Uncommon Birds in Azerbaijan
Our list for Azerbaijan has 70 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 3 summer visitors, 61 passage migrants and 6 scarce visitors
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 70, most common first
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisSummer visitorUncommon30–36 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusPassage migrantUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusPassage migrantUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Nov–Jun
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusPassage migrantUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–May
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaPassage migrantUncommon80–90 cmRegularly May–Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterPassage migrantUncommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantUncommon21–25 cmRegularly May–Jul
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Jul
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly May–Oct
Common CraneGrus grusPassage migrantUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–May
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesPassage migrantUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–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