Birds to See in Kazakhstan in May
191 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in May42
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Red-backed Shrike
- Whitethroat
- Black Lark
- Goldcrest
- Black Tern
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Dipper
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Nightjar
- European Honey-buzzard
- Alpine Chough
- Long-eared Owl
- Grey Partridge
- Garden Warbler
- Oriental Honey-buzzard
- Wryneck
- Eurasian Woodcock
- Red-billed Chough
- Golden Oriole
- Grasshopper Warbler
- Greater Flamingo
- Twite
- Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
- Greater Scaup
- Crag Martin
- Sulphur-bellied Warbler
- Marsh Warbler
- Boreal Owl
- Blue Rock-thrush
- Corncrake
- Little Bittern
- Sedge Warbler
- Pacific Golden-Plover
- European Turtle-dove
- Spotted Crake
- Long-tailed Duck
- European Pied Flycatcher
- Moustached Warbler
- Wood Warbler
- Squacco Heron
- Cattle Egret
Residents
(26)Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Recorded all year
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Summer visitors
(80)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Feb–Nov
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Sep
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Chukar
Alectoris chukarLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Black Tern
Chlidonias nigerLC
Regularly May–Aug
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly May–Sep
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Apr–Oct
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Scops-owl
Otus scopsLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Mar–Aug
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Recorded all year
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly May–Sep
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Regularly May–Dec
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly May–Sep
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Alpine Chough
Pyrrhocorax graculusLC
Regularly May–Dec
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterusEN
Regularly Apr–Sep
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Winter visitors
(21)Present outside the breeding season
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Cinereous Vulture
Aegypius monachusNT
Regularly Aug–Jun
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Regularly May–Feb
Twite
Linaria flavirostrisLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Passage migrants
(63)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchosLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Black Lark
Melanocorypha yeltoniensisLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly May–Oct
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Desert Finch
Rhodospiza obsoletaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
Monticola saxatilisLC
Regularly May–Jun
Grasshopper Warbler
Locustella naeviaLC
Regularly May–Jun
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Sulphur-bellied Warbler
Phylloscopus griseolusLC
Regularly May–Jun
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritusVU
Regularly Apr–Oct
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Apr–Oct
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly May–Jan
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly May–Sep
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Savi's Warbler
Locustella luscinioidesLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Regularly May–Sep
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly May–Sep
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly Mar–May
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Boreal Owl
Aegolius funereusLC
Regularly May
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Sep–May
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Apr–Sep
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly May–Sep
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Corncrake
Crex crexLC
Regularly May–Jun
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Eurasian Stone-curlew
Burhinus oedicnemusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Black Grouse
Lyrurus tetrixLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly May–Nov
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Moustached Warbler
Acrocephalus melanopogonLC
Regularly May–Jun
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly May
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Regularly May–Oct
Marsh Warbler
Acrocephalus palustrisLC
Regularly May–Aug
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly May
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulvaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Spotted Crake
Porzana porzanaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly May–Sep
Scarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every year
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