Birds of Uzbekistan

Over 400 avian species live in Uzbekistan. Once possessing a more diverse environment, decades of Soviet exploitation for growing cotton have led to the water and air becoming more polluted and less capable of supporting bird life. Despite this, the birds living here have adapted the best that they can.

Uzbekistan’s national bird is the White Stork. Other notable species include the Eurasian Magpie, the Common Starling, and the House Sparrow.

List of Common Birds Found in Uzbekistan

Native Birds

Asian Desert Warbler
Barn Swallow
Bearded Reedling
Bimaculated Lark
Black-eared Wheatear
Black Francolin
Black-headed Gull
Black-headed Wagtail
Black Kite
Black Redstart
Black Stork
Black-throated Thrush
Black-winged Kite
Black-winged Stilt
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
Blyth’s Reed Warbler
Booted Warbler
Calandra Lark
Caspian Gull
Citrine Wagtail
Collared Flycatcher
Common Chaffinch
Common Chiffchaff
Common Cuckoo
Common Hoopoe
Common Kestrel
Common Kingfisher
Common Myna
Common Rosefinch
Common Snipe
Common Starling
Crested Lark
Dalmatian Pelican
Demoiselle Crane
Desert Finch
Desert Wheatear
Eastern Imperial Eagle
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Eastern Orphean Warbler
Eastern Rock Nuthatch
Eurasian Bittern
Eurasian Blackbird
Eurasian Collared Dove
Eurasian Hobby
Eurasian Jay
Eurasian Kestrel
Eurasian Magpie
Eurasian Penduline Tit
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Eurasian Spoonbill
Eurasian Wryneck
European Bee-eater
European Goldfinch
European Nightjar
European Pied Flycatcher
European Roller
European Serin
European Stonechat
Fire-fronted Serin
Greater Short-toed Lark
Great Reed Warbler
Great Tit
Great White Pelican
Greenish Warbler
Gray Heron
Hooded Crow
House Sparrow
Hume’s Warbler
Hume’s Whitethroat
Isabelline Shrike
Isabelline Wheatear
Laughing Dove
Lesser Gray Shrike
Lesser Whitethroat
Little Bittern
Little Bunting
Little Bustard
Little Egret
Little Grebe
Little Owl
Long-eared Owl
Long-legged Buzzard
Long-tailed Shrike
Mallard
Marbled Duck
Masked Shrike
Menetries’s Bunting
Ménétries’s Warbler
Montagu’s Harrier
Moustached Warbler
Northern Lapwing
Northern Wheatear
Olive-backed Pipit
Paddyfield Warbler
Pallas’s Gull
Pallas’s Sea Eagle
Pallid Scops Owl
Pied Avocet
Pied Wheatear
Purple Swamphen
Red-backed Shrike
Red-crested Pochard
Red-fronted Serin
Rock Bunting
Rock Martin
Rock Pigeon
Rock Sparrow
Ruddy-breasted Crake
Ruddy Shelduck
Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush
Sedge Warbler
Short-toed Snake Eagle
Slaty-backed Flycatcher
Steppe Eagle
Steppe Gray Shrike
Sykes’s Warbler
Tawny Pipit
Western Marsh Harrier
Western Rock Nuthatch
Western Swamphen
White-crowned Penduline Tit
White Stork
White-tailed Lapwing
White-throated Robin
White Wagtail
White-winged Grosbeak
White-winged Lark
White-winged Tern
White-winged Woodpecker
Yellow-breasted Tit

Non-native Birds

European Golden Plover
Great Bustard
Greater Flamingo
Ibisbill
Namaqua Dove
Pacific Swift
Siberian Crane
Snow Goose
Sociable Lapwing
Tundra Swan

Some of the best places to go birding in Uzbekistan include Zaamin National Park, Chimgan Mountains, and Chatkal Mountains. The peak birding season in Uzbekistan typically occurs during the spring and autumn months, as these are the times when bird migration is at its height.