The nation of Azerbaijan is home to a wide variety of avifauna, with several species, like the Black-tailed Godwit and the Great Rosefinch, wintering in the wetlands and river valleys found there.
Azerbaijan’s national bird is the European Roller, though this is an informal status and not an official title designated to it. The Golden Eagle is also a popular species, with its image appearing on many stamps printed there.
List of Birds Found in Azerbaijan
Native Birds
Accentors
- Alpine Accentor
- Dunnock
- Radde’s Accentor
Barn-owls
Bearded Reedling
Bee-eaters
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
- European Bee-eater
Bush Warblers and Allies
Bustards
- Great Bustard
- Macqueen’s Bustard
- Little Bustard
Cormorants and Shags
- Great Cormorant
- Pygmy Cormorant
Cranes
- Common Crane
- Demoiselle Crane
Crows, Jays, and Magpies
- Common Raven
- Eurasian Jackdaw
- Eurasian Jay
- Eurasian Magpie
- Hooded Crow
- Red-billed Chough
- Rook
- Yellow-billed Chough
Cuckoos
Dippers
Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl
- Common Goldeneye
- Common Merganser
- Common Pochard
- Common Shelduck
- Eurasian Wigeon
- Ferruginous Duck
- Gadwall
- Garganey
- Graylag Goose
- Greater Scaup
- Greater White-fronted Goose
- Green-winged Teal
- Lesser White-fronted Goose
- Mallard
- Marbled Teal
- Mute Swan
- Northern Pintail
- Northern Shoveler
- Red-breasted Goose
- Red-breasted Merganser
- Red-crested Pochard
- Ruddy Shelduck
- Smew
- Tufted Duck
- Tundra Swan
- Velvet Scoter
- White-headed Duck
- Whooper Swan
Falcons and Caracaras
- Eurasian Hobby
- Eurasian Kestrel
- Lanner Falcon
- Lesser Kestrel
- Merlin
- Peregrine Falcon
- Red-footed Falcon
- Saker Falcon
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
- Brambling
- Common Chaffinch
- Common Rosefinch
- Crimson-winged Finch
- Eurasian Bullfinch
- Eurasian Linnet
- Eurasian Siskin
- European Goldfinch
- European Greenfinch
- European Serin
- Fire-fronted Serin
- Great Rosefinch
- Hawfinch
- Mongolian Finch
- Red Crossbill
- Trumpeter Finch
- Twite
Flamingos
Grassbirds and Allies
- Common Grasshopper-warbler
- River Warbler
- Savi’s Warbler
Grebes
- Eared Grebe
- Great Crested Grebe
- Horned Grebe
- Little Grebe
- Red-necked Grebe
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Armenian Gull
- Black-headed Gull
- Black Tern
- Caspian Gull
- Caspian Tern
- Common Gull
- Common Tern
- Gull-billed Tern
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Little Gull
- Little Tern
- Mediterranean Gull
- Pallas’s Gull
- Sandwich Tern
- Slender-billed Gull
- Whiskered Tern
- White-winged Tern
- Yellow-legged Gull
Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Bearded Vulture
- Black Kite
- Bonelli’s Eagle
- Booted Eagle
- Cinereous Vulture
- Common Buzzard
- Egyptian Vulture
- Eurasian Griffon
- Eurasian Marsh-harrier
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk
- European Honey-buzzard
- Golden Eagle
- Greater Spotted Eagle
- Hen Harrier
- Imperial Eagle
- Lesser Spotted Eagle
- Levant Sparrowhawk
- Long-legged Buzzard
- Montagu’s Harrier
- Northern Goshawk
- Pallid Harrier
- Red Kite
- Rough-legged Hawk
- Shikra
- Short-toed Snake-eagle
- Steppe Eagle
- White-tailed Eagle
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Cattle Egret
- Gray Heron
- Great Bittern
- Great Egret
- Little Bittern
- Little Egret
- Purple Heron
- Squacco Heron
Hoopoes
Hypocolius
Ibises and Spoonbills
- African Sacred Ibis
- Eurasian Spoonbill
- Glossy Ibis
Kingfishers
- Common Kingfisher
- White-throated Kingfisher
Kinglets
Larks
- Bimaculated Lark
- Calandra Lark
- Crested Lark
- Eurasian Skylark
- Greater Short-toed Lark
- Horned Lark
- Turkestan Short-toed Lark
- White-winged Lark
- Wood Lark
Leaf Warblers
- Arctic Warbler
- Common Chiffchaff
- Green Warbler
- Mountain Chiffchaff
- Radde’s Warbler
- Willow Warbler
- Wood Warbler
Long-tailed Tits
Loons
- Arctic Loon
- Red-throated Loon
Nightjars and Allies
Nuthatches
- Eastern Rock Nuthatch
- Eurasian Nuthatch
- Western Rock Nuthatch
Old World Buntings
- Black-headed Bunting
- Cinereous Bunting
- Corn Bunting
- Gray-necked Bunting
- Little Bunting
- Ortolan Bunting
- Pine Bunting
- Red-headed Bunting
- Reed Bunting
- Rock Bunting
- Rustic Bunting
- Yellow-breasted Bunting
- Yellowhammer
Old World Flycatchers
- Black Redstart
- Blue Rock-thrush
- Bluethroat
- Common Nightingale
- Common Redstart
- Desert Wheatear
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear
- European Pied Flycatcher
- European Robin
- European Stonechat
- Finsch’s Wheatear
- Isabelline Wheatear
- Kurdish Wheatear
- Northern Wheatear
- Persian Wheatear
- Pied Wheatear
- Red-breasted Flycatcher
- Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
- Rufous-tailed Scrub-robin
- Semicollared Flycatcher
- Siberian Stonechat
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Taiga Flycatcher
- Thrush Nightingale
- Whinchat
- White-throated Robin
- White-winged Redstart
Old World Orioles
Old World Sparrows
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow
- House Sparrow
- Pale Rockfinch
- Rock Sparrow
- Spanish Sparrow
- White-winged Snowfinch
Osprey
Owls
- Boreal Owl
- Eurasian Eagle-owl
- Eurasian Scops-owl
- Little Owl
- Long-eared Owl
- Short-eared Owl
- Tawny Owl
Oystercatchers
Pelicans
- Dalmatian Pelican
- Great White Pelican
Penduline-tits
- Black-headed Penduline-tit
- Eurasian Penduline-tit
Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies
- Black Francolin
- Caspian Snowcock
- Caucasian Grouse
- Caucasian Snowcock
- Chukar
- Common Quail
- Gray Partridge
- Ring-necked Pheasant
Pigeons and Doves
- Common Wood-pigeon
- Eurasian Collared-dove
- European Turtle-dove
- Laughing Dove
- Rock Pigeon
- Stock Dove
Plovers and Lapwings
- Black-bellied Plover
- Caspian Plover
- Common Ringed Plover
- Eurasian Dotterel
- European Golden-plover
- Greater Sand-plover
- Kentish Plover
- Little Ringed Plover
- Northern Lapwing
- Sociable Lapwing
- White-tailed Lapwing
Pratincoles and Coursers
- Black-winged Pratincole
- Collared Pratincole
- Cream-colored Courser
- Oriental Pratincole
Rails, Gallinules, and Coots
- Baillon’s Crake
- Corn Crake
- Eurasian Coot
- Eurasian Moorhen
- Gray-headed Swamphen
- Little Crake
- Spotted Crake
- Water Rail
Reed Warblers and Allies
- Blyth’s Reed Warbler
- Booted Warbler
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
- Eurasian Reed Warbler
- Great Reed Warbler
- Icterine Warbler
- Marsh Warbler
- Moustached Warbler
- Paddyfield Warbler
- Sedge Warbler
- Upcher’s Warbler
Rollers
Sandgrouse
Sandpipers and Allies
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Broad-billed Sandpiper
- Common Greenshank
- Common Redshank
- Common Sandpiper
- Common Snipe
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Dunlin
- Eurasian Curlew
- Eurasian Woodcock
- Great Snipe
- Green Sandpiper
- Jack Snipe
- Little Stint
- Marsh Sandpiper
- Red Knot
- Red-necked Phalarope
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Ruff
- Sanderling
- Spotted Redshank
- Temminck’s Stint
- Terek Sandpiper
- Whimbrel
- Wood Sandpiper
Shrikes
- Great Gray Shrike
- Isabelline Shrike
- Lesser Gray Shrike
- Masked Shrike
- Red-backed Shrike
- Red-tailed Shrike
- Woodchat Shrike
Skuas and Jaegers
Starlings
- European Starling
- Rosy Starling
Stilts and Avocets
- Black-winged Stilt
- Pied Avocet
Storks
Swallows
- Bank Swallow
- Barn Swallow
- Common House-martin
- Eurasian Crag-martin
- Red-rumped Swallow
Swifts
- Alpine Swift
- Common Swift
- Little Swift
Sylviid Warblers, Parrotbills, and Allies
- Barred Warbler
- Eastern Orphean Warbler
- Eurasian Blackcap
- Garden Warbler
- Greater Whitethroat
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Menetries’s Warbler
Thick-knees
Thrushes and Allies
- Black-throated Thrush
- Eurasian Blackbird
- Fieldfare
- Mistle Thrush
- Redwing
- Ring Ouzel
- Song Thrush
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
- Caspian Tit
- Coal Tit
- Crested Tit
- Eurasian Blue Tit
- Great Tit
- Sombre Tit
Treecreepers
Wagtails and Pipits
- Citrine Wagtail
- Gray Wagtail
- Meadow Pipit
- Olive-backed Pipit
- Red-throated Pipit
- Richard’s Pipit
- Tawny Pipit
- Tree Pipit
- Water Pipit
- Western Yellow Wagtail
- White Wagtail
Wallcreeper
Woodpeckers
- Black Woodpecker
- Eurasian Green Woodpecker
- Eurasian Wryneck
- Great Spotted Woodpecker
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
- Middle Spotted Woodpecker
- Syrian Woodpecker
- White-backed Woodpecker
Wrens
Non-native Birds
Bush Warblers and Allies
Cranes
Crows, Jays, and Magpies
Cuckoos
Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl
- Common Scoter
- Long-tailed Duck
- Ruddy Duck
- Snow Goose
- Taiga Bean-goose
- Tundra Bean-goose
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
- Common Redpoll
- Desert Finch
- Long-tailed Rosefinch
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Black-legged Kittiwake
- Glaucous Gull
- Herring Gull
Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Black-winged Kite
- Oriental Honey-buzzard
- Pallas’s Fish-eagle
Larks
- Black Lark
- Mediterranean Short-toed Lark
- Oriental Skylark
Leaf Warblers
- Dusky Warbler
- Greenish Warbler
- Pallas’s Leaf Warbler
- Yellow-browed Warbler
Longspurs and Snow Buntings
- Lapland Longspur
- Snow Bunting
Old World Buntings
Old World Flycatchers
Old World Parrots
Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies
Pigeons and Doves
- Namaqua Dove
- Oriental Turtle-dove
Plovers and Lapwings
- Pacific Golden-plover
- Red-wattled Lapwing
- Spur-winged Lapwing
Sandgrouse
- Pallas’ Sandgrouse
- Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
Sandpipers and Allies
- Baird’s Sandpiper
- Long-billed Dowitcher
- Pectoral Sandpiper
- Red Phalarope
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
- Slender-billed Curlew
- White-rumped Sandpiper
Skuas and Jaegers
Wagtails and Pipits
- American Pipit
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Waxwings
Azerbaijan is a wonderful country for birdwatching, with common sites including Lake Ganli, Absheron Peninsula, and Shirvan Nature Reserve.
