Birds to See in Turkey in January
181 bird species on our list for Turkey are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Chaffinch, House Sparrow, Yellow-legged Gull and Magpie. New this month: Ruff, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Red-throated Loon and Bar-tailed Godwit and 5 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
Black-headed GullBusiest month of the year · All year
Great White EgretBusiest month of the year · All year
Eurasian TealBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
Black-necked GrebeBusiest month of the year · All year
Northern ShovelerBusiest month of the year · All year
Eurasian WigeonBusiest month of the year · Sep–Apr
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.
Other months
All 181 birds in January
181 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.18% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.02% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Jan
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Jan- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.91% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Jan
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jan- Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jan
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Jan
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Jan- Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.05% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.96% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jan
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jan
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jan- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jan- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jan
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.62% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jan
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.52% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jan
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.49% in Jan
SerinSerinus serinusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jan
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jan
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.46% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jan
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.44% in Jan
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.41% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.40% in Jan
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jan
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jan
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jan
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.37% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jan
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.34% in Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.30% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jan
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.27% in Jan
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jan
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.25% in Jan
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.25% in Jan
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jan
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jan
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.18% in Jan
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.16% in Jan
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusWinter visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Jan
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Jan
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.15% in Jan
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.14% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.14% in Jan
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Jan
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Jan
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.08% in Jan
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.06% in Jan
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.06% in Jan
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.06% in Jan
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.05% in Jan
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.05% in Jan
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.05% in Jan
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.05% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Jan
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorRare64–79 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Jan
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusResidentUncommon98–120 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Jan
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Jan
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Jan
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorRare40–51 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.04% in Jan
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantRare53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.03% in Jan
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiResidentRare48–52 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.03% in Jan
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorUncommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Jan
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Red KiteMilvus milvusWinter visitorRare60–66 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.02% in Jan
Stock DoveColumba oenasWinter visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Jan
Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoletaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentRare40–50 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.02% in Jan
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentRare12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Common MerganserMergus merganserPassage migrantRare58–68 cmRegularly Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Jan
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaPassage migrantRare51–58 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraPassage migrantRare43–54 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorRare55–67 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentRare28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusPassage migrantRare46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantRare39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
EiderSomateria mollissimaPassage migrantRare50–71 cmRegularly Jan · 0.01% in Jan
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