Birds to See in Cyprus in November
116 species listed for November · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
116 bird species on our list for Cyprus are recorded regularly in November. Of these, the most often recorded are Stonechat, Hooded Crow, Pied Wagtail, Chiffchaff and European Robin. New this month: Meadow Pipit, Golden Plover, Lesser Black-backed Gull and Brambling and 8 more.
New in November12
Leaving after last month27
- Barn Swallow
- European Bee-eater
- European Turtle-dove
- Whinchat
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Hoopoe
- European Honey-buzzard
- Wood Sandpiper
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Purple Heron
- Garganey
- Little Bittern
- Alpine Swift
- Sand Martin
- Tree Pipit
- Sedge Warbler
- Montagu's Harrier
- Pochard
- White-winged Tern
- Red-crested Pochard
- Black-necked Grebe
- Wryneck
- Eurasian Spoonbill
- Osprey
- Ruddy Shelduck
- Booted Eagle
- Avocet
Residents
(40)Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephalaLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Recorded all year
Chukar
Alectoris chukarLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila fasciataLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Recorded all year
Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactylaLC
Recorded all year
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(14)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Stone-curlew
Burhinus oedicnemusLC
Recorded all year
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Eleonora's Falcon
Falco eleonoraeLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Winter visitors
(45)Present outside the breeding season
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–May
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Aug–May
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Oct–Feb
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Moustached Warbler
Acrocephalus melanopogonLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Passage migrants
(17)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Sep–May
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Nov
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Nov
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Aug–May
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Spotted Crake
Porzana porzanaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Aug–May
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Barn Owl
Tyto albaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Aug–Apr
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