Birds to See in Cyprus in September
125 bird species on our list for Cyprus are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, European Bee-eater, Kestrel, Woodpigeon and House Sparrow. New this month: Chiffchaff, Wheatear, Buzzard and Nightingale and 17 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
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 125 birds in September
125 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.25% in Sep
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.17% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.85% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.71% in Sep
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Sep
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 2.12% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 2.09% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 2.06% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.64% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.64% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.58% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.55% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.50% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Sep
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantCommon52–60 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 1.32% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.25% in Sep
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentCommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.09% in Sep
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Sep
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Sep
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.85% in Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.82% in Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.82% in Sep
Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonoraeSummer visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.78% in Sep
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.72% in Sep
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.62% in Sep
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.62% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.61% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.60% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.58% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.58% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.52% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.51% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.51% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.50% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.49% in Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.49% in Sep
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorCommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.48% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Sep
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.43% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.42% in Sep
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.39% in Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.39% in Sep
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataResidentUncommon65–72 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentCommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorCommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.31% in Sep
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.31% in Sep
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.28% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.24% in Sep
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Sep
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.23% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.22% in Sep
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaPassage migrantUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.21% in Sep
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.21% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.21% in Sep
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.19% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.19% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.19% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.16% in Sep
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusPassage migrantUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.14% in Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.14% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.13% in Sep
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.13% in Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.11% in Sep
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.11% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.10% in Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.10% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.10% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxPassage migrantUncommon54–67 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Sep
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiPassage migrantUncommon48–52 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorCommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Sep
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Sep
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.06% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.06% in Sep
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisResidentUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.05% in Sep
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Sep
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Sep
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.04% in Sep
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.04% in Sep
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisSummer visitorUncommon46–61 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaPassage migrantRare42–45 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
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