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
Tawny OwlStrix alucoPassage migrantUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisWinter visitorUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Oct–May
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Oct–May
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusWinter visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Hooded WheatearOenanthe monachaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–May
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Jan
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusScarceUncommon19–23 cm
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–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