Birds to See in Turkey in June
187 bird species on our list for Turkey are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Hooded Crow, Barn Swallow, Magpie and Blackbird. New this month: Dunnock.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunAt 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.
Other months
All 187 birds in June
187 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.18% in Jun
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.67% in Jun
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Jun
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Jun
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.77% in Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.74% in Jun
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Jun
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Jun
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 1.21% in Jun
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jun
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.06% in Jun
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.02% in Jun
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.97% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jun
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.93% in Jun
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jun
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.87% in Jun
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.85% in Jun
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jun
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.78% in Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jun
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jun
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jun
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jun
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jun
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.61% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jun
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.56% in Jun
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.56% in Jun
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jun
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jun
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jun
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.51% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.50% in Jun
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jun
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jun
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.47% in Jun
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jun
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jun
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jun
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.41% in Jun
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.39% in Jun
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.39% in Jun
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.39% in Jun
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jun
SerinSerinus serinusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jun
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jun
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jun
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.33% in Jun
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.32% in Jun
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jun
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jun
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jun
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorCommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.31% in Jun
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jun
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jun
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.29% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jun
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.27% in Jun
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.26% in Jun
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jun
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jun
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Jun
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jun
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Jun
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jun
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in Jun
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.21% in Jun
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.21% in Jun
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.21% in Jun
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Jun
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jun
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.20% in Jun
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.18% in Jun
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorUncommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jun
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jun
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Jun
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jun
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.15% in Jun
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jun
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jun
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.14% in Jun
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jun
Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonoraeSummer visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.13% in Jun
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Jun
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Jun
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jun
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jun
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jun
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Jun
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Jun
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Jun
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.09% in Jun
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Jun
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillansSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.08% in Jun
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Jun
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Jun
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusResidentUncommon98–120 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.06% in Jun
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.06% in Jun
Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoletaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
GarganeySpatula querquedulaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Jun
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Jun
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiResidentRare48–52 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.04% in Jun
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.04% in Jun
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.04% in Jun
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.03% in Jun
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentRare12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.03% in Jun
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.02% in Jun
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Jun
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentRare28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentRare40–50 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Jun
CorncrakeCrex crexPassage migrantRare22–30 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Jun
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