Birds to See in Kazakhstan in July
120 bird species on our list for Kazakhstan are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Pied Wagtail, Rock Dove, Common Tern and Eurasian Tree Sparrow. New this month: Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Red-backed Shrike and Temminck's Stint and 3 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
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 120 birds in July
120 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.85% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.57% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.08% in Jul
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Jul
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.70% in Jul
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.51% in Jul
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.51% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 1.46% in Jul
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.27% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.11% in Jul
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jul
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.94% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jul
Great TitParus majorWinter visitorCommonRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.92% in Jul
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.90% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboSummer visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.87% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.85% in Jul
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.82% in Jul
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.76% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jul
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.76% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.75% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaPassage migrantCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.73% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jul
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.71% in Jul
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.71% in Jul
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.59% in Jul
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.57% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.57% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.57% in Jul
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.57% in Jul
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.57% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.54% in Jul
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.54% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.54% in Jul
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.50% in Jul
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.50% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.50% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.50% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.49% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.45% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaWinter visitorCommon24–25 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.43% in Jul
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.43% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.43% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.40% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.40% in Jul
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.38% in Jul
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.38% in Jul
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.38% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jul
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jul
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.33% in Jul
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.31% in Jul
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.30% in Jul
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.30% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.28% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.28% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.26% in Jul
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.26% in Jul
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Jul
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentCommon66–102 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.26% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.24% in Jul
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorCommon32–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.24% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.24% in Jul
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.24% in Jul
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentCommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorCommon18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.23% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.21% in Jul
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.21% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.21% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorCommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in Jul
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.19% in Jul
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.17% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.17% in Jul
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.16% in Jul
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.16% in Jul
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Jul
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.14% in Jul
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Jul
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Jul
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Jul
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.12% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Jul
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.10% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.10% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.10% in Jul
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.09% in Jul
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentUncommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.09% in Jul
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorUncommon39–43 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.09% in Jul
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Jul
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Jul
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.05% in Jul
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorUncommon13–16 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.05% in Jul
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
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