Birds to See in Cyprus in February
112 bird species on our list for Cyprus are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Stonechat, Hooded Crow, Sardinian Warbler, House Sparrow and Pied Wagtail. New this month: Barn Swallow, Common Swift, House Martin and Ruff and 13 more.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
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 112 birds in February
112 birds
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 4.30% in Feb
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.99% in Feb
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.23% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.03% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 3.03% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.94% in Feb
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 2.91% in Feb
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Feb
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 2.22% in Feb
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Feb
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 2.08% in Feb
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Feb
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Feb
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.00% in Feb
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Feb
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.82% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Feb
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Feb
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Feb
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentCommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Feb
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.55% in Feb
SerinSerinus serinusResidentCommon11–12 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 1.35% in Feb
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.33% in Feb
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.30% in Feb
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Feb
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 1.23% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.23% in Feb
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Feb
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Feb
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Feb
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.08% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.90% in Feb
WoodlarkLullula arboreaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.88% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Feb
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.82% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.71% in Feb
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.66% in Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.64% in Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Feb
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Feb
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.47% in Feb
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.45% in Feb
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.43% in Feb
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.41% in Feb
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.35% in Feb
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Feb
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.33% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Feb
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.30% in Feb
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Feb
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Feb
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.25% in Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.25% in Feb
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.24% in Feb
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataResidentUncommon65–72 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Feb
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.23% in Feb
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.22% in Feb
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.19% in Feb
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.19% in Feb
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.19% in Feb
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.19% in Feb
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.17% in Feb
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.16% in Feb
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.16% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.14% in Feb
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.14% in Feb
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.13% in Feb
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Feb
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.12% in Feb
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiPassage migrantUncommon48–52 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.11% in Feb
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.11% in Feb
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.11% in Feb
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.11% in Feb
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Feb
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Feb
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.10% in Feb
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.10% in Feb
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.10% in Feb
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Feb
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.09% in Feb
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.09% in Feb
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Feb
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.08% in Feb
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.07% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxPassage migrantUncommon54–67 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Feb
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Apr · 0.06% in Feb
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaPassage migrantUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Feb
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Feb · 0.06% in Feb
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.05% in Feb
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisResidentUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.04% in Feb
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.04% in Feb
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.04% in Feb
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.03% in Feb
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