Common Birds in Cyprus
Our list for Cyprus has 96 common birds recorded regularly there: 34 residents, 23 summer visitors, 27 winter visitors and 12 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Cyprus in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 96, most common first
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon31–33 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Sep
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
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