Birds to See in Cyprus in January
103 bird species on our list for Cyprus are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Stonechat, Hooded Crow, Chiffchaff, Kestrel and Sardinian Warbler. New this month: Grey Plover, Ruddy Shelduck, Greater White-fronted Goose and Booted Eagle.
On the move in January
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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 103 birds in January
103 birds
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 4.37% in Jan
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 4.03% in Jan
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 3.27% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.23% in Jan
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.92% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 2.86% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 2.51% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Jan
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Jan
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.02% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.87% in Jan
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.82% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.50% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Jan
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentCommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Jan
SerinSerinus serinusResidentCommon11–12 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 1.37% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.23% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jan
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.19% in Jan
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jan
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.13% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.99% in Jan
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.97% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Jan
WoodlarkLullula arboreaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.97% in Jan
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.69% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.69% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.65% in Jan
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.63% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.54% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.50% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jan
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.46% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jan
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.44% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.41% in Jan
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.33% in Jan
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataResidentUncommon65–72 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jan
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.32% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.32% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.31% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.31% in Jan
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.30% in Jan
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.27% in Jan
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.26% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.26% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorCommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.24% in Jan
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.22% in Jan
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jan
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jan
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.20% in Jan
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.19% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.19% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.18% in Jan
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.17% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.17% in Jan
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.17% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.15% in Jan
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.13% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.12% in Jan
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.12% in Jan
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisResidentUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.09% in Jan
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.09% in Jan
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisSummer visitorUncommon46–61 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.08% in Jan
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Jan · 0.07% in Jan
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.07% in Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% in Jan
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.06% in Jan
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.06% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.06% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaPassage migrantUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Jan
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.06% in Jan
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.05% in Jan
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