Common Birds in Kazakhstan
Our list for Kazakhstan has 109 common birds recorded regularly there: 24 residents, 51 summer visitors, 21 winter visitors, 12 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Kazakhstan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 109, most common first
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboSummer visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
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