Explore birds of Turkey with resident, migratory, and endangered species checklists, occurrence records, and habitat data.
Birdwatching Regions in Turkey: Important Bird Areas and Habitats
Turkey’s main birdwatching regions are the Bosphorus and Marmara migration corridor, the deltas and flooded forests of the...
Steppe Birds of Turkey: Open-Country Species
Turkey’s steppe bird community includes species that breed, feed, migrate or winter in treeless grassland, dry shrub-steppe, saline...
Forest Birds of Turkey: Woodland Species and Habitats
Turkey’s forest birds range from woodpeckers, nuthatches, flycatchers, tits, owls, and woodland raptors to species that depend on...
Common Birds of Turkey: Species Often Seen Across the Country
Turkey’s most regularly encountered birds include House Sparrows around buildings, Eurasian Collared Doves on wires, Hooded Crows in...
Raptors of Turkey: Eagles, Hawks, Falcons, and Vultures
The Clements 2025-based Turkey checklist contains 42 diurnal raptor species: one member of Pandionidae, 30 members of Accipitridae...
Birds of Turkish Wetlands: Lakes, Deltas, and Marshes
Turkish wetlands support different bird communities in open lakes, river deltas, coastal lagoons, saline basins, reed marshes, wet...
Migratory Birds in Turkey: Major Flyways and Seasonal Patterns
Turkey sits between the Balkans, Black Sea, Caucasus, Anatolia and eastern Mediterranean, placing it across several connected bird-migration...
Birds of Turkey: Native, Migratory, and Rare Species
Turkey’s published national checklist contains 505 bird species. The list includes year-round residents, breeding visitors, winter visitors, passage...
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