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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Twite
Linaria flavirostrisLC
Regularly Oct–Jun

Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
Monticola saxatilisLC
Regularly May–Jun

Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly May–Oct

Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Apr–Jul

Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep

Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct

Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Jun–Oct

Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly May–Sep
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Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct

Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep

Sulphur-bellied Warbler
Phylloscopus griseolusLC
Regularly May–Jun

Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct

Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct

Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug

Marsh Warbler
Acrocephalus palustrisLC
Regularly May–Aug

Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Aug

Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimusLC
Regularly Apr

Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep

Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Apr–Sep

Boreal Owl
Aegolius funereusLC
Regularly May

Savi's Warbler
Locustella luscinioidesLC
Regularly Apr–Jun

Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Apr–Oct

Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly May–Aug
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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