Visite du sud-est de la Turquie du 5 au 17 mai 2012

The South-eastern part of Turkey is a very interesting area for birders, with several bird species that are otherwise difficult to watch in the Western Palearctic such as the Bald Ibis, the Chestnut-shouldered Petronia or the See-see Partridge.
During a 13-day-long-trip in Turkey between the 5 and the 13th of May 2012, Igor Festari, Ennio Bezzone, Gianluigi Castelli, Piero Alberti and Marcello Brugola have contacted 193 species of Birds, as well as 10 Mammals, 4 Amphibians, 8 Reptiles, 28 Butterflies and 3 wild orchids (see checklist at the end of the file). Speaking about birds, almost every sought-after species have been observed, in particular endemics and local specialties, only excluding Dalmatian Pelican, Bearded Vulture, Levant Sparrowhawk, Baillon’s Crake, Little Swift, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Semi-collared Flycatcher, Lesser Short-toed Lark and Western Cinereous Bunting.
Turkey turned out to be a beautiful country, easy to visit and full of friendly people. In addition, we found restaurants to be numerous and fine, food great and inexpensive, roads good, etc.!
We propose you a French version of the original report which was written in Italian and that can be downloaded at the end of this article.