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
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantCommon52–60 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
WoodlarkLullula arboreaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–May
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorCommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonoraeSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
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