Finches in Iran
Our list for Iran has 11 finches recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 2 summer visitors, 5 winter visitors and 2 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 11, most common first
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoletaResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaPassage migrantRare14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Dec
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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