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
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorUncommon39–43 cmRecorded all year
Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonoraeSummer visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly May–Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusWinter visitorUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Jul–May
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year
Stock DoveColumba oenasWinter visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Jul–May
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusResidentUncommon98–120 cmRecorded all year
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May
Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillansSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusSummer visitorUncommon93–122 cmRecorded all year
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
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