Birds to See in Turkey in November
185 bird species on our list for Turkey are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, European Robin, Chaffinch, House Sparrow and Magpie. New this month: Red-breasted Merganser, Whooper Swan, Horned Grebe and Kittiwake and 4 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
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 185 birds in November
185 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.24% in Nov
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.13% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.12% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Nov
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Nov
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Nov
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.17% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Nov
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Nov
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Nov
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Nov
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Nov
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Nov
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.99% in Nov
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Nov
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.75% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.73% in Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Nov
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Nov
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Nov
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Nov
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Nov
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Nov
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Nov
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Nov
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentCommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Nov
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Nov
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Nov
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.53% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Nov
SerinSerinus serinusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Nov
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Nov
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.44% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Nov
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.44% in Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Nov
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Nov
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.39% in Nov
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Nov
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Nov
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Nov
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Nov
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Nov
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.31% in Nov
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Nov
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Nov
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Nov
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.28% in Nov
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.28% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.27% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.25% in Nov
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.24% in Nov
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.23% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.23% in Nov
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.17% in Nov
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Nov
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.16% in Nov
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.16% in Nov
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorUncommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Nov
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.12% in Nov
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusResidentUncommon98–120 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.08% in Nov
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.08% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.07% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Stock DoveColumba oenasWinter visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Nov
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Nov
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.06% in Nov
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.06% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.06% in Nov
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Nov
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in Nov
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Nov
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusWinter visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Nov
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.04% in Nov
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% in Nov
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Red KiteMilvus milvusWinter visitorRare60–66 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorRare64–79 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentRare28–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Nov
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentRare12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Nov
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
DotterelEudromias morinellusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantRare39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.02% in Nov
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Nov
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantRare53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoletaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentRare40–50 cmRegularly Nov–Sep · 0.01% in Nov
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusPassage migrantRare46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Nov
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Nov
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Nov · 0.01% in Nov
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantRare10–11 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
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