Birds of Armenia
Armenia hosts 285 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Armenian GullLarus armenicus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Black-headed BuntingEmberiza melanocephala
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- Eastern Rock NuthatchSitta tephronota
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Chukar PartridgeAlectoris chukar
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Rock SparrowPetronia petronia
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Western Rock NuthatchSitta neumayer
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatus
- Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Finsch's WheatearOenanthe finschii
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Green WarblerPhylloscopus nitidus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- White-throated RobinIrania gutturalis
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Red-fronted SerinSerinus pusillus
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Mountain ChiffchaffPhylloscopus sindianus
- European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris
- White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Radde's AccentorPrunella ocularis
- Upcher's WarblerHippolais languida
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Grey-necked BuntingEmberiza buchanani
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Cinereous VultureAegypius monachus
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Eurasian BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurus
- Semicollared FlycatcherFicedula semitorquata
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
- Red-tailed WheatearOenanthe chrysopygia
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- White-headed DuckOxyura leucocephala
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- Alpine AccentorPrunella collaris
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricola
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Trumpeter FinchBucanetes githagineus
- Caspian SnowcockTetraogallus caspius
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Bimaculated LarkMelanocorypha bimaculata
- Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Dalmatian PelicanPelecanus crispus
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- White-winged SnowfinchMontifringilla nivalis
- Crimson-winged FinchRhodopechys sanguineus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Pale RockfinchCarpospiza brachydactyla
- Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoleta
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandra
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
- Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculus
- Caucasian GrouseLyrurus mlokosiewiczi
- Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Sombre TitPoecile lugubris
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- WallcreeperTichodroma muraria
- Marbled DuckMarmaronetta angustirostris
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanni
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Eurasian Eagle-OwlBubo bubo
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Corn CrakeCrex crex
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Black FrancolinFrancolinus francolinus
- Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliaca
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Black-throated ThrushTurdus atrogularis
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
- Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Boreal OwlAegolius funereus
- River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
- Great SnipeGallinago media
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.