Birds to See in Kazakhstan in March
110 species listed for March · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
110 bird species on our list for Kazakhstan are recorded regularly in March. Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Great Tit, Rook, Magpie and Chaffinch. New this month: Yellow Wagtail, Chiffchaff, Common Swift and Hoopoe and 33 more.
New in March37
- Yellow Wagtail
- Chiffchaff
- Common Swift
- Hoopoe
- Western Marsh-harrier
- Great Crested Grebe
- Black-necked Grebe
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Little Ringed Plover
- Ruff
- Wheatear
- Garganey
- Grey Wagtail
- Bluethroat
- Common Snipe
- Redshank
- Common Redstart
- Water Rail
- Northern Shoveler
- Black Redstart
- Short-toed Lark
- Chukar
- Dunlin
- Bearded Tit
- Bullfinch
- Eurasian Oystercatcher
- Avocet
- Little Owl
- Cetti's Warbler
- Common Crane
- Long-eared Owl
- Greater White-fronted Goose
- Meadow Pipit
- Greylag Goose
- Treecreeper
- Greater Flamingo
- Short-eared Owl
Leaving after last month4
Residents
(26)Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Recorded all year
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Recorded all year
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Summer visitors
(35)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Feb–Nov
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Recorded all year
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Chukar
Alectoris chukarLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Mar–Aug
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Winter visitors
(29)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
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Bohemian Waxwing
Bombycilla garrulusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo lagopusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Cinereous Vulture
Aegypius monachusNT
Regularly Aug–Jun
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Passage migrants
(20)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Sep–May
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Desert Finch
Rhodospiza obsoletaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Black Lark
Melanocorypha yeltoniensisLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly Mar–May
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Oct–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