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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Cyprus in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 96, most common first
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentCommon32–38 cmRecorded all year
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–May
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
SerinSerinus serinusResidentCommon11–12 cmRegularly Oct–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