Birds of Türkiye

Türkiye hosts 425 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.

House SparrowPasser domesticus
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
Great TitParus major
Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Rock DoveColumba livia
Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Western JackdawColoeus monedula
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Common BuzzardButeo buteo
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
Crested LarkGalerida cristata
European RobinErithacus rubecula
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
European GreenfinchChloris chloris
White StorkCiconia ciconia
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Common SwiftApus apus
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Common HoopoeUpupa epops
Northern RavenCorvus corax
Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
Great EgretArdea alba
Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmaeus
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
RookCorvus frugilegus
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
Green-winged TealAnas crecca
Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
White-spectacled BulbulPycnonotus xanthopygos
Black StorkCiconia nigra
Common RedshankTringa totanus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Little OwlAthene noctua
European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Black-headed BuntingEmberiza melanocephala
European SerinSerinus serinus
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Western Rock NuthatchSitta neumayer
Common PochardAythya ferina
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Armenian GullLarus armenicus
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
RuffCalidris pugnax
Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus
Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
WoodlarkLullula arborea
Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
Common TernSterna hirundo
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandra
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Common CuckooCuculus canorus
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
GarganeySpatula querquedula
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
Little StintCalidris minuta
Water RailRallus aquaticus
European RollerCoracias garrulus
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
Delicate PriniaPrinia lepida
Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
DunlinCalidris alpina
Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
Rock SparrowPetronia petronia
Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
Masked ShrikeLanius nubicus
Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Mediterranean ShearwaterPuffinus yelkouan
Chukar PartridgeAlectoris chukar
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
Dalmatian PelicanPelecanus crispus
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Krüper's NuthatchSitta krueperi
Sombre TitPoecile lugubris
Alexandrine ParakeetPsittacula eupatria
Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
DunnockPrunella modularis
Finsch's WheatearOenanthe finschii
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
GadwallMareca strepera
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
BluethroatLuscinia svecica
Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
BramblingFringilla montifringilla
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
Common CraneGrus grus
Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
Little TernSternula albifrons
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
Common GullLarus canus
Black-throated LoonGavia arctica
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachus
Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
Black FrancolinFrancolinus francolinus
Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
White-headed DuckOxyura leucocephala
Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
Cretzschmar's BuntingEmberiza caesia
Mountain ChiffchaffPhylloscopus sindianus
White-throated RobinIrania gutturalis
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliaca
Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
Red-fronted SerinSerinus pusillus
Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
MerlinFalco columbarius
Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurus
Long-eared OwlAsio otus
Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
Black-bellied SandgrousePterocles orientalis
Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
White-winged SnowfinchMontifringilla nivalis
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculus
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoleta
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
Eurasian BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
SanderlingCalidris alba
Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonorae
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Western Barn OwlTyto alba
Black TernChlidonias niger
Dead Sea SparrowPasser moabiticus
Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatus
Eastern Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillans
Bimaculated LarkMelanocorypha bimaculata
Eastern Rock NuthatchSitta tephronota
Eastern Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus orientalis
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Upcher's WarblerHippolais languida
Crimson-winged FinchRhodopechys sanguineus
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
Semicollared FlycatcherFicedula semitorquata
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
Stock DoveColumba oenas
Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
See-see PartridgeAmmoperdix griseogularis
Little SwiftApus affinis
Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
Cinereous BuntingEmberiza cineracea
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
Radde's AccentorPrunella ocularis
Northern Bald IbisGeronticus eremita
Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
Pale RockfinchCarpospiza brachydactyla
Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii
Caspian SnowcockTetraogallus caspius
Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
Olive-tree WarblerHippolais olivetorum
Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
Alpine AccentorPrunella collaris
Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
SmewMergellus albellus
TwiteLinaria flavirostris
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
White-backed WoodpeckerDendrocopos leucotos
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
Green WarblerPhylloscopus nitidus
Scopoli's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedea
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
Yellow-throated SparrowGymnoris xanthocollis
WallcreeperTichodroma muraria
Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
Red KnotCalidris canutus
Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricola
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Pallid Scops OwlOtus brucei
Kurdish WheatearOenanthe xanthoprymna
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Great SnipeGallinago media
Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
Cyprus WheatearOenanthe cypriaca
Eurasian Eagle-OwlBubo bubo
River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciata
Great BustardOtis tarda
Caucasian GrouseLyrurus mlokosiewiczi
Grey-necked BuntingEmberiza buchanani
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Corn CrakeCrex crex
Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
Cream-colored CourserCursorius cursor
Marbled DuckMarmaronetta angustirostris
Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
Greater ScaupAythya marila
Northern GannetMorus bassanus
Mongolian FinchBucanetes mongolicus
Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
Common EiderSomateria mollissima
Namaqua DoveOena capensis
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollis
Little BustardTetrax tetrax
Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
Trumpeter FinchBucanetes githagineus
White-eared BulbulPycnonotus leucotis
Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanni
European Herring GullLarus argentatus
White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurus
Brown Fish OwlKetupa zeylonensis
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
Pin-tailed SandgrousePterocles alchata
Hume's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus humei
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minor
Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
Desert LarkAmmomanes deserti
Hooded WheatearOenanthe monacha
Sociable LapwingVanellus gregarius
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
Common MerganserMergus merganser
Pallas's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus proregulus
Greater Hoopoe-LarkAlaemon alaudipes
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
European Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus
Boreal OwlAegolius funereus
Booted WarblerIduna caligata
Lesser White-fronted GooseAnser erythropus
Graceful PriniaPrinia gracilis
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Rustic BuntingEmberiza rustica
Bar-tailed LarkAmmomanes cinctura
Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
Sabine's GullXema sabini
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
Blyth's PipitAnthus godlewskii
Pine BuntingEmberiza leucocephalos
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
Black-throated ThrushTurdus atrogularis
Blyth's Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
Orange-winged AmazonAmazona amazonica
Black SwanCygnus atratus
Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus
African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
Wood DuckAix sponsa
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
Red-tailed ShrikeLanius phoenicuroides
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
Mourning WheatearOenanthe lugens
Western Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus bonelli
Swan GooseAnser cygnoides
Asian HoubaraChlamydotis macqueenii
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurus
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatus
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus
White-crowned WheatearOenanthe leucopyga
Egyptian NightjarCaprimulgus aegyptius
Jungle MynaAcridotheres fuscus
Northern NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactes
Pin-tailed SnipeGallinago stenura

Rare visitors

Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.