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Birds of Türkiye
GBIF holds 3,544,666 bird records from Türkiye, covering 634 species. Here are the 272 with a page in the Birdy encyclopedia, grouped by the season they are recorded in.
Year-round
Recorded in every season. Some are more numerous in winter or summer, when birds from elsewhere join those that stay.
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornix
Eurasian Magpie
Pica pica
Great Tit
Parus major
Common Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebs
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellis
Rock Pigeon
Columba livia
Eurasian Blackbird
Turdus merula
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Streptopelia decaocto
Gray Heron
Ardea cinerea
White Wagtail
Motacilla alba
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelis
European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
Eurasian Jackdaw
Coloeus monedula
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo
Year-round, more in winter
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandarius
Crested Lark
Galerida cristata
Common Buzzard
Buteo buteo
Year-round, more in winter
European Robin
Erithacus rubecula
Year-round, more in winter
Eurasian Coot
Fulica atra
Year-round, more in winter
Common Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybita
Year-round, more in winter
Western Marsh Harrier
Circus aeruginosus
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
Year-round, more in winter
Little Egret
Egretta garzetta
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandra
Year-round, more in summer
Eurasian Kestrel
Falco tinnunculus
European Greenfinch
Chloris chloris
Laughing Dove
Spilopelia senegalensis
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollis
Year-round, more in winter
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cetti
Eurasian Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus
Eurasian Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleus
Common Raven
Corvus corax
Syrian Woodpecker
Dendrocopos syriacus
Long-legged Buzzard
Buteo rufinus
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatus
Year-round, more in winter
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochruros
Year-round, more in winter
Pygmy Cormorant
Microcarbo pygmaeus
Year-round, more in winter
Armenian Gull
Larus armenicus
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferruginea
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytes
Eurasian Linnet
Linaria cannabina
Eurasian Blackcap
Sylvia atricapilla
European Stonechat
Saxicola rubicola
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephala
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatus
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanus
White-spectacled Bulbul
Pycnonotus xanthopygos
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseus
Rook
Corvus frugilegus
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelos
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Common Wood-Pigeon
Columba palumbus
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
Little Owl
Athene noctua
Spanish Sparrow
Passer hispaniolensis
Year-round, more in summer
Coal Tit
Periparus ater
Gray Wagtail
Motacilla cinerea
Western Rock Nuthatch
Sitta neumayer
Year-round, more in summer
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
European Serin
Serinus serinus
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensis
Common Pochard
Aythya ferina
Year-round, more in winter
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellus
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameri
Cirl Bunting
Emberiza cirlus
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorus
Wood Lark
Lullula arborea
Eurasian Penduline-Tit
Remiz pendulinus
Calandra Lark
Melanocorypha calandra
Year-round, more in summer
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
Year-round, more in winter
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelis
Year-round, more in winter
Water Pipit
Anthus spinoletta
Year-round, more in winter
Kentish Plover
Anarhynchus alexandrinus
Black Kite
Milvus migrans
Delicate Prinia
Prinia lepida
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticus
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadorna
Year-round, more in winter
Rock Sparrow
Petronia petronia
Year-round, more in summer
Slender-billed Gull
Chroicocephalus genei
Year-round, more in winter
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinus
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodia
Western Cattle-Egret
Ardea ibis
Chukar
Alectoris chukar
Year-round, more in summer
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufina
Yelkouan Shearwater
Puffinus yelkouan
Eurasian Green Woodpecker
Picus viridis
Dalmatian Pelican
Pelecanus crispus
Eurasian Crag-Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestris
Year-round, more in summer
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterus
Rock Bunting
Emberiza cia
Blue Rock-Thrush
Monticola solitarius
Year-round, more in summer
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minor
Great White Pelican
Pelecanus onocrotalus
Krüper's Nuthatch
Sitta krueperi
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaea
Finsch's Wheatear
Oenanthe finschii
Year-round, more in summer
Alexandrine Parakeet
Psittacula eupatria
Pied Avocet
Recurvirostra avosetta
Sombre Tit
Poecile lugubris
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustes
Goldcrest
Regulus regulus
Year-round, more in winter
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Year-round, more in summer
Ferruginous Duck
Aythya nyroca
Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactyla
Dunnock
Prunella modularis
Year-round, more in winter
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestris
Year-round, more in summer
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegus
Year-round, more in summer
Gadwall
Mareca strepera
Year-round, more in winter
White-throated Kingfisher
Halcyon smyrnensis
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos major
Bearded Reedling
Panurus biarmicus
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Year-round, more in summer
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropus
Year-round, more in winter
Middle Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocoptes medius
Pied Kingfisher
Ceryle rudis
Black Francolin
Francolinus francolinus
Year-round, more in summer
Moustached Warbler
Acrocephalus melanopogon
Common Firecrest
Regulus ignicapilla
Year-round, more in winter
Cinereous Vulture
Aegypius monachus
Graylag Goose
Anser anser
White-headed Duck
Oxyura leucocephala
Imperial Eagle
Aquila heliaca
Tawny Owl
Strix aluco
Common Myna
Acridotheres tristis
Siberian Stonechat
Saxicola maurus
Long-eared Owl
Asio otus
Zitting Cisticola
Cisticola juncidis
Eurasian Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Western Barn Owl
Tyto alba
Ring-necked Pheasant
Phasianus colchicus
Western Swamphen
Porphyrio porphyrio
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustris
Gray-headed Woodpecker
Picus canus
Black Woodpecker
Dryocopus martius
Eurasian Treecreeper
Certhia familiaris
Gray Partridge
Perdix perdix
Carrion Crow
Corvus corone
Eurasian Eagle-Owl
Bubo bubo
Year-round, more in summer
Great Bustard
Otis tarda
Year-round, more in summer
Summer visitors
Arrive in spring and leave in autumn; almost no winter records.
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
White Stork
Ciconia ciconia
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurio
Common Swift
Apus apus
Common Hoopoe
Upupa epops
European Bee-eater
Merops apiaster
Common House-Martin
Delichon urbicum
Black Stork
Ciconia nigra
Western Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flava
Northern Wheatear
Oenanthe oenanthe
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melba
Common Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchos
Short-toed Snake-Eagle
Circaetus gallicus
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca curruca
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Iduna pallida
Black-headed Bunting
Emberiza melanocephala
Isabelline Wheatear
Oenanthe isabellina
European Turtle-Dove
Streptopelia turtur
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
Common Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Greater Whitethroat
Curruca communis
Western Black-eared Wheatear
Oenanthe hispanica
Purple Heron
Ardea purpurea
Bank Swallow
Riparia riparia
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloides
Great Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus arundinaceus
Eurasian Hobby
Falco subbuteo
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
Black-crowned Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senator
Common Cuckoo
Cuculus canorus
Spur-winged Lapwing
Vanellus spinosus
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellus
European Roller
Coracias garrulus
Garganey
Spatula querquedula
Eurasian Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolus
Ortolan Bunting
Emberiza hortulana
Lesser Gray Shrike
Lanius minor
Masked Shrike
Lanius nubicus
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorus
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialis
Tawny Pipit
Anthus campestris
Greater Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactyla
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatus
Whiskered Tern
Chlidonias hybrida
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterus
Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin
Cercotrichas galactotes
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidus
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon nilotica
Lesser Kestrel
Falco naumanni
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Eurasian Scops-Owl
Otus scops
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnix
Little Tern
Sternula albifrons
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinus
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borin
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargus
Collared Pratincole
Glareola pratincola
Rosy Starling
Pastor roseus
Eurasian Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeus
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
Monticola saxatilis
White-throated Robin
Irania gutturalis
Cretzschmar's Bunting
Emberiza caesia
Rüppell's Warbler
Curruca ruppeli
Fire-fronted Serin
Serinus pusillus
Barred Warbler
Curruca nisoria
Eastern Orphean Warbler
Curruca crassirostris
Marsh Warbler
Acrocephalus palustris
Menetries's Warbler
Curruca mystacea
Mountain Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus sindianus
Eurasian Wryneck
Jynx torquilla
Mediterranean Short-toed Lark
Alaudala rufescens
White-winged Snowfinch
Montifringilla nivalis
Eurasian Thick-knee
Burhinus oedicnemus
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Clamator glandarius
Winter visitors
Arrive in autumn and leave in spring; almost no summer records.
Eurasian Griffon
Gyps fulvus
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisus
Great Egret
Ardea alba
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthis
Greater Spotted Eagle
Clanga clanga
Green-winged Teal
Anas crecca
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensis
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeata
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Eared Grebe
Podiceps nigricollis
Little Stint
Calidris minuta
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Common Crane
Grus grus
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensis
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclus
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinus
Common Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticula
Northern Pintail
Anas acuta
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneus
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelope
Black-bellied Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligula
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
Mute Swan
Cygnus olor
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecica
Brambling
Fringilla montifringilla
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
Red-throated Pipit
Anthus cervinus
Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscus
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinella
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutus
Common Gull
Larus canus
Caspian Gull
Larus cachinnans
Fieldfare
Turdus pilaris
Arctic Loon
Gavia arctica
Redwing
Turdus iliacus
Merlin
Falco columbarius
Stock Dove
Columba oenas
Great Gray Shrike
Lanius excubitor
Passage migrants
Pass through Türkiye on migration, mostly in spring and autumn.
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striata
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilus
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Clanga pomarina
Ruff
Calidris pugnax
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetra
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Ficedula parva
Collared Flycatcher
Ficedula albicollis
Thrush Nightingale
Luscinia luscinia
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
Red-footed Falcon
Falco vespertinus
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleuca
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrix
How these groups are made
Each species is grouped by when it is recorded in Türkiye on GBIF, the global biodiversity data network (records from eBird, iNaturalist, museums and surveys). Monthly counts are adjusted for how many birdwatchers are out each month, so busy spring weekends do not inflate the picture. A species counts as absent in winter (December–January) or summer (June) when it is rarely recorded then.
Data: GBIF.org, October 2026.