Birds to See in Azerbaijan in March
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.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
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.
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All 138 birds in March
138 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 1.44% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.33% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.31% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.31% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.29% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.26% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.19% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.17% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Mar
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraWinter visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.13% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.06% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.02% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.98% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.98% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaPassage migrantCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.97% in Mar
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.95% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.94% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.92% in Mar
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.92% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.91% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.89% in Mar
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.89% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.87% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.87% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.86% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.85% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.80% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.79% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.76% in Mar
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.72% in Mar
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.70% in Mar
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.70% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantCommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.67% in Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.67% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantCommon50–60 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.65% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.62% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosPassage migrantCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.61% in Mar
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Mar
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.59% in Mar
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusWinter visitorCommon120–145 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.59% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.58% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.57% in Mar
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.57% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantCommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.56% in Mar
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorCommon66–94 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.56% in Mar
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.55% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.54% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisPassage migrantCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.54% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.46% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusPassage migrantCommon27–29 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.46% in Mar
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantCommon20–27 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.46% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.45% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.45% in Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.44% in Mar
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.41% in Mar
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaPassage migrantCommon53–57 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.40% in Mar
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.39% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.38% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.37% in Mar
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisSummer visitorUncommon30–36 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.37% in Mar
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxPassage migrantCommon39–43 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.35% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusPassage migrantCommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.33% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantCommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.32% in Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.32% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.31% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.30% in Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.29% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaPassage migrantCommon34–39 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.29% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.28% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaPassage migrantCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.27% in Mar
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.26% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.26% in Mar
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorCommon32–38 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.26% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.25% in Mar
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.25% in Mar
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.25% in Mar
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.23% in Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaPassage migrantCommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.23% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusSummer visitorCommon98–120 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.21% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.21% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.21% in Mar
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesPassage migrantCommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.21% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusPassage migrantUncommon13–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.20% in Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantCommon66–102 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.19% in Mar
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.19% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisPassage migrantCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.18% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.18% in Mar
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantCommon93–122 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.18% in Mar
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.18% in Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.17% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.16% in Mar
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.15% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.15% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.14% in Mar
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.13% in Mar
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.13% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantCommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.13% in Mar
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.12% in Mar
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriPassage migrantCommon38–42 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.12% in Mar
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.12% in Mar
DipperCinclus cinclusPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.12% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.12% in Mar
WoodlarkLullula arboreaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.10% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.08% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.07% in Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantCommon36–41 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in Mar
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Mar
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisPassage migrantUncommon46–61 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.05% in Mar
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Mar
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusPassage migrantUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.04% in Mar
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantCommon25–30 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.03% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in 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