Turkey Ramsar wetland
Göksu Delta
330 bird species recorded; the most from March to May.
Ziegler175 · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
196 species in January.185 species in February.260 species in March.282 species in April.260 species in May.214 species in June.144 species in July.179 species in August.220 species in September.213 species in October.166 species in November.178 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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VUNTVUNT- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
330 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 330Speciesrecorded more than once
- 218Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 10ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 60,853Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 29Raptors
- 7Owls
- 47Waders
- 26Gulls & seabirds
- 21Ducks & geese
- 22Herons, ibises & grebes
- 4Storks & cranes
- 1Flamingos
- 135Songbirds
- 38Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 330 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors29 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Greater spotted eagleAquila clanga
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourusNT
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Short-toed eagleCircaetus gallicus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Lesser kestrelFalco naumanni
- Lesser spotted eagleAquila pomarina
- Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonorae
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinusVU
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliacaVU
- Booted eagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Egyptian vultureNeophron percnopterus
- Steppe eagleAquila nipalensis
- Eurasian Black VultureAegypius monachusNT
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
Owls7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Northern Eagle OwlBubo bubo
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Waders47 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
- Greater Sand PloverCharadrius leschenaultii
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellusVU
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Little ringed ploverCharadrius dubius
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurus
- Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanniNT
- Slender-billed CurlewNumenius tenuirostris
- Eurasian DotterelCharadrius morinellus
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Great SnipeGallinago mediaNT
- Caspian PloverCharadrius asiaticus
- Cream-coloured CourserCursorius cursor
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Gulls & seabirds26 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Armenian GullLarus armenicus
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Northern gannetMorus bassanus
- Scopoli's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedea
- Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Black-legged kittiwakeRissa tridactylaVU
- Yelkouan ShearwaterPuffinus yelkouanVU
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
Ducks & geese21 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Marbled TealMarmaronetta angustirostrisNT
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- White-headed duckOxyura leucocephala
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
Herons, ibises & grebes22 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Microcarbo pygmaeusMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Dalmatian PelicanPelecanus crispusNT
- ShagPhalacrocorax aristotelis
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
- Little BitternIxobrychus minutus
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritusVU
Storks & cranes4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Black storkCiconia nigra
- Demoiselle CraneAnthropoides virgo
Flamingos1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Songbirds135 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Yellow-vented BulbulPycnonotus xanthopygos
- Delicate PriniaPrinia lepida
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Spanish sparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Calandra larkMelanocorypha calandra
- Isabelline wheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorNT
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Rufous-tailed Scrub RobinErythropygia galactotes
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Masked ShrikeLanius nubicus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Cyprus WheatearOenanthe cypriaca
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Great titParus major
- Black-headed buntingEmberiza melanocephala
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Finsch's WheatearOenanthe finschii
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
- Rüppell's WarblerSylvia ruppeli
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Ortolan buntingEmberiza hortulana
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Lesser Short-toed LarkCalandrella rufescens
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Cretzschmar's BuntingEmberiza caesia
- Barred WarblerSylvia nisoria
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Siberian stonechatSaxicola maurus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Eastern Orphean WarblerSylvia crassirostris
- Western Rock NuthatchSitta neumayer
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- Graceful WarblerPrinia gracilis
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- Rock SparrowPetronia petronia
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Eastern Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillans
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Eastern Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus orientalis
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Olive-tree WarblerHippolais olivetorum
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Upcher's WarblerHippolais languida
- Krüper's NuthatchSitta krueperi
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Cyprus WarblerSylvia melanothorax
- Sombre TitPoecile lugubris
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- Bimaculated LarkMelanocorypha bimaculata
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Dead Sea SparrowPasser moabiticus
- Asian Crimson-winged FinchRhodopechys sanguineus
- Desert wheatearOenanthe deserti
- Shore LarkEremophila alpestris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- White-throated robinIrania gutturalis
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Eurasian River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
- Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Half-collared FlycatcherFicedula semitorquata
- Sardinian WarblerSylvia melanocephala
- Icterine warblerHippolais icterina
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Trumpeter FinchBucanetes githagineus
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- WallcreeperTichodroma muraria
- Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
- Red-fronted SerinSerinus pusillus
Other birds38 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- CootFulica atra
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Black FrancolinFrancolinus francolinus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- White-breasted KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- European SwiftApus apus
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Black-bellied SandgrousePterocles orientalis
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Great spotted cuckooClamator glandarius
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Porzana parvaPorzana parva
- Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Little BustardTetrax tetraxNT
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Chukar PartridgeAlectoris chukar
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Corncrake, corn crakeCrex crex
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Baillon's CrakePorzana pusilla
- Great bustardOtis tarda
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species from March to May.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan8°/0°133 mm
- Feb10°/1°88 mm
- Mar15°/4°54 mm
- Apr19°/8°32 mm
- May25°/12°31 mm
- Jun31°/17°8 mm
- Jul36°/21°2 mm
- Aug35°/21°2 mm
- Sep30°/17°15 mm
- Oct24°/12°42 mm
- Nov16°/6°88 mm
- Dec11°/2°146 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Göksu Delta.
Protected area of natural habitats and historically significant structures in Turkey
Göksu Delta is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Turkey.
330 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 60,853 open records.
The most recorded are the Little Egret, the Western Marsh Harrier and the Crested lark.
111 species come for the summer, 96 for the winter and 11 only pass through.
10 are threatened worldwide, including Grey Plover, Common Pochard and Curlew Sandpiper.
The most species are recorded from March to May.
Get there and watch
- Zeus Otelplace to stay · 8.5 km · 16 within 10 km
- Kurtuluşnearest town · 5.1 km in a straight line
- Çukurova International Airport (COV)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 117 km in a straight lineCar hire at ECN airport (Tymbou)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 2bird hides within 6 kmObservation Tower
- 16places to stay within 10 kmZeus Otel, Meltem Pansiyon, Limon Inn and 13 more
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- campsites within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Göksu Delta.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas7 mountains within 25 kmÇamlı Hill · 17 kmÖrmece Tepesi · 19 kmGedik Dağı · 21 kmKarakuz Dağı · 22 kmKargacı Hill · 23 kmKırtıl Dağı · 25 kmKapıtaşı Hill · 25 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 kmAk Göl6.9 km² · 3.0 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Göksu Delta
Turkey
- 90Birdyas Score
- 330Species
- 218Migrants
- 10Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q6034096) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 60,853 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Lakeyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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