Birds to See in Iran in March
184 bird species on our list for Iran are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Rock Dove, Hooded Crow, Magpie and Pied Wagtail. New this month: Cuckoo, Willow Warbler, Common Crane and Whitethroat and 17 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
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 184 birds in March
184 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.49% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.13% in Mar
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.95% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Mar
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 1.61% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.55% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Mar
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.17% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Mar
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Mar
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.62% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.61% in Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.59% in Mar
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.48% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.44% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Mar
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.40% in Mar
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.38% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.37% in Mar
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.36% in Mar
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.35% in Mar
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Mar
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.31% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.31% in Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentCommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Mar
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentCommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.29% in Mar
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentUncommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.28% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Mar
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.27% in Mar
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.26% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.26% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Little StintCalidris minutaResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.24% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.23% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.22% in Mar
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentCommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.21% in Mar
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusWinter visitorCommon52–68 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.20% in Mar
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.18% in Mar
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.18% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.18% in Mar
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantCommon18–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.17% in Mar
Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoletaResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentUncommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.16% in Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Mar
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorCommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.14% in Mar
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.14% in Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.14% in Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.14% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusWinter visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.14% in Mar
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.12% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.12% in Mar
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Mar
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.11% in Mar
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.10% in Mar
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Mar
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.09% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Common CraneGrus grusPassage migrantCommon100–130 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.09% in Mar
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.09% in Mar
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Mar
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorCommon66–94 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.08% in Mar
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Mar
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.08% in Mar
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.07% in Mar
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.07% in Mar
Little TernSternula albifronsResidentUncommon21–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.07% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.07% in Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.06% in Mar
Spotted OwletAthene bramaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Mar
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.05% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.05% in Mar
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.05% in Mar
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Mar
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Mar
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusWinter visitorUncommon98–120 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Hooded WheatearOenanthe monachaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisWinter visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Mar
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.03% in Mar
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.03% in Mar
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Mar
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in Mar
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisSummer visitorUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Tawny OwlStrix alucoPassage migrantUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in Mar
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in Mar
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.02% in Mar
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.02% in Mar
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.02% in Mar
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Mar
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusWinter visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Mar
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