Kazakhstan · Mangystau Region
Tengiz – South Evaporation Ponds
224 species and 4,572 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and September, with up to 90 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RookCorvus frugilegus
BramblingFringilla montifringilla
Common GullLarus canus
MerlinFalco columbarius
Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandra
Mute SwanCygnus olorSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 224 species recorded here
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Turkestan Short-toed Lark Alaudala heinei
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Siberian Long-tailed Rosefinch Carpodacus sibiricus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Asian Short-toed Lark Alaudala cheleensis
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Twite Linaria flavirostris
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
- White-winged Lark Alauda leucoptera
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus
- Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Great Tit Parus major
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Tengiz – South Evaporation Ponds?
May and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 90 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Tengiz – South Evaporation Ponds?
224 species, from 4,572 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Tengiz – South Evaporation Ponds in November?
The most recorded in November: Caspian Gull, Hooded Crow, Eurasian Chaffinch, Common Reed Bunting and Hen 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.