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
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Jun
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–May
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisPassage migrantUncommon46–61 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Nov
Black TernChlidonias nigerScarceUncommon22–26 cm
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaScarceUncommon15–17 cm
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
GoldcrestRegulus regulusPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Nov
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Feb
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
DipperCinclus cinclusPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Nov–May
Tawny OwlStrix alucoPassage migrantUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Feb
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly May
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusScarceUncommon17–19 cm
Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoletaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaScarceUncommon37–41 cm
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusPassage migrantUncommon50–90 cmRegularly Nov
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