Birds to See in Kazakhstan in April
162 species listed for April · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in April61
- Barn Swallow
- Common Tern
- European Bee-eater
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Wood Sandpiper
- Common Sandpiper
- Cuckoo
- Hobby
- Little Stint
- Sand Martin
- Common Rosefinch
- Song Thrush
- Tree Pipit
- Red-necked Phalarope
- Temminck's Stint
- Nightingale
- Willow Warbler
- White-winged Tern
- Buzzard
- Common Reed-warbler
- House Martin
- Little Tern
- Ringed Plover
- Kentish Plover
- Greenshank
- Common Kingfisher
- Gull-billed Tern
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Booted Eagle
- Montagu's Harrier
- Glossy Ibis
- Horned Lark
- Willow Tit
- Curlew
- Moorhen
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Eurasian Scops-owl
- Peregrine Falcon
- Horned Grebe
- Egyptian Vulture
- Spotted Redshank
- Whinchat
- Common Quail
- Red-necked Grebe
- Whimbrel
- Eurasian Spoonbill
- Sanderling
- Alpine Swift
- Purple Heron
- Osprey
- Little Egret
- Griffon Vulture
- Eurasian Bittern
- Grey Plover
- Little Gull
- Jack Snipe
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Savi's Warbler
- Stock Dove
- Black Grouse
- Eurasian Stone-curlew
Residents
(26)Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Summer visitors
(71)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Recorded all year
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Feb–Nov
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Chukar
Alectoris chukarLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Apr–Oct
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Eurasian Scops-owl
Otus scopsLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Mar–Aug
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterusEN
Regularly Apr–Sep
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Winter visitors
(26)Present outside the breeding season
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Cinereous Vulture
Aegypius monachusNT
Regularly Aug–Jun
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo lagopusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Passage migrants
(39)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Sep–May
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Desert Finch
Rhodospiza obsoletaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Apr–Oct
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly Mar–May
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimusLC
Regularly Apr
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Savi's Warbler
Locustella luscinioidesLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Apr–Sep
Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchosLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Eurasian Stone-curlew
Burhinus oedicnemusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritusVU
Regularly Apr–Oct
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Black Grouse
Lyrurus tetrixLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
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