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
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorCommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
SerinSerinus serinusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 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