Birds to See in Azerbaijan in November
146 bird species on our list for Azerbaijan are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Chaffinch, Hooded Crow, Rook, Great Cormorant and Meadow Pipit. New this month: Ring Ouzel, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Whooper Swan and Horned Grebe and 9 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
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 146 birds in November
146 birds
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Nov
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.79% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Nov
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.71% in Nov
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.51% in Nov
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Nov
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.34% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Nov
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.33% in Nov
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraWinter visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.29% in Nov
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.29% in Nov
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.27% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Nov
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.20% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.19% in Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.15% in Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.11% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Nov
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.06% in Nov
LinnetLinaria cannabinaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.06% in Nov
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.89% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.85% in Nov
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosPassage migrantCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.84% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.81% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Nov
DunnockPrunella modularisPassage migrantCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.79% in Nov
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.78% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.76% in Nov
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.73% in Nov
JackdawColoeus monedulaPassage migrantCommon34–39 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.73% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.71% in Nov
Stock DoveColumba oenasPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.71% in Nov
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.71% in Nov
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.70% in Nov
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusSummer visitorCommon98–120 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.68% in Nov
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaPassage migrantCommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.67% in Nov
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantCommon93–122 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.65% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantCommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.62% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.62% in Nov
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorCommon66–94 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.62% in Nov
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantCommon25–30 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.61% in Nov
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.60% in Nov
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.57% in Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.56% in Nov
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.56% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Nov
Common GullLarus canusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.50% in Nov
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusPassage migrantCommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.50% in Nov
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.50% in Nov
WoodlarkLullula arboreaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.50% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.47% in Nov
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.44% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.44% in Nov
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesPassage migrantCommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.44% in Nov
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.43% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisPassage migrantCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.43% in Nov
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.43% in Nov
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.42% in Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.40% in Nov
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantCommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.40% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaPassage migrantCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.39% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.38% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.35% in Nov
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantCommon36–41 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.35% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.33% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.33% in Nov
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Nov
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriPassage migrantCommon38–42 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.31% in Nov
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusWinter visitorCommon120–145 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.30% in Nov
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxPassage migrantCommon39–43 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.30% in Nov
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.29% in Nov
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.28% in Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantCommon66–102 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.28% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorCommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.28% in Nov
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.28% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantCommon50–60 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.28% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.28% in Nov
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.27% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.26% in Nov
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.26% in Nov
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.26% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.26% in Nov
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.26% in Nov
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.26% in Nov
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.26% in Nov
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorCommon32–38 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.25% in Nov
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.25% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.24% in Nov
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.24% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.23% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.22% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusPassage migrantCommon27–29 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.21% in Nov
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.20% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.19% in Nov
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov · 0.18% in Nov
Coal TitPeriparus aterPassage migrantUncommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.18% in Nov
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.18% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.18% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.17% in Nov
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisSummer visitorUncommon30–36 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.17% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.16% in Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Nov · 0.16% in Nov
Common CraneGrus grusPassage migrantUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.15% in Nov
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantCommon19–21 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.15% in Nov
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.15% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantCommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.14% in Nov
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaPassage migrantCommon53–57 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.14% in Nov
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.14% in Nov
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.13% in Nov
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusPassage migrantUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.13% in Nov
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantCommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.13% in Nov
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.13% in Nov
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.10% in Nov
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.10% in Nov
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantCommon20–27 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.10% in Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov · 0.10% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.10% in Nov
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.09% in Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in Nov
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.08% in Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusPassage migrantUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Nov · 0.08% in Nov
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.08% in Nov
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaPassage migrantUncommon80–90 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.08% in Nov
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.07% in Nov
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.07% in Nov
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantCommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.07% in Nov
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusPassage migrantUncommon13–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in Nov
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusPassage migrantUncommon50–90 cmRegularly Nov · 0.04% in Nov
DipperCinclus cinclusPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.03% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.03% in Nov
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisPassage migrantUncommon46–61 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
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