Azerbaijan birds

Annotated list of my Azerbaijan bird sightings.
*Lifers

Greater white-fronted goose
  • First seen (15), Shirvan NP, 06.01.14.
Greylag goose
  • First seen (1,000), Shirvan NP, 06.01.14.
Mute swan
  • First seen (12), Sangachal, 05.01.14.
  • 12 at Shirvan NP, 12.01.14.
Whooper swan
  • First seen (28), Sangachal, Baku, 22.12.13.
  • Highest count (113), Pirallahi, 15.02.14.
Common shelduck
  • First seen (7), Shirvan NP, 06.01.14.
  • Highest count (8), Shirvan NP, 12.01.14.
Gadwall
  • First seen (80), Shirvan NP, 06.01.14.
Eurasian wigeon
  • First seen (60), Shirvan NP, 06.01.14.
Mallard
  • First seen (6), Shirvan NP, 06.01.14.
  • Highest count (30), Shirvan NP, 12.01.14.
Northern shoveler
  • First seen (4), Red Lake, 22.12.13.
  • Highest count (300), Red Lake, 11.01.14.
Northern pintail
  • First seen (2), Shirvan NP, 12.01.14.
Green-winged teal
  • First seen (2), Shirvan NP, 06.01.14.
Common pochard
  • First seen (5), Red Lake, 22.12.13.
  • Highest count (60), Shirvan NP, 06.01.14.
Tufted duck
  • First seen (20), Red Lake, 22.12.13.
  • Highest count (800), Absheron peninsula, 08.02.14.
Smew
  • First seen (7), Shirvan NP, 06.01.14.
  • Highest count (10), Shirvan NP, 12.01.14.
Red-breasted merganser
  • First seen (2), Sangachal, Baku, 22.12.13.
  • 2 at Pirallhia, 15.02.14.
Black francolin
  • First seen (1), Shirvan NP, 06.01.14.
Little grebe
  • First seen (4), Red Lake, 08.09.13.
Great crested grebe
  • First seen (6), Qanli Gol, Baku, 28.07.13.
  • Highest count (30), Red Lake, 05.01.14.
Black-necked grebe
  • First seen (1), Red Lake, 11.01.14.
  • Highest count (5), Absheron, 09.02.14.
Greater flamingo
  • First seen (30), Shirvan NP, 12.01.14.
Great cormorant
  • First seen (25), Seaside Boulevard, Baku, 04.08.13.
  • Highest count (350), Seaside Boulevard, Baku, 08.09.13.
Pygmy cormorant
  • First seen (100), Red Lake, 22.12.13.
  • Highest count (300), Red Lake, 12.01.14.
Dalmatian pelican*
  • First seen (4), Red Lake, 22.12.13.
  • Highest count (25), Shirvan NP, 06.01.14.
Great bittern
  • First seen (2), Red Lake, 22.12.13.
  • Highest count (4), Shirvan NP, 06.01.14.
Little bittern
  • First seen (1), Qanli Gol, Baku, 28.07.13.
  • Single bird, Qanli Goli, Baku, 09.08.13.
Grey heron
  • First seen (1), Red Lake, 08.09.13.
  • Highest count (5), Red Lake, 08.02.14.
Purple heron
  • First seen (4), Qanli Gol, Baku, 09.08.13.
Cattle egret
  • First seen (1), Red Lake, 22.12.13.
Squacco heron
  • First seen (1), Red Lake, 08.09.13.
Lammergeier*
  • First seen (1), Jek, 18.01.14.
Egyptian vulture
  • First seen (2), Gobustan, 10.08.13.
Eurasian marsh harrier
  • First seen (2), Gobustan, 10.08.13.
  • Highest count (35), Red Lake, 11.01.14.
Northern harrier
  • First seen (1), Shirvan NP, 06.01.14.
  • Highest count (2), Shirvan NP, 12.01.14.
Eurasian sparrowhawk
  • First seen (1), Gobustan, 05.01.14.
Rough-legged buzzard
  • First seen (1), Shirvan NP, 06.01.14.
Common buzzard
  • First seen (2), Qechresh, 19.01.14.
Long-legged buzzard
  • First seen (1), Shirvan NP, 06.01.14.
Little bustard
  • First seen (1,000), Shirvan NP, 06.01.14.
Water rail
  • First seen (3), Shirvan NP, 12.01.14.
Common moorhen
  • First seen (4), Qanli Gol, Baku, 09.08.13.
Eurasian coot
  • First seen (10), Qanli Gol, Baku, 28.07.13.
  • Highest count (250), Red Lake, 11.01.14.
Pied avocet
  • First seen (2), Red Lake, 11.01.14.
Common ringed plover
  • First seen (2), Qanli Gol, Baku, 28.07.13.
Little ringed plover
  • First seen (1), Qanli Gol, Baku, 28.07.13.
Common sandpiper
  • First seen (1), Qanli Gol, Baku, 28.07.13.
Green sandpiper
  • First seen (10), Qanli Gol, Baku, 28.07.13.
Common redshank
  • First seen (3), Qanli Gol, Baku, 28.07.13.
Dunlin
  • First seen (3), Sangachal, Baku, 22.12.13.
  • Highest count (20), Red Lake, 11.01.14.
Little stint
  • First seen (1), Red lake, 11.01.14.
Mediterranean gull
  • First seen (8), Red Lake, 22.12.13.
  • Highest count (25), Red Lake, 11.01.14.
Pallas's gull
  • First seen (1), Seaside boulevard, Baku, 04.08.13.
  • Highest count (4), Shirvan NP, 12.01.14.
Caspian gull
  • First seen (1), Shirvan NP, 06.01.14.
  • Highest count (12), Red Lake, 12.01.14.
Black tern
  • First seen (12), Seaside boulevard, Baku, 04.08.13.
Common tern
  • First seen (1), Seaside boulevard, Baku, 04.08.13.
Eurasian collared dove
  • First seen (6), Botanical Gardens, Baku, 28.07.13.
Laughing dove
  • First seen (4), Botanical Gardens, Baku, 28.07.13.
  • Common urban bird
Common cuckoo
  • First seen (3), Botanical Gardens, Baku, 09.08.13.
European bee-eater
  • First seen (15), Qanli Gol, Baku, 28.07.13.
Eurasian hoopoe
  • First seen (1), Qanli Gol, Baku, 28.07.13.
Great spotted woodpecker
  • First seen (1), Qechresh, 19.01.14.
Lesser kestrel
  • First seen (4), Gobustan, 10.08.13.
Common kestrel
  • First seen (2), Haydar Aliyev International Airport, Baku, 27.07.13.
  • Highest count (6), Shirvan NP, 06.01.14.
Merlin
  • First seen (1), Sangachal, Baku, 22.12.13.
  • Highest count (2), Shirvan NP, 12.01.14.
Peregrine falcon
  • First seen (1), Gobustan, 10.08.13.
  • Single bird, Red Lake, 08.02.14.
Ring-necked parakeet
  • First seen (1), Botanical Gardens, Baku, 28.07.13.
Red-backed shrike
  • First seen (1), Qanli Gol, Baku, 28.07.13.
  • Single bird at Qanli Gol, Baku, 09.08.13.
Lesser grey shrike
  • First seen (1), Gobustan, 10.08.13.
Southern grey shrike
  • First seen (4), Qanli Gol, Baku, 09.08.13.
  • Six, Gobustan, 10.08.13 inc. two steppe grey shrike (L. m. pallidirostris).
Woodchat shrike
  • First seen (4), Gobustan, 10.08.13 inc. adult feeding young.
Eurasian golden oriole
  • First seen (2), Botanical Gardens, Baku, 28.07.13.
Eurasian jay
  • First seen (4), Qechresh, 19.01.14.
Common magpie
  • First seen (15), Shirvan NP, 06.01.14.
Hooded crow
  • First seen (2), Haydar Aliyev International Airport, Baku, 27.07.13.
  • Common in and around Baku.
Common raven
  • First seen (1), Qechresh, 18.01.14.
  • Highest count (2), Xinaliq, 19.01.14.
Greater short-toed lark
  • First seen (40), Gobustan, 10.08.13.
Lesser short-toed lark
  • First seen (2), Gobustan, 10.08.13.
Crested lark
  • First seen (2), Gobustan, 10.08.13.
  • Highest count (3), Sangachal, 22.12.13.
Skylark
  • First seen (30), Gobustan, 10.08.13.
Barn swallow
  • First seen (250), Qanli Gol, Baku, 28.07.13.
Common house-martin
  • First seen (4), Gobustan, 10.08.13.
Coal tit
  • First seen (40), Qechresh, 18.01.14.
Great tit
  • First seen (5), Qechresh, 18.01.14.
Blue tit
  • First seen (2), Botanical Gardens, Baku, 28.07.13.
  • Three at Botanical Gardens, Baku, 09.08.13.
Eurasian nuthatch
  • First seen (1), Qechresh, 18.01.14.
Western rock nuthatch*
  • First seen (25), Gobustan, 10.08.13.
Eurasian wren
  • First seen (2), Gobustan, 05.01.14.
Eastern olivaceous warbler
  • First seen (1), Gobustan, 10.08.13.
Eurasian reed warbler
  • First seen (1), carrying food Qanli Gol, Baku, 09.08.13.
Common whitethroat
  • First seen (15), Gobustan, 10.08.13.
Spotted flycatcher
  • First seen (3), Botanical Gardens, Baku, 09.08.13.
Rufous-tailed scrub robin
  • First seen (1), Gobustan, 10.08.13.
Robin
  • First seen (2), Gobustan, 05.01.14.
Black redstart
  • First seen (3), Gobustan, 05.01.14.
Pied wheatear
  • First seen (5), Gobustan, 10.08.13.
Black-eared wheatear
  • First seen (1), Gobustan, 10.08.13.
Isabelline wheatear
  • First seen (2), Gobustan, 10.08.13.
Eurasian blackbird
  • First seen (60), Botanical Gardens, Baku, 28.07.13.
Song thrush
  • First seen (1 juv.), Botanical Gardens, Baku, 09.08.13.
European starling
  • First seen (3), Qanli Gol, Baku, 28.07.13.
  • Highest count (70), Anti Agach NP, 18.01.14.
Dunnock
  • First seen (2), Gobustan, 05.01.14.
Yellow wagtail
  • First seen (4), Red Lake, 08.09.13.
Pied wagtail
  • First seen (25), Qanli Gol, Baku, 28.07.13.
Meadow pipit
  • First seen (9), Gobustan, 05.01.14.
Reed bunting
  • First seen (1), Sangachal, Baku, 22.12.13.
Corn bunting
  • First seen (20), Shirvan NP, 12.01.14.
Common chaffinch
  • First seen (6), Gobustan, 05.01.14.
  • Highest count (30), Shirvan NP, 06.01.14.
Common rosefinch
  • First seen (1), Gobustan, 10.08.13.
European greenfinch
  • First seen (60), Qanli Gol, Baku, 28.07.13.
European goldfinch
  • First seen (3 juv.), Botanical Gardens, Baku, 28.07.13.
  • Highest count (80), Anti Agach NP, 19.01.14.
Twite*
  • First seen (5), Gobustan, 05.01.14.
Linnet
  • First seen (25), Xinaliq, 18.01.14.
Serin*
  • First seen (1), Gobustan, 05.01.14.
House sparrow
  • First seen (250), Qanli Gol, Baku, 28.07.13.
  • Common in and around Baku.
Spanish sparrow
  • First seen (5), Sangachal, Baku, 22.12.13.
  • Highest count (20), Shirvan NP, 06.01.14.

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