The sheer number of bird species in Turkey is an indication that Turkey has very rich Bird Sanctuaries in terms of bird watching and bird photography, types and numbers.

Although the sources report different numbers, species and varieties of birds and these differences are minor, they are of crucial importance for those who maintain special interest tourism in Turkey making them very rich areas for bird watching and bird photography.

Geography expert, Photography and Film artist Nuri Chorbacioglu states that there are close to 500 bird species in Turkey's nearly 200 bird arenas.

Nuri Chorbacioglu has listed the regions including the most important bird species in Turkey for birdwatchers and bird photographers:

• Çamaltı Salterns
• Sultan Reeds
• Birdsanctuary National Park
• Darıca Bird Sanctuary
• Eğirdir Lake
• Beyşehir
• Eber
• Akşehir lakes and periphery
• Riva
• Mogan lake
• Manyas Bird Sanctuary
• Nallihan Bird Sanctuary
• Meriç Delta
• Bafa Lake
• Göksu Delta
• Birecik for Bald Ibis
• Efteni Lake Bird Sanctuary.

Nuri Chorbacioglu states that they offer opportunities to those who want to go abroad for bird watching and bird photography thanks to their foreign partners and relationships.

Nuri Chorbacioglu listed the world's important bird watching and bird photography centers as follows:

• Taiwan Chang-Hua
• Patagonia
• South African Capetown
• America Hawk Mountain Reserve
• Australia Philip Island Nature Park
• America Texas Rock Pat Hummer Bird

Bird species found in Turkey

In the lagoons of Kızılırmak, Yeşilırmak and Çukurova, there are 52 endangered species, 3 alien species brought by humans from abroad, 3 extinct species in Turkey, and 25 species of birds that came to Turkey by straying their migration routes.

• Songbirds
• Goldfinch
• House bunting
• Golden Oriole
• Common Jay
• Common Mountain Nightingale
• Euroasian Treecreeper
• Great Tit
• Common Nuthatch
• Great Gray Shrike (fixes the mouse it hunts on the thorn of the tree)
• Longtailed Tit
• Desert Lark
• Barn Swallow
• Mountain Wagtail
• Bohemian Waxwing- Bombycilla Garrulus
• Red-Throated Trush - Turdis Ruficollis
• Greater White-throated cubs
• Leaf warbler
• Stonechat
• Oenanthe

21 species of Finch

• Common Finch
• Mountain Finch
• Green Finch
• Goldfinch
• Eurasian Siskin - Carduelis Spinus
• Common Linnet
• Twite- Carduelis FLavirostris
• Redpoll- Carduelis Flammea
• Citril Finch – Carduelis Citrinella
• Desert Finch - Carduelis Obsoleta
• Red Crossbill- Loxia Curvirostra
• Winged Finch
• Mongolian Finch- Rhodopechys mongolicus
• Trumpeter finch – Buchanetes Githagineus
• Common Rosefinch - Carpodacus Erythrinus
• Great Rosefinch - Carpodacus Rubicilla
• Euroasian Bullfinch - Pyrrhula Pyrrhula
• Hawfinch - Coccothraustes Coccothraustes
• Red-fronted Serin – Serinus Pusillus
• European Serin – Serinus Serinus
• Syrian Serin – Serinus Syriacus

19 species of Buntings

• Snow Bunting- Plectrophenax Nivalis
• Pine Bunting
• Yellow Yorling
• Cirl Bunting
• Rock Bunting
• Gray Headed Bunting
• Brown Bunting
• Ortolan Bunting
• Grey-hooded Bunting
• Red Headed Bunting
• Rustic Bunting
• Little Bunting
• Rwamp bunting
• Red-headed bunting
• Black headed bunting
• House Bunting
• Field Bunting
• Belted Bunting
• Sambo Gin
• Witwall

12 species of Crows

• Nutcracker
• Chokard
• Killigrew
• Eurasian Jay
• European Magpie
• Corvus Corax
• Brown-Necked Raven
• Jackdaw
• Corvus Frugilegus
• Hooded Crow
• European Carrion Crow
• Short-Tailed Raven

3 species of Starlings 

• Common Starling
• Rose-colored Starling
• Common Myna

2 species of scalybirds

• Eurasian Treecreeper Certia Familiaris
• Short-toed Treecreeper

1 species of tichodromadidae

Wallcreeper - Tichodroma Muraia

8 species of Sparrows

• House Sparrow - Passer Domestica
• Spanish Sparrow - Passer Hispaniolensis
• Dead Sea Sparrow - Passer Moabiticus
• Tree Sparrow - Passer Montanus
• Pale Rockfinch - Carpospiza Brachydactyla
• Yellow Throated Sparrow Petronia Xanthocollis
• Rock Sparrow - Rock Petronia
• White-winged Snowfinch - Montifringilla Nivalis

5 species of Parideas

• Stock - Palus Palustris
• Poecila Montana
• Coal Tit
• Blue Tit
• Great Tit

1 species of Longtails 

Longtailed Tit

1 species of Wren

Eurasian Wren - Troglodytes Troglodytes

4 species of Nuthatch

• Anatolian Nuthatch
• European Nuthatch
• Eastern Rock Nuthatch - Sitta Tephronota
• Western Rock Nuthatch - Sitta Neumayer

8 species of Lanidae Stocks

• Daurian Shrike
• Red-Backed Shrike
• Long Tailed Shrike
• Black-Fronted Shrike
• European Shrike
• Red-Headed Shrike
• Masked Shrike - Lanuis Nubicus
• Steppe Shrike

1 species of Penduline Tit

European Penduline Tit

1 species of Parrotbill

Parrotbill - Paradoxornithidae

 

14 species of Larks - Alaudidae

• Desert lark (Ammomanes deserti) (T)
• Little desert lark (Ammomanes cinctura)
• Strangling lark (Melanocorypha calandra)
• Little whooped lark (Melanocorypha bimaculata)
• White-winged lark (Melanocorypha leucoptera)
• Black lark (Melanocorypha yeltoniensis)
• Steppe lark (Calandrella brachydactyla)
• Barren lark (Calandrella rufescens)
• Asian short-toed lark (Calandrella cheleensis)
• Crested lark (Gallery cristata)
• Forest lark (Lullula arborea)
• Eurasian lark (Garden) (Alauda arvensis)
• Eared lark (Eremophila alpestris)
• Hoopoe Lark (Alaemon alaudipes)

Celandine (Hirundinidae) (6 species)

• Sand martin (Riparia riparia)
• Eurasian Crag (Ptyonoprogne rupestris) formerly (Hirundo rupestris)
• Small tern (Ptyonoprogne fuligula)
• Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
• Red-Breasted Swallow (Hirundo daurica)
• House martin (Delichon urbica)

Wagidae (Motacillidae) (12 species)

• Richard pipit (Anthus richardi)
• Pacific pipit (Anthus rubescens japonicus)
• Wild pipit (Anthus campestris)
• Tree pipit (Anthus trivialis)
• Meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis)
• Green-backed pipit (Anthus hodgsoni)
• Red-throated pipit (Anthus cervinus)
• Mountain pipit (Anthus spinoletta)
• Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
• Yellow-headed Wagtail (Motacilla citreola)
• Mountain Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
• White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)

Arabian warbler (Pycnonotidae) (1 species)

Common Arabian warbler (Pycnonotus xanthopygos)

Silkworms (Bombycillidae) (1 species)

Common silktail (Bombycilla garrulus)

Silkworms (Hypocoliidae) (1 species)

Silk strangler (Hypocolius ampelinus)

Water Blackbird (Cinclidae) (1 species)

Brook (Cinclus cinclus)

Mountain Nightingale (Prunellidae) (4 species)

• Common mountain warbler (Prunella modularis)
• Vernier mountain warbler (Prunella ocularis)
• Greater mountain warbler (Prunella collaris)
• Siberian mountain warbler (Prunella montanella) (G)

Blackbirds (Turdidae) (9 species)

• Stone Red (Monticola saxatilis)
• Thunderbird (Monticola solitarius)
• The strangling thrush (Turdus torquatus)
• Blackbird (Turdus merula)
• Field thrush (Turdus pilaris)
• Singing thrush (Turdus philomelos)
• Red thrush (Turdus iliacus)
• Mistletoe thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
• Black-throated thrush (Turdus ruficollis) (G)

Warblers (Sylviidae) (43 species)

• Yellow-breasted warbler (Sylvia cantillans)
• Whiskered warbler (Sylvia cantillans)
• Pink-breasted warbler (Sylvia mystacea)
• Masked warbler (Sylvia melanocephala)
• Scaly warbler, Cyprus warbler (Sylvia melanothorax)
• Black-throated warbler (Sylvia rueppelli)
• Desert warbler (Sylvia nana)
• White-eyed warbler (Sylvia hortensis)
• Striped warbler (Sylvia nisoria)
• Little hornbill (Sylvia curruca)
• Warbler (Sylvia communis)
• Gray warbler (Sylvia borin)
• Blackhead warbler (Sylvia atricapilla)
• Steppe warbler (Sylvia conspicillata)
• Heather warbler (Sylvia undata)
• Reed warbler (Cettia cetti)
• Fantail (Cisticola juncidis)
• Green chrysalis (Phylloscopus trochiloides)
• Yellow-browed gill (Phylloscopus inornatus)
• Leaf willow warbler (Phylloscopus humei) (G)
• Woodpecker (Phylloscopus sibilatrix)
• Vulgar (Phylloscopus collybita)
• Willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
• Little snappy (Phylloscopus neglectus)
• Gray gill (Phylloscopus bonelli)
• Gray willow warbler (Phylloscopus orientalis)
• Northern chinchilla (Phylloscopus borealis) (G)
• White mucallite (Hippolais pallida)
• Small mucallite (Hippolais caligata)
• Mountain mukallid (Hippolais languida)
• Great mucallite (Hippolais olivetorum)
• Yellow mucallite (Hippolais icterina)
• Short-winged yellow mucallite (Hippolais polyglotta)
• Hedgehog cane (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
• Eastern cane (Acrocephalus agricola)
• Northern reed (Acrocephalus dumetorum)
• Shrub cane (Acrocephalus palustris)
• Sedge cane (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
• Great reed (Acrocephalus arundinaceus)
• Whiskered reed (Acrocephalus melanopogon)
• Yellow reed (Acrocephalus paludicola) (G)
• Grasshopper cane (Locustella naevia)
• Tree cane (Locustella fluviatilis)
• Marsh cane (Locustella luscinioides)

Venus flytrap (Muscicapidae) (27 species)

• Rusty bush robin (Cercotrichas galactotes)
• Spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
• Small flycatcher (Ficedula parva)
• Pied flycatcher (Ficedula semitorquata)
• Ringed flycatcher, Pendant flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis)
• Black flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)
• Grasshopper (Saxicola rubertra)
• Stonebird (Saxicola rubicola)
• Siberian stonebird (Saxicola maura)
• Rooster (Erithacus rubecula)
• Juniper nightingale (Luscinia luscinia)
• Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)
• Thunderbird (Luscinia svecica)
• Black redtail (Phoenicurus ochruros)
• Common Redtail (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
• Gray Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)
• Common Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
• Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka)
• Black-eared Wheatear (Oenanthe hispanica)
• Desert Wheatear (Oenanthe deserti)
• White-backed Wheatear (Oenanthe finschii)
• Red Wheatear (Oenanthe xanthoprymna)
• Black-backed Wheatear (Oenanthe lugens)
• White-crested Black Wheatear (Oenanthe leucopyga)
• Great Red Wheatear (Oenanthe moesta)
• Stone warbler (Irania gutturalis)
• Blackstart (Cercomela melanura)

Cisticolidae (1 species)

Thorn-tailed warbler (Prinia gracilis)

Shrub (Regulidae) (2 species)

• Common Bush Bird (Regulus regulus)
• Vernier Bush (Regulus ignicapillus)

Some examples:

• Yellow-billed mountain crow (Pyrrhocorax graculus)
• Northern flax (Carduelis flammea)
• Eurasian Siskin (Carduelis spinus)
• Crocus (Acridotheres tristis)
• Nocturnal predators (Strigiformes)
• Vulgar Eagle (Bubo bubo)

Owlidae (Strigidae) (9 species)

• Oak Bird (Otus scops)
• Striped Lark (Otus brucei) (T)
• Vulgar Eagle (Bubo bubo)
• Fish Owl (Ketupa zeylonensis) (T)
• Little Owl (Athene noctua)
• Pied Owl (Strix aluco)
• Eared woodland owl (Asio otus)
• Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
• Boreal Owl (Aegolius funereus)

Barn owl (Tytonidae) (1 species)

• Eurasian Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
• Eared Woodland Owl (Asio otus)
• Little owl (Athene noctua)
• Oak bird (Otus scops)
• Daytime predators (Falconiformes)
• Bee hawk (Pernis apivorus)
• Crimson rookie (Milvus milvus)
• Black vulture (Aegypius monachus)
• Greatborn (Falco cherrug)

Hawks (Accipitridae) (28 species)

• Common bee hawk (Pernis apivorus)
• Crested hawk (Pernis ptilorhyncus) (G)
• White kite (Elanus caeruleus)
• Black rookie (Milvus migrans)
• Red rookie (Milvus milvus) (T)
• White-tailed eagle or Common sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) (T)
• Blackbird (Gypaetus barbatus) (T)
• Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus) (T)
• Griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) (T)
• Black vulture (Aegypius monachus) (T)
• Snake eagle (Circaetus gallicus) (T)
• Sedge borer, Sedge tuygunu or Red sungur (Circus aeruginosus)
• Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
• Steppe wren or Steppe weevil (Circus macrourus) (T)
• Grasshopper or Grasshopper (Circus pygargus)
• Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) (T)
• Common hawk (Accipiter nisus) (T)
• Corrupt hawk or Summer hawk (Accipiter brevipes) (T)
• Common Hawk (Buteo buteo)
• Red hawk (Buteo rufinus)
• Long hawk (Buteo lagopus)
• Little forest eagle (Aquila pomarina)
• Great forest eagle (Aquila clanga) (T)
• Steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis) (T)
• Imperial eagle (Aquila heliaca) (T)
• Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
• Bonelli’s Eagle (Aquila fasciata)
• Little eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus)

Fish eagleidae (Pandionidae) (1 species)

Fish eagle (Pandion heliaetus)

Falconidae (Falconidae) (11 species)

• Whiskered falcon (Falco biarmicus)
• Greatborn (Falco cherrug) (T)
• Brown falcon (Falco columbarius)
• Sooty Falcon (Falco concolor)
• Island falcon (Falco eleonorae)
• Little Kestrel (Falco naumanni) (T)
• Red-necked falcon (Falco pelegrinoides) (G)
• Common falcon or sky falcon (Falco peregrinus)
• Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo)
• Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
• Falcon (Falco vespertinus) (T)

Some examples:

• Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
• Whiskered falcon (Falco biarmicus)
• Little Kestrel (Falco naumanni)
• Tube-nosed birds, Stormbirds (Procellariiformes)
• Stormbird (Hydrobates pelagicus)

Petrels (Procellariidae) (2 species)

• Yelkouan Shearwater (Puffinus yelkouan)
• Scropoli’s Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea)

Storm-Petrel (Hydrobatidae) (1 species)

• European Storm-petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)
• Divers (Gaviiformes)

Diving bird (Gaviidae) (3 species)

• Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata)
• Black-throated Loon (Gavia arctica)
• Common Loon (Gavia immer)
• Shakebunk (Podicipediformes)

Grebes (Podicipedidae) (5 species)

• Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
• Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
• Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)
• Eared Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
• Black-necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
• Spadefooted, Pelicans (Pelecaniformes)
• White pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)

Tropicalbirds (Phaethontidae) (1 species)

White-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus) (G)

Blue Footed Booby (Sulidae) (1 species)

Booby (Morus bassanus)

Cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae) (3 species)

• Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
• Crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
• Little cormorant (Phalacrocorax pygmeus)

Snakehorns (Anhingidae) (1 species)

Snakeneck (Anhinga melanogaster) (N)

Pelicaceae (Pelecanidae) (2 species)

• White pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
• Crested pelican or Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus) (T)
• Storks (Ciconiiformes)
• Bald ibis (Geronticus eremita). This species, which is already extinct in Europe, is still found in Turkey, but is endangered.

Herons (Ardeidae) (10 species)

• Common bittern (Botaurus stellaris)
• Little bittern (Ixobrychus minutus)
• Night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
• Pied heron (Ardeola ralloides)
• Cattle heron (Bubulcus ibis)
• Little egret (Egretta garzetta)
• Great Egret (Ardea alba)
• Gray heron or Ash heron (Ardea cinerea)
• Red heron (Ardea purpurea)
• Green-backed heron (Butorides striata)

Storks (Ciconiidae) (3 species)

• Yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis)
• Black stork (Ciconia nigra)
• Stork (Ciconia ciconia)

White Ibisidae (Threskiornithidae) (3 species)

• Common ibis or Paddy (Plegadis falcinellus)
• Bald ibis (Geronticus eremita) (T)
• Common Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) (T)
• Flamingos (Phoenicopteriformes)

Flamingoidae (Phoenicopteridae) (2 species)

• Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)
• Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) (T)
• Little flamingo (Phoenicopterus minor) (G)
• Geese (Anseriformes)

Ducks (Anatidae) (40 species)

• Goldeneye
• Teal
• Wiretail
• Smew
• Mute swan (Cygnus olor)
• Little swan (Cygnus columbianus)
• Whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus)
• Bean Goose (Anser fabalis)
• Greater White Fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
• Lesser White-fronted Goose (Anser erythropus) (T)
• Gray goose (Anser anser)
• Small field goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
• Barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis)
• Moss goose (Branta bernicla)
• Siberian goose (Branta ruficollis) (T)
• Canada goose (Branta canadensis) (G)
• Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus) (G)
• Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)
• Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
• Fiyu (Anas penelope)
• Brown duck (Anas strepera)
• Teal (Anas crecca)
• Mallard (Anas plathyrnchos)
• Pintail (Anas acuta)
• Great teal (Anas falcata) (G)
• Spinner (Anas querquedula)
• Common Spoonbill (Anas clypeata)
• Summer duck (Marmaronetta angustirostris)
• Hungarian duck (Netta rufina)
• Pochard (Aythya ferina)
• Pasbas patka (Aythya nyroca)
• Crested Patka (Aythya fuligula)
• Blackhead patka (Aythya marila)
• Eider goose (Somateria mollissima)
• Wiretail (Clangula hyemalis)
• Common black duck (Melanitta nigra)
• Velvet duck (Melanitta fusca)
• White-winged black duck (Melanitta deglandi)
• Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
• Smew (Mergellus albellus)
• Combtooth (Mergus serrator)
• Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)
• Black-headed owl (Oxyura jamaicensis)
• Thorntail (Oxyura leucocephala) (T)
• Crayfish (Gruiformes)
• Thatch (Gallinula chloropus)
• Common crane (Grus grus)

Rallidae (8 species)

• Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
• Spotted Crake (Porzana porzana)
• Little Crake (Porzana parva)
• Baillon’s Crake (Porzana pusilla)
• Corncrake (Crex crex)
• Eurasian Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
• Western Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio)
• Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)

Cranes (Gruidae) (3 species)

• Common Crane (Grus grus) (T)
• White crane or Nun crane (Grus leucogeranus) (T)
• Wire crane (Anthropoides virgo) (T)

Otididae (3 species)

• Little Bustard (Tetrax tetrax) (T)
• Houbara Bustard (Chlamydotis undulata) (N)
• Great Bustard (Otis tarda) (T)
• Rainbirds, Shorebirds (Charadriiformes)
• Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
• Common Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
• Eurasian Eagle Owl (Haematopus ostralegus)
• Small Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
• Common snipe (Numenius arquata)
• Mudflies (Limosa limosa)
• Martial bird (Philomachus pugnax)

Poisonidae (Haematopodidae) (1 species)

Eurasian eagle owl (Haematopus ostralegus)

Swordbill (Recurvirostridae) (2 species)

• Common stilt (Himantopus himantopus) (T)
• Common avosetta (Recurvirostra avosetta) (T)

Bigeye (Burhinidae) (1 species)

Common Bigeye (Burhinus oedicnemus)

Swamp terns (Glareolidae) (3 species)

• Cream-Colored Courser (Cursorius cursor)
• Swamp swallow (Glareola pratincola)
• Blackfin swamp swallow (Glareola nordmanni) (T)

Plovers (Charadriidae) (16 species)

• Necklaced little plover, Ringed plover (Charadrius dubius)
• Great pendant plover, Ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
• Maple plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)
• Mongolian plover (Charadrius mongolus)
• Great plover, Desert plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)
• Eastern plover, Asian plover (Charadrius asiaticus)
• Mountain plover, Mountain rainer (Eudromias morinellus)
• Little golden plover (Pluvialis fulva) (G)
• American golden plover (Pluvialis dominica) (G)
• Golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
• Silver plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
• Thorn-winged lapwing or Spur-winged lapwing (Vanellus spinosus)
• Red-crested lapwing or Greater lapwing (Vanellus indicus)
• White-tailed lapwing (Vanellus leucurus)
• Sociable lapwing (Vanellus gregarius) (T)
• Eurasian lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)

Woodpecker (Scolopacidae) (34 species)

• Greater sandpiper, Red-breasted sandpiper (Calidris canutus)
• White Sandpiper (Calidris alba)
• Little Sandpiper (Calidris minuta)
• Yellow-legged sandpiper (Calidris temminckii)
• Red sandpiper (Calidris ferrugina)
• Black-bellied sandpiper (Calidris alpina)
• White-thumbed sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) (G)
• Striped sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) (G)
• Slithered sandpiper (Limicola falcinellus)
• Martial bird (Philomachus pugnax)
• Little snipe (Ly mnocryptes minimus)
• Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) (T)
• Great snipe (Gallinago media) (T)
• Solitary snipe (Gallinago solitaria) (G)
• Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) (T)
• Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
• Eurasian Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
• Eurasian Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
• Small snipe (Numenius tenuirostris) (T)
• Common snipe (Numenius arquata)
• Black red beet (Tringa erythropus)
• Red leg (Tringa totanus)
• Swamp whistleblower (Tringa stagnatilis)
• Mallard (Tringa nabularia)
• Green whistleblower (Tringa ochropus)
• Woodcock (Tringa glareola)
• Small yellow leg (Tringa flavipes)
• Stream whistleblower (Actitis hypoleucos)
• Spotted whistleblower (Actitis macularia) (G)
• Common stone-turner (Arenaria interpres)
• Yellow leg (Xenus cinereus)
• Great sea whistleblower (Phalaropus tricolor)
• Sea whistleblower (Phalaropus lobatus)
• Red sea whistleblower (Phalaropus fulicarius)

Pirate (Stercorariidae) (4 species)

• Pigtailed Pirate Gull (Stercorarius pomarinus)
• Arctic Pirate Gull (Stercorarius parasiticus)
• Long-tailed Pirate Gull (Stercorarius longicaudus)
• Great pirate gull (Stercorarius skua)

Gullidae (Laridae) (17 species)

• White-eyed gull (Larus leucophthalmus) (T)
• Great black-headed gull (Larus ichthyaetus)
• Mediterranean gull (Larus melanocephalus)
• Little seagull (Larus minutus)
• Black-headed gull (Larus ridibundus)
• Slender-billed gull (Larus genei)
• Island gull (Larus audouinii) (T)
• Little silver gull (Larus canus)
• Black-backed gull (Larus fuscus)
• Silver gull (Larus michahellis)
• Caspian gull (Larus cachinnans)
• Eastern gull (Larus armenicus)
• Arctic gull (Larus hyperboreus)
• Great black-backed gull (Larus marinus)
• northern silver gull (Larus argentatus)
• Heuglin gull (Larus heuglini)
• Black-legged gull (Rissa tridactyla)

Ternaceae (Sternidae) (10 species)

• Laughing Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica)
• Caspian tern (Sterna caspia)
• Crested Tern (Sterna bengalensis)
• Black-billed Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)
• Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
• Arctic tern or Arctic tern (Sterna paradisea)
• Little tern (Sterna albifrons)
• Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybridus)
• Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)
• White-winged Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)
• Poultices (Galliformes)
• Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchinus)

Pheasants (Phasianidae) (8 species)

• Common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
• Red-footed partridge (Alectoris rufa)
• Chukar partridge (Alectoris chukar)
• Rock partridge or Stone partridge (Alectoris graeca)
• Sand partridge (Ammoperdix griseogularis)
• Black Frankolin (Francolinus francolinus)
• Freckle partridge (Perdix perdix)
• Common Quail (Coturnix coturnix)
• Caspian Snowcock (Tetraogallus caspius)
• Grouse (Tetraoninae) (2 species)
• Black grouse (Tetrao tetrix) (N)
• Caucasian black grouse (Tetrao mlokosiewiczi) (T)
• Cuckoos (Cuculiformes)

Cuckoo family (Cuculidae) (2 species)

• Crested cuckoo (Clamator glandarius)
• Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
• Pigeons (Columbiformes)
• Common Wood-Pigeon (Columba palumbus)
• Dove (Streptopelia turtur)

8 species of pigeons

• Rock pigeon
• Stock Dove
• Wood Pigeon
• Dove
• Turtledove
• Little dove
• Big dove
• Caper dove
• Guts

5 species of ungulates

• Spotted Gutter
• Pretty Gutter
• Pintail Gut
• Brown-Bellied Gut
• Long Gutter
• Parrots

2 species of Parrots

• Green Parrot
• Alexander parrot
• Shepherd Cheaters

1 species

• Goatsucker
• Apodiformes, Sagans

Apodidae 4 species

• European Swift
• Gray Apodiformes
• White-bellied Apodiformes
• Small sized Apodiformes
• Ravenbirds
• Bee Bird

Kingfisher 2 species

• Common kingfisher
• Pied kingfisher

Halcyonidae 1 species

Izmir kingfisher

Bee-eater 2 species

• Green Bee Eater
• European Bee-Eater

Coracidae 2 species

• Rainbow
• Indian Rainbow

Hoopoe 1 species

• Hoopoe
• Woodpeckers
• Yaffle

9 species of Woodpeckers

• Pretty neck-and-neck
• Little green woodpecker
• Yaffle
• Black Woodpecker
• Forest Pied Woodpecker
• Pied Woodpecker
• Hydrangea Woodpecker
• White-Backed Woodpecker
• Little Woodpecker