Birds to See in Cyprus in July
89 species listed for July · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
89 bird species on our list for Cyprus are recorded regularly in July. Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Woodpigeon, House Sparrow, Hooded Crow and Eurasian Collared Dove. New this month: Eurasian Teal, Common Kingfisher, Common Sandpiper and Black-headed Gull and 14 more.
New in July18
Leaving after last month8
Residents
(41)Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephalaLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Chukar
Alectoris chukarLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Recorded all year
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Recorded all year
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactylaLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila fasciataLC
Recorded all year
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Recorded all year
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Summer visitors
(28)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Eleonora's Falcon
Falco eleonoraeLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Eurasian Stone-curlew
Burhinus oedicnemusLC
Recorded all year
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Recorded all year
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Winter visitors
(13)Present outside the breeding season
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Passage migrants
(7)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Apr–Sep
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senatorNT
Regularly Mar–Sep
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