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This is a list of the bird species recorded in Turkey. The avifauna of Turkey include a total of 495 species, of which 90 have occurred accidentally and 4 have been introduced by humans . The official checklist of birds of Turkey is maintained by the Turkish Bird Records Committee, [ 1 ] which receives and reviews the submitted records via eBird .
In Portuguese a turkey is a peru; the name is thought to derive from the country in South America 'Peru'. [16] Several other birds that are sometimes called turkeys are not particularly closely related: the brushturkeys are megapodes, and the bird sometimes known as the Australian turkey is the Australian bustard (Ardeotis australis).
Doğa (meaning nature in Turkish) or Birdlife Turkey [2] is an organisation which defends the rights of nature in Turkey, [3] both birds [4] and biodiversity in general. [5] It is the Turkish partner of BirdLife International , [ 6 ] and a member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature .
While we aren't sure if turkeys made an appearance on the first Thanksgiving table, they deservedly found a spot in our modern holiday buffets.
The USDA estimates 46 million birds will be eaten at Thanksgiving. About 88% of us will have turkey at Thanksgiving. The per capita yearly consumption of turkey is 14.6 pounds.
Turkey has a large range of habitat types and a great faunal diversity. Nearly 1,500 vertebrate species were recorded, of which over 100 species, mostly fish, are endemic . The country is on two major routes used by migratory birds which increase in numbers during spring and autumn.
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Important Bird Areas (IBA) of Turkey, areas identified using an internationally agreed set of criteria as being globally important for the conservation of bird populations. Turkey portal Contents