Birds to See in Azerbaijan in December
102 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
102 bird species on our list for Azerbaijan are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Western Marsh-harrier, Chaffinch, Mallard and Meadow Pipit. New this month: Goldeneye.
New in December1
Leaving after last month45
- Barn Swallow
- Yellow Wagtail
- Wheatear
- Woodpigeon
- Wood Sandpiper
- Ruff
- Common Redstart
- Buzzard
- Cinereous Vulture
- Cattle Egret
- Golden Eagle
- Purple Heron
- Little Ringed Plover
- Chukar
- Fieldfare
- Hawfinch
- Redwing
- Sandwich Tern
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow
- Woodlark
- European Green Woodpecker
- Ring Ouzel
- Great Spotted Woodpecker
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Stonechat
- Eurasian Spoonbill
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Little Stint
- Arctic Jaeger
- Common Crane
- Grey Wagtail
- Alpine Chough
- Horned Lark
- Short-eared Owl
- Eurasian Bittern
- Rough-legged Hawk
- Bluethroat
- Northern Goshawk
- Twite
- Bohemian Waxwing
- Goldcrest
- Eurasian Woodcock
- Mediterranean Gull
- Dipper
- Common Pheasant
Residents
(26)Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(35)Present outside the breeding season
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Aug–May
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Sep–Jun
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianusLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–May
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jul–May
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly May–Mar
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Passage migrants
(40)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Sep–May
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Feb–Dec
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritusVU
Regularly Nov–Dec
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Oct–May
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Moustached Warbler
Acrocephalus melanopogonLC
Regularly Oct–May
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
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