Iraq · Erbil Governorate
Sami Abdulrahman Park
70 species and 804 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February, April–May and December, with up to 15 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
European RobinErithacus rubecula
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Great TitParus major
Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Erbil International Airport6 km144 species
All 70 species recorded here
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Great Tit Parus major
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Menetries's Warbler Curruca mystacea
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Sami Abdulrahman Park?
February, April–May and December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 15 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Sami Abdulrahman Park?
70 species, from 804 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Sami Abdulrahman Park in November?
The most recorded in November: Common Blackbird, Eurasian Magpie, European Robin, Eurasian Collared Dove and House Sparrow.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.