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This checklist includes all bird species found in Azerbaijan , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .

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Country or region: Azerbaijan [map]

Other names: Republic of Azerbaijan

Number of species: 423
Number of globally threatened species: 27
Number of introduced species: 1
Date last reviewed: 2020-03-01
Last modified: 2024-12-25
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GAVIIFORMES: Gaviidae

Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
Arctic LoonGavia arctica

 
PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae

Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusVulnerable
Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis

 
PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae

Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
Dalmatian PelicanPelecanus crispusNear-threatened

 
PELECANIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae

Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Pygmy CormorantPhalacrocorax pygmaeus

 
CICONIIFORMES: Ardeidae

Gray HeronArdea cinerea
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
Great EgretArdea alba
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Little BitternIxobrychus minutus
Great BitternBotaurus stellaris

 
CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae

Black StorkCiconia nigra
White StorkCiconia ciconia

 
CICONIIFORMES: Threskiornithidae

Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia

 
PHOENICOPTERIFORMES: Phoenicopteridae

Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus

 
ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae

Mute SwanCygnus olor
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
Bean GooseAnser fabalisRare/Accidental
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
Lesser White-fronted GooseAnser erythropusVulnerable
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Snow GooseChen caerulescensRare/Accidental
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisVulnerable
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Eurasian WigeonAnas penelope
GadwallAnas strepera
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Northern PintailAnas acuta
GarganeyAnas querquedula
Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
Marbled TealMarmaronetta angustirostrisNear-threatened
Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
Common PochardAythya ferinaVulnerable
Ferruginous PochardAythya nyrocaNear-threatened
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Greater ScaupAythya marila
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Black ScoterMelanitta nigraRare/Accidental
White-winged ScoterMelanitta fusca
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
SmewMergellus albellus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Common MerganserMergus merganser
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisIntroduced species
White-headed DuckOxyura leucocephalaEndangered

 
FALCONIFORMES: Pandionidae

OspreyPandion haliaetus

 
FALCONIFORMES: Accipitridae

European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusRare/Accidental
Black-shouldered KiteElanus caeruleusRare/Accidental
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Pallas's Fish-EagleHaliaeetus leucoryphusRare/Accidental Endangered
White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
LammergeierGypaetus barbatusNear-threatened
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusEndangered
Eurasian GriffonGyps fulvus
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusNear-threatened
Short-toed EagleCircaetus gallicus
Western Marsh-HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Northern HarrierCircus cyaneus
Pallid HarrierCircus macrourusNear-threatened
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
ShikraAccipiter badius
Levant SparrowhawkAccipiter brevipes
Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Northern GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
Eurasian BuzzardButeo buteo
Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopus
Lesser Spotted EagleAquila pomarina
Greater Spotted EagleAquila clangaVulnerable
Steppe EagleAquila nipalensisEndangered
Imperial EagleAquila heliacaVulnerable
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciatus
Booted EagleAquila pennatus

 
FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae

Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
Eurasian KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinusVulnerable
MerlinFalco columbarius
Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus
Saker FalconFalco cherrugEndangered
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus

 
GALLIFORMES: Tetraonidae

Caucasian GrouseTetrao mlokosiewicziNear-threatened

 
GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae

Caucasian SnowcockTetraogallus caucasicus
Caspian SnowcockTetraogallus caspius
ChukarAlectoris chukar
See-see PartridgeAmmoperdix griseogularisRare/Accidental
Black FrancolinFrancolinus francolinus
Gray PartridgePerdix perdix
Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicus

 
GRUIFORMES: Gruidae

Demoiselle CraneAnthropoides virgo
Siberian CraneGrus leucogeranusRare/Accidental Critically endangered
Common CraneGrus grus

 
GRUIFORMES: Rallidae

Water RailRallus aquaticus
Corn CrakeCrex crex
Little CrakePorzana parva
Baillon's CrakePorzana pusilla
Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Eurasian CootFulica atra

 
GRUIFORMES: Otididae

Great BustardOtis tardaEndangered
Macqueen's BustardChlamydotis macqueeniiVulnerable
Little BustardTetrax tetraxNear-threatened

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Haematopodidae

Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNear-threatened

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae

Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae

Eurasian Thick-kneeBurhinus oedicnemus

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae

Cream-colored CourserCursorius cursor
Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
Oriental PratincoleGlareola maldivarum
Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanniNear-threatened

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae

Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNear-threatened
Spur-winged PloverVanellus spinosusRare/Accidental
Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicusRare/Accidental
Sociable LapwingVanellus gregariusCritically endangered
White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurus
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaRare/Accidental
European Golden-PloverPluvialis apricaria
Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarolaVulnerable
Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
Snowy PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
Lesser SandploverCharadrius mongolus
Greater SandploverCharadrius leschenaultii
Caspian PloverCharadrius asiaticus
Eurasian DotterelCharadrius morinellus

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae

Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
Great SnipeGallinago mediaNear-threatened
Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNear-threatened
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaNear-threatened
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Slender-billed CurlewNumenius tenuirostrisRare/Accidental Critically endangered
Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNear-threatened
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
Common RedshankTringa totanus
Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNear-threatened
Red KnotCalidris canutusNear-threatened
SanderlingCalidris alba
Little StintCalidris minuta
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiRare/Accidental
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosRare/Accidental
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVulnerable
DunlinCalidris alpinaNear-threatened
Broad-billed SandpiperLimicola falcinellusVulnerable
RuffPhilomachus pugnax
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusRare/Accidental

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Stercorariidae

Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusRare/Accidental
Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae

Mew GullLarus canus
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusRare/Accidental
Herring GullLarus argentatusRare/Accidental
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Heuglin's GullLarus heuglini
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
Armenian GullLarus armenicus
Steppe GullLarus barabensis
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Great Black-headed GullLarus ichthyaetus
Black-headed GullLarus ridibundus
Slender-billed GullLarus genei
Mediterranean GullLarus melanocephalus
Little GullLarus minutus
Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactylaRare/Accidental Vulnerable

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Sternidae

Gull-billed TernSterna nilotica
Caspian TernSterna caspia
Sandwich TernSterna sandvicensis
Common TernSterna hirundo
Little TernSterna albifrons
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybridus
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
Black TernChlidonias niger

 
PTEROCLIFORMES: Pteroclidae

Pallas's SandgrouseSyrrhaptes paradoxusRare/Accidental
Pin-tailed SandgrousePterocles alchataRare/Accidental
Black-bellied SandgrousePterocles orientalis

 
COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae

Rock PigeonColumba livia
Stock PigeonColumba oenas
Common Wood-PigeonColumba palumbus
Eurasian Turtle-DoveStreptopelia turturVulnerable
Oriental Turtle-DoveStreptopelia orientalisRare/Accidental
Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Laughing DoveStreptopelia senegalensis
Namaqua DoveOena capensisRare/Accidental

 
PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae

Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriRare/Accidental

 
CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae

Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandariusRare/Accidental
Common CuckooCuculus canorus

 
STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae

Barn OwlTyto alba

 
STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae

European Scops-OwlOtus scops
Eurasian Eagle-OwlBubo bubo
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Little OwlAthene noctua
Boreal OwlAegolius funereus
Long-eared OwlAsio otus
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus

 
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae

Eurasian NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus

 
APODIFORMES: Apodidae

Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
Common SwiftApus apus
Little SwiftApus affinis

 
CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae

Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis

 
CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae

Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster

 
CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae

European RollerCoracias garrulus

 
CORACIIFORMES: Upupidae

HoopoeUpupa epops

 
PICIFORMES: Picidae

Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos minor
Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos medius
White-backed WoodpeckerDendrocopos leucotos
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae

Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandra
Bimaculated LarkMelanocorypha bimaculata
White-winged LarkMelanocorypha leucoptera
Black LarkMelanocorypha yeltoniensisRare/Accidental
Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
Lesser Short-toed LarkCalandrella rufescens
Crested LarkGalerida cristata
Wood LarkLullula arborea
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Oriental SkylarkAlauda gulgulaRare/Accidental
Horned LarkEremophila alpestris

 
PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae

Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
Eurasian Crag-MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
Common House-MartinDelichon urbica

 
PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae

White WagtailMotacilla alba
Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Gray WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
American PipitAnthus rubescensRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Regulidae

GoldcrestRegulus regulus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Bombycillidae

Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Hypocoliidae

HypocoliusHypocolius ampelinus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Cinclidae

White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Troglodytidae

Winter WrenTroglodytes troglodytes

 
PASSERIFORMES: Prunellidae

Alpine AccentorPrunella collaris
Radde's AccentorPrunella ocularis
DunnockPrunella modularis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae

Rufous-tailed Rock-ThrushMonticola saxatilis
Blue Rock-ThrushMonticola solitarius
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
Dark-throated ThrushTurdus ruficollis
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
RedwingTurdus iliacusNear-threatened
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae

Streaked Scrub-WarblerScotocerca inquietaRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Sylviidae

Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
Eurasian River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricola
Eurasian Reed-WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
Blyth's Reed-WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
Great Reed-WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
Booted WarblerHippolais caligata
Eastern Olivaceous WarblerHippolais pallida
Upcher's WarblerHippolais languida
Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Mountain ChiffchaffPhylloscopus sindianus
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatusRare/Accidental
Radde's WarblerPhylloscopus schwarzi
Lemon-rumped WarblerPhylloscopus proregulusRare/Accidental
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusRare/Accidental
Hume's WarblerPhylloscopus humeiRare/Accidental
Arctic WarblerPhylloscopus borealis
Greenish WarblerPhylloscopus trochiloides
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Greater WhitethroatSylvia communis
Lesser WhitethroatSylvia curruca
Barred WarblerSylvia nisoria
Eastern Orphean WarblerSylvia crassirostris
Menetries's WarblerSylvia mystacea

 
PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae

Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
Semicollared FlycatcherFicedula semitorquata
Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
Taiga FlycatcherFicedula albicilla
European RobinErithacus rubecula
Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
BluethroatLuscinia svecica
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusRare/Accidental
White-throated RobinIrania gutturalis
Rufous-tailed Scrub-RobinCercotrichas galactotes
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
White-winged RedstartPhoenicurus erythrogaster
Siberian StonechatSaxicola maura
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Pied BushchatSaxicola caprataRare/Accidental
Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Finsch's WheatearOenanthe finschii
Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
Red-tailed WheatearOenanthe xanthoprymna
Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina

 
PASSERIFORMES: Paradoxornithidae

Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Aegithalidae

Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Paridae

Sombre TitPoecile lugubris
Caspian TitPoecile hyrcana
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
Great TitParus major
Turkestan TitParus bokharensis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Sittidae

Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
Rock NuthatchSitta neumayer
Persian NuthatchSitta tephronota

 
PASSERIFORMES: Tichodromidae

WallcreeperTichodroma muraria

 
PASSERIFORMES: Certhiidae

Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris

 
PASSERIFORMES: Remizidae

Eurasian Penduline-TitRemiz pendulinus
Black-headed Penduline-TitRemiz macronyx

 
PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae

Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae

Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
Rufous-tailed ShrikeLanius isabellinus
Northern ShrikeLanius excubitor
Southern Gray ShrikeLanius meridionalis
Lesser Gray ShrikeLanius minor
Masked ShrikeLanius nubicus
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorNear-threatened

 
PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae

Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
Eurasian NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactesRare/Accidental
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Yellow-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax graculus
Eurasian JackdawCorvus monedula
RookCorvus frugilegus
Common RavenCorvus corax
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix

 
PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae

Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
European StarlingSturnus vulgaris

 
PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae

YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Pine BuntingEmberiza leucocephalos
Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
Gray-hooded BuntingEmberiza buchanani
Cinereous BuntingEmberiza cineraceaNear-threatened
Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
Little BuntingEmberiza pusillaRare/Accidental
Rustic BuntingEmberiza rusticaVulnerable
Yellow-breasted BuntingEmberiza aureolaCritically endangered
Black-headed BuntingEmberiza melanocephala
Red-headed BuntingEmberiza brunicepsRare/Accidental
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusRare/Accidental
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae

ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
BramblingFringilla montifringilla
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
Great RosefinchCarpodacus rubicilla
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
European GreenfinchCarduelis chloris
Common RedpollCarduelis flammeaRare/Accidental
Eurasian SiskinCarduelis spinus
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
TwiteCarduelis flavirostris
Eurasian LinnetCarduelis cannabina
Fire-fronted SerinSerinus pusillus
European SerinSerinus serinus
Eurasian BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
Crimson-winged FinchRhodopechys sanguinea
Mongolian FinchRhodopechys mongolica
Trumpeter FinchBucanetes githaginea
Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoletaRare/Accidental
Long-tailed RosefinchUragus sibiricusRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae

House SparrowPasser domesticus
Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Rock PetroniaPetronia petronia
Pale RockfinchCarpospiza brachydactyla
White-winged SnowfinchMontifringilla nivalis

 

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