Birds to See in Cyprus in August
110 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
110 bird species on our list for Cyprus are recorded regularly in August. Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Woodpigeon, House Sparrow, Barn Swallow and Sardinian Warbler. New this month: Red-backed Shrike, Willow Warbler, Whinchat and Western Marsh-harrier and 20 more.
New in August24
- Red-backed Shrike
- Willow Warbler
- Whinchat
- Western Marsh-harrier
- Blackcap
- European Honey-buzzard
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Common Snipe
- Northern Shoveler
- Sparrowhawk
- Sand Martin
- Whitethroat
- Sedge Warbler
- Temminck's Stint
- Barn Owl
- Osprey
- Grey Plover
- Audouin's Gull
- Griffon Vulture
- Whimbrel
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Sanderling
- Curlew
- Common Raven
Leaving after last month3
Residents
(39)Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephalaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Chukar
Alectoris chukarLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Recorded all year
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Recorded all year
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Recorded all year
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactylaLC
Recorded all year
Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila fasciataLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Summer visitors
(27)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly Apr–Oct
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Eleonora's Falcon
Falco eleonoraeLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Stone-curlew
Burhinus oedicnemusLC
Recorded all year
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Recorded all year
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Winter visitors
(19)Present outside the breeding season
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Aug–May
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–May
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Passage migrants
(25)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Apr–Sep
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senatorNT
Regularly Mar–Sep
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Audouin's Gull
Ichthyaetus audouiniiVU
Regularly Feb–Sep
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Aug–May
Barn Owl
Tyto albaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–May
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly Aug–Oct
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvusLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Aug–Apr
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Aug–May
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
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