Birds to See in Kazakhstan in August
139 bird species on our list for Kazakhstan are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Pied Wagtail, Rock Dove, Yellow Wagtail and Hooded Crow. New this month: White-tailed Sea-eagle, Eurasian Siskin, Common Gull and Goldeneye and 28 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
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 139 birds in August
139 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.31% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.81% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Aug
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.47% in Aug
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.81% in Aug
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.79% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.79% in Aug
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Aug
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.34% in Aug
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.31% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Aug
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.23% in Aug
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.20% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.06% in Aug
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.03% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.03% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.01% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboSummer visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.01% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Aug
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.94% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Aug
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorCommon18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.81% in Aug
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.81% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.80% in Aug
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.76% in Aug
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.73% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.72% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.70% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.69% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.69% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Aug
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.66% in Aug
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Aug
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.64% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Aug
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.56% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.53% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.53% in Aug
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.53% in Aug
Great TitParus majorWinter visitorCommonRecorded all year · 0.52% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.52% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.50% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.48% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.47% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.42% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.42% in Aug
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.41% in Aug
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Aug
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.39% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.37% in Aug
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.37% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.36% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Aug
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentCommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.36% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.34% in Aug
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.33% in Aug
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.33% in Aug
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.33% in Aug
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.31% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.30% in Aug
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.30% in Aug
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Aug
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.30% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaPassage migrantCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.28% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.28% in Aug
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.27% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.27% in Aug
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.27% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.27% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.27% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.25% in Aug
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.25% in Aug
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.23% in Aug
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorCommon66–94 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.23% in Aug
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.22% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoletaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.22% in Aug
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentUncommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Aug
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorCommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in Aug
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.22% in Aug
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Aug
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Aug
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Aug
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorCommon32–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.17% in Aug
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.17% in Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.17% in Aug
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.16% in Aug
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.16% in Aug
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusPassage migrantUncommon120–145 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.16% in Aug
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaPassage migrantUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Aug
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Aug
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.12% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.12% in Aug
Little OwlAthene noctuaPassage migrantUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.12% in Aug
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.12% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Aug
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.12% in Aug
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Aug · 0.12% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.11% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.11% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.11% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.11% in Aug
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Aug
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.08% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.08% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Aug
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusWinter visitorUncommon98–120 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.08% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.08% in Aug
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Aug
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.08% in Aug
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Aug
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.08% in Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Aug
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.08% in Aug
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusPassage migrantUncommon21–23 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.06% in Aug
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.06% in Aug
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.06% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.06% in Aug
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.05% in Aug
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.05% in Aug
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorUncommon39–43 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.05% in 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