Birds to See in Azerbaijan in August
86 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
86 bird species on our list for Azerbaijan are recorded regularly in August. Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Rock Dove, Hooded Crow, House Sparrow and European Bee-eater. New this month: Sparrowhawk, Rook, European Robin and Yellow Wagtail and 30 more.
New in August34
- Sparrowhawk
- Rook
- European Robin
- Yellow Wagtail
- Chiffchaff
- Northern Shoveler
- Griffon Vulture
- Greenfinch
- Wheatear
- Black Redstart
- Hobby
- Red-billed Chough
- Linnet
- Common Rosefinch
- Mute Swan
- Little Grebe
- Common Snipe
- Ringed Plover
- Crag Martin
- Golden Eagle
- Purple Heron
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Water Pipit
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Whitethroat
- Glossy Ibis
- Avocet
- Tree Pipit
- Greenshank
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Coal Tit
- Little Stint
- Booted Eagle
- Grey Wagtail
Residents
(22)Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(18)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly May–Oct
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Chukar
Alectoris chukarLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Cinereous Vulture
Aegypius monachusNT
Regularly Mar–Jan
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Winter visitors
(16)Present outside the breeding season
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly May–Mar
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Jul–May
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–May
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Aug–May
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Aug–May
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Passage migrants
(30)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly May–Aug
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterusEN
Regularly Apr–Sep
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
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