Birds of Iran
348 species recorded at 6 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
European RobinErithacus rubecula
Great TitParus major
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliaca
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Common BuzzardButeo buteo
Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
Rock DoveColumba livia
Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensisMost recorded
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
White-eared BulbulPycnonotus leucotis
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
Alexandrine ParakeetPsittacula eupatria
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
Common SwiftApus apus
Lesser Spotted EagleClanga pomarinaHotspots with the most records
- Bardena – Galugah Raptor Count SiteMazandaran Province116 species
- Tehran – City ParkTehran Province98 species
- Qanbarabad ReservoirTehran Province217 species
- Tehran – Police Park (North)Tehran Province140 species
- Salehiyeh Intermittent Wetlands (West Field)Qazvin Province216 species
- Bandar Abbas – Velayat ParkHormozgan Province145 species
All species recorded · 348
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Common Pochard Aythya ferina
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- See-see Partridge Ammoperdix griseogularis
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Great Stone-curlew Esacus recurvirostris
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius
- White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Great Snipe Gallinago media
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus
- Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Crab-plover Dromas ardeola
- Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Saunders's Tern Sternula saundersi
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Sooty Gull Ichthyaetus hemprichii
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Armenian Gull Larus armenicus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Black Stork Ciconia nigra
- White Stork Ciconia ciconia
- Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
- Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis
- Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca
- Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Levant Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brevipes
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Pallid Scops Owl Otus brucei
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Rosy-faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Bay-backed Shrike Lanius vittatus
- 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
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Grey Hypocolius Hypocolius ampelinus
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Caspian Tit Poecile hyrcanus
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes
- Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti
- Bar-tailed Lark Ammomanes cinctura
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- Turkestan Short-toed Lark Alaudala heinei
- Sand Lark Alaudala raytal
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Streak-throated Swallow Petrochelidon fluvicola
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Streaked Scrub Warbler Scotocerca inquieta
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Plain Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus neglectus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Mountain Chiffchaff Phylloscopus sindianus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- 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
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
- Eversmann's Redstart Phoenicurus erythronotus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Hooded Wheatear Oenanthe monacha
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Variable Wheatear Oenanthe picata
- Finsch's Wheatear Oenanthe finschii
- Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens
- Red-tailed Wheatear Oenanthe chrysopygia
- Hume's Wheatear Oenanthe albonigra
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Pale Rockfinch Carpospiza brachydactyla
- Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Radde's Accentor Prunella ocularis
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Red-fronted Serin Serinus pusillus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
- Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
- Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus