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
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–May
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
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