Birds to See in Cyprus in April
153 species listed for April · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
153 bird species on our list for Cyprus are recorded regularly in April. Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Hooded Crow, House Sparrow, Sardinian Warbler and Woodpigeon. New this month: European Bee-eater, Red-backed Shrike, Willow Warbler and European Turtle-dove and 20 more.
New in April24
- European Bee-eater
- Red-backed Shrike
- Willow Warbler
- European Turtle-dove
- Whinchat
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Eleonora's Falcon
- Hobby
- Little Bittern
- Little Tern
- Nightjar
- Montagu's Harrier
- European Pied Flycatcher
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Golden Oriole
- White-winged Tern
- Osprey
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Garden Warbler
- Common Tern
- Red-necked Phalarope
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow
- Arctic Jaeger
- Rose-ringed Parakeet
Residents
(41)Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephalaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Chukar
Alectoris chukarLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Recorded all year
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactylaLC
Recorded all year
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila fasciataLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(28)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly Apr–Oct
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Eurasian Stone-curlew
Burhinus oedicnemusLC
Recorded all year
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Eleonora's Falcon
Falco eleonoraeLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Winter visitors
(32)Present outside the breeding season
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Passage migrants
(52)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Sep–May
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senatorNT
Regularly Mar–Sep
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchosLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly Apr–May
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly Mar–May
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Mar–Jun
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Subalpine Warbler
Curruca cantillansLC
Regularly Mar–Apr
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Apr–Sep
Audouin's Gull
Ichthyaetus audouiniiVU
Regularly Feb–Sep
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Mar–Sep
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Feb–Apr
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvusLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Aug–May
Hooded Wheatear
Oenanthe monachaLC
Regularly Mar–Apr
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Savi's Warbler
Locustella luscinioidesLC
Regularly Mar–Apr
Spotted Crake
Porzana porzanaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatusLC
Regularly Apr
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Mar–Apr
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
Monticola saxatilisLC
Regularly Mar–Apr
Barn Owl
Tyto albaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–May
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Regularly Mar–Apr
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Aug–Apr
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Regularly Apr
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly Apr
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made