Birds to See in Turkey in July
197 bird species on our list for Turkey are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Barn Swallow, Hooded Crow, Eurasian Collared Dove and Magpie. New this month: Eurasian Teal, Eurasian Siskin, Common Snipe and Dunlin and 11 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
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 197 birds in July
197 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.29% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 3.07% in Jul
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Jul
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.47% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.45% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 1.38% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Jul
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.06% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jul
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.98% in Jul
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.94% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jul
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.84% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.81% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jul
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.72% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jul
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jul
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.56% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jul
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.54% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jul
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.51% in Jul
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.50% in Jul
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jul
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jul
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.49% in Jul
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.46% in Jul
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jul
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jul
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jul
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.44% in Jul
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.44% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.39% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.39% in Jul
SerinSerinus serinusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorCommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.36% in Jul
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jul
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jul
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.35% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.33% in Jul
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.32% in Jul
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jul
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.31% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.27% in Jul
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.26% in Jul
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.26% in Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.25% in Jul
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.22% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.21% in Jul
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Jul
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Jul
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.18% in Jul
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonoraeSummer visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.17% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.17% in Jul
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Jul
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorUncommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Jul
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.15% in Jul
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusResidentUncommon98–120 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.14% in Jul
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Jul
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Jul
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Jul
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.11% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.11% in Jul
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Jul
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Jul
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoletaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillansSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.05% in Jul
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.04% in Jul
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Jul
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentRare12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.04% in Jul
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.04% in Jul
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.03% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Jul
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Jul
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiResidentRare48–52 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Jul
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Jul
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusWinter visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Jul
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentRare40–50 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Jul
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasWinter visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Jul
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataPassage migrantRare65–72 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Jul
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantRare14–18 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentRare28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantRare21–28 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.00% in Jul
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