Birds of Iraq
Iraq hosts 271 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Black FrancolinFrancolinus francolinus
- Delicate PriniaPrinia lepida
- White-eared BulbulPycnonotus leucotis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Pin-tailed SandgrousePterocles alchata
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurus
- Great TitParus major
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Finsch's WheatearOenanthe finschii
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Black-headed BuntingEmberiza melanocephala
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Armenian GullLarus armenicus
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
- See-see PartridgeAmmoperdix griseogularis
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Eastern Rock NuthatchSitta tephronota
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurus
- Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Western Rock NuthatchSitta neumayer
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Sombre TitPoecile lugubris
- Masked ShrikeLanius nubicus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Grey HypocoliusHypocolius ampelinus
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Chukar PartridgeAlectoris chukar
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- Dead Sea SparrowPasser moabiticus
- White-headed DuckOxyura leucocephala
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Brown-necked RavenCorvus ruficollis
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
- Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoleta
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Upcher's WarblerHippolais languida
- Indian RollerCoracias benghalensis
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- White-throated RobinIrania gutturalis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
- Semicollared FlycatcherFicedula semitorquata
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Pale RockfinchCarpospiza brachydactyla
- Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliaca
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- Rock SparrowPetronia petronia
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Marbled DuckMarmaronetta angustirostris
- Yellow-throated SparrowGymnoris xanthocollis
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
- Cinereous BuntingEmberiza cineracea
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandra
- Egyptian NightjarCaprimulgus aegyptius
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
- Desert LarkAmmomanes deserti
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Mourning WheatearOenanthe lugens
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Kurdish WheatearOenanthe xanthoprymna
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Red-tailed ShrikeLanius phoenicuroides
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciata
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Red-fronted SerinSerinus pusillus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatus
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Black-bellied SandgrousePterocles orientalis
- Grey-necked BuntingEmberiza buchanani
- Radde's AccentorPrunella ocularis
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Eurasian Eagle-OwlBubo bubo
- Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- WallcreeperTichodroma muraria
- Greater Hoopoe-LarkAlaemon alaudipes
- Plain Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus neglectus
- European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
- Namaqua DoveOena capensis
- Alpine AccentorPrunella collaris
- White-winged SnowfinchMontifringilla nivalis
- Red-tailed WheatearOenanthe chrysopygia
- Basra Reed WarblerAcrocephalus griseldis
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Trumpeter FinchBucanetes githagineus
- Cream-colored CourserCursorius cursor
- Crimson-winged FinchRhodopechys sanguineus
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
- Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
- Hume's WheatearOenanthe albonigra
- Bar-tailed LarkAmmomanes cinctura
- Bimaculated LarkMelanocorypha bimaculata
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Black-throated ThrushTurdus atrogularis
- Mountain ChiffchaffPhylloscopus sindianus