Birds to See in Azerbaijan in September
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.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
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.
Other months
All 104 birds in September
104 birds
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Sep
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.53% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.51% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.30% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.27% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.16% in Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantCommon19–21 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.14% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.11% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Sep
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.06% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.00% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Sep
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantCommon93–122 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.95% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.95% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorCommon40–42 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.93% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.90% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Sep
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantCommon20–27 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.90% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.87% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.87% in Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.85% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Sep
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusSummer visitorCommon98–120 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.82% in Sep
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.74% in Sep
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantCommon25–30 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.74% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.69% in Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.69% in Sep
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantCommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.69% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.66% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.66% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.66% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Sep
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantCommon48–66 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.63% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.61% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.61% in Sep
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.58% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.56% in Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.56% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.53% in Sep
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorCommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.53% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.53% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.50% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.50% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantCommon54–58 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.50% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.50% in Sep
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraWinter visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.48% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.48% in Sep
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantCommon66–102 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.45% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.45% in Sep
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.45% in Sep
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.42% in Sep
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaPassage migrantUncommon80–90 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.42% in Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.42% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.42% in Sep
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxPassage migrantCommon39–43 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.42% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.40% in Sep
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.40% in Sep
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.40% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.40% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.40% in Sep
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.37% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantCommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.34% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisPassage migrantCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.34% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantCommon50–60 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.34% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.34% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.34% in Sep
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusPassage migrantUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.32% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.32% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.32% in Sep
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorCommon32–38 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.29% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.29% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.26% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.26% in Sep
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusPassage migrantCommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep · 0.24% in Sep
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusWinter visitorCommon120–145 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.24% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.24% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.21% in Sep
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorCommon58–70 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.21% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.19% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.16% in Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Sep
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriPassage migrantCommon38–42 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.16% in Sep
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorCommon66–94 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.16% in Sep
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.13% in Sep
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.13% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in 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