Bird AlbumBirds of Iraq
171 species recorded at 3 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
European RobinErithacus rubecula
Crested LarkGalerida cristata
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Great TitParus major
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosMost recorded
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Common SwiftApus apus
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
European GreenfinchChloris chloris
Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
Graceful PriniaPrinia gracilis
Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoleta
Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
Black FrancolinFrancolinus francolinusHotspots with the most records
- Erbil International AirportErbil Governorate144 species
- Sami Abdulrahman ParkErbil Governorate70 species
- Parki AzadiSulaymaniyah Governorate56 species
All species recorded · 171
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus
- See-see Partridge Ammoperdix griseogularis
- Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Armenian Gull Larus armenicus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- White Stork Ciconia ciconia
- Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Levant Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brevipes
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata
- Turkestan Short-toed Lark Alaudala heinei
- White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Basra Reed Warbler Acrocephalus griseldis
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Menetries's Warbler Curruca mystacea
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Iraq Babbler Argya altirostris
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Western Rock Nuthatch Sitta neumayer
- Eastern Rock Nuthatch Sitta tephronota
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Finsch's Wheatear Oenanthe finschii
- Pale Rockfinch Carpospiza brachydactyla
- Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala