Birds to See in Kazakhstan in September
167 species listed for September · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in September41
- Chaffinch
- Blackbird
- Reed Bunting
- Hen Harrier
- Eurasian Wren
- Song Thrush
- Black Lark
- Water Rail
- Black Redstart
- Golden Eagle
- Common Merganser
- Great Spotted Woodpecker
- Linnet
- Goldcrest
- European Honey-buzzard
- Cetti's Warbler
- Alpine Chough
- Common Crane
- Long-eared Owl
- Horned Lark
- Greylag Goose
- Peregrine Falcon
- Northern Goshawk
- Horned Grebe
- Egyptian Vulture
- Oriental Honey-buzzard
- Osprey
- Crag Martin
- Little Egret
- Griffon Vulture
- Grey Plover
- Short-eared Owl
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Stock Dove
- European Turtle-dove
- Blackcap
- Spotted Crake
- Eurasian Stone-curlew
- Yellow-browed Warbler
- Golden Plover
- Wood Warbler
Residents
(25)Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Recorded all year
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Recorded all year
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Recorded all year
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Summer visitors
(75)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Sep
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Feb–Nov
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Chukar
Alectoris chukarLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Recorded all year
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly May–Sep
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Alpine Chough
Pyrrhocorax graculusLC
Regularly May–Dec
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly May–Sep
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Regularly May–Dec
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterusEN
Regularly Apr–Sep
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly May–Sep
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Winter visitors
(21)Present outside the breeding season
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Cinereous Vulture
Aegypius monachusNT
Regularly Aug–Jun
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Recorded all year
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Regularly May–Feb
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Passage migrants
(46)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly May–Oct
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Sep–May
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Apr–Oct
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly May–Sep
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly May–Sep
Desert Finch
Rhodospiza obsoletaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritusVU
Regularly Apr–Oct
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly May–Sep
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly May–Sep
Black Lark
Melanocorypha yeltoniensisLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Spotted Crake
Porzana porzanaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Apr–Sep
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Jun–Oct
Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatusLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Sep
Eurasian Stone-curlew
Burhinus oedicnemusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Sep
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulvaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly May–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