Birds of Armenia

Despite its relatively small size, Armenia has a diverse variety of birds living there. Several of them are regional variants of avian species found in Europe. The best time to experience this diversity is between May and June and between September and October when they are most active.

The national bird of Armenia is the Golden Eagle, which symbolizes power and strength.

List of Birds Found in Armenia

Native Birds

Accentors

Alpine Accentor
Dunnock
Radde’s Accentor

Barn-owls

Barn Owl

Bearded Reedling

Bearded Reedling

Bee-eaters

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
European Bee-eater

Bush Warblers and Allies

Cetti’s Warbler

Bustards

Great Bustard
Little Bustard

Cormorants and Shags

Great Cormorant
Pygmy Cormorant

Cranes

Common Crane
Demoiselle Crane

Crows, Jays, and Magpies

Carrion Crow
Common Raven
Eurasian Jackdaw
Eurasian Jay
Eurasian Magpie
Hooded Crow
Red-billed Chough
Rook
Yellow-billed Chough

Cuckoos

Common Cuckoo
Great Spotted Cuckoo

Dippers

White-throated Dipper

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
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
Fire-fronted Serin
Hawfinch
Mongolian Finch
Red Crossbill
Trumpeter Finch
Twite

Flamingos

Greater Flamingo

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
Slender-billed Gull
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern

Hawks, Eagles, and Kites

Bearded Vulture
Black Kite
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

Eurasian Hoopoe

Ibises and Spoonbills

Eurasian Spoonbill
Glossy Ibis

Kingfishers

Common Kingfisher

Kinglets

Common Firecrest
Goldcrest

Larks

Bimaculated Lark
Calandra Lark
Crested Lark
Eurasian Skylark
Greater Short-toed Lark
Horned Lark
Turkestan Short-toed Lark
Wood Lark

Leaf Warblers

Common Chiffchaff
Green Warbler
Mountain Chiffchaff
Willow Warbler
Wood Warbler

Long-tailed tits

Long-tailed Tit

Loons

Arctic Loon
Red-throated Loon

Nightjars

Eurasian Nightjar

Nuthatches

Eastern Rock Nuthatch
Eurasian Nuthatch
Western Rock Nuthatch

Old World Buntings

Black-headed Bunting
Corn Bunting
Gray-necked Bunting
Ortolan Bunting
Reed Bunting
Rock Bunting
Yellowhammer

Old World flycatchers

Black Redstart
Blue Rock-thrush
Bluethroat
Common Redstart
Desert Wheatear
Eastern Black-eared Wheatear
European Pied Flycatcher
European Robin
European Stonechat
Finsch’s Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
Northern Wheatear
Persian Wheatear
Pied Wheatear
Red-Breasted Flycatcher
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
Rufous-tailed Scrub-robin
Semicollared Flycatcher
Siberian Stonechat
Spotted Flycatcher
Thrush Nightingale
Whinchat
White-throated Robin

Old World Orioles

Eurasian golden oriole

Old World Sparrows

Eurasian Tree Sparrow
House Sparrow
Pale Rockfinch
Rock Sparrow
Spanish Sparrow
White-winged Snowfinch

Osprey

Osprey

Owls

Boreal Owl
Eurasian Eagle-owl
Eurasian Scops-owl
Little Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl

Oystercatchers

Eurasian Oystercatcher

Pelicans

Dalmatian Pelican
Great White Pelican

Penduline-tits

Eurasian Penduline-tit

Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies

Black Francolin
Caspian Snowcock
Caucasian Grouse
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
Kentish Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Northern Lapwing
Sociable Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
White-tailed Lapwing

Pratincoles and Coursers

Collared Pratincole
Black-winged Pratincole

Rails, Gallinules, and Coots

Baillon’s Crake
Corn Crake
Eurasian Coot
Eurasian Moorhen
Gray-headed Swamphen
Little Crake
Water Rail

Reed Warblers and Allies

Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Eurasian Reed Warbler
Great Reed Warbler
Icterine Warbler
Marsh Warbler
Moustached Warbler
Paddyfield Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Upcher’s Warbler

Rollers

European Roller

Sandgrouse

Black-bellied 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-necked Phalarope
Ruddy Turnstone
Ruff
Sanderling
Spotted Redshank
Temminck’s Stint
Terek Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper

Shrikes

Great Gray Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
Red-backed Shrike
Red-tailed Shrike
Woodchat Shrike

Skuas and Jaegers

Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger

Starlings

European Starling
Rosy Starling

Stilts and Avocets

Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet

Storks

Black Stork
White Stork

Swallows

Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Common House-martin
Eurasian Crag-martin
Red-rumped Swallow

Swifts

Alpine Swift
Common Swift

Sylviid Warblers, Parrotbills, and Allies

Barred Warbler
Eastern Orphean Warbler
Eurasian Blackcap
Garden Warbler
Greater Whitethroat
Lesser Whitethroat
Menetries’s Warbler

Thrushes and Allies

Black-throated Thrush
Eurasian Blackbird
Fieldfare
Mistle Thrush
Redwing
Ring Ouzel
Song Thrush

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

Coal Tit
Eurasian Blue Tit
Great Tit
Sombre Tit

Treecreepers

Eurasian Treecreeper

Wagtails and Pipits

Citrine Wagtail
Gray Wagtail
Meadow Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
Tawny Pipit
Tree Pipit
Water Pipit
Western Yellow Wagtail
White Wagtail

Woodpeckers

Black Woodpecker
Eurasian Green Woodpecker
Eurasian Wryneck
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Middle Spotted Woodpecker
Syrian Woodpecker
White-backed Woodpecker

Wrens

Eurasian Wren

Non-native Birds

Bulbuls

White-eared Bulbul

Cisticolas and Allies

Zitting Cisticola