Birds to See in Azerbaijan in February
111 species listed for February · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in February46
- Common Sandpiper
- Gadwall
- Northern Lapwing
- Woodpigeon
- Eurasian Siskin
- White-winged Tern
- Wood Sandpiper
- Ruff
- Red-billed Chough
- Song Thrush
- Buzzard
- Cetti's Warbler
- Ringed Plover
- Cattle Egret
- Merlin
- Curlew
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Common Kingfisher
- Golden Eagle
- Little Gull
- Water Pipit
- Moustached Warbler
- Common Gull
- Rose-ringed Parakeet
- Redshank
- Goldeneye
- Greater White-fronted Goose
- Golden Plover
- Hawfinch
- Redwing
- Bearded Tit
- Red-crested Pochard
- Sandwich Tern
- Dunlin
- Mistle Thrush
- European Green Woodpecker
- Whooper Swan
- Coal Tit
- Grey Wagtail
- Spotted Redshank
- Long-tailed Tit
- Eurasian Nuthatch
- Long-eared Owl
- Greater Scaup
- Barn Owl
- Tawny Owl
Leaving after last month2
Residents
(26)Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(6)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Feb–Dec
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Chukar
Alectoris chukarLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Winter visitors
(35)Present outside the breeding season
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Sep–Jun
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Aug–May
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly May–Mar
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–May
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Aug–May
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly May–Mar
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianusLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Passage migrants
(44)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Feb–Dec
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Sep–May
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Oct–May
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Moustached Warbler
Acrocephalus melanopogonLC
Regularly Oct–May
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Regularly Feb–May
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Mar
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Regularly Oct–May
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Barn Owl
Tyto albaLC
Regularly Feb
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Regularly Feb
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly 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