Birds of Cyprus

 

Birds of Cyprus

 

Birds of Cyprus

Cyprus is an island at the eastern end of the Mediterranean. Cyprus has a bird list of 373 species. This includes two endemic species, the Cyprus Pied Wheatear Oenanthe cypriaca and the Cyprus Warbler Sylvia melanothorax.

In addition there are four endemic subspecies: - Cyprus Scops Owl Otus scops cyprius, Coal Tit Parus ater cypriotes, Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla dorotheae and Jay Garrulus glandarius glaszneri.

Cyprus is on a north-south migration route and there are many birds in transit, some in vast flocks and some in small clusters.

These migrating birds may only rest for a few days to a week. March to May is the period of Northward migration and August to October the Southward.

Here is a list of all the species of bird listed in Cyprus:

Photograph                   Euring Species English Name Latin Name 






1 0007 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis









2 0009 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus









3 0010 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena









4 0011 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus









5 0012 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis









6 0036 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea









7 0046.2 Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan









8 0052 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus









9 0071 Gannet Sula bassana

10 0072 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo









11 0080 Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis









12 0072 Pygmy Cormorant Phalacrocorax pygmeus









13 0088 White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus











14 0089 Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus










15 0095 Bittern Botaurus stellaris









16 0098 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus









17 0104 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax









18 0108 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides











19 0111 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis






20 0119 Little Egret Egretta garzetta
21 0121 Great White Egret Egretta alba






22 0122 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea










23 0124 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea









24 0131 Black Stork Ciconia nigra





25 0134 White Stork Ciconia ciconia





26 0136 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus








27 0144 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia









28 0147 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber





29 0152 Mute Swan Cygnus olor






30 0153 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus












31 0154 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus






32 0159 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons






33 0160 Lesser White-fronted Goose* Anser erythropus










34 0161 Greylag Goose Anser anser











35 0169 Red-breasted Goose* Branta ruficollis










36 0170 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacus





37 0171 Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
38 0173 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
39 0179 Wigeon Anas penelope




40 0182 Gadwall Anas strepera





41 0184.01 Teal Anas crecca




42 0186 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos









43 0189 Pintail Anas acuta









44 0191 Garganey Anas querquedula





45 0194 Shoveler Anas clypeata




46 0195 Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris









47 0196 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina









48 0198 Pochard Aythya ferina









49 0202 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca





50 0203 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
51 0204 Scaup Aythya marila




52 0213 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra





53 0218 Goldeneye* Bucephala clangula
54 0220 Smew* Mergus albellus




55 0221 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator









56 0223 Goosander Mergus merganser









57 0225 White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala









58 0231 Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus











59 0235 Black-shoulder Kite Elanus caeruleus










60 0238 Black Kite Milvus migrans









61 0239 Red Kite Milvus milvus





62 0243 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla






63 0246 Lammergeier Gypaetus barbatus










64 0247 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus









65 0251 Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus









66 0255 Black Vulture* Aegypius monachus









67 0256 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus galliicus





68 0260 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus









69 0261 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus









70 0263 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus









71 0263 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus





72 0267 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
73 0269 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus






74 0273 Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes












75 0287 Common Buzzard # Buteo buteo










76 0288 Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus





77 0290 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus




78 0292 Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina





79 0293 Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga
80 0295 Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca






81 0296 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos












82 0298 Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus












83 0299 Bonelli's Eagle Hieraaetus fasciaetus












84 0301 Osprey Pandion haliaetus











85 0303 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni











86 0304 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus









87 0307 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus










88 0309 Merlin Falco columbarius











89 0310 Hobby Falco subbuteo











90 0311 Eleanora's Falcon Falco eleonorae










91 0312 Sooty Falcon Falco concolor









92 0314 Lanner Falco biarmicus











93 0316 Saker Falco cherrug












94 0320 Peregrine Falco peregrinus












95 0355 Chukar Alectoris rufa










96 0364 Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus











97 0370 Quail Coturnix coturnix










98 0407 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus




99 0408 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
100 0410 Little Crake Porzana parva
101 0411 Baillon's Crake* Porzana pusilla
102 0421 Corncrake Crex crex
103 0424 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
104 0425 Allen's Gallinule Porphyrula alleni
105 0427 Purple Gallinule Porphyrio porphyrio
106 0429 Coot Fulica atra
107 0433 Crane Grus grus
108 0441 Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo
109 0442 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax
110 0444.02 Mcqueen's Bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii
111 0446 Great Bustard Otis tarda
112 0450 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
113 0455 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
114 0456 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
115 0459 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
116 0464 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor
117 0465 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
118 0466 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
119 0467 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
120 0469 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
121 0470 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
122 0476 Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius vpecuarius
123 0477 Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
124 0479 Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii
125 0480 Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus
126 0482 Dotterel Charadrius morinellus
127 0483.2 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
128 0485 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
129 0486 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
130 0487 Spur-winged Plover Vanellus spinosus
131 0491 Sociable Plover Chettusia gregaria
132 0492 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus
133 0493 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
134 0496 Knot Calidris canutus
135 0497 Sanderling Calidris alba
136 0501 Little Stint Calidris minuta
137 0502 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
138 0507 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
139 0509 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
140 0512 Dunlin Calidris alpina
141 0514 Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus
142 0517 Ruff Philomachus pugnax
143 0518 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
144 0519 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
145 0520 Great Snipe Gallinago media
146 0529 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
147 0532 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
148 0534 Bar-tailed Godwit* Limosa lapponica
149 0538 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
150 0540 Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris
151 0541 Curlew Numenius arquata
152 0545 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
153 0546 Redshank Tringa totanus
154 0547 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
155 0548 Greenshank Tringa nebularia
156 0553 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
157 0554 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
158 0555 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
159 0556 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
160 0561 Turnstone Arenaria interpres
161 0564 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
162 0566 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus
163 0567 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus
164 0573 Great Black-headed Gull* Larus ichthyaetus
165 0575 Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus
166 0578 Little Gull Larus minutus
167 0582 Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
168 0585 Slender-billed Gull Larus genei
169 0588 Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii
170 0590 Common Gull Larus canus
171 0591 Lesser Black-backed Gull # Larus fuscus
172 0592.01 Herring GullLarus argentatus
173 0592.02 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
174 0592.03 Armenian Gull Larus armenicus
175 0600 Great Black-backed Gull* Larus marinus
176 0602 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
177 0605 Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica
178 0606 Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
179 0611 Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis
180 0615 Common Tern Sterna hirundo
181 0616 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
182 0624 Little Tern Sterna albifrons
183 0626 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
184 0627 Black Tern Chlidonias niger
185 0628 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
186 0661 Black-bellied Sandgrouse* Pterocles leucopterus
187 0662 Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata
188 0665 Rock Dove Columba livia
189 0668 Stock Dove Columba oenas
190 0670 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus
191 0684 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
192 0687 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
193 0690 Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis
194 0692 Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
195 0712 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
196 0720 Didric Cuckoo Chrysoccyx caprius
197 0724 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
198 0735 Barn Owl Tyto alba
199 0739 Scops Owl Otus scops
200 0757 Little Owl Athene noctua
201 0767 Long-eared Owl Asio otus
202 0768 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
203 0778 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
204 0795 Swift Apus apus
205 0795 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
206 0798 Alpine Swift Apus melba
207 0800 Little Swift Apus affinis
208 0827 White-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon smymensis
209 0831 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
210 0833 Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
211 0839 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
212 0840 Bee-eater Merops apiaster
213 0841 Roller Coracias garrulus
214 0846 Hoopoe Upupa epops
215 0848 Wryneck Jynx torquilla
216 0955 Bar-tailed Desert Lark* Ammomanes cincturus
217 0957 Desert Lark* Ammomanes cincturus
218 0959 Dupont's Lark* Chersophilus duponti
219 0961 Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
220 0962 Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha cbimaculta
221 0968 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
222 0970 Lesser Short-toed Lark Calandrella rufescens
223 0972 Crested Lark Galerida cristata
224 0974 Woodlark Lullula arborea
225 0976 Skylark Alauda arvensis
226 0978 Shore Lark* Eremophila alpestris
227 0981 Sand Martin Riparia riparia
228 0981 Crag Martin Rtyonoprogne rupestris
229 0992 Swallow Hirundo rustica
230 0995 Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica
231 1001 House Martin Delichon urbica
232 1002 Richard's Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae
233 1005 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
234 1007 Long-billed Pipit* Anthus similis
235 1008 Olive-backed Pipit* Anthus hodgsoni
236 1009 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
237 1011 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
238 1012 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
239 1014.2 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
240 1017 Yellow Wagtail # Motacilla flava
241 1018 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
242 1019 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
243 1020 White Wagtail Motacilla alba
244 1048 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
245 1050 Dipper* Cinclus cinclus
246 1066 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
247 1084 Dunnock Prunella modularis
248 1094 Rufous Bushchat Cercotrichas galactotes
249 1099 Robin Erithacus rubecula
250 1103 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
251 1104 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
252 1106 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
253 1113 Red-flanked Bluetail* Tarsiger cyanurus
254 1117 White-throated Robin* Irania gutturalis
255 1121 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
256 1122 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
257 1137 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
258 1139 Stonechat # Saxicola torquata
259 1141 Pied Stonechat* Saxicola caprata
260 1144 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
261 1146 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
262 1147.01 Pied Wheatear* Oenanthe pleschanka
263 1147.02 Cyprus Pied Wheatear Oenanthe cypriaca
264 1148 Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica
265 1149 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
266 1150 Finsch's Wheatear Oenanthe finschii
267 1152 Red-tailed Wheatear* Oenanthe xanthoprymna
268 1153 Mourning Wheatear* Oenanthe lugens
269 1155 Hooded Wheatear* Oenanthe monacha
270 1157 White-crowned Black Wheatear* Oenanthe leucopyga
271 1162 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
272 1166 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
273 1186 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
274 1187 Blackbird Turdus merula
275 1196 Dusky Thrush* Turdus naumanni
276 1198 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
277 1200 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
278 1201 Redwing Turdus iliacus
279 1202 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
280 1220 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
281 1226 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis
282 1227 Graceful Warbler* Prinia gracilis
283 1236 Grasshopper Warbler* Locustella naevia
284 1237 River Warbler* Locustella fluviatilis
285 1238 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
286 1241 Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
287 1243 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
288 1250 Marsh Warbler* Acrocephalus palustris
289 1251 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
290 1253.01 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
291 1253.02 Basra Reed Warbler* Acrocephalus griseldis
292 1255 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais pallida
293 1257 Upcher's Warbler* Hippolais languida
294 1258 Olive-tree Warbler* Hippolais olivetorum
295 1259 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
296 1264 Spectacled Warbler Sylvia conspicillata
297 1265 Subalpine Warbler** Sylvia cantillans
298 1266 Menetries's Warbler* Sylvia mystacea
299 1267 Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala
300 1268 Cyprus Warbler Sylvia melanothorax
301 1269 Ruppell's Warbler** Sylvia rueppelli
302 1270 Asian Desert Warbler* Sylvia nana
303 1272 Orphean Warbler Sylvia hortensis
304 1273 Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria
305 1274 Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca
306 1275 Whitethroat Sylvia communis
307 1276 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
308 1277 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
309 1300 Yellow-browed Warbler* Phylloscopus inornatus
310 1301 Dusky Warbler* Phylloscopus fuscatus
311 1308 Eastern Bonelli's Warbler** Phylloscopus orientalis
312 1308 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
313 1311.01 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
314 1312 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
315 1314 Goldcrest Regulus regulus
316 1315 Firecrest* Regulus ignicapilla
317 1335 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
318 1343 Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
319 1349 Semi-collard Flycatcher** Ficedula semitorquata
320 1349 Collared Flycatcher** Ficedula albicollis
321 1349 Pied Flycatcher** Ficedula hypoleuca
322 1364 Bearded Tit Panurus biarmicus
323 1461 Coal Tit Parus ater
324 1464 Great Tit Parus major
325 1482 Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
326 1487 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
327 1490 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
328 1508 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
329 1514 Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
330 1515 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
331 1519 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
332 1519 Southern Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis
333 1523 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
334 1524 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
335 1539 Jay Garrulus glandarius
336 1549 Magpie Pica pica
337 1560 Jackdaw Corvus monedula
338 1563 Rook Corvus frugilegus
339 1567.02 Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
340 1572 Raven Corvus corax
341 1582 Starling Sturnus vulgaris
342 1584 Rose-coloured Starling Sturnus roseus
343 1591 House Sparrow Passer domesticus
344 1598 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
345 1636 Dead Sea Sparrow Passer moabiticus
346 1598 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
347 1601 Pale Rock Sparrow* Petronia brachydactyla
348 1604 Rock Sparrow* Petronia petronia
349 1636 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
350 1638 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
351 1639 Red-fronted Serin Serinus pusillus
352 1640 Serin Serinus serinus
353 1649 Greenfinch Carduelis chloris
354 1653 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
355 1654 Siskin Carduelis spinus
356 1660 Linnet Carduelis cannabina
357 1663.02 Common Redpoll* Carduelis flammea
358 1666 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
359 1676 Trumpeter Finch* Bucanetes githagineus
360 1679 Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
361 1710 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrhula
362 1717 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
363 1856 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
364 1857 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
365 1860 Rock Bunting* Emberiza cia
366 1863 House BuntingEmberiza striolata
367 1865 Cinereous Bunting Emberiza cineracea
368 1866 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
369 1868 Cretzshmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia
370 1876 Yellow-breasted Bunting* Emberiza aureola
371 1877 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
372 1881 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
373 1882 Corn Bunting Miliaria calandra

Sub-species where more than one sub-species has occurred in Cyprus:

73 0287 Common Buzzard Buteo buteo buteo Steppe Buzzard Buteo buteo vulpinus
169 0591 'Baltic' Gull Larus fuscus fuscus 'Huglin's' Gull Larus fuscus heuglini
170 0592.02 'Yellow-legged' Gull Larus argentatus 'Caspian' Gull Larus cachinnans
236 1017 Blue-headed Wagtail Motacilla flava flava
Grey-headed Wagtail Motacilla flava thunbergi
Ashy-headed Wagtail* Motacilla flava cinereocapilla
Syke's Wagtail Motacilla flava beema
Yellow-headed Wagtail* Motacilla flava lutea
Black-headed Wagtail Motacilla flava feldegg
254 1139 Stonechat Saxicola torquata torquata Siberian Stonechat* Saxicola torquata maura Caucasian Stonechat* Saxicola torquata variegata
328 1519 Southern Grey Shrike*

Lanius meridionalis meridionalis 'Steppe' Shrike* Lanius meridionalis pallidirostris

*More information to be added soon* 20.02.2007

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