Uncommon Birds in Iran
Our list for Iran has 106 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 22 residents, 25 summer visitors, 41 winter visitors, 17 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Iran in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 106, most common first
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Sep–May
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRecorded all year
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Little StintCalidris minutaResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
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