Birds to See in Azerbaijan in July
69 bird species on our list for Azerbaijan are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Pied Wagtail, House Sparrow, Hooded Crow and Blackbird. New this month: Common Sandpiper, Great White Egret, Green Sandpiper and White-winged Tern and 13 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At 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 69 birds in July
69 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 3.04% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Jul
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.64% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 1.48% in Jul
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.48% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.23% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Jul
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Aug · 1.15% in Jul
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jul
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantCommon20–27 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.15% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.07% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Jul
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorCommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.99% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jul
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.99% in Jul
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantCommon19–21 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.99% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.90% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.82% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.82% in Jul
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.82% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.82% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.74% in Jul
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.74% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.74% in Jul
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.74% in Jul
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.74% in Jul
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.66% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jul
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jul
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.66% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusPassage migrantCommon27–29 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.66% in Jul
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.66% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisPassage migrantCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.58% in Jul
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusPassage migrantCommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.58% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.49% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jul
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusPassage migrantCommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.49% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.49% in Jul
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriPassage migrantCommon38–42 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.49% in Jul
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.41% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.41% in Jul
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.41% in Jul
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantUncommon21–25 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.41% in Jul
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.41% in Jul
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorCommon32–38 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.33% in Jul
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusSummer visitorCommon98–120 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.33% in Jul
Common GullLarus canusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.33% in Jul
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.33% in Jul
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.33% in Jul
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisSummer visitorUncommon30–36 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.33% in Jul
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.33% in Jul
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.25% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantCommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.25% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.25% in Jul
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