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
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentUncommon17–18 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRecorded all year
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
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