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Big Year 2026

The winner will submit the pictures of the largest number of bird species taken on the territory of Kazakhstan during this year.

You can see previous years competitions results here: 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

participants


* number inside brackets means the number of species photographed in 2026
1. Nurgali Azat (27)

all species photographed in 2026


* in order of appearance (number inside brackets means the date of first record "month-day" )
1. Alaian Lidless Skink (2026-04-06)
2. Horsfield’s Tortoise (2026-04-10)
3. Halys Pit Viper (2026-04-11)
4. European Grass Snake (2026-04-13)
5. Dione Snake (2026-04-19)
6. Eastern Steppe Viper (2026-04-19)
7. Pallas’ spadefoot (2026-04-20)
8. Dice Snake (2026-04-21)
9. Marsh Frog (2026-04-25)
10. Rapid Racerunner (2026-04-26)
11. Sand Lizard (2026-04-26)
12. East Four-lined Ratsnake (2026-04-27)
13. Large Whip Snake (2026-04-27)
14. Secret Toadhead Agama (2026-04-30)
16. European Pond Turtle (2026-05-01)
17. Desert Lidless Skink (2026-05-08)
18. Steppe Ribbon Snake (2026-05-08)
19. European Glass Lizard (2026-05-09)
20. Steppe Agama (2026-05-09)
21. Green Toad (2026-05-09)
22. Desert Monitor (2026-05-09)
23. Turkestan Rock Gecko (2026-05-10)
25. Medial Racerunner (2026-05-23)
27. Spotted Wipe Snake (2026-06-06)

rare species records


Marsh Frog (Pelophylax ridibundus)

© yuriy malkov
2014-08-21

First record in Kostanai oblast.

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recent video

2024-04-12. Horsfield’s Tortoise (Viktoriya Zvyaginceva).

2020-05-29. Marsh Frog (Georgiy Shakula), Dice Snake (Georgiy Shakula).

2019-11-24. Medial Racerunner (Georgiy Shakula).

2019-04-30. Dione Snake (Andrei Kuryashkin).

2019-03-13. Desert Monitor (Marina Chirikova), Desert Monitor (Marina Chirikova).

2019-01-01. Halys Pit Viper (Andrei Kuryashkin).

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unidentified species


2026-07-12

Марк Пестов: [....]

2026-07-11

Марк Пестов: Это прыткая ящерица, вероятно, самка.

2025-12-10

Анатолий Таран: Более всего похож на Пискливого геккончика, но смущает более однородная окраска. Все особи этого вида на этом сайта имеют отчетливые пятна [....]

2025-09-15

Канат: Она есть и Туркестанской обл. озера Қарабұлақ. Территории Нац парка "Туркестан-Сырдария"

2025-05-29

Владимир Колбинцев: А перевести к нужному таксону?

more unidentified species...