Birds to See in Iran in August
165 bird species on our list for Iran are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Rock Dove, Hooded Crow, Magpie and Pied Wagtail. New this month: European Robin, Booted Eagle, European Honey-buzzard and Willow Warbler and 23 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
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 165 birds in August
165 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 4.10% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.96% in Aug
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.51% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.38% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Aug
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.90% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.76% in Aug
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.49% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.45% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Aug
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Aug
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Aug
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.66% in Aug
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.64% in Aug
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentCommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Aug
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Aug
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.52% in Aug
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.52% in Aug
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.49% in Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Aug
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentCommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Aug
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.44% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Aug
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.42% in Aug
Little StintCalidris minutaResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.41% in Aug
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Aug
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.39% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.38% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Aug
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Aug
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Aug
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.36% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.36% in Aug
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.35% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.35% in Aug
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.33% in Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.33% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Aug
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentUncommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantCommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.28% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Aug
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.26% in Aug
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Aug
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentCommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.25% in Aug
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.25% in Aug
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorCommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.20% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.20% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.19% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.18% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.17% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentUncommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.17% in Aug
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisSummer visitorUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.16% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Aug
Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoletaResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.15% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.15% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.14% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.14% in Aug
Little TernSternula albifronsResidentUncommon21–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.13% in Aug
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusWinter visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.12% in Aug
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.12% in Aug
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantCommon18–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.11% in Aug
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.10% in Aug
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Aug
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.10% in Aug
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Aug
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.09% in Aug
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.08% in Aug
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Aug
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Aug
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.07% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Aug
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.06% in Aug
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.05% in Aug
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Stock DoveColumba oenasPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.05% in Aug
Tawny OwlStrix alucoPassage migrantUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.05% in Aug
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Aug
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusWinter visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Aug
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in Aug
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.03% in Aug
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in Aug
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in Aug
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