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Welcome to the site «Bird of Kazakhstan». There are a lot of sites about birds on the Internet. There are sites about any groups of birds, for example such as Birds of Prey, Owls or Finches. There are sites about birds of any territory (such as country or region). There are forums which there is a communion of birdwatchers. There are encyclopedia sites about birds. Also there is a few of Internet pages of common birdwatchers. The information about birds of Kazakhstan is on the Internet also. Some of these sites belong to firms making birding tours to Kazakhstan. Other ones are the pages of foreign birdwatchers with photos of birds from Kazakhstan. In Kazakhstan it is possible to watch about 500 species of the birds, furthermore the birds of the different habitats. Kazakhstan is the ninth by area country in the world and is located in the centre of Eurasia. There are different geographical zones on the territory of Kazakhstan. Deserts, steppes and forest-steppes, taiga, mountains, a lot of large and small lakes. In various geographical zones there are also different birds. Besides the large difference between summer and winter temperature in the same regions allows to observe absolutely different birds in one place at various year times. Every year more and more foreign birdwatchers come to Kazakhstan to have an eyes to birds. The number of Kazakhstan birdwatcher increases also. The birdwatching is very interesting hobby. It does not demand special skills and condition, it is possible to watch the birds not only leaving somewhere on fields but also going on work or looking on a feeding trough the window of the house. The part of materials of our site includes the photos sent us by the visitors of the site. We observe the birds in Kazakhstan since 2003. During this time we have visited almost all regions of the Kazakhstan. The news we have seen and have photographed we have published on the site. Also finding something new to ourselves from the literature we publish this information to the visitors of the site (some of the literature we used is available in the bookstore). For each species (and subspecies) of the birds there is a separate page with detailed information, such as the description of a bird, its distribution in Kazakhstan and briefly biology. The photos are the illustrations to this information. The information collected thus helps many visitors of the site to define birds all alone and to read about them something new. Certainly foreign birdwatchers mainly use the helpful information on where and when they can see birds. We hope that the information of our site also is useful to the various organizations and also to teachers and students. Good luck in birdwatching.
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August 29 2010. New species - Red-brested Rosefinch (Carpodacus puniceus), photos by Gennady Dyakin. New photos of Common Sandpiper, Sky Lark, Demoiselle Crane, Greater Short-toed Lark, Lesser Short-toed Lark, Temminck's Stint, Marsh Harrier, Roller, Great White Egret, Black-winged Stilt, Calandra Lark, Spotted Flycatcher, Red-billed Chough, Little Tern, Green Sandpiper, Northern Lapwing (by Gennady Dyakin), Mallard Duck, Tufted Duck, Marsh Harrier, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Crested Grebe, Coot (by Denis Zirnit). August 23 2010. New photos of Slavonian Grebe, White Wagtail, Caspian Gull (by Denis Zirnit). August 23 2010. New photos of Eurasian Scops Owl (by Vladimir Shefer), Great Cormorant (by Nikita Kulagin). August 21 2010. New photos of Twite, Shikra, Chukar, Greylag Goose, Demoiselle Crane, Tree Pipit, Impertial Eagle, Steppe Eagle, Grey Heron, Purple Heron, Little Owl, Pochard, Ferruginous Duck, Stone Curlew, Long-legged Buzzard, Caspian Plover, White-winged Tern, Black Tern, White Stork, Marsh Harrier, Pallid Harrier, Stock Pigeon, Wood Pigeon, Corn Bunting, Horn Lark, Kestrel, Red-footed Falcon, Chaffinch, Coot, Crested Lark, Moorhen, Black-winged Pratincole, Collared Pratincole, Black-winged Stilt, Barn Swallow, Lesser Grey Shrike, Long-tailed Shrike, Caspian Gull, Black-headed Gull, Black-tailed Godwit, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, White Wagtail (alba), White Wagtail (dukhunensis), Yellow Wagtail, Masked Wagtail, Black-crowned Night Heron, Northern Wheater, Grey Partridge, Great Cormorant, Common Pheasant (turcestanicus), Ruff, Crested Grebe, Pin-Tailed Sandgrouse, Black-bellied Sandgrouse, Pied Avocet, Desert Finch, Sand Martin, Pied Bushchat, Stonechat, Oriental Turtle Dove, Laughing Dove, European Turtle Dove, Menetries's Warbler, Pallas' Sandgrouse, Fieldfare, Hoopoe, White-tailed Lapwing - (by Askar Isabekov). August 12 2010. New photos of Ruddy Turnstone, Little Ringed Plover - (by Olga Kozhevnikova), Common Redshank, Northern Lapwing - (by Alexandra Roganova), Sparrowhawk - (by Nurlan Kalchinov), White-crowned Penduline Tit - (by Denis Kyrma), Black-headed Gull, Masked Wagtail, Demoiselle Crane - (by Alexey Loginovskikh). August 11 2010. New photos of Pale-backed Pigeon, Common Roller, Lammergeier, Himalayan Griffon-Vulture, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Syke's Warbler, Bearded Tit, Turkestan Tit, Saxaul Sparrow, Common Pheasant, White-crowned Penduline Tit, Black-headed Penduline Tit, Eastern Rock Nuthatch, Oriental Turtle Dove - (by Sergey Eliseev), Mongolian Finch, Greater Sand Plover, Grey-necked Bunting, Horned Lark, Lesser Grey Shrike, Egyptian Vulture, Rock Sparrow, Black-bellied Sandgrouse, Rosy Starling, Pallas's Sandgrouse, Northern Black Grouse - (by Gennady Dyakin). June 09 2010. New photos of Long-eared Owl, Golden Eagle, White-winged Woodpecker, Cuckoo - (by Sergey Eliseev); Chukar Partridge, Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush, Linnet - (by Gennady Dyakin).
June 08 2010. New photos of Temminck's Stint, Macqueen's Bustard - (by Sergey Eliseev); White-capped Bunting, Blue Whistling Thrush, Crimson-winged Finch- (by Gennady Dyakin). June 07 2010. New photos of Demoiselle Crane, Little Owl, Rufous Bush Robin, Greater Sand Plover, Black Stork, Saker Falcon, Ibisbill, White-browed Tit-Warbler, Dalmatian Pelican, Black-bellied Sandgrouse, Crimson-winged Finch, Desert Finch, Oriental Turtle Dove, Asian Desert Warbler, Pallas's Sandgrouse, Himalayan Snowcock, Spotted Redshank, Hoopoe - (by Sergey Eliseev). June 06 2010. New photos of Himalayan Rubythroat, White-winged Grosbeak, Eversmann's Redstart, Black-throated Accentor, Himalayan Accentor, Yellow-billed Chough - (by Gennady Dyakin); Yellow Wagtail, Goosander, Tufted Duck, Bewick's Swan, Mute Swan, Pallas's Sandgrouse, European Robin, Lesser Kestrel, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Steppe Gull - (by Aleksey Timoshenko); European Bee-eater, Red-headed Bunting, Corn Bunting - (by Nurlan Kalchinov). June 05 2010. Trip to Southern Kazkahstan. New photos of Chukar Partridge, Tawny Pipit, Little Owl, White Stork, Roller, House Martin, Red-headed Bunting, Corn Bunting, Hobby, Coot, Crested Lark, Moorhen, Collared Pratincole, Red-rumped Swallow, Barn Swallow, Little Bittern, Lesser Grey Shrike, Turkestan Shrike, Long-tailed Shrike, European Bee-eater, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Golden Oriole, Spanish Sparrow, Great White Pelican, Desert Finch, Collared Dove, Oriental Turtle Dove, Rosy Starling, Common Starling, Lapwing (by Askar Isabekov), May 26 2010. New photos of Blyth's Reed Warbler, Garganey, Tawny Pipit, Little Owl, Ferruginous Duck, Long-legged Buzzard, Rufous Bush Robin, Little Ringed Plover, Black Tern, Pale-backed Pigeon, Roller, Rook, Common Cuckoo, White-winged Woodpecker, Red-headed Bunting, Common Kestrel, Coot, Crested Lark, Moorhen, Black-winged Stilt, Syke's Warbler, Barn Swallow, Lesser Grey Shrike, Turkestan Shrike, Black-headed Gull, Eurasian Bee-eater, Grey Wagtail, Spotted Flycatcher, Red-crested Pochard, Isabelline Wheatear, Pied Wheatear, Turkestan Tit, Saxaul Sparrow, Great Cormorant, Hume's Warbler, Pale Sand Martin, Common Tern, Oriental Turtle Dove, European Turtle Dove, Rosy Starling, Hoopoe (by Askar Isabekov), Rock Sparrow, Scops Owl (by Sergey Eliseev), Spotted Flycatcher, Common Rosefinch (by Vladimir Shefer).
May 23 2010. New photos of Pallas's Sandgrouse (by Timur Iskakov), Striated Scops Owl (by Sergey Eliseev), East Siberian White Wagtail (Motacilla alba ocularis) (by Machiel Valkenburg), Blyth's Reed Warbler, Common Rosefinch, Jackdaw, Yellow Wagtail, Stonechat (by Vladimir Shefer). May 17 2010. New photos of Eastern Rock Nuthatch, Nightjar (by Gennady Dyakin), Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chaffinch, Green Sandpiper (by Vladimir Shefer).
May 16 2010. May Diaries. New species - Eurasian Crag Martin (Ptyonoprogne rupestris). New photos of Chukar Partridge, Golden Eagle, Nightjar, Cuckoo, Lesser Kestrel, Booted Eagle, Egyptian Vulture, Rock Sparrow, White-crowned Penduline Tit, Rosy Starling, Common Whitethroat (by Askar Isabekov), Redshank, Fieldfare, Grey Wagtail, Masked Wagtail (by Vladimir Shefer). May 12 2010. May Diaries. New photos of Long-legged Buzzard, Common Rosefinch, Little Ringed Plover, Red-headed Bunting, Common Kestrel, Syke's Warbler, Red-backed Shrike, Lesser Grey Shrike, Turkestan Shrike (karelini), Turkestan Shrike (phoenicuroides), Common Nightingale, Black Kite, Masked Wagtail, Spotted Flycatcher, Indian Sparrow, Hume's Warbler, White-crowned Penduline Tit, Stonechat, Rosy Starling, Common Whatethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Ruddy Shelduck (by Askar Isabekov), Turkestan Tit, Roller (by Gennady Dyakin). May 07 2010. New photos of European Nightjar (by Askar Isabekov), Shikra, Saxaul Sparrow, Pale-backed Pigeon (by Gennady Dyakin). May 06 2010. May Diaries. New photos of Common Mynah, Chuckar Partridge, White-bellied Dipper, Brown Dipper, Red-headed Bunting, Blue Rock Thrush, Grey Wagtail, Blue Whistling Thrush, Rock Sparrow, Mistle Thrush (by Askar Isabekov), Calandra Lark, Sky Lark (by Gennady Dyakin). May 01 2010. New photos of Mallard Duck, Long-eared Owl, Eastern Buzzard, Rough-legged Buzzard, Long-legged Buzzard, Grey-headed Goldfinch, Red-mantled Rosefinch, Brown Dipper, Yellowhammer, Solitary Snipe, White-tailed Sea-Eagle, Smew, Goosander, White-winged Grosbeak, Coal Tit, Azure Tit, Great Tit, Tree Sparrow, Eversmann's Redstart, Brown Accentor, Goldcrest, Blackbird, Mistle Thrush (by Andrey Kovalenko), Common Starling (by Vladimir Shefer). April 17 2010. New photos of Water Pipit, Chaffinch, Isabelline Shrike, Turkestan Shrike, White Wagtail, Citrine Wagtail, Black-headed Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, Masked Wagtail, Azure Tit (by Raufael Bairashev and Askar Isabekov). April 15 2010. New photos of Little Stint, Solitary Snipe, Red-rumped Swallow, Ibisbill (!), Black-tailed Godwit, Black Kite, Yellow Wagtail, Dalmatian Pelican, Ruff, Crested Grebe, Wallcreeper - (by Gennady Dyakin), Caspian Gull - (by Vladimir Shefer). April 07 2010. New photos of Mynah, Mallard Duck, Greylag Goose, Grey Heron, Long-legged Buzzard, Greenfinch, Hen Harrier, Jackdaw, Bewick's Swan (!), Peregrine Falcon, Ch, Chaffinch, Mew Gull, Dalmatian Pelican, Wallcreeper (by Andrey Kovalenko). 
Bird watching diary. Since 2003 I watch the birds. As a matter of fact in the beginning I only photographed birds, then I began to notice the birds I saw, and further I began to do records which I tried more or less in detail to write what and where I saw. Certainly, first of all I tried to photograph a bird, not always it was possible but at once I tried to fix in the diary all birds I have seen. Sometimes I saw unusual or just interesting behavior of birds, I also tried to record it in a diary. Since 2005 I began to publish these diaries on the site. In these diaries you can read about birds from almost all regions of Kazakhstan. 
Over 500 species of the birds were observed in the Kazakhstan. All species of the birds are divided into ten pages which it is possible to get by the top menu from other pages of the site. The full list of all birds which ever were recorded in Kazakhstan is presented on "taxonomy" page. From the “taxonomy” page it is possible to enter to the list of the species spelling the family you interested. Lists of the species on the “Families” pages differ from the full list on “taxonomy” page. I excluded some vagrant species recorded more than 80-100 years ago. Taxonomy of the orders, families and species is taken by the book of Professor E.I.Gavrilov "Fauna and Distribution of the Birds of Kazakhstan", Almaty, 1999. 
Unfortunatelly it is impossible to photograph all species of birds. This page helps you to see photographed species only. Each species shows by icon and name on English. Click image to see the page of selected bird. 
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