Common Birds in Turkey
Our list for Turkey has 102 common birds recorded regularly there: 52 residents, 31 summer visitors, 18 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Turkey in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 102, most common first
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made