Birds of Iran
Iran hosts 435 regularly occurring species in this directory, 1 of them found nowhere else. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
Endemic to Iran
Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.
All regular species
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Great TitParus major
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- White-eared BulbulPycnonotus leucotis
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
- Chukar PartridgeAlectoris chukar
- Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
- Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliaca
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Alexandrine ParakeetPsittacula eupatria
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Eastern Rock NuthatchSitta tephronota
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Purple SunbirdCinnyris asiaticus
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
- Western Rock NuthatchSitta neumayer
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Rock SparrowPetronia petronia
- Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Dalmatian PelicanPelecanus crispus
- Black-headed BuntingEmberiza melanocephala
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Indian RollerCoracias benghalensis
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Delicate PriniaPrinia lepida
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Black-bellied SandgrousePterocles orientalis
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
- Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Red-fronted SerinSerinus pusillus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Finsch's WheatearOenanthe finschii
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- See-see PartridgeAmmoperdix griseogularis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurus
- Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Desert LarkAmmomanes deserti
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Pale Crag MartinPtyonoprogne obsoleta
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoleta
- Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Variable WheatearOenanthe picata
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- House CrowCorvus splendens
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Red-tailed WheatearOenanthe chrysopygia
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
- Red-tailed ShrikeLanius phoenicuroides
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- Streaked Scrub WarblerScotocerca inquieta
- Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Clamorous Reed WarblerAcrocephalus stentoreus
- Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandra
- Hume's WheatearOenanthe albonigra
- Black-throated ThrushTurdus atrogularis
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Red-headed BuntingEmberiza bruniceps
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
- Green WarblerPhylloscopus nitidus
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Pied Bush ChatSaxicola caprata
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Common CraneGrus grus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
- Indian SilverbillEuodice malabarica
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Grey FrancolinOrtygornis pondicerianus
- Plain Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus neglectus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Black FrancolinFrancolinus francolinus
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Indian Pond HeronArdeola grayii
- Semicollared FlycatcherFicedula semitorquata
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- Crab-ploverDromas ardeola
- White-throated RobinIrania gutturalis
- Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatus
- Armenian GullLarus armenicus
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Radde's AccentorPrunella ocularis
- Grey HypocoliusHypocolius ampelinus
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
- Sykes's WarblerIduna rama
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- White-headed DuckOxyura leucocephala
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Crimson-winged FinchRhodopechys sanguineus
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculus
- White-winged SnowfinchMontifringilla nivalis
- Pale RockfinchCarpospiza brachydactyla
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Grey-necked BuntingEmberiza buchanani
- Yellow-throated SparrowGymnoris xanthocollis
- Brown-necked RavenCorvus ruficollis
- Cinereous VultureAegypius monachus
- Eversmann's RedstartPhoenicurus erythronotus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Marbled DuckMarmaronetta angustirostris
- Trumpeter FinchBucanetes githagineus
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Hume's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus humei
- Striolated BuntingEmberiza striolata
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- Grey-crowned GoldfinchCarduelis caniceps
- Greater Hoopoe-LarkAlaemon alaudipes
- Common GullLarus canus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Great Stone-curlewEsacus recurvirostris
- Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- Spotted OwletAthene brama
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Upcher's WarblerHippolais languida
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Dead Sea SparrowPasser moabiticus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- Sombre TitPoecile lugubris
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Caspian TitPoecile hyrcanus
- Eurasian Eagle-OwlBubo bubo
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Long-billed PipitAnthus similis
- Great KnotCalidris tenuirostris
- Egyptian NightjarCaprimulgus aegyptius
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Iranian Ground JayPodoces pleskei
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciata
- Sind WoodpeckerDendrocopos assimilis
- Masked ShrikeLanius nubicus
- WallcreeperTichodroma muraria
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Alpine AccentorPrunella collaris
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Ashy DrongoDicrurus leucophaeus
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Bar-tailed LarkAmmomanes cinctura
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- White-winged GrosbeakMycerobas carnipes
- Chestnut-bellied SandgrousePterocles exustus
- Caspian SnowcockTetraogallus caspius
- White-cheeked TernSterna repressa
- Crowned SandgrousePterocles coronatus
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Namaqua DoveOena capensis
- Bimaculated LarkMelanocorypha bimaculata
- Hooded WheatearOenanthe monacha
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Indian White-eyeZosterops palpebrosus
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Asian HoubaraChlamydotis macqueenii
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Saunders's TernSternula saundersi
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Bay-backed ShrikeLanius vittatus
- Sooty GullIchthyaetus hemprichii
- Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
- African DarterAnhinga rufa
- Mourning WheatearOenanthe lugens
- Kurdish WheatearOenanthe xanthoprymna
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Yellow-eyed PigeonColumba eversmanni
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Pin-tailed SandgrousePterocles alchata
- Mountain ChiffchaffPhylloscopus sindianus
- Blyth's Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum
- Eurasian BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris
- Goliath HeronArdea goliath
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Cinereous BuntingEmberiza cineracea
- Asian KoelEudynamys scolopaceus
- Black-crowned Sparrow-LarkEremopterix nigriceps
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
- Pine BuntingEmberiza leucocephalos
- Black-headed Penduline TitRemiz macronyx
- Little BustardTetrax tetrax
- Basra Reed WarblerAcrocephalus griseldis
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Great BustardOtis tarda
- Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricola
- Pallid Scops OwlOtus brucei
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
- Socotra CormorantPhalacrocorax nigrogularis
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Sociable LapwingVanellus gregarius
- Common MerganserMergus merganser
- Spotted SandgrousePterocles senegallus
- Brahminy StarlingSturnia pagodarum
- Lichtenstein's SandgrousePterocles lichtensteinii
- Cream-colored CourserCursorius cursor
- CockatielNymphicus hollandicus
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Indian Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone paradisi
- Great SnipeGallinago media
- Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanni
- Mongolian FinchBucanetes mongolicus
- Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
- Lesser White-fronted GooseAnser erythropus
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
- Ultramarine FlycatcherFicedula superciliaris
- Eastern Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus orientalis
- White-crowned Penduline TitRemiz coronatus
- Black-throated LoonGavia arctica
- Black-naped OrioleOriolus chinensis
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
- BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus
- Corn CrakeCrex crex
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Persian ShearwaterPuffinus persicus
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
- Red AvadavatAmandava amandava
- White-eyed BuzzardButastur teesa
- Pallas's Fish EagleHaliaeetus leucoryphus
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
- Booted WarblerIduna caligata
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Wilson's Storm PetrelOceanites oceanicus
- Forest WagtailDendronanthus indicus
- Oriental SkylarkAlauda gulgula
- Pallas's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus proregulus
- Caucasian GrouseLyrurus mlokosiewiczi
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
- Chestnut-tailed StarlingSturnia malabarica
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- Cotton Pygmy GooseNettapus coromandelianus
- Rosy-faced LovebirdAgapornis roseicollis
- Masked BoobySula dactylatra
- Black-throated AccentorPrunella atrogularis
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
- River TernSterna aurantia
- Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatus
- Tawny EagleAquila rapax
- Himalayan VultureGyps himalayensis
- Streak-throated SwallowPetrochelidon fluvicola
- Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollis
- White-crowned WheatearOenanthe leucopyga
- Sooty FalconFalco concolor