Birds to See in Cyprus in March
148 bird species on our list for Cyprus are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Hooded Crow, House Sparrow, Sardinian Warbler and Kestrel. New this month: Yellow Wagtail, Hoopoe, Squacco Heron and Wood Sandpiper and 36 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
BlackcapBusiest month of the year · Aug–May
Blue Rock-thrushBusiest month of the year · Oct–Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullBusiest month of the year · Jul–Sep
Subalpine WarblerBusiest month of the year · Mar–Apr
Common QuailBusiest month of the year · Feb–Apr
Black-tailed GodwitBusiest month of the year · Mar–May
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.
Other months
All 148 birds in March
148 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 3.43% in Mar
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.06% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.64% in Mar
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 2.14% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.96% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Mar
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.65% in Mar
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 1.57% in Mar
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.51% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Mar
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.40% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 1.38% in Mar- BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.36% in Mar
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 1.30% in Mar
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Mar
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentCommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.17% in Mar
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 1.14% in Mar
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.08% in Mar
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.97% in Mar
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.92% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.85% in Mar
SerinSerinus serinusResidentCommon11–12 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.83% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.83% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Mar
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.68% in Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.68% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.66% in Mar
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.54% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.54% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.52% in Mar
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.47% in Mar- Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.44% in Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.43% in Mar
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Mar
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.40% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Mar
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Mar
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.38% in Mar
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.37% in Mar
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.34% in Mar
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.34% in Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.34% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.33% in Mar
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.33% in Mar- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.31% in Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Mar- Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillansPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.29% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.29% in Mar
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.27% in Mar
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.26% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.26% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.24% in Mar
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorCommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.23% in Mar
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.22% in Mar
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.21% in Mar
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.21% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.20% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.20% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.20% in Mar
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.19% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.19% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.19% in Mar
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.19% in Mar
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataResidentUncommon65–72 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaPassage migrantUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.17% in Mar- Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Feb–Apr · 0.17% in Mar
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.17% in Mar
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.16% in Mar
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.14% in Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.14% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.14% in Mar- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.12% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorCommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.12% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.11% in Mar
WoodlarkLullula arboreaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.11% in Mar
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Mar
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.11% in Mar
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiPassage migrantUncommon48–52 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.09% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxPassage migrantUncommon54–67 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.08% in Mar
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.08% in Mar
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.08% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.07% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Mar
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.05% in Mar
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.05% in Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.04% in Mar
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisSummer visitorUncommon46–61 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Mar
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisResidentUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantRare34–43 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% in Mar
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantRare69–81 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.02% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Hooded WheatearOenanthe monachaPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Mar
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaPassage migrantRare42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaPassage migrantUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusScarceRare40–45 cmRegularly Mar · 0.01% in Mar
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