Uncommon Birds in Cyprus
Our list for Cyprus has 75 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 7 residents, 5 summer visitors, 22 winter visitors, 40 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Cyprus in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 75, most common first
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–May
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentUncommon46–51 cmRecorded all year
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataResidentUncommon65–72 cmRecorded all year
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–May
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillansPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
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