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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Kazakhstan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 110, most common first
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
DipperCinclus cinclusPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly May–Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Little OwlAthene noctuaPassage migrantUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaScarceUncommon58–77 cm
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Oct
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Sep
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRegularly May–Dec
Common CraneGrus grusPassage migrantUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Long-eared OwlAsio otusPassage migrantUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Mar–May
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Willow TitPoecile montanusSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoletaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
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