Birds in Iran ID (1 Viewer)

[manwa47]

Dear birders,

I've found some old photos form a trip to Iran in 2016. Please help me identify the species on these low-quality photos.
I don't remember too many locations unfortunately.

1. some sort of buzzard, probably long-legged?
2. Hooded crow?
3. Steppe eagle?
4. Red-backed shrike?
5. ?
6. Eurasian sparrowhawk?
7. Marsh harrier?
8. ?
9. ?
10. Long-legged buzzard?
11. ? (photo taken at Persepolis)
12. ? (photo taken at Persepolis)
13. Great grey shrike?
14. and 15. whiskered tern? (photos taked close to the Caspian Sea)

Thank you for your help!

Best regards, Manuel

 

[Butty]

5. Pied wheatear.

 

[CARERY]

Quite a lot of photos... My impression ist that people hesitate to answer threads with too many pictures. For the future you might consider to post not more than five or so at a time. The problem that sometimes the order if the pics mysteriousely change doesn't help. Anyway, I'll give it a go:

1) Buteo sp.
2) ? - the bill looks too weak for a crow, but what else could it be
3) Steppe Eagle
4) Red-backed Shrike
5) probably Pied Wheatear
6) possibly Shikra - bulging secondaries, slimmer 'hand', but can't exclude Eurasian Sparrow Hawk
7) Western Marsh Harrier
8+9) probably Pied Wheatear
10) Long-legged Buzzard
11) possibly some Wheatear?
12) House Sparrow
13) difficult angle, gut-feeling is Red-tailed Shrike
14+15) probably Whiskered Tern

 

[Butty]

Quite a lot of photos... My impression ist that people hesitate to answer threads with too many pictures. For the future you might consider to post not more than five or so at a time. The problem that sometimes the order if the pics mysteriousely change doesn't help.

Yes, yes, yes.
One of several things that should be added to the forum's (currently disappointingly-haphazard) submission guidelines.

 

[manwa47]

Thank you so much. Next time I will post less photos.

I have one more photo of the shrike, perhaps it helps with the ID.

 

[CARERY]

Thank you so much. Next time I will post less photos.

I have one more photo of the shrike, perhaps it helps with the ID.

No it doesn't really help. Still think it's most likely a Red-tailed (aka Turkestan) Shrike - slight scaling at the flanks...

BTW the order of the pics has changed - once more. Really annoying...

 

[manwa47]

Ok, thanks.
I wonder why the order changes. Probably it's easier to name the photos in a specific way.