Bird Checklist of Iran

Data as a DwC-A file	download 581 records in English (15 KB) - Update frequency: as needed
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Description

Iran is a country with remarkable bird diversity. This page presents the Iran Birds Checklist, compiled through the collaboration of AvayeBoom and the Department of Environment of Iran. The list includes the names, conservation statuses, and biological information of all species that have been recorded and confirmed in the country so far. In this checklist, along with the Persian and scientific names of each species, information such as family, conservation status under international agreements (AEWA, CMS, CITES), occurrence patterns, migration status, and seasonal distribution is provided. This checklist was developed through volunteer efforts from the beginning and continues to be updated as an Open Access reference. Contributions from experts and enthusiasts are highly valuable for completing and improving this resource. If you are interested in contributing, you may request access to the source by sending an email.

Data Records

The data in this checklist resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 581 records.

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

Versions

The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.

How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Habibiazad A, Ebrahimi I, Gholami B, Kazemi F, Abbaspour C, Beigi M, Yekdaneh A, Mohammadalizadegan A, Farhadi F (2026). Bird Checklist of Iran. Version 1.179. AvayeBoom Bird Conservation Society. Checklist dataset. https://cloud.gbif.org/asia/resource?r=bird_checklist_of_iran&v=1.179

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is AvayeBoom Bird Conservation Society. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 0a46c53b-4926-485a-9492-46ade93d2fad. AvayeBoom Bird Conservation Society publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Participant Node Managers Committee.

Keywords

Checklist; birds; iran; avayeboom

Contacts

Arash Habibiazad

Originator

Iman Ebrahimi

Point Of Contact

8158634561 Isfahan

Isfahan

Behrad Gholami

Originator

Fateme Kazemi

Originator

Chakavak Abbaspour

Originator

Mehrasa Beigi

Originator

Arash Yekdaneh

Originator

Alvand Mohammadalizadegan

Originator

Farnoush Farhadi

Originator

Iman Ebrahimi

Point Of Contact

8158634561 Isfahan

Isfahan

i.ebrahimi@avayeboom.com

Geographic Coverage

This checklist covers the entire territory of the Islamic Republic of Iran, located in the Western Palearctic and the junction of three major biogeographic regions: the Palearctic, Afrotropical, and Oriental realms. The geographic coverage includes all habitats and provinces within Iran, spanning from the Caspian Sea in the north to the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman in the south, and from the Iraqi and Turkish borders in the west to the Afghanistan and Pakistan borders in the east.

Bounding Coordinates	South West [25.8, 45], North East [40.98, 63.984]

Project Data

No Description available

Title	Iran Bird Checklist: Complete List of Species with Status and Distribution

The personnel involved in the project:

Iman Ebrahimi

Point Of Contact

Additional Metadata

Getting Started
Alternative Identifiers	0a46c53b-4926-485a-9492-46ade93d2fad
	https://cloud.gbif.org/asia/resource?r=bird_checklist_of_iran