Birds to See in Iran in June
154 bird species on our list for Iran are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Magpie, Hooded Crow, Rock Dove and Common Starling. New this month: European Robin, Eurasian Siskin, Stock Dove and Cinereous Vulture and 2 more.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
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 154 birds in June
154 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 4.04% in Jun
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.53% in Jun
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.27% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.07% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 2.11% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Jun
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.78% in Jun
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.66% in Jun
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.63% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jun
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Jun
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jun
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jun
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.00% in Jun
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.97% in Jun
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jun
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentCommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jun
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jun
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jun
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.75% in Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jun
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jun
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jun
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jun
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jun
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.54% in Jun
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jun
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jun
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.51% in Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jun
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.48% in Jun
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jun
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jun
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jun
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentCommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jun
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jun
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.42% in Jun
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jun
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jun
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.38% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jun
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jun
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.38% in Jun
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jun
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.35% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.35% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jun
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.33% in Jun
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.31% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jun
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.31% in Jun
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.30% in Jun
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in Jun
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Jun
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jun
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jun
Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoletaResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jun
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.26% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.26% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jun
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.26% in Jun
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jun
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentUncommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jun
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jun
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jun
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorCommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jun
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jun
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jun
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.20% in Jun
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.20% in Jun
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.19% in Jun
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.18% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
GreenfinchChloris chlorisWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jun
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.16% in Jun
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jun
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jun
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentCommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jun
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jun
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.14% in Jun
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
Little TernSternula albifronsResidentUncommon21–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.12% in Jun
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.11% in Jun
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.10% in Jun
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.10% in Jun
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantCommon18–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.10% in Jun
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisSummer visitorUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.09% in Jun
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.09% in Jun
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.09% in Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.08% in Jun
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.08% in Jun
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.07% in Jun
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.07% in Jun
Tawny OwlStrix alucoPassage migrantUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.07% in Jun
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantCommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Jun
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.07% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Jun
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Little StintCalidris minutaResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.06% in Jun
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.05% in Jun
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentUncommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.05% in Jun
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.05% in Jun
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Jun
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in Jun
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% in Jun
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.03% in Jun
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusWinter visitorUncommon98–120 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.02% in Jun
Stock DoveColumba oenasPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.02% in Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jun
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.01% in Jun
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
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