Türkiye · Mersin Province
IBA Göksu Deltası
305 species and 32,075 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March–May, with up to 201 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Crested LarkGalerida cristata
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Great EgretArdea alba
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Common CraneGrus grus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 305 species recorded here
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
- White-spectacled Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthopygos
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Armenian Gull Larus armenicus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Cyprus Wheatear Oenanthe cypriaca
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Great Tit Parus major
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Finsch's Wheatear Oenanthe finschii
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
- Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea
- Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Western Rock Nuthatch Sitta neumayer
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan
- Mediterranean Short-toed Lark Alaudala rufescens
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Turkestan Short-toed Lark Alaudala heinei
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Cyprus Warbler Curruca melanothorax
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Levant Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brevipes
- Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata
- Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Dead Sea Sparrow Passer moabiticus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Krüper's Nuthatch Sitta krueperi
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Sombre Tit Poecile lugubris
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocoptes medius
- River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Crimson-winged Finch Rhodopechys sanguineus
- Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Great Snipe Gallinago media
- Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Bar-tailed Lark Ammomanes cinctura
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes
- Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
- Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Red-fronted Serin Serinus pusillus
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus
- Crab-plover Dromas ardeola
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at IBA Göksu Deltası?
March–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 201 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at IBA Göksu Deltası?
305 species, from 32,075 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at IBA Göksu Deltası in November?
The most recorded in November: Western Marsh Harrier, Grey Heron, White Wagtail, Crested Lark and House Sparrow.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.