Birds to See in Iran in April
190 bird species on our list for Iran are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Hooded Crow, Rock Dove, Magpie and Barn Swallow. New this month: European Bee-eater, Spotted Flycatcher, Booted Eagle and Hobby and 13 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
Barn SwallowBusiest month of the year · All year
Common RedstartBusiest month of the year · All year
Willow WarblerBusiest month of the year · Mar–May
Little Ringed PloverBusiest month of the year · All year
BlackcapBusiest month of the year · Feb–Dec
Red-necked PhalaropeBusiest month of the year · Feb–Jun
From Iran’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 190 birds in April
190 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.16% in Apr
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.03% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.82% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.80% in Apr- Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Apr
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 2.17% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.57% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Apr
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.32% in Apr
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.26% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Apr- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Apr- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.91% in Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Apr
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Apr- Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Apr
- BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.63% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.58% in Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Apr- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantCommon18–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.55% in Apr
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.54% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.53% in Apr
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Apr
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.46% in Apr
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.46% in Apr
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.45% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Apr
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentCommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.43% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.43% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Apr
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Apr
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Apr
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorCommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Apr
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.35% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.34% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.34% in Apr
Little StintCalidris minutaResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Apr
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.33% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.31% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.31% in Apr
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Apr
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentCommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.28% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.26% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Apr
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.24% in Apr
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.23% in Apr
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.23% in Apr
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.22% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.22% in Apr
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentCommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Apr
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.21% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.20% in Apr
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentUncommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentUncommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.20% in Apr
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.19% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Apr
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Apr
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.17% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
Little TernSternula albifronsResidentUncommon21–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.16% in Apr
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Apr
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Apr
Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoletaResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.14% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.14% in Apr
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.14% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Apr
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Apr
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.12% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.12% in Apr
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Apr
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.12% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.11% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.11% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.11% in Apr
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Apr
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Apr
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.10% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.10% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.09% in Apr
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Apr
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.08% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Apr
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisSummer visitorUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusWinter visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.07% in Apr
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Apr
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.06% in Apr
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.06% in Apr
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.05% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Tawny OwlStrix alucoPassage migrantUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.05% in Apr
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.05% in Apr
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.05% in Apr
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.04% in Apr
Common CraneGrus grusPassage migrantCommon100–130 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusWinter visitorCommon52–68 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.04% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in Apr
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusWinter visitorUncommon98–120 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Apr
Spotted OwletAthene bramaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Apr
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataWinter visitorUncommon65–72 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisWinter visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Apr
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.03% in Apr
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Apr
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Apr
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.02% in Apr
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Apr
Hooded WheatearOenanthe monachaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Apr
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusWinter visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Apr
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Apr
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made