Turkey

Turkey Country Profile

*** Geography / Info
Turkey’s Physical Geography – allaboutturkey.com
Geography of Turkey – wikipedia.org

 

*** Climate / Environment
Climate of Turkey – enjoyturkey.com

 

*** Biogeography / Ecoregions / Habitats
Ecoregions by Country – T – wwf

 

*** Bird Lists
A – Links with extensive additional Species Information
Turkey Checklist – avibase
Turkey Bird species list – birdguides.com
Birds of Turkey – oiseaux.net
List of Birds of Turkey – wikipedia.org

B – Links with less extensive Species Information
Birds of Turkey – birdlist.org
Turkey Multimedia Checklist – ibc

 

*** Endemics / EBA’s / Key Species
There are no endemic species and one EBA in Turkey
Specialities in Turkey – camacdonald.com
Speciality Birds of Turkey – utkuperktas.com

 

*** Endangered Species
Sociable Lapwing in Turkey… – birdlife.org
Turkey’s Endangered Birds – earthsendangered.com

 

*** Photos / Videos / Sounds
There is a wealth of Media recorded in Turkey here – ibc.lynxeds.com
Bird Migration Kumkale – youtube

 

*** Birding
Turkey Hotspots – camacdonald.com
Bird Watching – enjoyturkey.com
Birding Turkey – fatbirder
Birdwatching in the Eastern Black Sea Mountains – choruh.com
Explore Species Data – ebird.org

 

*** Migration
Stork Migration – onderer.com
SEEN Turkey – seen-net.eu
Bird Migration to the South – panorama.gi
The Dardanelles – natuurkoepel.be
Spring Migration of Storks over the Bosphorus – kasparek-verlag.de
Counts of Soaring Bird Migration at Bourgas – ecolab.bas.bg

 

*** Conservation / Biodiversity / EBA’s
Turkey EBA’s – birdlife.org
Turkey Agreements & Conventions – birdlife.org

 

*** Reserves / Parks / IBA’s
Turkey has a huge number of IBA’s and merits its place as a key player in the Migratory Flyways of the Middle East.
Check them all out below …
List of Turkey IBA’s – birdlife.org

 

*** Wetlands / Ramsar Sites
Turkey designates 14th Ramsar Site – biodiversity-i.iisd.org
Ramsar Sites of Turkey – docstoc.com

 

*** Marine Reserves / IBA’s
List of Turkey Marine IBA’s – birdlife.org
Shoreline change on coastal wetlands of Turkey – mendeley.com

 

*** Projects
DKM’s Vision for Species Conservation – en.dkm.org.tr
Ecotourism & Forest Villagers… – fao.org
Rufford Small Grants Projects in Turkey – rufford.org

 

*** Issues
Turkey’s rich biodiversity at risk – mongabay.com

 

*** Societies / Blogs
Doga Dernegi (DD) – birdlife.org
DKM Nature Conservation Centre: Turkey – en.dkm.org.tr

 

*** Wildlife
Wild Life Association Turkey – wildlifeturkey.com
Wildlife of Turkey – iberianature.com

 

*** Health
Traveler’s Health: Turkey

 

*** Travel / Trips
Birdwatching Guides Turkey – guidedbirdwatching.com
Bird Watching: turkey-holiday-information.com
Birdwatching in Turkey – birdingpal.org

 

*** Trip Reports
Turkey Bird Reports – birdtours.co.uk

 

*** Papers
Extinction Countdown – scientificamerican.com

 

*** Books
The Birds of Turkey