Wildlife Seen In Turkey!

Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)

Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis) - 1st Winter

Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis)

Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis) - 2nd Winter

Yelkouan Shearwater (Puffinus yelkouan)

House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Male

All sightings from the country of Turkey

Sites Included

Country: Turkey (11 sites)

Species Seen

Kingdom: Animals (117 records)

Phylum: Chordates (117 records)

Class: Birds (110 records)

Order: Anseriformes (8 records)

Order: Bucerotiformes (1 record)
- Family: Hoopoes
- Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies (3 records)
- Family: Cranes
- Common Crane (Grus grus)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Eurasian Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
- Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)

Order: Doves and Pigeons (3 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Laughing Dove (Spilopelia senegalensis)
- Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)

Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (7 records)

Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (2 records)
- Family: Swifts
- Alpine Swift (Tachymarptis melba)
- Common Swift (Apus apus)

Order: Owls And Nightjars (2 records)
- Family: Typical Owls
- European Scops-Owl (Otus scops)
- Little Owl (Athene noctua)

Order: Pelicans (18 records)
- Family: Cormorants
- Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
- European Shag (Gulosus aristotelis)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni)
- Eurasian Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
- Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo)
- Family: Flamingos
- Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)
- Family: Grebes
- Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
- Family: Herons
- Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
- Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
- Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
- Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)
- Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)
- Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
- Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
- Family: Storks
- White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)

Order: Perching Birds (56 records)
- Family: Bearded Reedling
- Bearded Reedling (Panurus biarmicus)
- Family: Bulbuls
- White-spectacled Bulbul (Pycnonotus xanthopygos)
- Family: Bushtits
- Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
- European Serin (Serinus serinus)
- European Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
- Eurasian Siskin (Spinus spinus)
- European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
- Eurasian Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
- Family: Chickadees and Titmice
- Sombre Tit (Poecile lugubris)
- Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
- Great Tit (Parus major)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
- Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)
- Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
- Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
- Family: Leaf Warblers
- Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
- Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix)
- Family: Nuthatches
- Eurasian Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
- Krueper's Nuthatch (Sitta krueperi)
- Western Rock Nuthatch (Sitta neumayer)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Rock Bunting (Emberiza cia)
- Cretzschmar's Bunting (Emberiza caesia)
- Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
- Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)
- Family: Old World Flycatchers
- Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
- Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka)
- Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear (Oenanthe melanoleuca)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Spanish Sparrow (Passer hispaniolensis)
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
- Rock Sparrow (Petronia petronia)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
- Greater Whitethroat (Curruca communis)
- Lesser Whitethroat (Curruca curruca)
- Rueppell's Warbler (Curruca ruppeli)
- Sardinian Warbler (Curruca melanocephala)
- Eastern Orphean Warbler (Curruca crassirostris)
- Family: Shrikes
- Woodchat Shrike (Lanius senator)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- Family: Swallows
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Western House-Martin (Delichon urbicum)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)
- European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
- Common Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)
- Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
- Western Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
- Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)
- Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta)

Order: Shorebirds and Allies (8 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
- Slender-billed Gull (Chroicocephalus genei)
- Mediterranean Gull (Ichthyaetus melanocephalus)
- Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis)
- Common Gull (Larus canus)
- Family: Plovers
- Little Ringed Plover (Thinornis dubius)
- Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
- Spur-winged Lapwing (Vanellus spinosus)

Order: Tubenoses (1 record)
- Family: Shearwaters and Petrels
- Yelkouan Shearwater (Puffinus yelkouan)

Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides (1 record)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Syrian Woodpecker (Dendrocopos syriacus)

Class: Mammals (4 records)

Order: Carnivorans (1 record)
- Family: Canidae
- Golden Jackal (Canis aureus)

Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetacean (1 record)
- Family: Bovids
- Domestic Goat (Capra hircus)

Order: Primates (1 record)
- Family: Hominidae
- Human (Homo sapiens)

Order: Rodents (1 record)
- Family: Squirrels
- Asia Minor Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus xanthoprymnus)

Class: Reptiles (3 records)

Order: Lizards and Snakes (2 records)
- Family: Agamas
- Roughtail Rock Agama (Stelligama stellio)
- Family: Wall Lizards
- Budak's Rock Lizard (Anatololacerta finikensis)

Order: Turtles (1 record)
- Family: Tortoise
- Eurasian Tortoise (Testudo graeca)

Trips

Turkey