Year: 2023
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: "Until the publication of Dr Saadet Ergene’s study in 1945, ornithofaunal research in Türkiye was carried out by foreign individuals or groups who came to Anatolia for various purposes. Bird research was initiated by Prof. Kosswig, who took over the post of the head of the zoological department of the Faculty of Natural Sciences at Istanbul University. Before that time, research was carried out in certain regions of Anatolia. In the meantime, Kumerloeve’s work on Anatolian birds, published in 1961, is also significant. This and later scientific research conducted at Turkish universities have attempted to explore the ornithofauna of Türkiye. In this framework, the International Eurasian Ornithology Symposium, which Hacettepe University started to organise together with Akdeniz University, and was held in different countries. It will be realised for the seventh time in İzmir this year. The number of Master’s and PhD programmes at Turkish universities has also increased greatly, although they have not yet reached the level that corresponds to the importance of ornithology. The number of scientific researches on birds is increasing day by day. In addition, bird research centres have been opened at various universities. In this study, an attempt has been made to present the ornithological researches in Türkiye during the last 150 years and to briefly mention the developments in this process as well as the bird ringing and conservation strategies. The number of bird species in Türkiye varies from 426 to 530 in studies on the birds of Türkiye. In this study, the number of bird species in Türkiye was found to be 530 (297 in the nonpasseres group, 233 in the passeres group). Of these species, 134 are summer migrants (S), 233 native species (N), 63 winter visitors (WV) and 19 transit birds (T). In addition, 81 bird species belong to the group of rare (N) and accidental (R) species, which are observed 1-3 times in different regions. If we exclude the 81 bird species that are rarely or accidentally observed in Türkiye, the number of regularly observed bird species is 449. Both before and after nineteen fifty years, a large number of studies on the birds of Türkiye have been carried out by foreign ornithologists. In certain periods, it has been observed that some foreign researchers have carried out a kind of biomuggling by collecting bird specimens and taking them back to their own countries. Nowadays, such an action is prohibited on legal grounds within the framework of CITES and BERN-Contracts. Those who act otherwise are severely penalised."
Author: İlhami KİZİROĞLU
Institution: Ostim Technical University
Language: English
Topic: Avian ecology and behavior
Subfield: Ecology
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W4386434397