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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Turkey in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 38, most common first
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusPassage migrantRare46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fuscaPassage migrantRare51–58 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Apr–May
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataPassage migrantRare65–72 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataScarceRare41–49 cmRegularly Dec
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantRare14–18 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Boreal OwlAegolius funereusPassage migrantRare21–28 cmRegularly May–Jul
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaPassage migrantRare63–73 cmRegularly Dec
EiderSomateria mollissimaPassage migrantRare50–71 cmRegularly Jan
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusPassage migrantRare52–68 cmRegularly Sep
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusScarceRare13–14 cmRegularly Oct
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataScarceRare66–84 cm
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisScarceRare53–63 cm
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusScarceRare18–20 cm
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