Birds to See in Cyprus in October
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.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At 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 131 birds in October
131 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 4.33% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.22% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.02% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.84% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 2.83% in Oct
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 2.24% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Oct
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.02% in Oct
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.92% in Oct
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.70% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Oct
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.32% in Oct
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentCommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Oct
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.21% in Oct
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.19% in Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.19% in Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Oct
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.12% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Oct
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.04% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.03% in Oct
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.96% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.96% in Oct
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.94% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.93% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Oct
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.86% in Oct
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.84% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.75% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.71% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Oct
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.51% in Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.48% in Oct
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantCommon52–60 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.45% in Oct
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.45% in Oct
Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonoraeSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.43% in Oct
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.43% in Oct
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.39% in Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.38% in Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.37% in Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.37% in Oct
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataResidentUncommon65–72 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Oct
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.35% in Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.34% in Oct
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.32% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.32% in Oct
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.30% in Oct
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Oct
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Oct
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Oct
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Oct
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.27% in Oct
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.27% in Oct
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.27% in Oct
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorCommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.25% in Oct
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.25% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.24% in Oct
SerinSerinus serinusResidentCommon11–12 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.22% in Oct
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.21% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.20% in Oct
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaPassage migrantUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.19% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.19% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Oct
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.18% in Oct
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.18% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorCommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.18% in Oct
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.15% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.15% in Oct
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.15% in Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.14% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.14% in Oct
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.13% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in Oct
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.11% in Oct
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.11% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Oct
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Oct
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.10% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Oct
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Oct
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Oct
WoodlarkLullula arboreaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.06% in Oct
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.06% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Oct
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorCommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxPassage migrantUncommon54–67 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Oct
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.05% in Oct
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.04% in Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Oct
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Oct
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Oct
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Oct
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisSummer visitorUncommon46–61 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in Oct
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaPassage migrantRare42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.03% in Oct
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisResidentUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Oct
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.03% in Oct
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Oct
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