Birds to See in Azerbaijan in October
156 bird species on our list for Azerbaijan are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Wagtail, Rook, Hooded Crow, Magpie and Sparrowhawk. New this month: Hen Harrier, Meadow Pipit, European Robin and Reed Bunting and 59 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
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 156 birds in October
156 birds
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.78% in Oct
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Oct
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.68% in Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.46% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Oct
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraWinter visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.31% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.25% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Oct
Stock DoveColumba oenasPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 1.13% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaPassage migrantCommon34–39 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.08% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.07% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.07% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.06% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.05% in Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.03% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.02% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.01% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosPassage migrantCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.97% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.96% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Oct
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantCommon93–122 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.95% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Oct
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.90% in Oct
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusSummer visitorCommon98–120 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.83% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.81% in Oct
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.81% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantCommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.81% in Oct
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.79% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.79% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.77% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Oct
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.73% in Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.71% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.71% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Oct
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantCommon25–30 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.70% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.70% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.65% in Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.61% in Oct
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesPassage migrantCommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.60% in Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.59% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.59% in Oct
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorCommon66–94 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.55% in Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantCommon36–41 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.55% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusPassage migrantCommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.54% in Oct
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.53% in Oct
WoodlarkLullula arboreaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.53% in Oct
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.50% in Oct
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaPassage migrantCommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.47% in Oct
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.46% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.42% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.42% in Oct
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.42% in Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.40% in Oct
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.40% in Oct
Common CraneGrus grusPassage migrantUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.39% in Oct
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.39% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.39% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.38% in Oct
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.35% in Oct
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.35% in Oct
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantCommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.35% in Oct
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.35% in Oct
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.34% in Oct
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.31% in Oct
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.30% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.29% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.27% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.27% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantCommon54–58 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.26% in Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.26% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.25% in Oct
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.24% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.24% in Oct
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaPassage migrantUncommon80–90 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.24% in Oct
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.24% in Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Oct
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.23% in Oct
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.23% in Oct
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.22% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.22% in Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisPassage migrantCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.22% in Oct
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusWinter visitorCommon120–145 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.22% in Oct
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.22% in Oct
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.21% in Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.21% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaPassage migrantCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.21% in Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantCommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.20% in Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.19% in Oct
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantCommon20–27 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.19% in Oct
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.19% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisPassage migrantCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.19% in Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantCommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.18% in Oct
Common GullLarus canusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.18% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.18% in Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantCommon50–60 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.17% in Oct
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.17% in Oct
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantCommon66–102 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.17% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.17% in Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.16% in Oct
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantCommon19–21 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.16% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.15% in Oct
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturPassage migrantUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.15% in Oct
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.15% in Oct
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.15% in Oct
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.14% in Oct
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.14% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.13% in Oct
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.13% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.13% in Oct
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.12% in Oct
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxPassage migrantCommon39–43 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.12% in Oct
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorCommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.12% in Oct
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorCommon32–38 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.11% in Oct
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.10% in Oct
RedshankTringa totanusPassage migrantCommon27–29 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.10% in Oct
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.09% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Oct
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantCommon48–66 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusPassage migrantUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterPassage migrantUncommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.07% in Oct
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaPassage migrantCommon53–57 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in Oct
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantCommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in Oct
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusPassage migrantCommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.05% in Oct
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.05% in Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Oct
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriPassage migrantCommon38–42 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.05% in Oct
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.05% in Oct
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Oct
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisSummer visitorUncommon30–36 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.05% in Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaPassage migrantCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Oct
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusPassage migrantUncommon13–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Oct
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