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
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year
Little TernSternula albifronsResidentUncommon21–25 cmRecorded all year
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusWinter visitorUncommon98–120 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentUncommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorUncommon26–28 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusWinter visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Jul–May
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataWinter visitorUncommon65–72 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
SmewMergellus albellusPassage migrantUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
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