Uncommon Birds in Turkey
Our list for Turkey has 119 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 36 residents, 34 summer visitors, 43 winter visitors and 6 passage migrants
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 119, most common first
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly May–Mar
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Water RailRallus aquaticusResidentUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year
WoodlarkLullula arboreaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
DunnockPrunella modularisWinter visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
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