Birds to See in Cyprus in May
118 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
118 bird species on our list for Cyprus are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Hooded Crow, Woodpigeon, House Sparrow and Sardinian Warbler. New this month: Woodlark and Black Tern.
New in May2
Leaving after last month37
- Chiffchaff
- Pied Wagtail
- Willow Warbler
- Eurasian Teal
- Common Kingfisher
- Black-headed Gull
- Common Starling
- Water Pipit
- Buzzard
- Redshank
- Water Rail
- Golden Plover
- Common Shelduck
- Montagu's Harrier
- Subalpine Warbler
- Spotted Redshank
- Hen Harrier
- Wryneck
- Eurasian Siskin
- Common Quail
- Osprey
- Jack Snipe
- Sandwich Tern
- Ruddy Shelduck
- Whimbrel
- Sanderling
- Curlew
- Spotted Crake
- Red-necked Phalarope
- Hooded Wheatear
- Savi's Warbler
- Eurasian Bittern
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow
- Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
- Short-eared Owl
- Arctic Jaeger
- Rose-ringed Parakeet
Residents
(41)Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephalaLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Chukar
Alectoris chukarLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Recorded all year
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactylaLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Recorded all year
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila fasciataLC
Recorded all year
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Recorded all year
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(28)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly Apr–Oct
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Eleonora's Falcon
Falco eleonoraeLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Stone-curlew
Burhinus oedicnemusLC
Recorded all year
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Recorded all year
Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Winter visitors
(15)Present outside the breeding season
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–May
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Aug–May
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Passage migrants
(34)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senatorNT
Regularly Mar–Sep
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Apr–Sep
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Mar–Jun
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Aug–May
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Sep–May
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchosLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly Apr–May
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Audouin's Gull
Ichthyaetus audouiniiVU
Regularly Feb–Sep
Barn Owl
Tyto albaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–May
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Aug–May
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly Mar–May
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvusLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Mar–Sep
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Black Tern
Chlidonias nigerLC
Regularly May
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