Birds in Kazakhstan
227 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
Our list for Kazakhstan has 227 bird species recorded regularly there: 26 residents, 80 summer visitors, 33 winter visitors, 83 passage migrants and 5 scarce visitors.
The list comes from 191,000 birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.
Birds to see in Kazakhstan in September
167 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

Magpie
Resident

Pied Wagtail
Summer visitor

Rock Dove
Resident

Chiffchaff
Passage migrant

Carrion Crow
Resident

Kestrel
Resident

Sparrowhawk
Winter visitor

Barn Swallow
Summer visitor
Arriving in September: Chaffinch, Blackbird, Reed Bunting, Hen Harrier, Eurasian Wren, Song Thrush, Black Lark, Water Rail and 33 more.
Through the year
Species recorded regularly in Kazakhstan each month: most in May (191), fewest in January (72). Choose a month to see its birds.
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Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo lagopusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr

Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep

Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC

Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeusLC
Regularly May–Oct

European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly May–Sep

Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep

Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Mar–Oct

Alpine Chough
Pyrrhocorax graculusLC
Regularly May–Dec
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Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct

Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec

Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly Mar–May

Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Regularly Sep–Jun

Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct

Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Jan

Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr

Desert Finch
Rhodospiza obsoletaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov

Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Apr–Oct

Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct

Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Regularly May–Feb

Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensisLC
Regularly Nov–Jan

Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Apr–Sep

Eurasian Scops-owl
Otus scopsLC
Regularly Apr–Aug

Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
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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