Birds to See in Kazakhstan in July
120 species listed for July · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in July7
Leaving after last month44
- White-tailed Sea-eagle
- Reed Bunting
- Common Gull
- Eurasian Wren
- Goldeneye
- Eurasian Teal
- Nightingale
- Black Lark
- Water Rail
- Ringed Plover
- Cinereous Vulture
- Dunlin
- Goldcrest
- Bearded Tit
- Northern Pintail
- Eurasian Wigeon
- Dipper
- Merlin
- Little Owl
- Common Crane
- Long-eared Owl
- Horned Lark
- Desert Finch
- Curlew
- Greylag Goose
- Horned Grebe
- Grasshopper Warbler
- Red-necked Grebe
- Eurasian Spoonbill
- Greater Flamingo
- Twite
- Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
- Little Egret
- Sulphur-bellied Warbler
- Eurasian Bittern
- Short-eared Owl
- Savi's Warbler
- Blue Rock-thrush
- Corncrake
- Little Bittern
- Black Grouse
- Sedge Warbler
- Eurasian Stone-curlew
- Moustached Warbler
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
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(80)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Feb–Nov
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Recorded all year
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly May–Sep
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Sep
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Mar–Aug
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Apr–Oct
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Black Tern
Chlidonias nigerLC
Regularly May–Aug
Chukar
Alectoris chukarLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly May–Sep
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterusEN
Regularly Apr–Sep
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Alpine Chough
Pyrrhocorax graculusLC
Regularly May–Dec
Eurasian Scops-owl
Otus scopsLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly May–Sep
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Regularly May–Dec
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Winter visitors
(8)Present outside the breeding season
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Passage migrants
(6)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly May–Oct
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Jun–Oct
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly May–Sep
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