List of Birds of Turkey

List Of Birds Of Turkey

This is a list of the bird species recorded in Turkey. The avifauna of Turkey includes a total of 473 species, of which 4 have been introduced by humans, and 68 species are rare/accidental. 14 species are globally threatened.

This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families, and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of Clements's 5th edition. The family accounts at the beginning of each heading reflects this taxonomy, as do the species counts found in each family account. Introduced and accidental species are included in the total counts for Turkey.

The following tags have been used to highlight certain relevant categories. The commonly occurring, native, species do not fall into any of these categories.

  • (A) Accidental A species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Turkey.
  • (E) Endangered A species that is endangered in Turkey
  • (I) Introduced A species introduced to Turkey as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions.


Table of contents

Non-passerines: Loons . Grebes . Shearwaters and Petrels . Storm-Petrels . Pelicans . Boobies and Gannets . Cormorants . Darters . Bitterns, Herons and Egrets . Storks . Ibises and Spoonbills . Flamingos . Ducks, Geese and Swans . Osprey . Hawks, Kites and Eagles . Caracaras and Falcons . Grouse . Pheasants and Partridges . Cranes . Rails, Crakes, Gallinules, and Coots . Bustards . Crab Plover . Oystercatchers . Avocets and Stilts . Thick-knees . Pratincoles and Coursers . Plovers and Lapwings . Sandpipers and allies . Skuas and Jaegers . Gulls . Terns . Sandgrouse . Pigeons and Doves . Parrots, Macaws and allies . Cuckoos and Anis . Barn owls . Typical owls . Nightjars . Swifts . Kingfishers . Bee-eaters . Typical Rollers . Hoopoes . Woodpeckers and allies .

Passerines: Larks . Swallows and Martins . Wagtails and Pipits . Bulbuls . Kinglets . Waxwings . Grey Hypocolius . Dippers . Wrens . Accentors . Thrushes and allies . Cisticolas and allies . Old World warblers . Old World flycatchers . Babblers . Parrotbills . Long-tailed tits . Chickadees and Titmice . Nuthatches . Wallcreeper . Treecreepers . Penduline tits . Old World Orioles . Shrikes . Crows, Jays, Ravens and Magpies . Starlings . Buntings, Sparrows, Seedeaters and allies . Siskins, Crossbills and allies . Sparrows .

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Read more about List Of Birds Of Turkey:  Loons, Grebes, Shearwaters and Petrels, Storm-Petrels, Pelicans, Boobies and Gannets, Cormorants, Darters, Bitterns, Herons and Egrets, Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills, Flamingos, Ducks, Geese and Swans, Osprey, Hawks, Kites and Eagles, Caracaras and Falcons, Grouse, Pheasants and Partridges, Cranes, Rails, Crakes, Gallinules, and Coots, Bustards, Crab Plover, Oystercatchers, Avocets and Stilts, Thick-knees, Pratincoles and Coursers, Plovers and Lapwings, Sandpipers and Allies, Skuas and Jaegers, Gulls, Terns, Sandgrouse, Pigeons and Doves, Parrots, Macaws and Allies, Cuckoos and Anis, Barn Owls, Typical Owls, Nightjars, Swifts, Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Typical Rollers, Hoopoes, Woodpeckers and Allies, Larks, Swallows and Martins, Wagtails and Pipits, Bulbuls, Kinglets, Waxwings, Grey Hypocolius, Dippers, Wrens, Accentors, Thrushes and Allies, Cisticolas and Allies, Old World Warblers, Old World Flycatchers, Babblers, Parrotbills, Long-tailed Tits, Chickadees and Titmice, Nuthatches, Wallcreeper, Treecreepers, Penduline Tits, Old World Orioles, Shrikes, Crows, Jays, Ravens and Magpies, Starlings, Buntings, Sparrows, Seedeaters and Allies, Siskins, Crossbills and Allies, Sparrows, Species Not Admitted To Turkish List

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