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
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantCommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantCommon50–60 cmRegularly Sep–May
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantCommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisPassage migrantCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisPassage migrantCommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Aug
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantCommon66–102 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantCommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantCommon25–30 cmRegularly Sep–May
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–May
Common GullLarus canusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriPassage migrantCommon38–42 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusWinter visitorCommon120–145 cmRegularly Sep–May
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaPassage migrantCommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusPassage migrantCommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
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