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BIRD OF THE DAY01 / 04
Dromadidae
Crab-plover
Dromas ardeolaA distinctive black-and-white shorebird with a powerful bill, associated with Indian Ocean coasts and crab-rich shores.
Long, heavy black bill
Species library
Iran reference checklist; search all names
GBIF / Avaye Boom v1.328. Not all entries have illustrated dossiers.
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
Crested Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Brahminy KiteHaliastur indus
Pallas`s Fish EagleHaliaeetus leucoryphus
White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatus
کرکس کوچکNeophron percnopterus
White-rumped VultureGyps bengalensis
Himalayan VultureGyps himalayensis
Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachus
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
Montagu`s HarrierCircus pygargus
ShikraTachyspiza badia
Levant SparrowhawkTachyspiza brevipes
Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilis
White-eyed BuzzardButastur teesa
Upland BuzzardButeo hemilasius
Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
Lesser Spotted EagleClanga pomarina
Greater Spotted EagleClanga clanga
Tawny EagleAquila rapax
Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliaca
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciata
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
Common BuzzardButeo buteo
Eastern Marsh HarrierCircus spilonotus
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricola
Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
Blyth’s Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
Basra Reed WarblerAcrocephalus griseldis
Booted WarblerIduna caligata
Sykes’s WarblerIduna rama
Upcher’s WarblerHippolais languida
Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
Clamorous Reed WarblerAcrocephalus stentoreus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Black-crowned Sparrow-LarkEremopterix nigriceps
Bar-tailed LarkAmmomanes cinctura
Desert LarkAmmomanes deserti
Greater Hoopoe-LarkAlaemon alaudipes
Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandra
Bimaculated LarkMelanocorypha bimaculata
White-winged LarkAlauda leucoptera
Black LarkMelanocorypha yeltoniensis
Hume’s Short-toed LarkCalandrella acutirostris
Sand LarkAlaudala raytal
Crested LarkGalerida cristata
WoodlarkLullula arborea
Oriental SkylarkAlauda gulgula
Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
Turkestan Short-toed LarkAlaudala heinei
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
Lesser Whistling-DuckDendrocygna javanica
White-headed DuckOxyura leucocephala
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
Lesser White-fronted GooseAnser erythropus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollis
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Cotton Pygmy-GooseNettapus coromandelianus
GadwallMareca strepera
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
PintailAnas acuta
GarganeySpatula querquedula
Eurasian tealAnas crecca
Marbled DuckMarmaronetta angustirostris
Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
PochardAythya ferina
Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Greater ScaupAythya marila