Woodpeckers in Azerbaijan
Our list for Azerbaijan has 4 woodpeckers recorded regularly there: 1 summer visitor, 2 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Azerbaijan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisSummer visitorUncommon30–36 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorScarceUncommon14–16 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 14–16 cm
- Wryneck 16–18 cm
- Great Spotted Woodpecker 23–26 cm
- European Green Woodpecker 30–36 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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