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
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorCommon66–94 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusWinter visitorCommon52–68 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusWinter visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jul–May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentCommon33–42 cmRecorded all year
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantCommon18–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentCommon66–102 cmRecorded all year
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
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