Birds to See in Iran in February
174 bird species on our list for Iran are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Rock Dove, Pied Wagtail, Hooded Crow and Magpie. New this month: Common Swift, Hoopoe, Alpine Swift and Blackcap and 11 more.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
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.
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All 174 birds in February
174 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.91% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Feb
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Feb
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Feb
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Feb
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Feb
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Feb
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.01% in Feb
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Feb
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Feb
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.85% in Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Feb
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.77% in Feb
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Feb
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Feb
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.63% in Feb
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.62% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Feb
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusWinter visitorCommon52–68 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.60% in Feb
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusWinter visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.57% in Feb
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.57% in Feb
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Feb
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentCommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Feb
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Feb
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Feb
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.54% in Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.52% in Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.52% in Feb
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Feb
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Feb
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Feb
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.46% in Feb
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.46% in Feb
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.46% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Feb
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Feb
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.44% in Feb
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Feb
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Feb
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorCommon66–94 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.41% in Feb
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.40% in Feb
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Feb
Little StintCalidris minutaResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Feb
GreenfinchChloris chlorisWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Feb
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Feb
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.34% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Feb
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Feb
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.31% in Feb
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.29% in Feb
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Feb
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.27% in Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.27% in Feb
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Feb
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentCommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Feb
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Feb
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentCommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Feb
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Feb
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.25% in Feb
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Feb
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.25% in Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.23% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.23% in Feb
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.22% in Feb
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Feb
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.22% in Feb
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.22% in Feb
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.22% in Feb
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.21% in Feb
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.21% in Feb
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.20% in Feb
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentUncommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Feb
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.18% in Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Feb
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Feb
Spotted OwletAthene bramaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.17% in Feb
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.17% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Feb
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.15% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.15% in Feb
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.15% in Feb
Little TernSternula albifronsResidentUncommon21–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoletaResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.14% in Feb
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Feb
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Feb
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.11% in Feb
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.11% in Feb
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.11% in Feb
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.08% in Feb
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataWinter visitorUncommon65–72 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.08% in Feb
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorCommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantCommon18–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.07% in Feb
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentUncommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.07% in Feb
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusWinter visitorUncommon98–120 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.06% in Feb
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.06% in Feb
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.05% in Feb
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.05% in Feb
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.05% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
SmewMergellus albellusPassage migrantUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.05% in Feb
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.04% in Feb
Hooded WheatearOenanthe monachaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Feb
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in Feb
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Feb
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.04% in Feb
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.04% in Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisWinter visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Feb
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorRare52–58 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.04% in Feb
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Feb
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisSummer visitorUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Feb
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.03% in Feb
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.03% in Feb
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% in Feb
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.03% in Feb
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.03% in Feb
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantRare22–27 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.03% in Feb
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.03% in Feb
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.02% in Feb
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusWinter visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Feb
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in Feb
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisPassage migrantUncommon46–61 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.02% in Feb
Stock DoveColumba oenasPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantRare34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusWinter visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
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