Grebes in Kazakhstan
Our list for Kazakhstan has 5 grebes recorded regularly there: 2 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Kazakhstan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Aug–May
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaPassage migrantUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Grebe 23–29 cm
- Black-necked Grebe 28–34 cm
- Horned Grebe 31–38 cm
- Red-necked Grebe 40–50 cm
- Great Crested Grebe 46–51 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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

