Birds to See in Cyprus in May
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.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayAt 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 118 birds in May
118 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 4.62% in May
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.79% in May
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.48% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.39% in May
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.96% in May
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 2.88% in May
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.70% in May
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in May
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in May
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in May
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in May
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 1.83% in May
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.76% in May
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in May
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in May
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.45% in May
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in May
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in May
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.24% in May
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.22% in May
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in May
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in May
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.95% in May
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentCommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in May
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in May
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.78% in May
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in May
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in May
SerinSerinus serinusResidentCommon11–12 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.72% in May
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.71% in May
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in May
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in May
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorCommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.62% in May
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorCommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.62% in May
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.59% in May
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.59% in May
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in May
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.57% in May
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.56% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.55% in May
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorCommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.54% in May
Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonoraeSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.53% in May
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.51% in May
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in May
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in May
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.46% in May
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in May
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in May
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.40% in May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.40% in May
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in May
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in May
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.37% in May
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.37% in May
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.32% in May
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in May
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.31% in May
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.31% in May
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.29% in May
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.27% in May
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusPassage migrantUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.27% in May
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.23% in May
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.23% in May
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in May
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.19% in May
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.19% in May
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in May
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.18% in May
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in May
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in May
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.15% in May
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.15% in May
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in May
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.14% in May
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.14% in May
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.14% in May
WoodlarkLullula arboreaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.13% in May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in May
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in May
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.11% in May
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in May
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.11% in May
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in May
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.10% in May
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.09% in May
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaPassage migrantUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in May
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.09% in May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in May
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataResidentUncommon65–72 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in May
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiPassage migrantUncommon48–52 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.08% in May
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in May
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.07% in May
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in May
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.07% in May
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.06% in May
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in May
Common RavenCorvus coraxPassage migrantUncommon54–67 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in May
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in May
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.06% in May
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in May
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisResidentUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in May
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.05% in May
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in May
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in May
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.04% in May
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.04% in May
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisSummer visitorUncommon46–61 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in May
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in May
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaPassage migrantRare42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in May
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in May
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantRare22–26 cmRegularly May · 0.02% in 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