Birds to See in Azerbaijan in September
104 species listed for September · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
104 bird species on our list for Azerbaijan are recorded regularly in September. Of these, the most often recorded are Rock Dove, Hooded Crow, Pied Wagtail, Western Marsh-harrier and Yellow Wagtail. New this month: Eurasian Teal, Corn Bunting, Tufted Duck and Black-headed Gull and 28 more.
New in September32
- Eurasian Teal
- Corn Bunting
- Tufted Duck
- Black-headed Gull
- Northern Lapwing
- Pochard
- White-tailed Sea-eagle
- Great Crested Grebe
- Stock Dove
- Common Shelduck
- Eurasian Wren
- Common Redstart
- Gull-billed Tern
- Coot
- Ruddy Shelduck
- Curlew
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Little Gull
- Greater Flamingo
- Dunlin
- Common Quail
- Osprey
- Blue Rock-thrush
- Great Spotted Woodpecker
- Eurasian Spoonbill
- Blackcap
- Whinchat
- Arctic Jaeger
- Nightjar
- Garden Warbler
- Red-necked Phalarope
- Temminck's Stint
Residents
(26)Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Summer visitors
(16)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly May–Oct
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Cinereous Vulture
Aegypius monachusNT
Regularly Mar–Jan
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Feb–Dec
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Chukar
Alectoris chukarLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Winter visitors
(21)Present outside the breeding season
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–May
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Aug–May
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly May–Mar
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Sep–Jun
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Aug–May
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Sep–May
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Passage migrants
(41)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly May–Nov
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Regularly Sep–Nov
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Feb–Dec
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Sep–May
Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterusEN
Regularly Apr–Sep
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly Sep
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
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