Birds to See in Iran in October
188 bird species on our list for Iran are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Magpie, Rock Dove, House Sparrow and Pied Wagtail. New this month: Song Thrush, Water Pipit, Meadow Pipit and Greylag Goose and 13 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
SparrowhawkBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
Common CraneBusiest month of the year · Mar–Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerBusiest month of the year · All year
Griffon VultureBusiest month of the year · All year
Peregrine FalconBusiest month of the year · All year
Stock DoveBusiest month of the year · Jan–Feb
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 188 birds in October
188 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.31% in Oct
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.10% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.67% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Oct
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.29% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Oct- SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.81% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.81% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Oct
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.80% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Oct
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.76% in Oct- Common CraneGrus grusPassage migrantCommon100–130 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.69% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Oct
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.58% in Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Oct- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Oct- Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Oct
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Oct
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.38% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Oct
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentCommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Oct
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.37% in Oct
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Oct
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.35% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Oct
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorCommon66–94 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.32% in Oct
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.32% in Oct
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.29% in Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Oct- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Oct
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantCommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.28% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Oct- Stock DoveColumba oenasPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.27% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Oct
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisPassage migrantUncommon46–61 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.26% in Oct
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentCommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Oct
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisSummer visitorUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.24% in Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Oct
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Oct
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Oct
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Oct
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Oct
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Oct
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.20% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Oct
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.20% in Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Oct
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Oct
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.19% in Oct
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentUncommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.19% in Oct
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.19% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.17% in Oct
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.17% in Oct
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.17% in Oct
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Oct
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorCommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Oct
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Oct
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.14% in Oct
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Oct
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.14% in Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Oct
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.14% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.14% in Oct
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.14% in Oct
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.14% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.14% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.13% in Oct
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.13% in Oct
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.12% in Oct
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in Oct
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.11% in Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in Oct
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.11% in Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Oct
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.10% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentUncommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Oct
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusWinter visitorCommon52–68 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Oct
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusWinter visitorUncommon98–120 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.09% in Oct
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.09% in Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Oct
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Oct
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentCommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Oct
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.09% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.09% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.08% in Oct
Tawny OwlStrix alucoPassage migrantUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.07% in Oct
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoletaResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.07% in Oct
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Oct
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.07% in Oct
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Oct
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Oct
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusWinter visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Oct
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.06% in Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.06% in Oct
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Little TernSternula albifronsResidentUncommon21–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Oct
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Oct
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Oct
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.04% in Oct
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantCommon18–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorCommon75–90 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Oct
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in Oct
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.04% in Oct
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusWinter visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.04% in Oct
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.03% in Oct
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Oct
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Oct
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisWinter visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Oct
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Oct
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.03% in Oct
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Oct
Spotted OwletAthene bramaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.03% in Oct
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataWinter visitorUncommon65–72 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Oct
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusWinter visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Oct
Hooded WheatearOenanthe monachaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Oct
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantRare34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.01% in Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Oct
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Oct
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.01% in Oct
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