Uncommon Birds in Kazakhstan
Our list for Kazakhstan has 110 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 29 summer visitors, 12 winter visitors, 64 passage migrants and 3 scarce visitors
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 110, most common first
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusWinter visitorUncommon98–120 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentUncommon22–26 cmRecorded all year
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Aug
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorUncommon23–29 cmRegularly Aug–May
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–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