Birds to See in Azerbaijan in October
156 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in October63
- Hen Harrier
- Meadow Pipit
- European Robin
- Reed Bunting
- Brambling
- Gadwall
- Greenfinch
- Eurasian Siskin
- Jackdaw
- Eurasian Wigeon
- Linnet
- Northern Pintail
- Tundra Swan
- Song Thrush
- Cetti's Warbler
- Greylag Goose
- Black-necked Grebe
- Water Rail
- Red-breasted Merganser
- Merlin
- Dunnock
- Moustached Warbler
- Common Gull
- Yellowhammer
- Redshank
- Grey Plover
- Willow Warbler
- Goldeneye
- Greater White-fronted Goose
- Fieldfare
- Golden Plover
- Hawfinch
- Redwing
- Bearded Tit
- Tree Pipit
- Little Bittern
- Red-crested Pochard
- Sandwich Tern
- Mistle Thrush
- Great Grey Shrike
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow
- Woodlark
- European Green Woodpecker
- Common Reed-warbler
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Stonechat
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Coal Tit
- Common Crane
- Peregrine Falcon
- Sanderling
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Spotted Redshank
- Horned Lark
- Long-tailed Tit
- Eurasian Nuthatch
- Short-toed Lark
- European Turtle-dove
- Short-eared Owl
- Eurasian Bittern
- Bluethroat
- Twite
- Spotted Crake
Residents
(26)Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Summer visitors
(16)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Feb–Dec
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Cinereous Vulture
Aegypius monachusNT
Regularly Mar–Jan
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Chukar
Alectoris chukarLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly May–Oct
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Winter visitors
(35)Present outside the breeding season
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Aug–May
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–May
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly May–Mar
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Sep–Jun
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly May–Mar
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianusLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Aug–May
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Passage migrants
(79)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Regularly Oct–May
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Oct–Nov
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Oct–May
Moustached Warbler
Acrocephalus melanopogonLC
Regularly Oct–May
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Mar
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly May–Nov
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Feb–Dec
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Sep–May
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly Jun–Oct
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Regularly Sep–Nov
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Spotted Crake
Porzana porzanaLC
Regularly Oct
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly May–Oct
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Twite
Linaria flavirostrisLC
Regularly May–Nov
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Goldeneye
Bucephala clangulaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Oct–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