Common Birds in Iran
Our list for Iran has 102 common birds recorded regularly there: 39 residents, 27 summer visitors, 31 winter visitors and 5 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Iran in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 102, most common first
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon19–22 cmRecorded all year
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon31–33 cmRecorded all year
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–May
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
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