OUR FRIENDS DON’T KNOW ANY BOUNDARIES

Writer: Yavuz İşçen
May 2009

We think that examining the species of Cappadocia birds in detailed will bring another dimension to Cappadocia travelers. Even, we believe that one can visit Cappadocia only for bird watching. It is known that Sultansazlığı and Palas Lake of Kayseri, Eşmekaya Reedy and Salt Lake of Aksaray as well as Aladağlar region of Niğde host many different bird species and these places can be accepted within the territory of Cappadocia. Therefore we can say that the birds of Cappadocia can be theme of a whole book. When we title our article as ‘Birds of Cappadocia’ we only researched within Cappadocia region. At the end of our article we listed 46 different kinds of birds only determined in Nevşehir.
Today, in Turkey there are 460 different kinds of birds. The more kinds of birds mean the more responsibility of protecting the wetlands. The birds are the signal for clean and healthy environment. It is obvious that for protecting different kinds of birds in Nevşehir, one of the most touristical areas of our country, even for including bird watching in the variety of activities within the region, we have to be careful. 

List of Nevşehir birds

(Turkish Names)	(English Names)	(Scientific Names)
Ağaç serçesi	Tree Sparrow	Passer montanus
Ak karınlı ebabil	Alpine Swift	Apus melba
Ak kuyruksallayan	Pied Wagtail	Motacilla alba
Alakarga	Jay	Garrulus glandarius
Arıkuşu	Bee Eater	Merops apiaster
Atmaca	Sparrowhawk	Accipiter nisus
Bıldırcın	Quail	Coturnix coturnix
Boğmaklı toygar	Calandra Lark	Melanacorypha calandra
Büyük baştankara	Great Tit	Parus major
Büyük örümcekkuşu	Great Grey Shrike	Lanius excubitor
Dağ ispinozu	Brambling	Fringilla montifringilla
Ebabil	Swift	Apus apus
Florya	Grenfinch	Carduelis chloris
Gökdoğan	Peregrine	Falco peregrinus
Gökkuzgun	Roller	Coracias garrulus
İbibik	Hoopoe	Upopa epops
İspinoz	Chaffinch	Fringilla coelebs
Kara başlı kirazkuşu (çinte)	Black headed Bunting	Emberiza melanocephala
Kara leylek	Black Stork	Ciconia nigra
Karatavuk	Blackbird	Turdus merula
Kaya güvercini	Rock dove	Columba livia
Kaya kartalı	Golden Eagle	Aquila chrysaetos
Kaya sıvacısı	Rock nuthatch	Sitta neumayer
Kerkenez	Kestrel	Falco tinnunculus
Ketenkuşu	Linnet	Acanthis cannabina
Kınalı keklik	Chukar	Alectoris chukar
Kırlangıç	Swallow	Hirundo rustica
Kızıl şahin	Long legged Buzzard	Buteo rufinus
Kızılgerdan	Robin	Erithacus rubecula
Kukumav	Little owl	Athene noctua
Kumru	Collared Dove	Streptopelia decaocto
Küçük Kerkenez	Lesser Kestrel	Falco naumanni
Leş kargası	Carrion Crow	Corvus corone
Leylek	White Stork	Ciconia ciconia
Mavi Baştankara	Blue Tit	Parus cyaneus
Saka	Goldfinch	Carduelis carduelis
Saksağan	Magpie	Pica pica
Sarı kirazkuşu (çinte)	Yellowhammer	Emberiza citrinella
Sarı kuyruksallayan	Yellow Wagtail	Motacilla flava
Serçe	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus
Sığırcık	Starling	Sturnus vulgaris
Şahin	Buzzard	Buteo buteo
Tahtalı güvercin	Woodpigeon	Columba palumbus
Taşkızılı	Rock Thrush	Monticola saxatilis
Tepeli toygar	Crested Lark	Galerida cristata
Üveyik	Turtle Dove	Streptopelia turtur

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