Birds of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan hosts 329 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandra
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliaca
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Cinereous VultureAegypius monachus
- Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
- Little BustardTetrax tetrax
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Black-headed BuntingEmberiza melanocephala
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Dalmatian PelicanPelecanus crispus
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Black FrancolinFrancolinus francolinus
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Western Rock NuthatchSitta neumayer
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Rock SparrowPetronia petronia
- Finsch's WheatearOenanthe finschii
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Chukar PartridgeAlectoris chukar
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Red-fronted SerinSerinus pusillus
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatus
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
- Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Green WarblerPhylloscopus nitidus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
- Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurus
- Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurus
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- Armenian GullLarus armenicus
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- White-winged SnowfinchMontifringilla nivalis
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanni
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Alpine AccentorPrunella collaris
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Black-bellied SandgrousePterocles orientalis
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- White-headed DuckOxyura leucocephala
- Marbled DuckMarmaronetta angustirostris
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Caucasian SnowcockTetraogallus caucasicus
- Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculus
- Mountain ChiffchaffPhylloscopus sindianus
- Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- WallcreeperTichodroma muraria
- Semicollared FlycatcherFicedula semitorquata
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Caucasian GrouseLyrurus mlokosiewiczi
- Güldenstädt's RedstartPhoenicurus erythrogastrus
- Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Caspian TitPoecile hyrcanus
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Eurasian BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Eastern Rock NuthatchSitta tephronota
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
- Trumpeter FinchBucanetes githagineus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Grey-necked BuntingEmberiza buchanani
- Red-tailed WheatearOenanthe chrysopygia
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Sociable LapwingVanellus gregarius
- Upcher's WarblerHippolais languida
- Lesser White-fronted GooseAnser erythropus
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Bimaculated LarkMelanocorypha bimaculata
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Common MerganserMergus merganser
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Pale RockfinchCarpospiza brachydactyla
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Pine BuntingEmberiza leucocephalos
- See-see PartridgeAmmoperdix griseogularis
- Great RosefinchCarpodacus rubicilla
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- White-throated RobinIrania gutturalis
- Blyth's Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoleta
- Black-throated LoonGavia arctica
- Black-throated ThrushTurdus atrogularis
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- Oriental SkylarkAlauda gulgula
- Corn CrakeCrex crex
- Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
- Crimson-winged FinchRhodopechys sanguineus
- Radde's AccentorPrunella ocularis
- Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Caspian SnowcockTetraogallus caspius
- Mongolian FinchBucanetes mongolicus
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Rustic BuntingEmberiza rustica
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca
- Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Red-tailed ShrikeLanius phoenicuroides
- Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricola
- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
- River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
- Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollis
- Eurasian Eagle-OwlBubo bubo
- Long-tailed RosefinchCarpodacus sibiricus
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Booted WarblerIduna caligata
- Black LarkMelanocorypha yeltoniensis
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Hume's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus humei
- Arctic WarblerPhylloscopus borealis
- Asian HoubaraChlamydotis macqueenii
- Pied Bush ChatSaxicola caprata
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
- Taiga FlycatcherFicedula albicilla
- Pallas's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus proregulus
- Masked ShrikeLanius nubicus
- Red-headed BuntingEmberiza bruniceps