Birds to See in Azerbaijan in March
138 species listed for March · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
138 bird species on our list for Azerbaijan are recorded regularly in March. Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Common Starling, Western Marsh-harrier, Chaffinch and Pied Wagtail. New this month: Barn Swallow, Hoopoe, Yellow Wagtail and Griffon Vulture and 31 more.
New in March35
- Barn Swallow
- Hoopoe
- Yellow Wagtail
- Griffon Vulture
- Brambling
- Jackdaw
- House Martin
- Garganey
- Cinereous Vulture
- Dunnock
- Little Ringed Plover
- Yellowhammer
- Grey Plover
- Greenshank
- Woodlark
- Ring Ouzel
- Common Reed-warbler
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Stonechat
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Blackcap
- Little Stint
- Peregrine Falcon
- Alpine Chough
- Sanderling
- Horned Lark
- Short-toed Lark
- Short-eared Owl
- Eurasian Bittern
- Bluethroat
- Eurasian Oystercatcher
- Northern Goshawk
- Mediterranean Gull
- Dipper
- Temminck's Stint
Leaving after last month8
Residents
(26)Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(13)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Feb–Dec
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Chukar
Alectoris chukarLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Cinereous Vulture
Aegypius monachusNT
Regularly Mar–Jan
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Winter visitors
(34)Present outside the breeding season
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Aug–May
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
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
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Sep–Jun
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–May
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly May–Mar
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Passage migrants
(65)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Oct–May
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Moustached Warbler
Acrocephalus melanopogonLC
Regularly Oct–May
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Feb–Dec
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Sep–May
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Mar
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Regularly Oct–May
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Ring Ouzel
Turdus torquatusLC
Regularly Nov–Jun
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Nov–May
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Mar–May
Alpine Chough
Pyrrhocorax graculusLC
Regularly Nov–May
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
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