Birds to See in Turkey in December
178 bird species on our list for Turkey are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Chaffinch, European Robin, House Sparrow and Magpie. New this month: Smew, Audouin's Gull, Goldeneye and European Herring Gull and 5 more.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
At their peak
From Turkey’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 178 birds in December
178 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.55% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.38% in Dec
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.84% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.82% in Dec
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Dec
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Dec
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.31% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Dec
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Dec
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Dec
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Dec
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Dec
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Dec
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Dec
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.94% in Dec
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Dec
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Dec
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Dec
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.80% in Dec
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Dec
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Dec
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Dec
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Dec
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Dec
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Dec
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Dec
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Dec
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Dec
SerinSerinus serinusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Dec
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Dec
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Dec
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Dec
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.46% in Dec
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.46% in Dec
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Dec
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Dec
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Dec
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Dec
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Dec
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.36% in Dec
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Dec
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Dec
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.35% in Dec
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Dec
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.32% in Dec
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Dec
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Dec
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.31% in Dec
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.31% in Dec
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.29% in Dec
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Dec
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.28% in Dec
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Dec
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.27% in Dec
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.26% in Dec
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Dec
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Dec
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Dec
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Dec
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Dec
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Dec
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Dec
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.18% in Dec
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Dec
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Dec
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.17% in Dec
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Dec
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Dec
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Dec
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.15% in Dec
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Dec
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.14% in Dec
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Dec
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Dec
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.14% in Dec
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Dec
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Dec
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Dec
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Dec
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.12% in Dec
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Dec
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Dec
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Dec
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.10% in Dec
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusWinter visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Dec
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Dec
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Dec
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Dec
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Dec
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Dec
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Dec
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Dec
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Dec
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusResidentUncommon98–120 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.06% in Dec
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorUncommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Dec
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Dec
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Dec
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
Red KiteMilvus milvusWinter visitorRare60–66 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Dec
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Dec
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Dec
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorRare64–79 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Dec
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Dec
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Dec
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Dec
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Dec
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in Dec
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Dec
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% in Dec
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Dec
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.03% in Dec
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorRare55–67 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.03% in Dec
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorRare40–51 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.03% in Dec
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Dec
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Dec
Stock DoveColumba oenasWinter visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Dec
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Dec
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Dec
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentRare12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Dec
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantRare39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.02% in Dec
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Dec
Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoletaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Dec
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentRare28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Dec
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentRare40–50 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.01% in Dec
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiResidentRare48–52 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.01% in Dec
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Dec
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.01% in Dec
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.01% in Dec
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.01% in Dec
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataPassage migrantRare65–72 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Dec
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataScarceRare41–49 cmRegularly Dec · 0.01% in Dec
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Dec
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaPassage migrantRare63–73 cmRegularly Dec · 0.01% in Dec
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Dec
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