“…When the existence of 40 (Kirwan et al 1999) or 42 species (Kirwan et al 2008) of raptors together with vagrant species is taken into account for the whole of Turkey, the importance of the region for raptor species is understood better. Nevertheless, there are 6 species that were not identified during our field studies reported from the region; Gypaetus barbatus, Circus macrorus, Falco eleonorae, Falco concolor, Falco biarmicus and Falco pelegrinoides (Kumerloeve 1963, 1967, Vielliard 1968, Murphy 1984, Beaman 1986, Martins 1989, Eames 1990, Kirwan & Martins 1994, Kirwan et al 2003, Welch 2004. From a review of the current studies and available literature together with data on bird diversity, it is clear that at least 37 of the 40 or 42 raptors assessed occur in this part of Turkey.…”