Birds to See in Cyprus in December
106 bird species on our list for Cyprus are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Stonechat, Hooded Crow, Chiffchaff, Sardinian Warbler and Pied Wagtail. New this month: Pochard, Red-crested Pochard, Black-necked Grebe and Sandwich Tern and 3 more.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
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 106 birds in December
106 birds
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 4.49% in Dec
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 4.01% in Dec
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 3.33% in Dec
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.11% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 3.00% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.98% in Dec
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 2.63% in Dec
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 2.56% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Dec
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 2.03% in Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Dec
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Dec
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.82% in Dec
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Dec
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Dec
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.60% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Dec
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Dec
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.21% in Dec
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Dec
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Dec
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Dec
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.10% in Dec
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentCommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Dec
SerinSerinus serinusResidentCommon11–12 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 1.03% in Dec
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.02% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.91% in Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.89% in Dec
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.84% in Dec
WoodlarkLullula arboreaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.84% in Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.80% in Dec
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.77% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.73% in Dec
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.73% in Dec
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Dec
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.66% in Dec
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Dec
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.58% in Dec
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.53% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.43% in Dec
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.40% in Dec
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.40% in Dec
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.38% in Dec
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.37% in Dec
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Dec
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.35% in Dec
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Dec
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataResidentUncommon65–72 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.33% in Dec
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.31% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Dec
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.29% in Dec
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Dec
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.28% in Dec
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.27% in Dec
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Dec
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Dec
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.23% in Dec
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.22% in Dec
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Dec
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.20% in Dec
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.20% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.19% in Dec
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.19% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorCommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.18% in Dec
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.16% in Dec
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Dec
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.15% in Dec
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.15% in Dec
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.14% in Dec
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.14% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.13% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Dec
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Dec
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.10% in Dec
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Dec
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.09% in Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaPassage migrantUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.09% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxPassage migrantUncommon54–67 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Dec
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.08% in Dec
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Dec
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.08% in Dec
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.08% in Dec
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.07% in Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Dec
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.06% in Dec
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisSummer visitorUncommon46–61 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.05% in Dec
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.04% in Dec
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Dec
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Dec
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% in Dec
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisResidentUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantRare52–58 cmRegularly Dec · 0.03% in Dec
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