Birds to See in Iran in January
166 bird species on our list for Iran are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Pied Wagtail, House Sparrow, Rock Dove, Hooded Crow and Magpie. New this month: Ruff, Purple Heron, Glossy Ibis and Stock Dove and 2 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
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.
Other months
All 166 birds in January
166 birds
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.85% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Jan
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Jan
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Jan
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.25% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.23% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.89% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jan
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jan
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jan
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.72% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.71% in Jan
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jan
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.66% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.64% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.63% in Jan
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorCommon66–94 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.63% in Jan
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.60% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.60% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jan
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.55% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.54% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusWinter visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.53% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jan
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentCommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jan
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.49% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jan
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jan
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.43% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jan
Little StintCalidris minutaResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.40% in Jan
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.39% in Jan
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.38% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jan
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jan
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.36% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.31% in Jan
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.31% in Jan
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jan
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jan
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jan
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.27% in Jan
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.27% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.27% in Jan
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentUncommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jan
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentCommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jan
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jan
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.24% in Jan
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentCommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.24% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.24% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.24% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.23% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.22% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.21% in Jan
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusWinter visitorCommon52–68 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.21% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.21% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.21% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.20% in Jan
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.17% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.15% in Jan
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorCommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.13% in Jan
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Little TernSternula albifronsResidentUncommon21–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.12% in Jan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.11% in Jan
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.11% in Jan
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoletaResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.09% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.09% in Jan
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.08% in Jan
SmewMergellus albellusPassage migrantUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.08% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.08% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisWinter visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in Jan
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisSummer visitorUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentUncommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Common CraneGrus grusPassage migrantCommon100–130 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.05% in Jan
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.05% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.05% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorRare52–58 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.04% in Jan
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusWinter visitorUncommon98–120 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.04% in Jan
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusWinter visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.04% in Jan
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.04% in Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.04% in Jan
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Jan
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Jan
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.03% in Jan
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataWinter visitorUncommon65–72 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.03% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantRare22–27 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.03% in Jan
Spotted OwletAthene bramaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Jan
Stock DoveColumba oenasPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.02% in Jan
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Jan
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Hooded WheatearOenanthe monachaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Jan
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusWinter visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
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