Birds to See in Iran in November
169 bird species on our list for Iran are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Magpie, Hooded Crow, Pied Wagtail, Rock Dove and House Sparrow. New this month: Eurasian Siskin, Montagu's Harrier, Redwing and Whooper Swan and 7 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
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 169 birds in November
169 birds
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.86% in Nov
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.82% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 3.41% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.10% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.06% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.79% in Nov
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 2.53% in Nov
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.35% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Nov
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Nov
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.28% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Nov
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Nov
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.79% in Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Nov
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.73% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Nov
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Nov
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Nov
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Nov
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.59% in Nov
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorCommon66–94 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.57% in Nov
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.56% in Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.48% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Nov
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.45% in Nov
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Nov
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Nov
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentCommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Nov
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Nov
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Nov
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Nov
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentCommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Nov
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.31% in Nov
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.31% in Nov
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Nov
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.29% in Nov
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.26% in Nov
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.23% in Nov
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.22% in Nov
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.22% in Nov
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentUncommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.20% in Nov
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisSummer visitorUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.19% in Nov
Little StintCalidris minutaResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.19% in Nov
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.18% in Nov
Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoletaResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.17% in Nov
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusWinter visitorUncommon98–120 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.16% in Nov
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.15% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.14% in Nov
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusWinter visitorCommon52–68 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Nov
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.12% in Nov
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Common CraneGrus grusPassage migrantCommon100–130 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Nov
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.10% in Nov
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.10% in Nov
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Nov
Stock DoveColumba oenasPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.10% in Nov
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.09% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in Nov
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.09% in Nov
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Nov
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.08% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Nov
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisPassage migrantUncommon46–61 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.07% in Nov
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Nov
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.06% in Nov
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% in Nov
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.06% in Nov
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.05% in Nov
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentCommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentUncommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusWinter visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.05% in Nov
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.05% in Nov
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorCommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.05% in Nov
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Nov
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisWinter visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Nov
Little TernSternula albifronsResidentUncommon21–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in Nov
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.04% in Nov
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Nov
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusWinter visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantRare22–27 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.04% in Nov
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Nov
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Nov
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataWinter visitorUncommon65–72 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Spotted OwletAthene bramaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Tawny OwlStrix alucoPassage migrantUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantRare34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.02% in Nov
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.02% in Nov
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusWinter visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Nov
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