea, autumn vagrants on the river are known Chu river November 1, 1928 and Issyk-Kul October 10, 1932 (Dolgushin 1962a), Tengiz on November 9, 2002 (Koshkin 2002), in the Karkaralinsk area on December 7, 2008 a dead bird was found (Reznichenko 2010a).

Little Bunting (Emberiza pusilla)

The first record for "Alty-Emel" National Park.

Rustic Bunting (Emberiza rustica)

Second record for the Altyn-Emel National Park. For the first time this species was recorded in the park in the crowns of elm on October 12, 2017. Also, on October 14, 15 and 19, the one birds kept in the same place (Belyaev, 2018).

Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus)

Rare birds in South-Eastern Kazakhstan, and second record for "Altyn-Emel" National Park.

Dusky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus)

A new species for the Altyn-Emel National Park and the first photo record of the species on the site www.birds.kz in South-Eastern Kazakhstan.

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recent video

2020-10-08. Eurasian Goldfinch (Andrei Kuryashkin).

2020-09-13. Black Woodpecker (Aldiyar Saparbayev), White-Winged Woodpecker (Viktoriya Zvyaginceva).

2020-07-21. Peregrine Falcon (Natali Kim).

2020-07-18. Common Cuckoo (Anna Yasko).

2020-07-04. Caspian Gull (Aldiyar Saparbayev).

2020-06-16. Pallas's Sandgrouse (Viktoriya Zvyaginceva).

2020-06-06. Ortolan Bunting (Aldiyar Saparbayev).

2020-06-01. Common Mynah (Raouf Bairashev).

2020-05-23. Bluethroat (Andrei Kuryashkin).

2020-05-21. Booted Warbler (Aldiyar Saparbayev).

2020-05-13. Little Ringed Plover (Andrei Kuryashkin).

2020-05-12. Common Whitethroat (Vladimir Muravskiy).

2020-05-06. Common Tern (Aldiyar Saparbayev).

2020-04-30. Red-footed Falcon (Aldiyar Saparbayev).

unidentified birds

2020-11-29

Александр Катунцев: теньковка.

2020-11-22

Алексей Тимошенко: А.В.Кошкину:как пример могу привести мои наблюдения этой осенью, просматривая тысячи фотографий белолобых гусей заметил, что в разных выводках [....]

2020-11-18

Алексей Кошкин: Вроде чернозобик по размеру и клюву. Но если и не перелинял, то темный и не видно пестрых кроющих крыла.

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