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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Azerbaijan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 142, most common first
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorCommon66–94 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Aug
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantCommon20–27 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantCommon19–21 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Stock DoveColumba oenasPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Sep–May
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
JackdawColoeus monedulaPassage migrantCommon34–39 cmRegularly Oct–May
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxPassage migrantCommon39–43 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon12–12 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