Birds to See in Azerbaijan in June
95 species listed for June · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in June2
Leaving after last month66
- Rook
- Tufted Duck
- Common Sandpiper
- Great White Egret
- Green Sandpiper
- Northern Shoveler
- White-winged Tern
- Wood Sandpiper
- Common Shelduck
- Ruff
- Jackdaw
- Cetti's Warbler
- Mute Swan
- Common Snipe
- Black-necked Grebe
- Ruddy Shelduck
- Ringed Plover
- Curlew
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Common Kingfisher
- Little Gull
- Kentish Plover
- Moustached Warbler
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Rose-ringed Parakeet
- Greater Flamingo
- Egyptian Vulture
- Redshank
- Grey Plover
- Willow Warbler
- Glossy Ibis
- Hawfinch
- Bearded Tit
- Tree Pipit
- Greenshank
- Little Bittern
- Red-crested Pochard
- Sandwich Tern
- Dunlin
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Stonechat
- Eurasian Spoonbill
- Little Stint
- Little Tern
- European Honey-buzzard
- Peregrine Falcon
- Squacco Heron
- Alpine Chough
- Nightjar
- Sanderling
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Montagu's Harrier
- Long-tailed Tit
- Whimbrel
- Long-eared Owl
- Eurasian Oystercatcher
- Eurasian Scops-owl
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Twite
- Red-necked Phalarope
- Dipper
- Wryneck
- Sedge Warbler
- Temminck's Stint
- Desert Finch
Residents
(26)Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Summer visitors
(25)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly May–Oct
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchosLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Chukar
Alectoris chukarLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Feb–Dec
Cinereous Vulture
Aegypius monachusNT
Regularly Mar–Jan
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senatorNT
Regularly May–Jul
Winter visitors
(11)Present outside the breeding season
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly May–Mar
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Sep–Jun
Passage migrants
(33)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
Monticola saxatilisLC
Regularly May–Jun
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Ring Ouzel
Turdus torquatusLC
Regularly Nov–Jun
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly May–Aug
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly Jun–Oct
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly May–Jun
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Marsh Warbler
Acrocephalus palustrisLC
Regularly May–Jun
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
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