Birds of Iran

Endemic to Iran

Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.

• Iranian Ground JayPodoces pleskei

All regular species

• Sierra Madre CrowCorvus sierramadrensis
• House SparrowPasser domesticus
• Eurasian MagpiePica pica
• Rock DoveColumba livia
• White WagtailMotacilla alba
• Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
• Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
• 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
• Mongolian GullLarus mongolicus
• 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
• Siberian PipitAnthus japonicus
• 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
• Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus
• Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
• Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
• Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
• Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
• 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
• Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
• 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
• Afghan BabblerArgya huttoni
• Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
• Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
• Greater Spotted EagleClanga clanga
• 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
• Greater Sand PloverAnarhynchus leschenaultii
• White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
• Common WhitethroatCurruca communis
• 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
• Congo Serpent EagleCircaetus spectabilis
• 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
• Rufous-tailed Scrub RobinCercotrichas galactotes
• 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
• Eastern Black-eared WheatearOenanthe melanoleuca
• 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
• Turkestan Short-toed LarkAlaudala heinei
• Western JackdawColoeus monedula
• Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
• Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
• Lesser Spotted EagleClanga pomarina
• European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
• Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
• Menetries's WarblerCurruca mystacea
• 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
• Timor NightjarCaprimulgus ritae
• 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
• Sand LarkAlaudala raytal
• Tawny OwlStrix aluco
• Great Stone-curlewEsacus recurvirostris
• Iraq BabblerArgya altirostris
• Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
• Black StorkCiconia nigra
• Spotted OwletAthene brama
• Eastern Orphean WarblerCurruca crassirostris
• 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
• Little HeronButorides atricapilla
• Striated HeronButorides striata
• Alpine AccentorPrunella collaris
• Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
• Ashy DrongoDicrurus leucophaeus
• Asian Desert WarblerCurruca nana
• 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
• Barred WarblerCurruca nisoria
• Bimaculated LarkMelanocorypha bimaculata
• Hooded WheatearOenanthe monacha
• Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
• Siberian CraneLeucogeranus leucogeranus
• Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
• Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
• Angola White-eyeZosterops kasaicus
• Indian White-eyeZosterops palpebrosus
• Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
• Asian HoubaraChlamydotis macqueenii
• Grey EmutailBradypterus seebohmi
• 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
• Little CrakeZapornia parva
• Basra Reed WarblerAcrocephalus griseldis
• Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
• Great BustardOtis tarda
• Caspian PloverAnarhynchus asiaticus
• 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
• Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
• 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
• Demoiselle CraneGrus virgo
• 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
• Cocos BoobySula brewsteri
• 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
• Baillon's CrakeZapornia pusilla
• Himalayan VultureGyps himalayensis
• Streak-throated SwallowPetrochelidon fluvicola
• Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollis
• White-crowned WheatearOenanthe leucopyga
• Mediterranean Short-toed LarkAlaudala rufescens
• Sooty FalconFalco concolor