Turkey Ramsar wetland
Gediz Delta
253 bird species recorded; the most in April.
Kaangur · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
156 species in January.147 species in February.176 species in March.202 species in April.177 species in May.145 species in June.130 species in July.138 species in August.172 species in September.168 species in October.146 species in November.147 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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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
253 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).
- 253Speciesrecorded more than once
- 144Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 7ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 35,718Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 22Raptors
- 5Owls
- 35Waders
- 20Gulls & seabirds
- 24Ducks & geese
- 18Herons, ibises & grebes
- 3Storks & cranes
- 2Flamingos
- 100Songbirds
- 24Other 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 253 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors22 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Lesser kestrelFalco naumanni
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Short-toed eagleCircaetus gallicus
- Greater spotted eagleAquila clanga
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciata
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinusVU
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Lesser spotted eagleAquila pomarina
- Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonorae
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
Owls5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Northern Eagle OwlBubo bubo
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
Waders35 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellusVU
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
Gulls & seabirds20 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Common GullLarus canus
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Armenian GullLarus armenicus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
- Black-legged kittiwakeRissa tridactylaVU
- Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii
Ducks & geese24 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- White-headed duckOxyura leucocephala
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Common EiderSomateria mollissimaNT
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
Herons, ibises & grebes18 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Dalmatian PelicanPelecanus crispusNT
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Microcarbo pygmaeusMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- ShagPhalacrocorax aristotelis
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black storkCiconia nigra
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Common CraneGrus grus
Flamingos2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minorNT
Songbirds100 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Spanish sparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Calandra larkMelanocorypha calandra
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Great titParus major
- Western Rock NuthatchSitta neumayer
- Isabelline wheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorNT
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Black-headed buntingEmberiza melanocephala
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Rufous-tailed Scrub RobinErythropygia galactotes
- Masked ShrikeLanius nubicus
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Cretzschmar's BuntingEmberiza caesia
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Eastern Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus orientalis
- Eastern Orphean WarblerSylvia crassirostris
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Sombre TitPoecile lugubris
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Rock SparrowPetronia petronia
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Rüppell's WarblerSylvia ruppeli
- Eastern Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillans
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Ortolan buntingEmberiza hortulana
- Olive-tree WarblerHippolais olivetorum
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
Other birds24 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- CootFulica atra
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- European SwiftApus apus
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Great spotted cuckooClamator glandarius
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Little BustardTetrax tetraxNT
- Chukar PartridgeAlectoris chukar
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- Porzana parvaPorzana parva
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in April.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan12°/5°130 mm
- Feb13°/5°99 mm
- Mar16°/7°61 mm
- Apr20°/10°46 mm
- May24°/14°28 mm
- Jun30°/19°15 mm
- Jul33°/21°3 mm
- Aug34°/21°3 mm
- Sep29°/18°19 mm
- Oct23°/14°50 mm
- Nov18°/10°82 mm
- Dec13°/6°111 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Gediz Delta.
River delta in İzmir, Turkey
Gediz Delta is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Turkey.
253 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 35,718 open records.
The most recorded are the Greater Flamingo, the Yellow-legged Gull and the Little Egret.
75 species come for the summer, 65 for the winter and 4 only pass through.
7 are threatened worldwide, including Grey Plover, Common Pochard and Curlew Sandpiper.
The most species are recorded in April.
Get there and watch
- Open forestcampsite · 6.9 km · 1 within 10 km
- Sasallınearest town · 6.3 km in a straight line
- Adnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 35 km in a straight lineCar hire at ADB airport (Gaziemir)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
- 2observation towers within 6 km
- 3car parks within 3 km
- 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 1campsites within 10 kmOpen forest
- bird hides within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- places to stay 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 Gediz Delta.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas9 mountains within 25 kmMount Koca · 13 kmÇalılı Hill · 15 kmKartal Hill · 18 kmSivridağ Hill · 19 kmCatalkaya Tepesi691 m · 19 kmArmutalan Dağı · 20 kmAyrı Dağı · 21 kmKoca Tepe · 21 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Gediz Delta
Turkey
- 82Birdyas Score
- 253Species
- 144Migrants
- 7Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q6053312) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 35,718 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 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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