Birds of Türkiye
20 birds you can spot from your balcony, in the park, on the coast and at the lakes. Each page has the bird's size, what it eats, where it lives and how to draw it in DrawBird.
- Barn swallow Hirundo rustica
A summer guest with a forked tail that builds mud nests under the eaves of barns and porches. The barn swallow… - Common chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
The cheerful song you hear walking in the forest, ending with a fancy flourish, is often from a chaffinch.… - Common swift Apus apus
Sickle-winged birds that circle around minarets screaming on summer evenings. They spend almost their whole li… - Eurasian collared dove Streptopelia decaocto
If you hear a "coo-COO-coo" outside your window in the morning, it's probably a collared dove.… - Eurasian hoopoe Upupa epops
The bird that fans out the crest on its head and calls "hoo-poo-poo". Some people call it hüthüt, some çavuşku… - Eurasian magpie Pica pica
A black-and-white bird with a very long tail that is always chattering "chak-chak". Look closely and the feath… - European bee-eater Merops apiaster
Turquoise, yellow and chestnut birds that line up on wires in summer calling "prrrip prrrip". One of Europe's … - European goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
A tiny, chirpy bird with a red face and a bright yellow band on its wing. In my opinion one of the most colorf… - European robin Erithacus rubecula
A small bird with an orange chest that hops a step or two away and waits for worms while you dig in the garden… - Great spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus
If a fast "tak-tak-tak" comes from a tree in the park, look up. You will see a black-and-white bird with a red… - Great tit Parus major
A small bird with a black head and white cheeks that goes around with a black tie on its yellow chest. One of … - Greater flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
Pink, with very long legs and a beak that bends the wrong way. The greater flamingo is the most eye-catching b… - Hooded crow Corvus cornix
If you see a black crow wearing a gray vest, that's a hooded crow. And one of the smartest residents of the ci… - Little owl Athene noctua
A small, plump owl that looks like it's frowning. It's the easiest owl to see in Türkiye. You can even catch i… - Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
Most of the ducks waiting for bread by the lake are mallards. They are also the ancestor of almost all domesti… - Northern bald ibis Geronticus eremita
A bird with a bald red head, scruffy feathers on its nape and a long red beak. It lives under protection in Bi… - Rock dove Columba livia
The ancestor of the pigeons waiting for food in the square is the rock dove. It still lives wild on steep clif… - Sparrow Passer domesticus
Sparrows live so close to people that if a place has no sparrows at all, something there has changed.… - White stork Ciconia ciconia
If you see a huge pile of twigs on top of a chimney in a village, it's probably a stork nest.… - Yellow-legged gull Larus michahellis
The gull that follows the ferry and tries to snatch your simit is most likely a yellow-legged gull.…