Checklist for Iran

eBird Field Checklist

Iran

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505 species (+76 other taxa) - Year-round, All years

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Waterfowl

Graylag Goose

Greater White-fronted Goose

Lesser White-fronted Goose

Taiga Bean-Goose

Red-breasted Goose

Mute Swan

Tundra Swan

Whooper Swan

Ruddy Shelduck

Common Shelduck

Muscovy Duck

Cotton Pygmy-Goose

Mandarin Duck

Garganey

Northern Shoveler

Gadwall

Eurasian Wigeon

Mallard

Northern Pintail

Green-winged Teal

Marbled Duck

Red-crested Pochard

Common Pochard

Ferruginous Duck

Tufted Duck

Greater Scaup

Long-tailed Duck

Common Goldeneye

Smew

Common Merganser

Red-breasted Merganser

White-headed Duck

duck sp.

waterfowl sp.

Grouse, Quail, and Allies

Gray Partridge

Ring-necked Pheasant

Gray Francolin

Black Francolin

Caspian Snowcock

See-see Partridge

Common Quail

Chukar

francolin/spurfowl sp.

Flamingos

Greater Flamingo

Grebes

Little Grebe

Horned Grebe

Red-necked Grebe

Great Crested Grebe

Eared Grebe

Horned/Eared Grebe

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon

Stock Dove

Yellow-eyed Pigeon

Common Wood-Pigeon

European Turtle-Dove

Oriental Turtle-Dove

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Laughing Dove

Namaqua Dove

Sandgrouse

Pallas's Sandgrouse

Pin-tailed Sandgrouse

Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse

Spotted Sandgrouse

Black-bellied Sandgrouse

Crowned Sandgrouse

Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse

sandgrouse sp.

Bustards

Great Bustard

Macqueen's Bustard

Little Bustard

Cuckoos

Great Spotted Cuckoo

Pied Cuckoo

Asian Koel

Common Cuckoo

Nightjars

Eurasian Nightjar

Egyptian Nightjar

Swifts

Alpine Swift

Common Swift

Pallid Swift

Little Swift

Apus/Tachymarptis sp.

swift sp.

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

Water Rail

Corn Crake

Spotted Crake

Eurasian Moorhen

Eurasian Coot

Gray-headed Swamphen

White-breasted Waterhen

Little Crake

Baillon's Crake

Little/Baillon's Crake

Spotted/Little/Baillon's Crake

Cranes

Demoiselle Crane

Siberian Crane

Common Crane

Shorebirds

Great Thick-knee

Eurasian Thick-knee

Black-winged Stilt

Pied Avocet

Eurasian Oystercatcher

Black-bellied Plover

European Golden-Plover

Pacific Golden-Plover

Common Ringed Plover

Little Ringed Plover

Northern Lapwing

Spur-winged Lapwing

Red-wattled Lapwing

Sociable Lapwing

White-tailed Lapwing

Caspian Plover

Tibetan Sand-Plover

Greater Sand-Plover

sand-plover sp.

Kentish Plover

small plover sp.

plover sp.

Pheasant-tailed Jacana

Whimbrel

Eurasian Curlew

curlew sp.

Bar-tailed Godwit

Black-tailed Godwit

Long-billed Dowitcher

Jack Snipe

Eurasian Woodcock

Great Snipe

Common Snipe

snipe sp.

Red-necked Phalarope

Terek Sandpiper

Common Sandpiper

Green Sandpiper

Marsh Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper

Common Redshank

Spotted Redshank

Common Greenshank

Tringa sp.

Ruddy Turnstone

Great Knot

Red Knot

Ruff

Broad-billed Sandpiper

Curlew Sandpiper

Temminck's Stint

Red-necked Stint

Sanderling

Dunlin

Little Stint

Pectoral Sandpiper

peep sp.

Crab-Plover

Cream-colored Courser

Black-winged Pratincole

Collared Pratincole

Black-winged/Collared Pratincole

shorebird sp.

Skuas and Jaegers

Parasitic Jaeger

Pomarine Jaeger

Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger

jaeger sp.

skua sp.

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Little Gull

Black-legged Kittiwake

Slender-billed Gull

Black-headed Gull

Slender-billed x Black-headed Gull (hybrid)

Pallas's Gull

Mediterranean Gull

Sooty Gull

White-eyed Gull

Common Gull

Caspian Gull

Armenian Gull

Glaucous Gull

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Larus sp.

gull sp.

Brown Noddy

Bridled Tern

Little Tern

Saunders's Tern

Gull-billed Tern

Caspian Tern

Whiskered Tern

Black Tern

White-winged Tern

River Tern

Common Tern

White-cheeked Tern

Sandwich Tern

Lesser Crested Tern

Great Crested Tern

tern sp.

gull/tern sp.

Loons

Red-throated Loon

Arctic Loon

Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels

Sooty Shearwater

Persian Shearwater

Storks

Black Stork

White Stork

Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets

Lesser Frigatebird

Red-footed Booby

Masked Booby

Cormorants and Anhingas

African Darter

Pygmy Cormorant

Great Cormorant

Socotra Cormorant

Pelicans

Great White Pelican

Dalmatian Pelican

Herons, Ibis, and Allies

Great Bittern

Little Bittern

Black-crowned Night Heron

Little Egret

Western Reef-Heron

Striated Heron

Squacco Heron

Indian Pond-Heron

Western Cattle Egret

Eastern Cattle Egret

Western/Eastern Cattle Egret

Great Egret

Gray Heron

Purple Heron

Goliath Heron

heron sp.

Glossy Ibis

African Sacred Ibis

Eurasian Spoonbill

Vultures, Hawks, and Allies

Osprey

Black-winged Kite

Bearded Vulture

Egyptian Vulture

European Honey-buzzard

Oriental Honey-buzzard

Cinereous Vulture

Himalayan Griffon

Eurasian Griffon

old world vulture sp.

Short-toed Snake-Eagle

Lesser Spotted Eagle

Greater Spotted Eagle

Booted Eagle

Tawny Eagle

Steppe Eagle

Tawny/Steppe Eagle

Imperial Eagle

Golden Eagle

Bonelli's Eagle

Aquila sp.

Clanga/Aquila sp.

White-eyed Buzzard

Western Marsh Harrier

Hen Harrier

Pallid Harrier

Montagu's Harrier

harrier sp.

Shikra

Levant Sparrowhawk

Eurasian Sparrowhawk

Eurasian Goshawk

Accipiter sp.

Black Kite

Brahminy Kite

Pallas's Fish-Eagle

White-tailed Eagle

Common Buzzard

Long-legged Buzzard

Common/Long-legged Buzzard

Upland Buzzard

Buteo sp.

Buteo/eagle sp.

hawk sp.

eagle sp.

Owls

Barn Owl

Eurasian Scops-Owl

Pallid Scops-Owl

Eurasian Eagle-Owl

Brown Fish-Owl

Spotted Owlet

Little Owl

Tawny Owl

Omani Owl

Long-eared Owl

Short-eared Owl

Hoopoes

Eurasian Hoopoe

Kingfishers

Common Kingfisher

White-throated Kingfisher

Gray-headed Kingfisher

Pied Kingfisher

Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies

Asian Green Bee-eater

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater

European Bee-eater

bee-eater sp.

European Roller

Indian Roller

Woodpeckers

Eurasian Wryneck

Middle Spotted Woodpecker

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Syrian Woodpecker

Sind Woodpecker

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker

Eurasian Green Woodpecker

Black Woodpecker

woodpecker sp.

Falcons and Caracaras

Lesser Kestrel

Eurasian Kestrel

Red-footed Falcon

Sooty Falcon

Merlin

Eurasian Hobby

Lanner Falcon

Saker Falcon

Peregrine Falcon

small falcon sp.

falcon sp.

Cockatoos

Cockatiel

Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies

Alexandrine Parakeet

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Alexandrine/Rose-ringed Parakeet

Budgerigar

Rosy-faced Lovebird

parakeet sp.

Old World Orioles

Eurasian Golden Oriole

Indian Golden Oriole

Black-naped Oriole

Drongos

Black Drongo

Ashy Drongo

drongo sp.

Monarch Flycatchers

Black-naped Monarch

Indian Paradise-Flycatcher

Shrikes

Red-backed Shrike

Red-tailed Shrike

Red-backed x Red-tailed Shrike (hybrid)

Isabelline Shrike

Red-tailed/Isabelline Shrike

Brown Shrike

Bay-backed Shrike

Long-tailed Shrike

Great Gray Shrike

Lesser Gray Shrike

Masked Shrike

Woodchat Shrike

shrike sp.

Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens

Eurasian Jay

Eurasian Magpie

Iranian Ground-Jay

Red-billed Chough

Yellow-billed Chough

Red-billed/Yellow-billed Chough

Eurasian Jackdaw

House Crow

Rook

Hooded Crow

Pied Crow

Brown-necked Raven

crow sp.

Common Raven

raven sp.

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

Coal Tit

Sombre Tit

Caspian Tit

Eurasian Blue Tit

Great Tit

Penduline-Tits and Verdin

Eurasian Penduline-Tit

Black-headed Penduline-Tit

White-crowned Penduline-Tit

Larks

Greater Hoopoe-Lark

Bar-tailed Lark

Desert Lark

Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark

Horned Lark

Greater Short-toed Lark

Bimaculated Lark

Calandra Lark

Turkestan Short-toed Lark

Sand Lark

Wood Lark

White-winged Lark

Eurasian Skylark

Oriental Skylark

Crested Lark

lark sp.

Bearded Reedling

Cisticolas and Allies

Delicate Prinia

Zitting Cisticola

Reed Warblers and Allies

Booted Warbler

Sykes's Warbler

Eastern Olivaceous Warbler

Upcher's Warbler

Icterine Warbler

Hippolais sp.

Moustached Warbler

Sedge Warbler

Paddyfield Warbler

Blyth's Reed Warbler

Marsh Warbler

Common Reed Warbler

Basra Reed Warbler

Great Reed Warbler

Clamorous Reed Warbler

Acrocephalus sp.

Iduna/Hippolais/Acrocephalus sp.

Grassbirds and Allies

Savi's Warbler

Common Grasshopper Warbler

Martins and Swallows

Bank Swallow

Pale Martin

Eurasian Crag-Martin

Rock Martin

Barn Swallow

Wire-tailed Swallow

Western House-Martin

Red-rumped Swallow

Streak-throated Swallow

swallow sp.

Bulbuls

Red-vented Bulbul

White-eared Bulbul

Leaf Warblers

Wood Warbler

Eastern Bonelli's Warbler

Yellow-browed Warbler

Hume's Warbler

Pallas's Leaf Warbler

Dusky Warbler

Plain Leaf Warbler

Willow Warbler

Mountain Chiffchaff

Common Chiffchaff

Green Warbler

Phylloscopus sp.

Bush Warblers and Allies

Scrub Warbler

Cetti's Warbler

Long-tailed Tits and Bushtit

Long-tailed Tit

Sylviid Warblers

Eurasian Blackcap

Garden Warbler

Barred Warbler

Lesser Whitethroat

Eastern Orphean Warbler

Asian Desert Warbler

Menetries's Warbler

Greater Whitethroat

Sylvia/Curruca sp.

old world warbler sp.

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies

Indian White-eye

Laughingthrushes and Allies

Iraq Babbler

Afghan Babbler

Kinglets

Goldcrest

Wallcreeper

Nuthatches

Western Rock Nuthatch

Eastern Rock Nuthatch

Eurasian Nuthatch

nuthatch sp.

Treecreepers

Eurasian Treecreeper

Wrens

Eurasian Wren

Dippers

White-throated Dipper

Starlings and Mynas

European Starling

Rosy Starling

Brahminy Starling

Chestnut-tailed Starling

Common Myna

Bank Myna

Somali Starling

Thrushes

Mistle Thrush

Song Thrush

Redwing

Eurasian Blackbird

Fieldfare

Ring Ouzel

Black-throated Thrush

Dusky Thrush

Old World Flycatchers

Spotted Flycatcher

Muscicapa sp.

Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin

European Robin

White-throated Robin

Thrush Nightingale

Common Nightingale

Bluethroat

Ultramarine Flycatcher

Red-breasted Flycatcher

Semicollared Flycatcher

European Pied/Collared/Semicollared Flycatcher

Rufous-backed Redstart

Common Redstart

Black Redstart

Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush

Blue Rock-Thrush

rock-thrush sp.

Whinchat

European Stonechat

Siberian Stonechat

European/Siberian Stonechat

Pied Bushchat

Northern Wheatear

Isabelline Wheatear

Hooded Wheatear

Desert Wheatear

Eastern Black-eared Wheatear

Western/Eastern Black-eared Wheatear

Pied Wheatear

Eastern Black-eared x Pied Wheatear (hybrid)

Variable Wheatear

Hume's Wheatear

White-crowned Wheatear

Finsch's Wheatear

Mourning Wheatear

Kurdish Wheatear

Persian Wheatear

Kurdish/Persian Wheatear (Red-tailed Wheatear)

wheatear sp.

Waxwings

Bohemian Waxwing

Hypocolius

Sunbirds and Spiderhunters

Purple Sunbird

Estrildids

Zebra Finch

Indian Silverbill

Scaly-breasted Munia

Red Avadavat

Accentors

Alpine Accentor

Radde's Accentor

Black-throated Accentor

Dunnock

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow

Spanish Sparrow

House x Spanish Sparrow (hybrid)

Dead Sea Sparrow

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Yellow-throated Sparrow

Rock Sparrow

Pale Rockfinch

White-winged Snowfinch

Wagtails and Pipits

Forest Wagtail

Gray Wagtail

Western Yellow Wagtail

Citrine Wagtail

White Wagtail

wagtail sp.

Richard's Pipit

Long-billed Pipit

Tawny Pipit

Meadow Pipit

Tree Pipit

Olive-backed Pipit

Red-throated Pipit

Water Pipit

American Pipit

pipit sp.

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Common Chaffinch

Brambling

White-winged Grosbeak

Hawfinch

Common Rosefinch

Eurasian Bullfinch

Crimson-winged Finch

Trumpeter Finch

Mongolian Finch

Desert Finch

European Greenfinch

Twite

Eurasian Linnet

Red Crossbill

European Goldfinch

European Serin

Fire-fronted Serin

Eurasian Siskin

finch sp.

Old World Buntings

Black-headed Bunting

Red-headed Bunting

Corn Bunting

Rock Bunting

Yellowhammer

Pine Bunting

Yellowhammer x Pine Bunting (hybrid)

Gray-necked Bunting

Cinereous Bunting

Ortolan Bunting

Striolated Bunting

Reed Bunting

Black-faced Bunting

Emberiza sp.

Others

passerine sp.