Site Report: Sultan's Marsh Bird Paradise
Cappadocia, Reed Farm
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) Male
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba) Male
Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Little Owl (Athene noctua)
Corn Bunting (Miliaria calandra)
Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
Slender-billed Gull (Larus genei)
Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina)
Eurasian Linnet (Linaria cannabina) Female
Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Asia Minor Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus xanthoprymnus)
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
Bearded Parrotbill (Panurus biarmicus) Male
Bearded Parrotbill (Panurus biarmicus) Female
Skylark (Alaudala arvensis)
Turkestan Short-toed Lark (Alaudala heinei)
Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus)
Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus choenobaenus)
Cappadocia, Shepherd
White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)
Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)
Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
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Cappadocia, Reed Farm
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) Male
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba) Male
Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Little Owl (Athene noctua)
Corn Bunting (Miliaria calandra)
Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
Slender-billed Gull (Larus genei)
Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina)
Eurasian Linnet (Linaria cannabina) Female
Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Asia Minor Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus xanthoprymnus)
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
Bearded Parrotbill (Panurus biarmicus) Male
Bearded Parrotbill (Panurus biarmicus) Female
Skylark (Alaudala arvensis)
Turkestan Short-toed Lark (Alaudala heinei)
Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus)
Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus choenobaenus)
Cappadocia, Shepherd
White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)
Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)
Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
Near Yeshilhizar in Cappadoccia, this is one of the oddest places you will expect to find a flamingo. This is a great place for finding larks and other grassland birds. There was a wolf pelt in the hotel, so in theory there are wolves here as well.
Visits
- 2006-03-23: A one day stay in this area to go see the flamingos and other birds. Met up with a French Birder named Christian.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (56 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(56 records)
Class: Birds
(53 records)
- Order: Anseriformes (6 records)
- Order: Bucerotiformes
(1 record)
- Family: Hoopoes
- Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Cranes
- Common Crane (Grus grus)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (5 records)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(1 record)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Little Owl (Athene noctua)
- Order: Pelicans
(11 records)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni)
- Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo)
- Family: Flamingos
- Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)
- Family: Grebes
- Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
- Family: Herons
- Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
- Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)
- Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
- Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
- Family: Storks
- White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)
- Order: Perching Birds
(21 records)
- Family: Bearded Reedling
- Bearded Reedling (Panurus biarmicus)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Eurasian Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
- Family: Chickadees and Titmice
- Great Tit (Parus major)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)
- Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
- Family: Larks
- Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra)
- Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)
- Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
- Turkestan Short-toed Lark (Alaudala heinei)
- Family: Leaf Warblers
- Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
- Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)
- Family: Old World Flycatchers
- Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
- Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
- Western Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
- Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(3 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Slender-billed Gull (Chroicocephalus genei)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(1 record)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Syrian Woodpecker (Dendrocopos syriacus)
Class: Mammals
(3 records)
- Order: Carnivorans
(1 record)
- Family: Canidae
- Golden Jackal (Canis aureus)
- Order: Primates
(1 record)
- Family: Hominidae
- Human (Homo sapiens)
- Order: Rodents
(1 record)
- Family: Squirrels
- Asia Minor Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus xanthoprymnus)