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
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May
Common CraneGrus grusPassage migrantCommon100–130 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
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