Falconry (eagle, falcon, etc.) is one of the facets of the ancient Kazakh hunting art. Academician Alkey Margulan, who first studied the art of poultry farming, said: “among the many ancient cultural monuments of Kazakhstan, there is one that has not been noticed for a long time. It is the art of falconry. There is no doubt that it is a historical monument. “Since ancient times, the Kazakh people used the eagle family (eagle, hawk, vulture, etc.) for hunting. Falconer is a person who is able to distinguish facets by type, group, genus, divide them from among themselves into kinship and generations. Berkutchi is a person who knows the price of an eagle, can take it on horseback and on foot, and has an average literacy of animals and birds. Falconry is an art that reflects the nobility of the Kazakh people, the companionship and heartiness of men.

Falconry, proposed by the countries of the UAE, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, France, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Republic of Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Spain, and Syria, was inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 28 November – 2 December 2016).