Azerbaijan · Siyazan District
Besh Barmag bottleneck
304 species and 61,189 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October, with up to 226 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
RookCorvus frugilegus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandraSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 304 species recorded here
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Turkestan Short-toed Lark Alaudala heinei
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Great Tit Parus major
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- White-winged Lark Alauda leucoptera
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Menetries's Warbler Curruca mystacea
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Red-fronted Serin Serinus pusillus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Levant Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brevipes
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Twite Linaria flavirostris
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Mediterranean Short-toed Lark Alaudala rufescens
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Siberian Long-tailed Rosefinch Carpodacus sibiricus
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Western Rock Nuthatch Sitta neumayer
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris
- Armenian Gull Larus armenicus
- Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Finsch's Wheatear Oenanthe finschii
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Northern Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes
- Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata
- Mountain Chiffchaff Phylloscopus sindianus
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Besh Barmag bottleneck?
October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 226 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Besh Barmag bottleneck?
304 species, from 61,189 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Besh Barmag bottleneck in November?
The most recorded in November: Rook, Meadow Pipit, Western Marsh Harrier, Great Cormorant and Common Starling.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.