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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Showing 139–161 of 259 species
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Redwing
Turdus iliacusNT
Regularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Recorded all year
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Chukar
Alectoris chukarLC
Recorded all year
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Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterusEN
Regularly Mar–Sep
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Recorded all year
Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactylaLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Warbler
Acrocephalus palustrisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Jan–Nov
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Scops-owl
Otus scopsLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Recorded all year
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
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