329 species · 1 endemic · 19 rare visitors · ordered by how often reported
Endemic to Cyprus
Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.
All regular species
- Sierra Madre CrowCorvus sierramadrensis
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
Siberian PipitAnthus japonicus
Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
Crested LarkGalerida cristata
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
Mongolian GullLarus mongolicus
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- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Cyprus WarblerCurruca melanothorax
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
Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus
Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Eastern Black-eared WheatearOenanthe melanoleuca
Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
Spectacled WarblerCurruca conspicillata
GarganeySpatula querquedula
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
European ShagGulosus aristotelis
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
Common WhitethroatCurruca communis
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
Rüppell's WarblerCurruca ruppeli
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
Little CrakeZapornia parva
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
Finsch's WheatearOenanthe finschii
Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
BluethroatLuscinia svecica
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Greater Sand PloverAnarhynchus leschenaultii
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
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Little TernSternula albifrons
Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
Eastern Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillans
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii
Eastern Orphean WarblerCurruca crassirostris
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
Timor NightjarCaprimulgus ritae
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
Baillon's CrakeZapornia pusilla
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
Grey EmutailBradypterus seebohmi
Demoiselle CraneGrus virgo
Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
Mediterranean ShearwaterPuffinus yelkouan
Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Barred WarblerCurruca nisoria
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
Caspian PloverAnarhynchus asiaticus
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
Lesser Spotted EagleClanga pomarina
Little SwiftApus affinis- Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
WallcreeperTichodroma muraria
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia- Congo Serpent EagleCircaetus spectabilis
Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
Black StorkCiconia nigra
Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
Eurasian DotterelEudromias morinellus
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
Turkestan Short-toed LarkAlaudala heinei
Bar-tailed LarkAmmomanes cinctura
Red KnotCalidris canutus
Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmaeus
Menetries's WarblerCurruca mystacea
Corn CrakeCrex crex
Asian Desert WarblerCurruca nana
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
Little HeronButorides atricapilla
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
Rufous-tailed Scrub RobinCercotrichas galactotes
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
Western Orphean WarblerCurruca hortensis
Dalmatian PelicanPelecanus crispus
Mediterranean Short-toed LarkAlaudala rufescens
Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoleta
Crimson-winged FinchRhodopechys sanguineus