Birds to See in Azerbaijan in February
111 bird species on our list for Azerbaijan are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Common Starling, Chaffinch, Blackbird and Western Marsh-harrier. New this month: Common Sandpiper, Gadwall, Northern Lapwing and Woodpigeon and 42 more.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
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.
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All 111 birds in February
111 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Feb
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Feb
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Feb
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Feb
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Feb
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.45% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 1.43% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.38% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Feb
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.26% in Feb
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.23% in Feb
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.23% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.19% in Feb
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraWinter visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.19% in Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.08% in Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.08% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.06% in Feb
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.06% in Feb
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Feb
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Feb
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.01% in Feb
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.01% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.99% in Feb
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.99% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Feb
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.86% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaPassage migrantCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.84% in Feb
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.78% in Feb
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantCommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.77% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.77% in Feb
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.75% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.68% in Feb
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.66% in Feb
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantCommon50–60 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.65% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.65% in Feb
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.62% in Feb
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.62% in Feb
LinnetLinaria cannabinaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.61% in Feb
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorCommon66–94 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.61% in Feb
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusWinter visitorCommon120–145 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.60% in Feb
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.60% in Feb
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxPassage migrantCommon39–43 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.60% in Feb
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.60% in Feb
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.57% in Feb
RedshankTringa totanusPassage migrantCommon27–29 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.56% in Feb
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosPassage migrantCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.56% in Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.52% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantCommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.52% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.51% in Feb
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisSummer visitorUncommon30–36 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.49% in Feb
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Feb
GreenfinchChloris chlorisWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.47% in Feb
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusPassage migrantCommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.45% in Feb
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.42% in Feb
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.40% in Feb
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.40% in Feb
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.40% in Feb
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.39% in Feb
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.39% in Feb
Coal TitPeriparus aterPassage migrantUncommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.38% in Feb
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.38% in Feb
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.38% in Feb
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriPassage migrantCommon38–42 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.38% in Feb
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.36% in Feb
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Feb
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.36% in Feb
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.34% in Feb
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantCommon66–102 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.34% in Feb
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.34% in Feb
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.34% in Feb
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.32% in Feb
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.32% in Feb
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorCommon32–38 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.31% in Feb
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisPassage migrantCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.31% in Feb
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.30% in Feb
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.29% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Feb
Common GullLarus canusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.27% in Feb
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.27% in Feb
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantCommon20–27 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.27% in Feb
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.26% in Feb
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.26% in Feb
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantCommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.26% in Feb
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantCommon25–30 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.26% in Feb
Long-eared OwlAsio otusPassage migrantUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Feb–May · 0.26% in Feb
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaPassage migrantCommon53–57 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.26% in Feb
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.26% in Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.25% in Feb
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesPassage migrantCommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.25% in Feb
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorCommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.22% in Feb
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.21% in Feb
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusPassage migrantUncommon13–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.21% in Feb
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.18% in Feb
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.18% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaPassage migrantCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.17% in Feb
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantCommon36–41 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.17% in Feb
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Feb · 0.16% in Feb
Tawny OwlStrix alucoPassage migrantUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Feb · 0.14% in Feb
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.13% in Feb
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantCommon19–21 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.12% in Feb
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Feb · 0.04% in Feb
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