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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Azerbaijan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 70, most common first
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
SmewMergellus albellusScarceUncommon38–44 cm
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusPassage migrantUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Nov–May
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Oct–May
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantUncommon43–47 cmRegularly May
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusPassage migrantUncommon13–16 cmRegularly Oct–May
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–May
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Long-eared OwlAsio otusPassage migrantUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Feb–May
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Feb
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturPassage migrantUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Jun–Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Jun
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusPassage migrantUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Nov
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–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