Birds to See in Kazakhstan in October
144 bird species on our list for Kazakhstan are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Chaffinch, Magpie, Rook, Hooded Crow and Rock Dove. New this month: Blue Tit, Brambling, European Robin and Greenfinch and 19 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
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.
Other months
All 144 birds in October
144 birds
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 2.95% in Oct
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.89% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Oct
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.71% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Oct
Great TitParus majorWinter visitorCommonRecorded all year · 2.37% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.17% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaPassage migrantCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 2.16% in Oct
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Oct
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.55% in Oct
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboSummer visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.43% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaWinter visitorCommon24–25 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.34% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.26% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.09% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.04% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.03% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Oct
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.98% in Oct
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorCommon66–94 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.91% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosPassage migrantCommon20–23 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.90% in Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.86% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.77% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.75% in Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.74% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.69% in Oct
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.68% in Oct
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Oct
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.67% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.66% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.62% in Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.61% in Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.60% in Oct
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.59% in Oct
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.52% in Oct
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentCommon66–102 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.50% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.48% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Oct
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.46% in Oct
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.45% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.44% in Oct
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentCommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.42% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.42% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.39% in Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.38% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Oct
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.36% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.36% in Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.36% in Oct
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.31% in Oct
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorCommon32–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.31% in Oct
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.31% in Oct
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.30% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.29% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.29% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.28% in Oct
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.27% in Oct
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.27% in Oct
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.27% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.26% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.25% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.25% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Oct
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.23% in Oct
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.22% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.21% in Oct
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.21% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.21% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.21% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.21% in Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Oct
Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoletaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.20% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserPassage migrantUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.20% in Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusPassage migrantCommon23–28 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.20% in Oct
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.19% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.19% in Oct
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Oct
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.18% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.18% in Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.18% in Oct
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Oct
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Oct
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Oct
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentUncommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Oct
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusWinter visitorUncommon98–120 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.15% in Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Oct
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantUncommon39–56 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.15% in Oct
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.15% in Oct
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusPassage migrantUncommon120–145 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.14% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.14% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.14% in Oct
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Oct
Common CraneGrus grusPassage migrantUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.13% in Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.13% in Oct
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in Oct
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.13% in Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Oct
DipperCinclus cinclusPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.12% in Oct
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.12% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaPassage migrantUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.10% in Oct
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaPassage migrantUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorUncommon13–16 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.09% in Oct
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Oct
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.08% in Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
Stock DoveColumba oenasPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
Long-eared OwlAsio otusPassage migrantUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.07% in Oct
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorUncommon39–43 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.07% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisPassage migrantUncommon37–60 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Oct
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Oct
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.05% in Oct
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantRare10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct · 0.03% in Oct
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