Miankaleh

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)

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.