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
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaPassage migrantUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaPassage migrantUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusPassage migrantUncommon120–145 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Jun
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantUncommon39–56 cmRegularly May–Oct
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Oct
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaPassage migrantUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Sulphur-bellied WarblerPhylloscopus griseolusPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Jun
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Aug
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr
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