🇹🇷Animals recorded in Türkiye

Which animals have been recorded in Türkiye? 29,947 occurrence records cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 359 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Armenian Gull, Marsh Frog, Snake-eyed Lizard.

• 29,947 records
• 1,200+ species
• 48 classes

Country evidence passport

The most-recorded species in this dataset include Armenian Gull, Marsh Frog, Snake-eyed Lizard. Use the country list as evidence of recorded wildlife, then open a species to compare its records across other countries and months. It is not a complete habitat or population census.

Most-recorded animals in Türkiye

	Animal	Group	Records
	Armenian Gull Larus armenicus	Aves Laridae	7,043
	Marsh Frog Pelophylax ridibundus	Amphibia Ranidae	303
	Snake-eyed Lizard Ophisops elegans	Squamata Lacertidae	290
	house mouse Mus musculus	Mammalia Muridae	219
	Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus	Insecta Culicidae	219
	Plague Flea Xenopsylla cheopis	Insecta Pulicidae	179
	Roughtail Rock Agama Stellagama stellio	Squamata Agamidae	168
	Green Toad Bufotes viridis	Amphibia Bufonidae	126
	Hooded Crow Corvus cornix	Aves Corvidae	116
	Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis	Aves Laridae	112
	cat Felis catus	Mammalia Felidae	112
	Georgian lizard Darevskia rudis	Squamata Lacertidae	106
	Chocolate-Band Snail Eobania vermiculata	Gastropoda Helicidae	102
	black rat Rattus rattus	Mammalia Muridae	94
	Small Mottled Willow Spodoptera exigua	Insecta Noctuidae	94
	common tortoise Testudo graeca	Testudines Testudinidae	90
	wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus	Mammalia Muridae	89
	Phlyctaenomorpha sinuosalis	Insecta Crambidae	88
	Garden Snail Cornu aspersum	Gastropoda Helicidae	88
	Micronephthys longicornis	Polychaeta Nephtyidae	84
	Marbled Cellar Spider Holocnemus pluchei	Arachnida Pholcidae	82
	Rock Pigeon Columba livia	Aves Columbidae	81
	western honey bee Apis mellifera	Insecta Apidae	79
	Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius	Aves Corvidae	78
	Sakarya Bleak Alburnus escherichii	— Cyprinidae	76
	Portland Ribbon Wave Idaea degeneraria	Insecta Geometridae	71
	Dwarf Lizard Parvilacerta parva	Squamata Lacertidae	69
	catworm Nephtys hombergii	Polychaeta Nephtyidae	68
	Dysauxes punctata	Insecta Erebidae	64
	Tetramorium flavidulum	Insecta Formicidae	63
	Crested Lark Galerida cristata	Aves Alaudidae	61
	Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa	Insecta Lestidae	61
	Problepsis ocellata	Insecta Geometridae	60
	Dice Snake Natrix tessellata	Squamata Colubridae	60
	Lasius turcicus	Insecta Formicidae	59
	Plagiolepis perperamus	Insecta Formicidae	56
	Luschan's Salamander Lyciasalamandra luschani	Amphibia Salamandridae	56
	Mediterranean Brocade Spodoptera littoralis	Insecta Noctuidae	56
	Bridled Mabuya Heremites vittatus	Squamata Scincidae	54
	Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis	Aves Columbidae	53
	Scarce Bordered Straw Helicoverpa armigera	Insecta Noctuidae	53
	Raphidia ambigua	Insecta Raphidiidae	53
	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Aves Passeridae	52
	Paradoneis heterochaeta	Polychaeta Paraonidae	52
	Delicate Mythimna vitellina	Insecta Noctuidae	51
	Idaea filicata	Insecta Geometridae	51
	Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto	Aves Columbidae	50
	Heath Potter Wasp Eumenes coarctatus	Insecta Vespidae	50
	Great Tit Parus major	Aves Paridae	49
	Quedius ortrudae	Insecta Staphylinidae	49
	Capsuleborer Antigastra catalaunalis	Insecta Crambidae	49
	Eurasian Magpie Pica pica	Aves Corvidae	48
	Raphidia palaeformis	Insecta Raphidiidae	47
	Formica clara	Insecta Formicidae	46
	Cataglyphis nodus	Insecta Formicidae	45
	Nephtys sinopensis	Polychaeta Nephtyidae	44
	Seven-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata	Insecta Coccinellidae	44
	Pallid Big-headed Ant Pheidole pallidula	Insecta Formicidae	43
	Brown frog Rana macrocnemis	Amphibia Ranidae	43
	Southern white-breasted hedgehog Erinaceus concolor	Mammalia Erinaceidae	43