Birds to See in Kazakhstan in February
77 bird species on our list for Kazakhstan are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Great Tit, Chaffinch, Eurasian Tree Sparrow and Rock Dove. New this month: Pied Wagtail, Black-headed Gull, Great Cormorant and Northern Lapwing and 11 more.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
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 77 birds in February
77 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 7.27% in Feb
Great TitParus majorWinter visitorCommonRecorded all year · 6.33% in Feb
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 5.53% in Feb
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 4.70% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 4.05% in Feb
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 3.64% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.56% in Feb
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.48% in Feb
BlackbirdTurdus merulaWinter visitorCommon24–25 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 3.33% in Feb
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 2.88% in Feb
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 2.31% in Feb
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Feb
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 2.08% in Feb
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorCommon66–94 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.78% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Feb
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Feb
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 1.21% in Feb
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 1.06% in Feb
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Feb
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.95% in Feb
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.91% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Feb
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.87% in Feb
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Feb
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.57% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Feb
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.57% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.53% in Feb
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.53% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Feb
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.49% in Feb
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Feb
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.38% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.38% in Feb
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.38% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.34% in Feb
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Feb
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.34% in Feb
Black LarkMelanocorypha yeltoniensisPassage migrantCommon17–20 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.30% in Feb
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusWinter visitorUncommon98–120 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.30% in Feb
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentCommon66–102 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.30% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.30% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.30% in Feb
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.30% in Feb
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.27% in Feb
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.27% in Feb
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Feb
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.27% in Feb
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.27% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.23% in Feb
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.19% in Feb
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.19% in Feb
Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoletaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.19% in Feb
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.19% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.19% in Feb
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.19% in Feb
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.19% in Feb
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorUncommon13–16 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.19% in Feb
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentCommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Feb
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.19% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.15% in Feb
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.15% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboSummer visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.15% in Feb
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.15% in Feb
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.15% in Feb
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.15% in Feb
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentUncommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.11% in Feb
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.11% in Feb
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