Rare Birds in Turkey
Our list for Turkey has 38 rare birds recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 1 summer visitor, 5 winter visitors, 22 passage migrants and 6 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Turkey in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 38, most common first
Red KiteMilvus milvusWinter visitorRare60–66 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorRare64–79 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiResidentRare48–52 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorRare40–51 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentRare12–14 cmRecorded all year
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
DotterelEudromias morinellusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantRare53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
European Herring GullLarus argentatusWinter visitorRare55–67 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentRare40–50 cmRegularly Nov–Sep
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Nov
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixResidentRare28–32 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantRare10–11 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
CorncrakeCrex crexPassage migrantRare22–30 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaPassage migrantRare39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Northern GannetMorus bassanusScarceRare87–100 cm
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraPassage migrantRare43–54 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserPassage migrantRare58–68 cmRegularly 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