Birds to See in Turkey in February
179 bird species on our list for Turkey are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Chaffinch, House Sparrow, Great Tit and Magpie. New this month: House Martin, Black-crowned Night-heron, Alpine Chough and Bonelli's Eagle.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
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 179 birds in February
179 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.38% in Feb
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.33% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.86% in Feb
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.51% in Feb
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Feb
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Feb
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Feb
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Feb
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Feb
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Feb
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Feb
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Feb
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Feb
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Feb
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Feb
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Feb
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Feb
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Feb
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Feb
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Feb
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Feb
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.88% in Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Feb
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.75% in Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Feb
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Feb
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Feb
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Feb
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Feb
SerinSerinus serinusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Feb
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Feb
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Feb
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Feb
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Feb
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Feb
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Feb
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Feb
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Feb
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.44% in Feb
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Feb
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Feb
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Feb
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Feb
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Feb
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.40% in Feb
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Feb
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Feb
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.36% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.36% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.36% in Feb
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Feb
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Feb
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Feb
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.32% in Feb
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Feb
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Feb
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.29% in Feb
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.29% in Feb
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.28% in Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.27% in Feb
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.26% in Feb
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Feb
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.26% in Feb
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Feb
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Feb
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.25% in Feb
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.25% in Feb
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Feb
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Feb
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Feb
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.23% in Feb
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Feb
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Feb
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Feb
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Feb
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Feb
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Feb
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.16% in Feb
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusWinter visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.14% in Feb
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.14% in Feb
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Feb
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Feb
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.11% in Feb
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.10% in Feb
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.10% in Feb
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Feb
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Feb
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusResidentUncommon98–120 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Feb
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.04% in Feb
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorRare64–79 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Feb
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Feb
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Feb
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Feb
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorRare40–51 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.03% in Feb
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorUncommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Feb
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentRare12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% in Feb
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Feb
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantRare53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.03% in Feb
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.03% in Feb
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.03% in Feb
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Feb
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentRare40–50 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.02% in Feb
Stock DoveColumba oenasWinter visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Feb
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in Feb
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorRare55–67 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.02% in Feb
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Feb
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.02% in Feb
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Red KiteMilvus milvusWinter visitorRare60–66 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Feb
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Feb
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraPassage migrantRare43–54 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoletaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusPassage migrantRare46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentRare28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaPassage migrantRare51–58 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiResidentRare48–52 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.01% in Feb
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataPassage migrantRare65–72 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% in Feb
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