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
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Long-eared OwlAsio otusResidentUncommon35–40 cmRecorded all year
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaResidentUncommon66–94 cmRecorded all year
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisResidentUncommon46–61 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusSummer visitorUncommon23–24 cmRecorded all year
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoletaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 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