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
RedshankTringa totanusPassage migrantCommon27–29 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantCommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–May
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorCommon32–38 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantCommon48–66 cmRegularly May–Oct
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaPassage migrantCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantCommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesPassage migrantCommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–May
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusPassage migrantCommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Oct
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaPassage migrantCommon53–57 cmRegularly Oct–May
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantCommon36–41 cmRegularly Oct–May
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–May
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusPassage migrantCommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
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