Uzbekistan · Bukhara Region
Kyzylkum Desert
131 species and 640 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May, with up to 67 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Kyzylkum rest stop36 km70 species
- Kyzylkum teahouse40 km81 species
- Karaqir canals65 km135 species
All 131 species recorded here
- Turkestan Ground Jay Podoces panderi
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Streaked Scrub Warbler Scotocerca inquieta
- Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana
- Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
- Menetries's Warbler Curruca mystacea
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Pale Martin Riparia diluta
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- Turkestan Short-toed Lark Alaudala heinei
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kyzylkum Desert?
May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 67 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kyzylkum Desert?
131 species, from 640 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kyzylkum Desert in November?
The most recorded in November: Turkestan Ground Jay.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.
Turkestan Ground JayPodoces panderi