Finches in Azerbaijan
Our list for Azerbaijan has 11 finches recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 2 winter visitors, 6 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Azerbaijan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 11, most common first
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Mar
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesPassage migrantCommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–May
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Nov
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaScarceUncommon14–16 cm
Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoletaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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