Birds to See in Kazakhstan in October
144 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in October23
Leaving after last month46
- Common Tern
- European Bee-eater
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Hoopoe
- Common Sandpiper
- Cuckoo
- Little Ringed Plover
- Common Rosefinch
- Red-necked Phalarope
- Temminck's Stint
- Whitethroat
- Willow Warbler
- Black Lark
- White-winged Tern
- Common Reed-warbler
- House Martin
- Little Tern
- Short-toed Lark
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Gull-billed Tern
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Little Owl
- Montagu's Harrier
- European Honey-buzzard
- Glossy Ibis
- Grey Partridge
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Garden Warbler
- Egyptian Vulture
- Oriental Honey-buzzard
- Wryneck
- Golden Oriole
- Whinchat
- Common Quail
- Purple Heron
- Crag Martin
- Griffon Vulture
- Short-eared Owl
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Pacific Golden-Plover
- European Turtle-dove
- Blackcap
- Spotted Crake
- Eurasian Stone-curlew
- Golden Plover
- Wood Warbler
Residents
(26)Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Recorded all year
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Recorded all year
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(49)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Feb–Nov
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Alpine Chough
Pyrrhocorax graculusLC
Regularly May–Dec
Chukar
Alectoris chukarLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Apr–Oct
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Regularly May–Dec
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Winter visitors
(31)Present outside the breeding season
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Cinereous Vulture
Aegypius monachusNT
Regularly Aug–Jun
Twite
Linaria flavirostrisLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Smew
Mergellus albellusLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo lagopusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Passage migrants
(38)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Sep–May
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritusVU
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly May–Nov
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Desert Finch
Rhodospiza obsoletaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Nov
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Apr–Oct
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Jun–Oct
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly May–Jan
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Oct–Dec
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly May–Oct
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalisVU
Regularly May–Oct
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianusLC
Regularly Oct–Jan
Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatusLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Red-flanked Bluetail
Tarsiger cyanurusLC
Regularly 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