Owls in Kazakhstan
Our list for Kazakhstan has 5 owls recorded regularly there: 1 summer visitor and 4 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
Little OwlAthene noctuaPassage migrantUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Long-eared OwlAsio otusPassage migrantUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantUncommon21–28 cmRegularly May
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Eurasian Scops-owl 19–21 cm
- Little Owl 21–23 cm
- Boreal Owl 21–28 cm
- Long-eared Owl 35–40 cm
- Short-eared Owl 34–43 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