Tajikistan is home to over 400 species of birds. The habitats seen in the country include open woodlands, xeric shrubbery, alpine tundra, semi-desert areas, and steppes. Naturally, this environmental diversity leads to multiple avian species visiting the country. Some birds seen here include the Chukar Partridge, the Himalayan Snowcock, and the Golden Eagle.
List of Common Birds Found in Tajikistan
Native Birds
- Alpine Accentor
- Alpine Swift
- Asian Short-toed Lark
- Barn Swallow
- Barred Warbler
- Black Kite
- Black Redstart
- Black Stork
- Black-throated Accentor
- Black-throated Thrush
- Black-winged Kite
- Blue Tit
- Blue Whistling Thrush
- Blyth’s Reed Warbler
- Brambling
- Brown Accentor
- Brown-headed Gull
- Carrion Crow
- Chestnut-breasted Bunting
- Chukar Partridge
- Coal Tit
- Common Chaffinch
- Common Chiffchaff
- Common Hoopoe
- Common Kestrel
- Common Myna
- Common Nightingale
- Common Quail
- Common Raven
- Common Redstart
- Common Reed Bunting
- Common Rosefinch
- Common Starling
- Common Swift
- Common Whitethroat
- Crested Lark
- Crimson-winged Finch
- Daurian Partridge
- Desert Finch
- Eastern Rock Nuthatch
- Egyptian Vulture
- Eurasian Blackbird
- Eurasian Bullfinch
- Eurasian Collared Dove
- Eurasian Crag Martin
- Eurasian Cuckoo
- Eurasian Griffon
- Eurasian Hobby
- Eurasian Hoopoe
- Eurasian Jackdaw
- Eurasian Jay
- Eurasian Kestrel
- Eurasian Magpie
- Eurasian Nuthatch
- Eurasian Scops Owl
- Eurasian Skylark
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk
- European Bee-eater
- European Goldfinch
- European Greenfinch
- European Green Woodpecker
- European Roller
- European Serin
- European Turtle Dove
- Eversmann’s Redstart
- Finsch’s Wheatear
- Firecrest
- Fire-fronted Serin
- Goldcrest
- Golden Eagle
- Golden Oriole
- Great Reed Warbler
- Great Rosefinch
- Great Tit
- Greenish Warbler
- Gray Partridge
- Gray Wagtail
- Güldenstädt’s Redstart
- Hill Pigeon
- Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch
- Himalayan Monal
- Himalayan Snowcock
- Hooded Crow
- Horned Lark
- House Sparrow
- Hume’s Whitethroat
- Icterine Warbler
- Isabelline Wheatear
- Lammergeier
- Laughing Dove
- Lesser Gray Shrike
- Lesser Kestrel
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Little Egret
- Little Forktail
- MacQueen’s Bustard
- Mallard
- Marsh Warbler
- Menetries’s Warbler
- Mistle Thrush
- Monarch Flycatcher
- Mongolian Finch
- Montagu’s Harrier
- Northern Eagle Owl
- Northern Goshawk
- Northern Wheatear
- Pied Wheatear
- Pine Bunting
- Plain Mountain Finch
- Plumbeous Water Redstart
- Red-backed Shrike
- Red-billed Chough
- Red-fronted Serin
- Red-rumped Swallow
- Ring Ouzel
- Rock Bunting
- Rook
- Rose-colored Starling
- Rufous-streaked Accentor
- Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush
- Saker Falcon
- Sedge Warbler
- See-see Partridge
- Semi-collared Flycatcher
- Sombre Tit
- Song Thrush
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Steppe Buzzard
- Steppe Eagle
- Steppe Harrier
- Stone-curlew
- Streaked Laughingthrush
- Syrian Woodpecker
- Tibetan Sandgrouse
- Tibetan Snowcock
- Turkestan Tit
- White Stork
- White-tailed Sea Eagle
- White Wagtail
- White-winged Grosbeak
- White-winged Snowfinch
- Woodchat Shrike
- Yellow Wagtail
Non-native Birds
- Egyptian Nightjar
- Greater Flamingo
- Horned Grebe
- Macqueen’s Bustard
- Mute Swan
- Rock Pigeon
- Siberian Crane
- Spotted Crake
- Spotted Sandgrouse
Some of the best places to go birding in Tajikistan include Fann Mountains, Iskanderkul Lake, and Yashilkul Lake. The peak season for birding in Tajikistan generally falls in the spring and summer months, from April to August.
