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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Turkey in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 102, most common first
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Sep
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
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