Birds, like mammalian species, have important ecological roles for ecosystem health, such as seed dispersal, controlling insect populations, maintaining nutrient cycling, removing dead animals and pollination.
There are three important phases in the life cycles of most bird species: breeding, wintering and migration. During these periods, the breeding time is the period when birds are most sensitive and selective in choosing an area. For this reason, the reproduction of a species in an area is very important from the point of view of conservation studies. Of the 485 bird species recorded in Türkiye, 313 regularly breed in Türkiye. The presence of natural areas and wetlands away from human influence creates suitable breeding environments for many bird species. In Türkiye, 247 Important Bird Areas (IBAs) have been identified. IBAs are used to identify rare, sensitive areas that are important for endangered bird species. Thirty-one bird species, which are nationally or regionally endangered, breed in Türkiye.
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Turkish |
English |
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Elmabaş Patka |
Common Pochard |
Aythya ferina |
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Dikkuyruk |
White-headed Duck |
Oxyura leucocephala |
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Kum Kekliği |
See-see Partridge |
Ammoperdix griseogularis |
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Kızılboyunlu Batağan |
Red-necked Grebe |
Podiceps grisegena |
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Karaboyunlu Batağan |
Black-necked Grebe |
Podiceps nigricollis |
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Sakallı Akbaba |
Bearded Vulture |
Gypaetus barbatus |
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Küçük Akbaba |
Egyptian Vulture |
Neophron percnopterus |
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Bozkır Kartalı |
Steppe Eagle |
Aquila nipalensis |
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Şah Kartal |
Eastern Imperial Eagle |
Aquila heliaca |
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Çayır Delicesi |
Montagu's Harrier |
Circus pygargus |
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Akkuyruklu Kartal |
White-tailed Eagle |
Haliaeetus albicilla |
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Toy |
Great Bustard |
Otis tarda |
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Mezgeldek |
Little Bustard |
Tetrax tetrax |
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Poyrazkuşu |
Eurasian Oystercatcher |
Haematopus ostralegus |
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Kızkuşu |
Northern Lapwing |
Vanellus vanellus |
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Büyük Kızkuşu |
Red-wattled Lapwing |
Vanellus indicus |
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Kızılbacak |
Common Redshank |
Tringa totanus |
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İncegagalı Martı |
Slender-billed Gull |
Larus genei |
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Ada Martısı |
Audouin's Gull |
Larus audouinii |
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Bağırtlak |
Black-bellied Sandgrouse |
Pterocles orientalis |
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Üveyik |
European Turtle Dove |
Streptopelia turtur |
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Tepeli Guguk |
Great Spotted Cuckoo |
Clamator glandarius |
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Çizgili İshakkuşu |
Pallid Scops Owl |
Otus brucei |
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Balık Baykuşu |
Brown Fish Owl |
Ketupa zeylonensis |
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Paçalı Baykuş |
Boreal Owl |
Aegolius funereus |
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İzmir Yalıçapkını |
White-throated Kingfisher |
Halcyon smyrnensis |
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Alaca Yalıçapkını |
Pied Kingfisher |
Ceryle rudis |
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Aladoğan |
Red-footed Falcon |
Falco vespertinus |
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Bıyıklı Doğan |
Lanner Falcon |
Falco biarmicus |
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Ulu Doğan |
Saker Falcon |
Falco cherrug |
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Çöl Toygarı |
Desert Lark |
Ammomanes deserti |