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 · OctShare of all bird records in Kazakhstan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 109, most common first
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentCommon53–57 cmRecorded all year
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorCommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentCommon66–102 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusScarceCommon32–35 cm
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorCommon32–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
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





