Birds to See in Azerbaijan in December
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.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecAt their peak
From Azerbaijan’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 102 birds in December
102 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Dec
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Dec
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.90% in Dec
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.90% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 1.76% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Dec
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.65% in Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.60% in Dec
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Dec
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.34% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.32% in Dec
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.32% in Dec
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Dec
GadwallMareca streperaPassage migrantCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.26% in Dec
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.18% in Dec
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.15% in Dec
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.12% in Dec
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraWinter visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.09% in Dec
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.06% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.04% in Dec
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.04% in Dec
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.04% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.01% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.01% in Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.01% in Dec
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorCommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 1.01% in Dec
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.98% in Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Dec
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.90% in Dec
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.87% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Dec
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.87% in Dec
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.81% in Dec
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantCommon50–60 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.78% in Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.78% in Dec
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Dec
Common GullLarus canusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.70% in Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.70% in Dec
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.70% in Dec
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.70% in Dec
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorCommon66–94 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.70% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Dec
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantCommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.64% in Dec
LinnetLinaria cannabinaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.64% in Dec
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaPassage migrantCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.62% in Dec
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.62% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisPassage migrantCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.56% in Dec
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaPassage migrantCommon53–57 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.56% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.53% in Dec
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.53% in Dec
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.50% in Dec
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantCommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.50% in Dec
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.50% in Dec
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.50% in Dec
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.50% in Dec
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.45% in Dec
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantCommon25–30 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.45% in Dec
RedshankTringa totanusPassage migrantCommon27–29 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.45% in Dec
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.45% in Dec
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.42% in Dec
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.39% in Dec
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.39% in Dec
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusWinter visitorCommon120–145 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.39% in Dec
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.36% in Dec
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.36% in Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantCommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.36% in Dec
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantCommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.34% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaPassage migrantCommon34–39 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.34% in Dec
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.34% in Dec
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.31% in Dec
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusPassage migrantUncommon13–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.31% in Dec
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriPassage migrantCommon38–42 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.31% in Dec
GreenfinchChloris chlorisWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.28% in Dec
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Dec
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusPassage migrantCommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.28% in Dec
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.25% in Dec
DunnockPrunella modularisPassage migrantCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.25% in Dec
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.25% in Dec
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosPassage migrantCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.25% in Dec
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantCommon20–27 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.25% in Dec
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.22% in Dec
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.20% in Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterPassage migrantUncommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.20% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Dec
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantCommon93–122 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.20% in Dec
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxPassage migrantCommon39–43 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.20% in Dec
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaPassage migrantCommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.20% in Dec
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.17% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.17% in Dec
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.14% in Dec
Stock DoveColumba oenasPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.11% in 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