Birds to See in Iran in July
144 bird species on our list for Iran are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Rock Dove, Hooded Crow, Magpie and Pied Wagtail. New this month: Sparrowhawk, Curlew, Eurasian Oystercatcher and Whimbrel and 6 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
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 144 birds in July
144 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 4.11% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.61% in Jul
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.23% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.23% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Jul
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.63% in Jul
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.54% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.45% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jul
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jul
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentCommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.66% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jul
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jul
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jul
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentCommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jul
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jul
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.51% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jul
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jul
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.47% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.47% in Jul
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.47% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jul
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.47% in Jul
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.45% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.45% in Jul
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.45% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentCommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.37% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jul
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jul
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jul
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jul
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jul
Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoletaResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jul
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.32% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.31% in Jul
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Jul
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.28% in Jul
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.28% in Jul
Little StintCalidris minutaResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorCommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.27% in Jul
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.26% in Jul
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.26% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.24% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.23% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.22% in Jul
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.21% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.20% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.17% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.15% in Jul
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.15% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.15% in Jul
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.15% in Jul
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusWinter visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.14% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentUncommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Jul
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentUncommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisSummer visitorUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.12% in Jul
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Little TernSternula albifronsResidentUncommon21–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Jul
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusWinter visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.09% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.07% in Jul
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusWinter visitorUncommon98–120 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.05% in Jul
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.05% in Jul
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.05% in Jul
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.04% in Jul
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Jul
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataWinter visitorUncommon65–72 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.03% in Jul
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.03% in Jul
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Spotted OwletAthene bramaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Jul
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