Birds to See in Azerbaijan in April
115 bird species on our list for Azerbaijan are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Common Swift, Pied Wagtail, Hooded Crow and Rock Dove. New this month: Common Swift, Cuckoo, European Bee-eater and Sand Martin and 24 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Azerbaijan’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 115 birds in April
115 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.49% in Apr
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 2.22% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Apr
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Apr
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.72% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.11% in Apr
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.00% in Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.00% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.98% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.92% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.90% in Apr
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.90% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.88% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.88% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.88% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Apr
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxPassage migrantCommon39–43 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.88% in Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.83% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.82% in Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantCommon19–21 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.74% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.70% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Apr
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorCommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.67% in Apr
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.67% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.65% in Apr
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.64% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.62% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.62% in Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.62% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.61% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.61% in Apr
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantCommon93–122 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.57% in Apr
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.57% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.57% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Apr
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantCommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.54% in Apr
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantCommon20–27 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.54% in Apr
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraWinter visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.52% in Apr
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Apr
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.47% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.47% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.44% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosPassage migrantCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.44% in Apr
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorCommon32–38 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.43% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.43% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.43% in Apr
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusPassage migrantCommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.41% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.41% in Apr
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.41% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.41% in Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.38% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.38% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.36% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.36% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.36% in Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.34% in Apr
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.34% in Apr
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.34% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantCommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.33% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.33% in Apr
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesPassage migrantUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.33% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterPassage migrantUncommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.31% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisPassage migrantCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.31% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.29% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.29% in Apr
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantCommon66–102 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.28% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaPassage migrantCommon34–39 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.28% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.28% in Apr
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusSummer visitorCommon98–120 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.26% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantCommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.26% in Apr
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.25% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusPassage migrantUncommon13–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.25% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.25% in Apr
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.25% in Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.25% in Apr
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.23% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.23% in Apr
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaPassage migrantCommon53–57 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.23% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusPassage migrantCommon27–29 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.23% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.23% in Apr
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusPassage migrantUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.21% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisPassage migrantCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.21% in Apr
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.21% in Apr
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.21% in Apr
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantCommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.16% in Apr
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.16% in Apr
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.15% in Apr
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.15% in Apr
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusWinter visitorCommon120–145 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in Apr
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Apr
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.10% in Apr
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Apr
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriPassage migrantCommon38–42 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.07% in Apr
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Apr
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made