Birds to See in Kazakhstan in April
162 bird species on our list for Kazakhstan are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Wagtail, Rock Dove, Barn Swallow, Chiffchaff and Black-headed Gull. New this month: Barn Swallow, Common Tern, European Bee-eater and Lesser Whitethroat and 57 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Kazakhstan’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 162 birds in April
162 birds
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.51% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.95% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaPassage migrantCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.81% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.69% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Apr
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.35% in Apr
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Apr
Great TitParus majorWinter visitorCommonRecorded all year · 1.26% in Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Apr
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Apr
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 1.19% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Apr
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.09% in Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.98% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.98% in Apr
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.88% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.88% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.82% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.78% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboSummer visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.78% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.78% in Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.78% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.75% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaWinter visitorCommon24–25 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.71% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.69% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.68% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.67% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Apr
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.65% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.65% in Apr
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.65% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.63% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.62% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.62% in Apr
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentCommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.58% in Apr
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.58% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.58% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.56% in Apr
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.55% in Apr
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.47% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.46% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.45% in Apr
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.44% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.42% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.41% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.41% in Apr
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorCommon32–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.39% in Apr
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.39% in Apr
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorCommon66–94 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.39% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Apr
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.36% in Apr
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.35% in Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.33% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.32% in Apr
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Apr
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.31% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.31% in Apr
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.30% in Apr
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentUncommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Apr
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentCommon66–102 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.30% in Apr
Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoletaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.29% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.27% in Apr
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.25% in Apr
Common CraneGrus grusPassage migrantUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.24% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Apr
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.24% in Apr
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserPassage migrantUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.23% in Apr
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorCommon18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.22% in Apr
Little OwlAthene noctuaPassage migrantUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.21% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Apr
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.20% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosPassage migrantCommon20–23 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.20% in Apr
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.20% in Apr
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Apr
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Apr
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusWinter visitorUncommon98–120 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.19% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.19% in Apr
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.19% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.17% in Apr
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Apr
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.15% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.15% in Apr
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Apr
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.14% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.14% in Apr
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.14% in Apr
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Apr
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr · 0.12% in Apr
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.12% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.11% in Apr
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.11% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Apr
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.10% in Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Apr
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.09% in Apr
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Apr
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Apr
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.09% in Apr
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Apr
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.07% in Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.07% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Apr
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Apr
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.06% in Apr
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.06% in Apr
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Apr
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Apr
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusPassage migrantRare40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Apr
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Apr
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.04% in Apr
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaPassage migrantUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Apr
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusPassage migrantCommon23–28 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.04% in Apr
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorCommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Apr
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaPassage migrantUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.04% in Apr
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.04% in Apr
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Apr
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorUncommon13–16 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.02% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Apr
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixPassage migrantUncommon40–55 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.02% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaPassage migrantUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Apr
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.02% in Apr
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made