Birds to See in Cyprus in April
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.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Cyprus’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 153 birds in April
153 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 3.42% in Apr
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.01% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.89% in Apr
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Apr
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 2.00% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Apr
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.75% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 1.52% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.36% in Apr
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.23% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Apr
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.21% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.16% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Apr
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.06% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.03% in Apr
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentCommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.01% in Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.94% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Apr
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorCommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.89% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.79% in Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Apr
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.73% in Apr
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.72% in Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.70% in Apr
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.69% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.67% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Apr
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.65% in Apr
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.63% in Apr
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.58% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.58% in Apr
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.55% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.49% in Apr
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.48% in Apr
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.46% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.46% in Apr
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.46% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.45% in Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.45% in Apr
SerinSerinus serinusResidentCommon11–12 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.45% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.44% in Apr
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.41% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.41% in Apr
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.39% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.36% in Apr
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.33% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Apr
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.30% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.29% in Apr
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.28% in Apr
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.27% in Apr
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.27% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.24% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorCommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.24% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.22% in Apr
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.22% in Apr
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.21% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.21% in Apr
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Apr
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.19% in Apr
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.19% in Apr
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.18% in Apr
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.18% in Apr
Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonoraeSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.17% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.17% in Apr
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusPassage migrantUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Apr
Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillansPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.15% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.14% in Apr
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiPassage migrantUncommon48–52 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.13% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.13% in Apr
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.12% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.12% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.12% in Apr
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataResidentUncommon65–72 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.10% in Apr
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Apr · 0.10% in Apr
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorCommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Apr
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Apr
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaPassage migrantUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Apr
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.08% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.07% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.06% in Apr
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Apr
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisResidentUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxPassage migrantUncommon54–67 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Apr
Hooded WheatearOenanthe monachaPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.04% in Apr
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantRare69–81 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisSummer visitorUncommon46–61 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Apr
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.03% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Apr
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantRare34–43 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Apr
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaPassage migrantRare42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriPassage migrantRare38–42 cmRegularly Apr · 0.01% in 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