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Turkey’s easternmost province ‘old haunt’ of birds
Turkey’s easternmost province ‘old haunt’ of birds
The Turkish province of Iğdır bordering Armenia, Iran and Azerbaijan’s Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic hosts some 330 bird species during the spring season.
Despite the fact that the landlocked province makes up less than 2 percent of Turkey’s area with about 3,600 square kilometers, 70 percent of Aves observed across the country fly over here.
After a 13 year study, researchers have established that Iğdır is located on a prominent migration route. This photo shows a female ruff (Calidris pugnax) in Iğdır.
“It has been revealed that the birds migrate through Iğdır. It shows the importance of Iğdır for the worldwide scientific and ornithological studies,” Ayşegül Çoban, an ornithologist from Iğdır University, told Anadolu Agency on April 17.
This photo shows a ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea). Click through for other bird species observed in Iğdır…
A grey heron (Ardea cinerea).
A grey heron (Ardea cinerea).
A common, or European, starling (Sturnus vulgaris).
A western yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava).
A common wood pigeon (Columba palumbus).
A black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus).
A Siberian, or Asian, stonechat (Saxicola maurus).
A carrion crow (Corvus corone).
A common, or Eurasian, magpie (Pica pica).
Two Eurasian collared doves (Streptopelia decaocto).
A western, or Eurasian, or European, jackdaw (Coloeus monedula).
The bird called Egyptian vulture or white scavenger vulture or pharaoh's chicken (Neophron percnopterus).
A swallow, or martin, or saw-wing (Hirundinidae).
Two rock doves, or rock pigeons (Columba livia).
A female black-eared wheatear (Oenanthe hispanica).
Two great black cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo).
A common ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula).
A grey wagtail (Motacilla cinerea).
A white wagtail (Motacilla alba).
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