Birds to See in Iran in September
182 bird species on our list for Iran are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Magpie, Hooded Crow, Rock Dove, Great Tit and House Sparrow. New this month: Common Crane, White-tailed Sea-eagle, Oriental Honey-buzzard and Hen Harrier and 17 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
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 182 birds in September
182 birds
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Sep
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.22% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.73% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Sep
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.36% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.27% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Sep
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.20% in Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.18% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Sep
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantCommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.08% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Sep
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.93% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.63% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Sep
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.52% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Sep
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.51% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.50% in Sep
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.47% in Sep
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.45% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.44% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.43% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.43% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Sep
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.38% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Sep
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentCommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.37% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Sep
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.34% in Sep
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentCommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentCommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentUncommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisSummer visitorUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Sep
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.30% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.30% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Sep
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Sep
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.27% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.27% in Sep
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorCommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.25% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.24% in Sep
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.24% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Sep
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.23% in Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.22% in Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
Common CraneGrus grusPassage migrantCommon100–130 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.21% in Sep
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantCommon18–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.21% in Sep
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentUncommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.20% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
Stock DoveColumba oenasPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.17% in Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Sep
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentCommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Sep
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.15% in Sep
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorCommon66–94 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.14% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.13% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Sep
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisPassage migrantUncommon46–61 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.12% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.12% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Sep
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.11% in Sep
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.11% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Sep
Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoletaResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
Little TernSternula albifronsResidentUncommon21–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.10% in Sep
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Tawny OwlStrix alucoPassage migrantUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.08% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Sep
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusWinter visitorCommon52–68 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Sep
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.08% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.08% in Sep
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Sep
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorCommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Sep
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.07% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorCommon58–67 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.07% in Sep
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.07% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusWinter visitorUncommon98–120 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.06% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Sep
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Sep
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusWinter visitorCommon40–45 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.05% in Sep
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.05% in Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.04% in Sep
WoodlarkLullula arboreaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.04% in Sep
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.04% in Sep
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.04% in Sep
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.04% in Sep
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.03% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusWinter visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Sep
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Sep
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.02% in Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataWinter visitorUncommon65–72 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.01% in Sep
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