Birds to See in Azerbaijan in January
67 species listed for January · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
67 bird species on our list for Azerbaijan are recorded regularly in January. Of these, the most often recorded are Western Marsh-harrier, Chaffinch, Kestrel, Hen Harrier and Hooded Crow. New this month: Cinereous Vulture, Chukar, Fieldfare and Eurasian Tree Sparrow and 1 more.
Leaving after last month40
- Griffon Vulture
- Brambling
- Gadwall
- Northern Lapwing
- Eurasian Siskin
- White-winged Tern
- Stock Dove
- Red-billed Chough
- Song Thrush
- Cetti's Warbler
- Ringed Plover
- Merlin
- Dunnock
- Curlew
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Common Kingfisher
- Little Gull
- Water Pipit
- Moustached Warbler
- Common Gull
- Rose-ringed Parakeet
- Yellowhammer
- Redshank
- Grey Plover
- Goldeneye
- Greater White-fronted Goose
- Golden Plover
- Bearded Tit
- Greenshank
- Red-crested Pochard
- Dunlin
- Mistle Thrush
- Whooper Swan
- Coal Tit
- Peregrine Falcon
- Horned Grebe
- Sanderling
- Spotted Redshank
- Long-tailed Tit
- Eurasian Nuthatch
Residents
(26)Recorded all year
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(2)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(35)Present outside the breeding season
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly May–Mar
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly May–Mar
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Aug–May
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Sep–Jun
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–May
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Aug–May
Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianusLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Passage migrants
(4)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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