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Migratory birds in Miankaleh Wetland; northern Iran

Each year, 70 to 80 thousand migratory birds, including flamingos, arrive in Miankaleh Wetland, located in the northern Iranian province of Mazandaran. (IRNA photos/January 18, 2025)
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Photo: Mehdi Mohebi Pour

Flamingoes in Iran’s Miankaleh

Tens of thousands of flamingoes migrate from territories to the north of Iran to Miyankaleh, an internationally-protected wetland located along the Caspian sea’s eastern coast in northern Iran, in late winter and stay there until early spring.
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Flamingos over Iran's Maharlou Lake

Situated in the Iranian southern province of Fars, Maharlou Lake hosts some species of birds including flamingos annually. (IRNA photos/ Erfan Samanfar)
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Flamingos return to wetlands of Lake Urmia

More than 30,000 flamingos have descended upon the wetlands of the National Park of Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran.
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Guests of Sorkhroud Wetland

Migratory swans and flamingos are seen in a series of photos taken from Sorkhroud Wetland in the northern Iranian province of Mazandaran on January 21, 2023. A large number of swans fly to the wetland each year. The number of migratory swans amounts to over 2,000 this year. The migration of some 50 flamingos has surprised the visitors. IRNA/Ehsan Fazli Osanlou
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