Birds to See in Kazakhstan in August
139 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in August32
- White-tailed Sea-eagle
- Eurasian Siskin
- Common Gull
- Goldeneye
- Eurasian Teal
- Willow Warbler
- Ringed Plover
- Cinereous Vulture
- Dunlin
- Bearded Tit
- Northern Pintail
- Eurasian Wigeon
- Little Grebe
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Merlin
- Little Owl
- Desert Finch
- Curlew
- Grey Partridge
- Garden Warbler
- Whinchat
- Red-necked Grebe
- Whimbrel
- Greater Flamingo
- Sanderling
- Little Gull
- Marsh Warbler
- Sandwich Tern
- Blue Rock-thrush
- Little Bittern
- Sedge Warbler
- Pacific Golden-Plover
Residents
(24)Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Recorded all year
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(74)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Sep
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Feb–Nov
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly May–Sep
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Recorded all year
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly May–Sep
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Apr–Oct
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Chukar
Alectoris chukarLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Mar–Aug
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Black Tern
Chlidonias nigerLC
Regularly May–Aug
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Eurasian Scops-owl
Otus scopsLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Regularly May–Dec
Winter visitors
(13)Present outside the breeding season
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Cinereous Vulture
Aegypius monachusNT
Regularly Aug–Jun
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Regularly May–Feb
Passage migrants
(28)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly May–Oct
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly May–Sep
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly May–Sep
Desert Finch
Rhodospiza obsoletaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Apr–Oct
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Marsh Warbler
Acrocephalus palustrisLC
Regularly May–Aug
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Aug
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Jun–Oct
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulvaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly May–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