Birds to See in Kazakhstan in September
167 bird species on our list for Kazakhstan are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Magpie, Pied Wagtail, Rock Dove, Chiffchaff and Carrion Crow. New this month: Chaffinch, Blackbird, Reed Bunting and Hen Harrier and 37 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
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 167 birds in September
167 birds
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.57% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaPassage migrantCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.98% in Sep
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.66% in Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.61% in Sep
Great TitParus majorWinter visitorCommonRecorded all year · 1.53% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.34% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSummer visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.25% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.19% in Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.08% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.00% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.91% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Sep
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.80% in Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.80% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboSummer visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.73% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.69% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.66% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.66% in Sep
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.64% in Sep
CootFulica atraSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.64% in Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.64% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.63% in Sep
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.63% in Sep
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusSummer visitorCommon46–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.59% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.58% in Sep
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.55% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.53% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaWinter visitorCommon24–25 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.51% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.51% in Sep
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorCommon32–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.50% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.49% in Sep
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusWinter visitorUncommon98–120 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.49% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Sep
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentCommon66–102 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.47% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.47% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.45% in Sep
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.44% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.44% in Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorCommon18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.44% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.43% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.40% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Sep
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.39% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Sep
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.37% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.37% in Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.36% in Sep
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentCommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Sep
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.36% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.35% in Sep
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.34% in Sep
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.32% in Sep
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.32% in Sep
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.31% in Sep
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.31% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.31% in Sep
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorCommon66–94 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.31% in Sep
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.30% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.30% in Sep
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.30% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaSummer visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.30% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.30% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.27% in Sep
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.26% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.26% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.25% in Sep
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.24% in Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.24% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.24% in Sep
Little OwlAthene noctuaPassage migrantUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.23% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in Sep
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusPassage migrantUncommon52–68 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.22% in Sep
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.21% in Sep
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Sep
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.21% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.21% in Sep
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusResidentCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Sep
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentUncommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.17% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.16% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.16% in Sep
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.16% in Sep
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.16% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Sep
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusPassage migrantUncommon120–145 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.14% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Sep
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Sep
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Sep
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.13% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.13% in Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Sep
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Sep
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.12% in Sep
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorUncommon39–43 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.12% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoletaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.12% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Sep
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Sep
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.12% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusPassage migrantCommon23–28 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.12% in Sep
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorCommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaPassage migrantUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Sep
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.10% in Sep
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Long-eared OwlAsio otusPassage migrantUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.09% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.09% in Sep
Common CraneGrus grusPassage migrantUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Sep
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.08% in Sep
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturPassage migrantUncommon26–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Black LarkMelanocorypha yeltoniensisPassage migrantCommon17–20 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.07% in Sep
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaPassage migrantUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosPassage migrantCommon20–23 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Sep
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserPassage migrantUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.06% in Sep
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.06% in Sep
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.05% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.05% in Sep
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantRare10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.05% in Sep
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusPassage migrantRare40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantRare26–29 cmRegularly Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Sep
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
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