Birds to See in Cyprus in October
131 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
131 bird species on our list for Cyprus are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Kestrel, House Sparrow, Woodpigeon and Pied Wagtail. New this month: Stonechat, Pied Wagtail, European Robin and Black Redstart and 21 more.
New in October25
- Stonechat
- Pied Wagtail
- European Robin
- Black Redstart
- Song Thrush
- Serin
- Corn Bunting
- Woodlark
- Eurasian Skylark
- Common Starling
- Water Pipit
- Bluethroat
- Northern Pintail
- Northern Lapwing
- Blue Rock-thrush
- Moustached Warbler
- Hen Harrier
- Black-necked Grebe
- Eurasian Siskin
- Gadwall
- Barn Owl
- Grey Plover
- Jack Snipe
- Ruddy Shelduck
- Merlin
Residents
(41)Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephalaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
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
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Chukar
Alectoris chukarLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Recorded all year
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila fasciataLC
Recorded all year
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactylaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(23)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Eleonora's Falcon
Falco eleonoraeLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Stone-curlew
Burhinus oedicnemusLC
Recorded all year
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly Apr–Oct
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Winter visitors
(39)Present outside the breeding season
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–May
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Aug–May
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Aug–May
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Oct–Feb
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Sep–Mar
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Moustached Warbler
Acrocephalus melanopogonLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Passage migrants
(28)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Sep–May
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly Aug–Oct
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Aug–May
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Spotted Crake
Porzana porzanaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Aug–May
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Sep–Jan
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Aug–Apr
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Barn Owl
Tyto albaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Sep–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