Birds to See in Azerbaijan in June
95 bird species on our list for Azerbaijan are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Common Swift, Common Starling, Cuckoo and House Sparrow. New this month: Common Quail and European Turtle-dove.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunAt 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 95 birds in June
95 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 3.03% in Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 2.66% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Jun
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 2.10% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Jun
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.93% in Jun
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Jun
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Jun
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Jun
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraWinter visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.66% in Jun
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.66% in Jun
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.52% in Jun
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantCommon93–122 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.31% in Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Jun
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.24% in Jun
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.17% in Jun
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 1.17% in Jun
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jun
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxPassage migrantCommon39–43 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.07% in Jun
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 1.00% in Jun
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.93% in Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.86% in Jun
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jun
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.83% in Jun
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.79% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jun
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.69% in Jun
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.66% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jun
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.62% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.59% in Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.55% in Jun
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.55% in Jun
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorCommon32–38 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.52% in Jun
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.52% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.52% in Jun
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.48% in Jun
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.48% in Jun
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusPassage migrantCommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.48% in Jun
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.48% in Jun
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.45% in Jun
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorCommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.45% in Jun
Stock DoveColumba oenasPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.45% in Jun
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.45% in Jun
Coal TitPeriparus aterPassage migrantUncommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.41% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.38% in Jun
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisSummer visitorUncommon30–36 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.38% in Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jun
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.38% in Jun
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantCommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.38% in Jun
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.38% in Jun
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.38% in Jun
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.34% in Jun
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jun
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusSummer visitorCommon98–120 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.34% in Jun
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisPassage migrantCommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.34% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.34% in Jun
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jun
WoodlarkLullula arboreaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.34% in Jun
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.31% in Jun
DunnockPrunella modularisPassage migrantCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.31% in Jun
GreenfinchChloris chlorisWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.31% in Jun
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.31% in Jun
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.31% in Jun
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusPassage migrantUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Jun
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.28% in Jun
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.28% in Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.28% in Jun
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantCommon66–102 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.28% in Jun
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.28% in Jun
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.28% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosPassage migrantCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.28% in Jun
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Jun
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.24% in Jun
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.24% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Jun
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturPassage migrantUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.24% in Jun
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.24% in Jun
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.21% in Jun
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.21% in Jun
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.21% in Jun
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.21% in Jun
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.21% in Jun
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.21% in Jun
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.21% in Jun
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.10% in Jun
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