Thrushes in Iran
Our list for Iran has 6 thrushes recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 3 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Iran in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusWinter visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Jul–May
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantRare22–27 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Song Thrush 20–23 cm
- Redwing 20–24 cm
- Ring Ouzel 23–24 cm
- Blackbird 24–25 cm
- Fieldfare 22–27 cm
- Mistle Thrush 26–29 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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