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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Iran in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 102, most common first
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantCommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Oct
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentCommon32–38 cmRecorded all year
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
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