100 bird species living in eastern Türkiye photographed in study

Some 100 different species of birds were photographed one by one over a 1-year study in the borders of Iğdır around Mount Ağrı, one of the important migration routes of birds in Türkiye.

Bulakbaşı, Karasu, Aras Valley and Erhacı wetlands, Korhan Plateau, Tuz Mountain, Kızıldağ and Tekelti Mountain steppe form the habitat of 342 bird species, Mount Ağrı, Türkiye, Dec. 9, 2022.

Anadolu Agency (AA) team followed 100 of the migratory and local birds at these points on one of the three migration routes in Turkey in their habitats for a year.

With the work carried out during the spring, summer, autumn and winter, rare bird species using the route were photographed and also recorded.

A collage of some of the recorded bids.

Species at risk of extinction, according to the World Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), were among the birds reflected in the lenses as they continued their daily lives in the city's wetlands and steppe areas.

Two apple-head patkas seen swimming.

A great egret.

Among the species, the great forest eagle and the apple-headed patka are on the IUCN list as being "susceptible" to extinction, while the great snipe, lapwing and bearded vulture are on the IUCN list.

The red-backed shrike.

The small kestrel.

The common wood pigeon

A Siberian stonechat can be seen.

A redtail can be seen.

A collage of birds.

Eurasian sparrowhawk

A skyraven is seen here in all its glory.

A hoopoe.

A little white egret

The common sandpiper

Grey wagtail

Three ravens flying away.