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
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentUncommon34–39 cmRecorded all year
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Aug–May
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year
Spotted OwletAthene bramaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
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