Birds to See in Cyprus in July
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.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
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 89 birds in July
89 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 5.69% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 4.62% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.95% in Jul
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.76% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.81% in Jul
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.58% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Jul
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Jul
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.65% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Jul
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentCommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.43% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 1.24% in Jul
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.22% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 1.19% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jul
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.13% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.11% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.99% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Jul
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jul
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jul
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.81% in Jul
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.79% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jul
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorCommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.63% in Jul
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jul
Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonoraeSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.62% in Jul
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jul
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jul
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jul
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.59% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jul
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.57% in Jul
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jul
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorCommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.35% in Jul
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.34% in Jul
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.32% in Jul
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.31% in Jul
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.31% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.31% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.28% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.28% in Jul
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.27% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.22% in Jul
SerinSerinus serinusResidentCommon11–12 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.22% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.19% in Jul
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.18% in Jul
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.17% in Jul
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorCommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.17% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.15% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataResidentUncommon65–72 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.13% in Jul
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.13% in Jul
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.13% in Jul
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.12% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.10% in Jul
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Jul
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisResidentUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.08% in Jul
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.08% in Jul
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisSummer visitorUncommon46–61 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.08% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Jul
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.06% in Jul
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.06% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Jul
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
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