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Best photos of the month, December 2013
Great White Egret | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1
White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1
Eversmann's Redstart | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1
Eversmann's Redstart | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1
Great Grey Shrike | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1
Water Rail | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1
Northern Reed Bunting | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1
White-tailed Sea-Eagle | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1
Little Grebe | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1
Grey Heron | Gennadiy Dyakin | 1
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rare birds records
Long-toed Stint (Calidris subminuta)
© Gennadiy Dyakin
2025-05-10
Sorbulak lake, Almaty region
A rare migratory species for Kazakhstan.
Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)
© Gennadiy Dyakin
2024-12-07
Sorbulak lake, Almaty region
Second winter record, first for the southeast of Kazakhstan. Previously, it was only observed in Aktau in January 2016 (Yas'ko, 2017).
White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala)
© Gennadiy Dyakin
2024-12-07
Sorbulak lake, Almaty region
The first winter record in the south-east of Kazakhstan. Before this, the White-headed Duck was recorded only on the lake Karakol (Mangistau region): probably a delayed individual on December 8, 2011 (Kovshar, Karpov 2019) and several birds on December 12, 2019 (Nurlykhanov, see site gallery).<br>
Caucasian Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus lorenzii)
© Gennadiy Dyakin
2018-05-08
Fakel, Mangistau region
A new species for Kazakhstan. The habitat of Phylloscopus lorenzii covers Turkey, the Caucasus, Transcaucasia and northern Iran.