Common Birds in Azerbaijan
Our list for Azerbaijan has 142 common birds recorded regularly there: 26 residents, 22 summer visitors, 35 winter visitors and 59 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Azerbaijan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 142, most common first
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon19–22 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRegularly Aug–May
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
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