Birds to See in Cyprus in August
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.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
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 110 birds in August
110 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.85% in Aug
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.52% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.08% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 3.05% in Aug
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.98% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.54% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Aug
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentCommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Aug
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.38% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.24% in Aug
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.21% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Aug
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Aug
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.05% in Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Aug
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.04% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Aug
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.98% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Aug
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.95% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.86% in Aug
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.84% in Aug
Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonoraeSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.80% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.76% in Aug
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Aug
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.75% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.72% in Aug
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.71% in Aug
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.69% in Aug
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.66% in Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.59% in Aug
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.57% in Aug
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Aug
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Aug
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.51% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.50% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorCommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.48% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Aug
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorCommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.41% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.41% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.41% in Aug
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.41% in Aug
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Aug
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Aug
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Aug
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.35% in Aug
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.35% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.35% in Aug
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.34% in Aug
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.30% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.27% in Aug
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.27% in Aug
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorCommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.27% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.26% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.26% in Aug
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataResidentUncommon65–72 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.22% in Aug
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.22% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.22% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.22% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.20% in Aug
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.20% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.19% in Aug
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.14% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.14% in Aug
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.13% in Aug
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisResidentUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.12% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiPassage migrantUncommon48–52 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.10% in Aug
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Aug
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.09% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Aug
SerinSerinus serinusResidentCommon11–12 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.08% in Aug
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.08% in Aug
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantCommon52–60 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.07% in Aug
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.07% in Aug
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.07% in Aug
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.06% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.06% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxPassage migrantUncommon54–67 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.02% in Aug
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