Birds of Cyprus
299 species recorded at 5 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Crested LarkGalerida cristata
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Eurasian CootFulica atraMost recorded
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
European GreenfinchChloris chloris
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosusHotspots with the most records
- Akrotiri MarshLimassol District224 species
- Agia VarvaraPaphos District186 species
- Mandria – CoastPaphos District221 species
- Paphos HeadlandPaphos District224 species
- Oroklini LakeLarnaca District185 species
All species recorded · 299
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Common Pochard Aythya ferina
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Great Snipe Gallinago media
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus
- Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Armenian Gull Larus armenicus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea
- Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan
- Black Stork Ciconia nigra
- White Stork Ciconia ciconia
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Cyprus Scops Owl Otus cyprius
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus
- Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Rosy-faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Great Tit Parus major
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- Turkestan Short-toed Lark Alaudala heinei
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
- Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana
- Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli
- Cyprus Warbler Curruca melanothorax
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Hooded Wheatear Oenanthe monacha
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Cyprus Wheatear Oenanthe cypriaca
- Finsch's Wheatear Oenanthe finschii
- Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens
- Pale Rockfinch Carpospiza brachydactyla
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Dead Sea Sparrow Passer moabiticus
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Crimson-winged Finch Rhodopechys sanguineus
- Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Cinereous Bunting Emberiza cineracea
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus