Birds to See in Kazakhstan in May
191 bird species on our list for Kazakhstan are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Magpie, Rock Dove, Rook and Kestrel. New this month: Spotted Flycatcher, Red-backed Shrike, Whitethroat and Black Lark and 38 more.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
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 191 birds in May
191 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.47% in May
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in May
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in May
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in May
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in May
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in May
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in May
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.14% in May
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.12% in May
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.10% in May
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.06% in May
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.03% in May
Great TitParus majorWinter visitorCommonRecorded all year · 0.98% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in May
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.92% in May
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.90% in May
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.89% in May
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.84% in May
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in May
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.81% in May
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.75% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.72% in May
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.72% in May
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.72% in May
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.71% in May
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.71% in May
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in May
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.67% in May
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.66% in May
Black LarkMelanocorypha yeltoniensisPassage migrantCommon17–20 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.65% in May
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in May
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.63% in May
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in May
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.61% in May
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboSummer visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.61% in May
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorCommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.61% in May
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.59% in May
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in May
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.58% in May
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in May
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentCommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in May
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.55% in May
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.54% in May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.54% in May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.51% in May
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.51% in May
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.51% in May
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.51% in May
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.50% in May
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.49% in May
BlackbirdTurdus merulaWinter visitorCommon24–25 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.49% in May
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.49% in May
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in May
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in May
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaPassage migrantCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.44% in May
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.44% in May
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.44% in May
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in May
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.43% in May
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorCommon32–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.41% in May
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.40% in May
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorCommon18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.40% in May
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.39% in May
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.38% in May
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in May
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.37% in May
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.37% in May
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.36% in May
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.34% in May
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.32% in May
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in May
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.31% in May
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.30% in May
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in May
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in May
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentCommon66–102 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.28% in May
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.26% in May
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in May
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.24% in May
Greylag GooseAnser anserPassage migrantUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.24% in May
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in May
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.23% in May
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in May
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in May
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.22% in May
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.22% in May
Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoletaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.22% in May
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in May
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.21% in May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in May
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in May
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.19% in May
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in May
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusWinter visitorUncommon98–120 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.19% in May
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in May
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in May
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.18% in May
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentUncommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in May
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.17% in May
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in May
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.17% in May
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaPassage migrantUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.17% in May
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in May
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.16% in May
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in May
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.15% in May
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.15% in May
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.15% in May
Little OwlAthene noctuaPassage migrantUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.15% in May
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorUncommon39–43 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.15% in May
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in May
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in May
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.14% in May
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.14% in May
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusPassage migrantUncommon120–145 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.13% in May
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.13% in May
Sulphur-bellied WarblerPhylloscopus griseolusPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.13% in May
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.12% in May
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in May
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorCommon66–94 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.12% in May
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.12% in May
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.12% in May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in May
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.11% in May
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in May
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in May
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.10% in May
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.10% in May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in May
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.09% in May
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in May
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in May
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.08% in May
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in May
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in May
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in May
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.08% in May
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in May
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.07% in May
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.07% in May
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.07% in May
Common CraneGrus grusPassage migrantUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in May
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in May
DipperCinclus cinclusPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.06% in May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in May
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusPassage migrantUncommon21–23 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.06% in May
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.06% in May
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.05% in May
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in May
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusPassage migrantUncommon52–68 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in May
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturPassage migrantUncommon26–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in May
Little EgretEgretta garzettaPassage migrantUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in May
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in May
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.04% in May
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.04% in May
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in May
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.04% in May
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.04% in May
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.04% in May
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in May
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantUncommon21–28 cmRegularly May · 0.03% in May
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in May
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in May
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in May
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in May
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in May
CorncrakeCrex crexPassage migrantUncommon22–30 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.03% in May
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaPassage migrantUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.03% in May
Long-eared OwlAsio otusPassage migrantUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in May
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in May
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusPassage migrantRare40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in May
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixPassage migrantUncommon40–55 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.02% in May
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in May
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.02% in May
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.02% in May
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorUncommon13–16 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.02% in May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.02% in May
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesPassage migrantRare40–49 cmRegularly May · 0.02% in May
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantUncommon37–60 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in May
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in May
Cattle EgretArdea ibisScarceRare46–56 cmRegularly May · 0.01% in May
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly May · 0.01% in May
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantUncommon39–56 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in May
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in May
Stock DoveColumba oenasPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in May
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in May
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in 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