Cyprus · Paphos District
Paphos Headland
224 species and 13,879 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March–April, with up to 127 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Crested LarkGalerida cristata
European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
White WagtailMotacilla alba
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
Common LinnetLinaria cannabinaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Agia Varvara10 km186 species
- Mandria – Coast14 km221 species
- Akrotiri Marsh50 km224 species
All 224 species recorded here
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Great Tit Parus major
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Cyprus Wheatear Oenanthe cypriaca
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Cyprus Warbler Curruca melanothorax
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Hooded Wheatear Oenanthe monacha
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata
- Armenian Gull Larus armenicus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Finsch's Wheatear Oenanthe finschii
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Pale Rockfinch Carpospiza brachydactyla
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Cinereous Bunting Emberiza cineracea
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
- Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Cyprus Scops Owl Otus cyprius
- Rosy-faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Paphos Headland?
March–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 127 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Paphos Headland?
224 species, from 13,879 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Paphos Headland in November?
The most recorded in November: European Stonechat, Crested Lark, European Golden Plover, Hooded Crow and White Wagtail.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.