Turkey Ramsar wetland
Nemrut Caldera
126 bird species recorded; the most in June.
Ckmkyunus · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
0 species in January.0 species in February.0 species in March.30 species in April.85 species in May.106 species in June.85 species in July.60 species in August.76 species in September.27 species in October.0 species in November.0 species in December.
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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
126 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).
- 126Speciesrecorded more than once
- 85Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 4ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 2,320Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 2,352 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 15Raptors
- 1Owls
- 6Waders
- 2Gulls & seabirds
- 7Ducks & geese
- 4Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 74Songbirds
- 16Other 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 126 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Booted eagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Egyptian vultureNeophron percnopterus
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Lesser kestrelFalco naumanni
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliacaVU
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little OwlAthene noctua
Waders6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Gulls & seabirds2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Armenian GullLarus armenicus
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
Ducks & geese7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Velvet scoterMelanitta fuscaVU
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- GadwallMareca strepera
Herons, ibises & grebes4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Great White EgretArdea alba
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
Songbirds74 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Shore LarkEremophila alpestris
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- Ortolan buntingEmberiza hortulana
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Black-headed buntingEmberiza melanocephala
- Rock SparrowPetronia petronia
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- White-throated robinIrania gutturalis
- Siberian stonechatSaxicola maurus
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Finsch's WheatearOenanthe finschii
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Red-fronted SerinSerinus pusillus
- Isabelline wheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Asian Crimson-winged FinchRhodopechys sanguineus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Western Rock NuthatchSitta neumayer
- Bimaculated LarkMelanocorypha bimaculata
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- Radde's AccentorPrunella ocularis
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Calandra larkMelanocorypha calandra
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Cinereous BuntingEmberiza cineraceaNT
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Pale RockfinchCarpospiza brachydactyla
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Snow FinchMontifringilla nivalis
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Alpine AccentorPrunella collaris
- Emberiza buchananiEmberiza buchanani
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Eastern Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus orientalis
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculus
- Eastern Rock NuthatchSitta tephronota
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Menetries's WarblerSylvia mystacea
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Rufous-tailed Scrub RobinErythropygia galactotes
Other birds16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- European SwiftApus apus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Chukar PartridgeAlectoris chukar
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- CootFulica atra
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
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 June.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan-2°/-11°64 mm
- Feb0°/-7°62 mm
- Mar6°/-1°77 mm
- Apr11°/3°81 mm
- May17°/8°52 mm
- Jun24°/14°16 mm
- Jul29°/18°6 mm
- Aug30°/18°4 mm
- Sep24°/14°11 mm
- Oct16°/7°52 mm
- Nov7°/0°55 mm
- Dec1°/-7°68 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Nemrut Caldera.
Caldera in Turkey
Nemrut Caldera is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Turkey, 2,352 m above the sea.
126 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 2,320 open records.
The most recorded are the Shore Lark, the Common Rock Thrush and the Ortolan bunting.
83 species come for the summer, 0 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
4 are threatened worldwide, including Velvet scoter, European Turtle Dove and Common Pochard.
The most species are recorded in June.
Get there and watch
- Campground with a nice view under trees with a stone ovencampsite · 2.0 km · 10 within 10 km
- Nemrut Kardelenplace to stay · 5.5 km · 1 within 10 km
- Tatvannearest town · 14 km in a straight line
- Muş Airport (MSR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 53 km in a straight lineCar hire at MSR airport (Muş)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
- 2viewpoints within 5 kmView to the Nemrut lake
- 1car parks within 3 km
- 10campsites within 10 kmCampground with a nice view under trees with a stone oven, Campground with a nice view, cleaned 2026.08, Campground place and 7 more
- 1places to stay within 10 kmNemrut Kardelen
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 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 Nemrut Caldera.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas8 mountains within 25 kmNemrut3,050 m · 0.8 km↗Sekil Dağları · 4.7 kmKizvan Mountain · 7.7 kmGökgören Mountain · 9.1 kmKurulaval Dağı · 9.4 kmKurukaval Tepe · 9.4 kmAhlat Dağı · 16 kmŞıkırın Hill · 20 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.
Nemrut Caldera
Turkey
- 67Birdyas Score
- 126Species
- 85Migrants
- 4Threatened
Noravank Important Bird Area
Armenia · 282 km
- 58Birdyas Score
- 109Species
- 78Migrants
- 1Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q31454590) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 2,320 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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