Kuşçukuru (; ) is a village in the Beşiri District of Batman Province in Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Reşkotan tribe and had a population of 147 in 2021. The village is populated by Yazidis.
The hamlets of Ekinciler and Mezelkan are attached to the village. Ekinciler is also populated by Yazidis.
History Kelhūk (today called Kuşçukuru) was historically inhabited by Syriac Orthodox Christians and Armenians. In the Syriac Orthodox patriarchal register of dues of 1870, it was recorded that the village had 3 households, who paid 28 dues, and did not have a church or a priest.
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