Birds to See in Kazakhstan in December
95 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
95 bird species on our list for Kazakhstan are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Chaffinch, Great Tit, Rock Dove and Eurasian Tree Sparrow. New this month: Woodpigeon, Gadwall, Common Redpoll and Water Pipit and 5 more.
Residents
(26)Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Recorded all year
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(20)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Recorded all year
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Regularly May–Dec
Alpine Chough
Pyrrhocorax graculusLC
Regularly May–Dec
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Winter visitors
(33)Present outside the breeding season
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Bohemian Waxwing
Bombycilla garrulusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Smew
Mergellus albellusLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo lagopusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Cinereous Vulture
Aegypius monachusNT
Regularly Aug–Jun
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Regularly May–Feb
Twite
Linaria flavirostrisLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Passage migrants
(16)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Common Redpoll
Acanthis flammeaLC
Regularly Dec
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Oct–Dec
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensisLC
Regularly Nov–Jan
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianusLC
Regularly Oct–Jan
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Dec–Jan
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Sep–May
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