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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Turkey in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 119, most common first
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRecorded all year
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaWinter visitorUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Oct–May
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusSummer visitorUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorUncommon22–27 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