Birds in Turkey
259 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
Our list for Turkey has 259 bird species recorded regularly there: 92 residents, 66 summer visitors, 66 winter visitors, 29 passage migrants and 6 scarce visitors.
The list comes from 2.1 million birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.
Birds to see in Turkey in September
212 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.
Hooded Crow
Resident
House Sparrow
Resident
Barn Swallow
Summer visitor
European Bee-eater
Summer visitor
Magpie
Resident
Great Tit
Resident
Rock Dove
Resident
Spotted Flycatcher
Summer visitor
Arriving in September: Eurasian Wigeon, Reed Bunting, Northern Pintail, Bluethroat, Golden Plover, Dotterel, Short-eared Owl, Oriental Honey-buzzard.
Through the year
Species recorded regularly in Turkey each month: most in April (218), fewest in December (178). Choose a month to see its birds.
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Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Recorded all year
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephalaLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Recorded all year
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Recorded all year
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Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Recorded all year
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Recorded all year
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Recorded all year
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Recorded all year
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
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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