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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Cyprus in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 75, most common first
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiPassage migrantUncommon48–52 cmRegularly Feb–Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Dec–Apr
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon58–70 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisResidentUncommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Dec–Sep
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxPassage migrantUncommon54–67 cmRegularly Aug–May
Common CraneGrus grusPassage migrantUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaPassage migrantUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisSummer visitorUncommon46–61 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
FieldfareTurdus pilarisPassage migrantUncommon22–27 cmRegularly Feb
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