Birds to See in Azerbaijan in May
159 bird species on our list for Azerbaijan are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Common Swift, Common Starling, Hooded Crow and Cuckoo. New this month: Red-backed Shrike, Great White Egret, Golden Oriole and Linnet and 47 more.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
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 159 birds in May
159 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.27% in May
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 2.27% in May
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in May
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in May
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.64% in May
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in May
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.53% in May
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in May
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in May
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.34% in May
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.24% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in May
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraWinter visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.13% in May
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.99% in May
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.96% in May
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in May
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.94% in May
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in May
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in May
LinnetLinaria cannabinaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.92% in May
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.89% in May
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in May
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in May
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantCommon93–122 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.82% in May
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.77% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in May
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in May
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.74% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.74% in May
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.73% in May
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.72% in May
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusPassage migrantCommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.67% in May
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxPassage migrantCommon39–43 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.67% in May
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisPassage migrantCommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.66% in May
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantCommon20–27 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.66% in May
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.66% in May
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorCommon32–38 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.64% in May
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.64% in May
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantCommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.60% in May
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.60% in May
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.58% in May
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.56% in May
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantCommon19–21 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.56% in May
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.52% in May
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in May
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.51% in May
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.50% in May
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusPassage migrantUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.49% in May
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.48% in May
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in May
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.45% in May
WoodlarkLullula arboreaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.43% in May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.43% in May
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.42% in May
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantCommon66–102 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.42% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in May
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.41% in May
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.41% in May
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.40% in May
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.40% in May
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in May
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May · 0.40% in May
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.40% in May
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in May
GreenfinchChloris chlorisWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.40% in May
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.40% in May
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.39% in May
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in May
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.38% in May
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.36% in May
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.36% in May
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.35% in May
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.35% in May
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in May
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.34% in May
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.32% in May
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.32% in May
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.32% in May
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.31% in May
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.31% in May
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesPassage migrantUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.31% in May
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.31% in May
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantUncommon21–25 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.31% in May
Coal TitPeriparus aterPassage migrantUncommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.30% in May
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisSummer visitorUncommon30–36 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.30% in May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in May
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.30% in May
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorCommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.28% in May
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.28% in May
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.27% in May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.27% in May
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusPassage migrantUncommon13–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.27% in May
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusSummer visitorCommon98–120 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.26% in May
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaPassage migrantCommon53–57 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.26% in May
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.26% in May
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisPassage migrantCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.25% in May
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosPassage migrantCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.24% in May
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantCommon48–66 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.23% in May
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.23% in May
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.23% in May
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.23% in May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.23% in May
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.22% in May
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusPassage migrantCommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.22% in May
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in May
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.21% in May
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.21% in May
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.20% in May
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.20% in May
Stock DoveColumba oenasPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.18% in May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.18% in May
DunnockPrunella modularisPassage migrantCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.18% in May
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.18% in May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.17% in May
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.17% in May
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.17% in May
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusPassage migrantCommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.16% in May
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantUncommon43–47 cmRegularly May · 0.16% in May
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.15% in May
RedshankTringa totanusPassage migrantCommon27–29 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.15% in May
DipperCinclus cinclusPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.14% in May
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.14% in May
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.13% in May
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly May · 0.13% in May
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in May
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in May
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesPassage migrantCommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.13% in May
JackdawColoeus monedulaPassage migrantCommon34–39 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.13% in May
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusPassage migrantUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.12% in May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantCommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.12% in May
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantCommon36–41 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.12% in May
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.11% in May
Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoletaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May · 0.11% in May
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.11% in May
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.11% in May
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.11% in May
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantCommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.10% in May
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in May
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.10% in May
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in May
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaPassage migrantUncommon80–90 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.09% in May
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.09% in May
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in May
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.09% in May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May · 0.09% in May
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.08% in May
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in May
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriPassage migrantCommon38–42 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.08% in May
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantCommon50–60 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in May
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusWinter visitorCommon120–145 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in May
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.06% in May
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.06% in May
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May · 0.06% in May
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantCommon25–30 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in May
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in May
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in May
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.04% in May
Long-eared OwlAsio otusPassage migrantUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Feb–May · 0.04% in May
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