Bird stamps of Turkey
Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo  1959 Air Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica  1959 Air Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica  1959 Air Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus  1967 Air Not identified Not identified
Not identified Not identified Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus  1976 European wetlands conservation year 4v set Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia  1976 Turkish birds European Roller Coracias garrulus  1976 Turkish birds Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus  1976 Turkish birds
Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita  1976 Turkish birds Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus  1979 Wildlife conservation 5v set Great Bustard Otis tarda  1979 Wildlife conservation 5v set Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo  1979 Wildlife conservation 5v set Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus  1992 World environment day
Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus  1992 World environment day Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna  1992 World environment day White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis  1992 World environment day Tawny Owl Strix aluco  1998 World environment day Sheet
Long-eared Owl Asio otus  1998 World environment day Sheet Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris  1999 World environment day Sheet Krüper's Nuthatch Sitta krueperi  1999 World environment day Sheet Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax  1999 World environment day Sheet
Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus  1999 World environment day Sheet Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca  2000 World environment day Sheet European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis  2000 World environment day Sheet White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala  2000 World environment day Sheet
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta  2000 World environment day Sheet Fieldfare Turdus pilaris  2001 World environment day Sheet European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis  2001 World environment day Sheet European Bee-eater Merops apiaster  2001 World environment day Sheet
Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops  2001 World environment day Sheet Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus  2003 BJK 4v set Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus  2003 BJK 4v set
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus  2004 World environment day Sheet Common Buzzard Buteo buteo  2004 World environment day Sheet Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos  2004 World environment day Sheet Black Kite Milvus migrans  2004 World environment day Sheet
Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla  2004 Bird definitives Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli  2004 Bird definitives Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta  2004 Bird definitives Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus  2004 Bird definitives
Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps  2004 Bird definitives Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs  2004 Bird definitives Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus  2004 Bird definitives European Robin Erithacus rubecula  2004 Bird definitives Not identified
Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major  2011 Europa 2v set Northern Pintail Anas acuta  2011 World environment day Sheet European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur  2011 World environment day Sheet Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus  2011 World environment day Sheet
Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar  2011 World environment day Sheet Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo  2013 Ptt stamp museum 2v set Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca  2015 National park  MS Mute Swan Cygnus olor  2015 Definitives 5v set
Great Tit Parus major  2015 Definitives 5v set American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber  2017 Lakes 2v set Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus  2018 Sultan Sazligi  MS Pallid Scops Owl Otus brucei  2019 Europa
Krüper's Nuthatch Sitta krueperi  2019 Europa Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus  2019 Roosters 2v set White Stork Ciconia ciconia  2020 Storks Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis  2020 Storks
Black Stork Ciconia nigra  2020 Storks Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus  2020 Fractals in nature 4v set Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus  2020 Istanbul 2v set Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus  2021 Europa 2v set
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos  2022 Reflections 2v set Mexican Violetear Colibri thalassinus  2022 Common life in nature Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus  2022 Common life in nature
Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus  2023 Peacock
Turkey map

Location: southeastern Europe and southwestern Asia
Population: 71.8 million
Climate: temperate; hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters; harsher in interior
Terrain: mostly mountains; narrow coastal plain; high central plateau (Anatolia)

Birds: 490 species. 1 endemic species: Krueper's Nuthatch, on 1999 World environment day
National bird: Redwing

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BIRD SPECIES SHOWN

Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
European Roller Coracias garrulus
Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita
Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus
Great Bustard Otis tarda
Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
Tawny Owl Strix aluco
Long-eared Owl Asio otus
Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris
Krüper's Nuthatch Sitta krueperi
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax
Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca
European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops
Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
Black Kite Milvus migrans
Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli
Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps
Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
European Robin Erithacus rubecula
Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
Northern Pintail Anas acuta
European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
Mute Swan Cygnus olor
Great Tit Parus major
American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
Pallid Scops Owl Otus brucei
Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
White Stork Ciconia ciconia
Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
Black Stork Ciconia nigra
Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
Mexican Violetear Colibri thalassinus
Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus


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