Birds of Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan hosts 183 regularly occurring species in this directory, 1 of them found nowhere else. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
Endemic to Turkmenistan
Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.
All regular species
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Chukar PartridgeAlectoris chukar
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- Great TitParus major
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Cinereous VultureAegypius monachus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Red-tailed ShrikeLanius phoenicuroides
- Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Eastern Rock NuthatchSitta tephronota
- Pied Bush ChatSaxicola caprata
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Greenish WarblerPhylloscopus trochiloides
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Streaked Scrub WarblerScotocerca inquieta
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoleta
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurus
- Red-headed BuntingEmberiza bruniceps
- Turkestan Ground JayPodoces panderi
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
- Sykes's WarblerIduna rama
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
- Variable WheatearOenanthe picata
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
- Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- White-winged WoodpeckerDendrocopos leucopterus
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Grey-crowned GoldfinchCarduelis caniceps
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Clamorous Reed WarblerAcrocephalus stentoreus
- Black-throated ThrushTurdus atrogularis
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
- Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
- See-see PartridgeAmmoperdix griseogularis
- Saxaul SparrowPasser ammodendri
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
- Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
- Brown-necked RavenCorvus ruficollis
- White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurus
- Finsch's WheatearOenanthe finschii
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
- Rock SparrowPetronia petronia
- Red-fronted SerinSerinus pusillus
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Blyth's Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Indian Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone paradisi
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- Azure TitCyanistes cyanus
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- Himalayan VultureGyps himalayensis
- Zarudny's SparrowPasser zarudnyi
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Booted WarblerIduna caligata
- Upcher's WarblerHippolais languida
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
- Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandra
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- Desert LarkAmmomanes deserti
- White-capped BuntingEmberiza stewarti
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Indian Golden OrioleOriolus kundoo
- Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliaca
- Bimaculated LarkMelanocorypha bimaculata
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Oriental SkylarkAlauda gulgula
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Rufous-naped TitPeriparus rufonuchalis
- White-crowned Penduline TitRemiz coronatus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Hume's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus humei
- Streaked LaughingthrushTrochalopteron lineatum
- Oriental CuckooCuculus optatus
- Sulphur-bellied WarblerPhylloscopus griseolus
- White-winged GrosbeakMycerobas carnipes
- Grey HypocoliusHypocolius ampelinus