Kazakhstan · Ongtüstik Qazaqstan oblysy
Sheikh Khalifa Houbara Breeding Center
160 species and 2,560 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May, with up to 57 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandra
Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
MerlinFalco columbarius
Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
Crested LarkGalerida cristata
Rock DoveColumba livia
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
RookCorvus frugilegus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Western JackdawColoeus monedulaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Lake Shoshkakol;78 km183 species
All 160 species recorded here
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis
- Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama
- Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Menetries's Warbler Curruca mystacea
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Mongolian Finch Bucanetes mongolicus
- Finsch's Wheatear Oenanthe finschii
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Black-throated Accentor Prunella atrogularis
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
- Turkestan Short-toed Lark Alaudala heinei
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata
- White-crowned Penduline Tit Remiz coronatus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Indian Golden Oriole Oriolus kundoo
- Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
- Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Sheikh Khalifa Houbara Breeding Center?
May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 57 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Sheikh Khalifa Houbara Breeding Center?
160 species, from 2,560 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Sheikh Khalifa Houbara Breeding Center in November?
The most recorded in November: Hen Harrier, Corn Bunting, Calandra Lark, Long-legged Buzzard and Pallid Harrier.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.