Birds to See in Azerbaijan in November
146 species listed for November · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in November13
Leaving after last month23
Residents
(26)Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Summer visitors
(10)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Feb–Dec
Cinereous Vulture
Aegypius monachusNT
Regularly Mar–Jan
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Chukar
Alectoris chukarLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Winter visitors
(35)Present outside the breeding season
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–May
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly May–Mar
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Sep–Jun
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianusLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Aug–May
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Passage migrants
(75)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Mar
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Regularly Oct–May
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Oct–May
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Sep–May
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Regularly Sep–Nov
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Moustached Warbler
Acrocephalus melanopogonLC
Regularly Oct–May
Bohemian Waxwing
Bombycilla garrulusLC
Regularly Nov
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Nov
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Oct–Nov
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Ring Ouzel
Turdus torquatusLC
Regularly Nov–Jun
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Alpine Chough
Pyrrhocorax graculusLC
Regularly Nov–May
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Feb–Dec
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Twite
Linaria flavirostrisLC
Regularly May–Nov
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Nov
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo lagopusLC
Regularly Nov
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly May–Nov
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Nov
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Nov–May
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritusVU
Regularly Nov–Dec
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Regularly Nov–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