Bird AlbumKazakhstan · Ongtüstik Qazaqstan oblysy
Lake Shoshkakol;
183 species and 2,473 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May, with up to 90 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
- Sheikh Khalifa Houbara Breeding Center78 km160 species
All 183 species recorded here
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- White-crowned Penduline Tit Remiz coronatus
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Mongolian Finch Bucanetes mongolicus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Turkestan Short-toed Lark Alaudala heinei
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Pallid Scops Owl Otus brucei
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- White-winged Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucopterus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Pale Martin Riparia diluta
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Lake Shoshkakol;?
May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 90 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Lake Shoshkakol;?
183 species, from 2,473 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.