Birds of Cyprus
Cyprus hosts 298 regularly occurring species in this directory, 1 of them found nowhere else. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
Endemic to Cyprus
Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.
All regular species
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great TitParus major
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Cyprus WheatearOenanthe cypriaca
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Chukar PartridgeAlectoris chukar
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
- Black FrancolinFrancolinus francolinus
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Masked ShrikeLanius nubicus
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Cretzschmar's BuntingEmberiza caesia
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonorae
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Great EgretArdea alba
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Cyprus Scops OwlOtus cyprius
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciata
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Finsch's WheatearOenanthe finschii
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Eastern Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus orientalis
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Eastern Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillans
- Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- Armenian GullLarus armenicus
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Black-headed BuntingEmberiza melanocephala
- Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandra
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Scopoli's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedea
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Semicollared FlycatcherFicedula semitorquata
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
- Mediterranean ShearwaterPuffinus yelkouan
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurus
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- Bimaculated LarkMelanocorypha bimaculata
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Great SnipeGallinago media
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- Hooded WheatearOenanthe monacha
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
- Cream-colored CourserCursorius cursor
- Common GullLarus canus
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
- WallcreeperTichodroma muraria
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Rock SparrowPetronia petronia
- Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
- Cinereous BuntingEmberiza cineracea
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Black-bellied SandgrousePterocles orientalis
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Bar-tailed LarkAmmomanes cinctura
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
- Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Corn CrakeCrex crex
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Hume's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus humei
- Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
- Mourning WheatearOenanthe lugens
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Northern GannetMorus bassanus
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Trumpeter FinchBucanetes githagineus
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Cinereous VultureAegypius monachus
- White-headed DuckOxyura leucocephala
- CockatielNymphicus hollandicus
- Red-fronted SerinSerinus pusillus
- Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanni
- Olive-tree WarblerHippolais olivetorum
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Red-tailed ShrikeLanius phoenicuroides
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- White-crowned WheatearOenanthe leucopyga
- Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
- Rosy-faced LovebirdAgapornis roseicollis
- Blyth's PipitAnthus godlewskii
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollis
- White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurus
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
- Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurus
- Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
- Pine BuntingEmberiza leucocephalos
- Pale RockfinchCarpospiza brachydactyla
- Kurdish WheatearOenanthe xanthoprymna
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Namaqua DoveOena capensis
- Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatus
- Little BustardTetrax tetrax
- BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus
- Dead Sea SparrowPasser moabiticus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
- Amur FalconFalco amurensis
- Dalmatian PelicanPelecanus crispus
- Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoleta
- Crimson-winged FinchRhodopechys sanguineus