Birds to See in Kazakhstan in January
72 species listed for January · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
72 bird species on our list for Kazakhstan are recorded regularly in January. Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Chaffinch, Great Tit, Rock Dove and Blackbird. New this month: Lesser Black-backed Gull, Chukar, Bullfinch and Northern Pintail and 2 more.
Leaving after last month29
- Pied Wagtail
- Black-headed Gull
- Chiffchaff
- Great Cormorant
- Western Marsh-harrier
- Great Crested Grebe
- Black-necked Grebe
- Common Starling
- Coot
- Eurasian Skylark
- Common Shelduck
- Common Snipe
- Coal Tit
- Water Rail
- Northern Shoveler
- Black Redstart
- Gadwall
- Common Redpoll
- Great Spotted Woodpecker
- Red-breasted Merganser
- Water Pipit
- Common Kingfisher
- Eurasian Wigeon
- Alpine Chough
- Long-eared Owl
- Meadow Pipit
- Peregrine Falcon
- Red-billed Chough
- Treecreeper
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
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(4)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
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
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Bohemian Waxwing
Bombycilla garrulusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo lagopusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Regularly May–Feb
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Smew
Mergellus albellusLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Cinereous Vulture
Aegypius monachusNT
Regularly Aug–Jun
Twite
Linaria flavirostrisLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Passage migrants
(9)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly May–Jan
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Dec–Jan
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensisLC
Regularly Nov–Jan
Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianusLC
Regularly Oct–Jan
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly 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