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
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 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