List of birds of Cyprus

Cyprus is an island at the eastern end of the Mediterranean. It has recorded 373 bird species as listed below.

Podicipediformes:
* Podicipedidae
** Little Grebe, "Tachybaptus ruficollis"
** Red-necked Grebe, "Podiceps grisegena"
** Great Crested Grebe, "Podiceps cristatus"
** Slavonian Grebe, "Podiceps auritus"
** Black-necked Grebe, "Podiceps nigricollis"

Procellariiformes:
* Procellariidae
** Cory's Shearwater, "Calonectris diomedea"
** Manx Shearwater, "Puffinus puffinus"
** Yelkouan Shearwater, "Puffinus yelkouan"
* Hydrobatidae
** European Storm-petrel, "Hydrobates pelagicus"

Pelecaniformes:
* Pelecanidae
** Great White Pelican, "Pelecanus onocrotalus"
** Dalmatian Pelican, "Pelecanus crispus" Conservation-dependent
* Sulidae
** Northern Gannet, "Morus bassanus"
* Phalacrocoracidae
** Great Cormorant, "Phalacrocorax carbo"
** European Shag, "Phalacrocorax aristotelis"
** Pygmy Cormorant, "Phalacrocorax pygmaeus" Near-threatened

Ciconiiformes:
* Ardeidae
** Grey Heron, "Ardea cinerea"
** Purple Heron, "Ardea purpurea"
** Great Egret, "Ardea alba"
** Little Egret, "Egretta garzetta"
** Squacco Heron, "Ardeola ralloides"
** Cattle Egret, "Bubulcus ibis"
** Black-crowned Night Heron, "Nycticorax nycticorax"
** Little Bittern, "Ixobrychus minutus"
** Great Bittern, "Botaurus stellaris" Rare/Accidental
* Ciconiidae
** Black Stork, "Ciconia nigra"
** White Stork, "Ciconia ciconia"
* Threskiornithidae
** Glossy Ibis, "Plegadis falcinellus"
** Eurasian Spoonbill, "Platalea leucorodia"

Phoenicopteriformes:
* Phoenicopteridae
** Greater Flamingo, "Phoenicopterus roseus"

Anseriformes:
* Anatidae
** Mute Swan, "Cygnus olor"
** Whooper Swan, "Cygnus cygnus"
** Tundra Swan, "Cygnus columbianus"
** Bean Goose, "Anser fabalis" Rare/Accidental
** Greater White-fronted Goose, "Anser albifrons"
** Greylag Goose, "Anser anser"
** Brent Goose, "Branta bernicla" Rare/Accidental
** Red-breasted Goose, "Branta ruficollis" Rare/Accidental Vulnerable
** Egyptian Goose, "Alopochen aegyptiacus"
** Ruddy Shelduck, "Tadorna ferruginea"
** Common Shelduck, "Tadorna tadorna"
** Eurasian Wigeon, "Anas penelope"
** Gadwall, "Anas strepera"
** Common Teal, "Anas crecca"
** Mallard, "Anas platyrhynchos"
** Northern Pintail, "Anas acuta"
** Garganey, "Anas querquedula"
** Northern Shoveler, "Anas clypeata"
** Marbled Teal, "Marmaronetta angustirostris" Extirpated Vulnerable
** Red-crested Pochard, "Netta rufina"
** Pochard, "Aythya ferina"
** Ferruginous Duck, "Aythya nyroca" Near-threatened
** Tufted Duck, "Aythya fuligula"
** Greater Scaup, "Aythya marila"
** Common Scoter, "Melanitta nigra"
** Common Goldeneye, "Bucephala clangula"
** Smew, "Mergellus albellus"
** Red-breasted Merganser, "Mergus serrator"
** Common Merganser, "Mergus merganser"
** White-headed Duck, "Oxyura leucocephala" Endangered

Falconiformes:
* Pandionidae
** Osprey, "Pandion haliaetus"
* Accipitridae
** Honey Buzzard, "Pernis apivorus"
** Black-shouldered Kite, "Elanus caeruleus"
** Red Kite, "Milvus milvus"
** Black Kite, "Milvus migrans"
** White-tailed Eagle, "Haliaeetus albicilla" Near-threatened
** Lammergeier, "Gypaetus barbatus"
** Egyptian Vulture, "Neophron percnopterus"
** Griffon Vulture, "Gyps fulvus"
** Black Vulture, "Aegypius monachus" Near-threatened
** Short-toed Eagle, "Circaetus gallicus"
** Marsh Harrier, "Circus aeruginosus"
** Hen Harrier, "Circus cyaneus"
** Pallid Harrier, "Circus macrourus" Near-threatened
** Montagu's Harrier, "Circus pygargus"
** Levant Sparrowhawk, "Accipiter brevipes"
** Eurasian Sparrowhawk, "Accipiter nisus"
** Northern Goshawk, "Accipiter gentilis"
** Common Buzzard, "Buteo buteo"
** Long-legged Buzzard, "Buteo rufinus"
** Rough-legged Buzzard, "Buteo lagopus"
** Lesser Spotted Eagle, "Aquila pomarina"
** Greater Spotted Eagle, "Aquila clanga" Vulnerable
** Eastern Imperial Eagle, "Aquila heliaca" Vulnerable
** Golden Eagle, "Aquila chrysaetos"
** Bonelli's Eagle, "Aquila fasciatus"
** Booted Eagle, "Aquila pennatus"
* Falconidae
** Lesser Kestrel, "Falco naumanni" Vulnerable
** Eurasian Kestrel, "Falco tinnunculus"
** Red-footed Falcon, "Falco vespertinus"
** Eleonora's Falcon, "Falco eleonorae"
** Sooty Falcon, "Falco concolor"
** Merlin, "Falco columbarius"
** Eurasian Hobby, "Falco subbuteo" Extirpated
** Lanner Falcon, "Falco biarmicus"
** Saker Falcon, "Falco cherrug"
** Peregrine Falcon, "Falco peregrinus"

Galliformes:
* Phasianidae
** Chukar, "Alectoris chukar"
** Black Francolin, "Francolinus francolinus"
** Grey Partridge, "Perdix perdix"
** Common Quail, "Coturnix coturnix"
** Ring-necked Pheasant, "Phasianus colchicus"

Gruiformes:
* Gruidae
** Demoiselle Crane, "Anthropoides virgo"
** Common Crane, "Grus grus"
* Rallidae
** Water Rail, "Rallus aquaticus"
** Corncrake, "Crex crex" Vulnerable
** Little Crake, "Porzana parva"
** Baillon's Crake, "Porzana pusilla"
** Spotted Crake, "Porzana porzana"
** Purple Swamphen, "Porphyrio porphyrio"
** Allen's Gallinule, "Porphyrio alleni"
** Common Moorhen, "Gallinula chloropus"
** Eurasian Coot, "Fulica atra"
* Otidae
** Great Bustard, "Otis tarda" Vulnerable
** Houbara Bustard, "Chlamydotis undulata"
** Little Bustard, "Tetrax tetrax" Near-threatened

Charadriiformes:
* Haematopodidae
** Eurasian Oystercatcher, "Haematopus ostralegus"
* Recurvirostridae
** Black-winged Stilt, "Himantopus himantopus"
** Pied Avocet, "Recurvirostra avosetta"
* Burhinidae
** Stone Curlew, "Burhinus oedicnemus"
* Glareolidae
** Cream-coloured Courser, "Cursorius cursor"
** Collared Pratincole, "Glareola pratincola"
** Oriental Pratincole, "Glareola maldivarum"
** Black-winged Pratincole, "Glareola nordmanni" Data deficient
* Charadriidae
** Northern Lapwing, "Vanellus vanellus"
** Spur-winged Plover, "Vanellus spinosus"
** White-tailed Lapwing, "Vanellus leucurus"
** Eurasian Golden Plover, "Pluvialis apricaria"
** Grey Plover, "Pluvialis squatarola"
** Ringed Plover, "Charadrius hiaticula"
** Little Ringed Plover, "Charadrius dubius"
** Kentish Plover, "Charadrius alexandrinus"
** Greater Sandplover, "Charadrius leschenaultii"
** Caspian Plover, "Charadrius asiaticus"
** Eurasian Dotterel, "Charadrius morinellus"
* Scolopacidae
** Eurasian Woodcock, "Scolopax rusticola"
** Jack Snipe, "Lymnocryptes minimus"
** Great Snipe, "Gallinago media" Near-threatened
** Common Snipe, "Gallinago gallinago"
** Black-tailed Godwit, "Limosa limosa"
** Bar-tailed Godwit, "Limosa lapponica"
** Whimbrel, "Numenius phaeopus"
** Slender-billed Curlew, "Numenius tenuirostris" Critically endangered
** Eurasian Curlew, "Numenius arquata"
** Spotted Redshank, "Tringa erythropus"
** Common Redshank, "Tringa totanus"
** Marsh Sandpiper, "Tringa stagnatilis"
** Common Greenshank, "Tringa nebularia"
** Green Sandpiper, "Tringa ochropus"
** Wood Sandpiper, "Tringa glareola"
** Terek Sandpiper, "Xenus cinereus"
** Common Sandpiper, "Actitis hypoleucos"
** Ruddy Turnstone, "Arenaria interpres"
** Red Knot, "Calidris canutus"
** Sanderling, "Calidris alba"
** Little Stint, "Calidris minuta"
** Temminck's Stint, "Calidris temminckii"
** Curlew Sandpiper, "Calidris ferruginea"
** Dunlin, "Calidris alpina"
** Broad-billed Sandpiper, "Limicola falcinellus"
** Ruff, "Philomachus pugnax"
** Red-necked Phalarope, "Phalaropus lobatus"
* Stercorariidae
** Arctic Skua, "Stercorarius parasiticus"
* Laridae
** Common Gull, "Larus canus"
** Audouin's Gull, "Larus audouinii" Near-threatened
** Great Black-backed Gull, "Larus marinus"
** Herring Gull, "Larus argentatus"
** Lesser Black-backed Gull, "Larus fuscus"
** Yellow-legged Gull, "Larus michahellis"
** Caspian Gull, "Larus cachinnans"
** Armenian Gull, "Larus armenicus"
** Great Black-headed Gull, "Larus ichthyaetus"
** Black-headed Gull, "Larus ridibundus"
** Slender-billed Gull, "Larus genei"
** Mediterranean Gull, "Larus melanocephalus"
** Little Gull, "Larus minutus"
** Black-legged Kittiwake, "Rissa tridactyla"
* Sternidae
** Gull-billed Tern, "Gelochelidon nilotica"
** Caspian Tern, "Hydroprogne caspia"
** Sandwich Tern, "Sterna sandvicensis"
** Common Tern, "Sterna hirundo"
** Arctic Tern, "Sterna paradisaea"
** Little Tern, "Sternula albifrons"
** Whiskered Tern, "Chlidonias hybridus"
** White-winged Black Tern, "Chlidonias leucopterus"
** Black Tern, "Chlidonias niger"

Pteroclidiformes:
* Pteroclidae
** Pin-tailed Sandgrouse, "Pterocles alchata"
** Black-bellied Sandgrouse, "Pterocles orientalis"

Columbiformes:
* Columbidae
** Rock Dove, "Columba livia"
** Stock Dove, "Columba oenas"
** Wood Pigeon, "Columba palumbus"
** Turtle Dove, "Streptopelia turtur"
** Collared Dove, "Streptopelia decaocto"
** Laughing Dove, "Streptopelia senegalensis"

Cuculiformes:
* Cuculidae
** Great Spotted Cuckoo, "Clamator glandarius"
** Common Cuckoo, "Cuculus canorus"
** Dideric Cuckoo, "Chrysococcyx caprius" Rare/Accidental

Strigiformes:
* Tytonidae
** Barn Owl, "Tyto alba"
* Strigidae
** European Scops Owl, "Otus scops"
** Brown Fish Owl, "Ketupa zeylonensis"
** Tawny Owl, "Strix aluco"
** Little Owl, "Athene noctua"
** Long-eared Owl, "Asio otus"
** Short-eared Owl, "Asio flammeus"

Caprimulgiformes:
* Caprimulgidae
** Eurasian Nightjar, "Caprimulgus europaeus"
** Egyptian Nightjar, "Caprimulgus aegyptius"

Apodiformes:
* Apodidae
** Alpine Swift, "Tachymarptis melba"
** Common Swift, "Apus apus"
** Pallid Swift, "Apus pallidus"
** Little Swift, "Apus affinis"
Coraciiformes:
* Alcedinidae
** Common Kingfisher, "Alcedo atthis"
** White-throated Kingfisher, "Halcyon smyrnensis"
** Pied Kingfisher, "Ceryle rudis"
* Meropidae
** Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, "Merops persicus"
** European Bee-eater, "Merops apiaster"
* Coraciidae
** European Roller, "Coracias garrulus"
* Upupidae
** Hoopoe, "Upupa epops"

Piciformes:
* Picidae
** Eurasian Wryneck, "Jynx torquilla"

Passeriformes:
* Alaudidae
** Desert Lark, "Ammomanes deserti" Rare/Accidental
** Calandra Lark, "Melanocorypha calandra"
** Bimaculated Lark, "Melanocorypha bimaculata"
** Greater Short-toed Lark, "Calandrella brachydactyla"
** Lesser Short-toed Lark, "Calandrella rufescens"
** Dupont's Lark, "Chersophilus duponti"
** Crested Lark, "Galerida cristata"
** Woodlark, "Lullula arborea"
** Skylark, "Alauda arvensis"
* Hirundinidae
** Sand Martin, "Riparia riparia"
** Crag Martin, "Hirundo rupestris"
** Barn Swallow, "Hirundo rustica"
** Red-rumped Swallow, "Hirundo daurica"
** House Martin, "Delichon urbica"
* Motacillidae
** White Wagtail, "Motacilla alba"
** Citrine Wagtail, "Motacilla citreola"
** Yellow Wagtail, "Motacilla flava"
** Grey Wagtail, "Motacilla cinerea"
** Richard's Pipit, "Anthus richardi"
** Tawny Pipit, "Anthus campestris"
** Long-billed Pipit, "Anthus similis" Rare/Accidental
** Tree Pipit, "Anthus trivialis"
** Meadow Pipit, "Anthus pratensis"
** Red-throated Pipit, "Anthus cervinus"
** Water Pipit, "Anthus spinoletta"
* Regulidae
** Goldcrest, "Regulus regulus"
** Firecrest, "Regulus ignicapillus" Rare/Accidental
* Bombycillidae
** Bohemian Waxwing, "Bombycilla garrulus"
* Cinclidae
** White-throated Dipper, "Cinclus cinclus" Extirpated
* Troglodytidae
** Winter Wren, "Troglodytes troglodytes"
* Prunellidae
** Dunnock, "Prunella modularis"
* Turdidae
** Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush, "Monticola saxatilis"
** Blue Rock Thrush, "Monticola solitarius"
** Ring Ouzel, "Turdus torquatus"
** Eurasian Blackbird, "Turdus merula"
** Eyebrowed Thrush, "Turdus obscurus"
** Dusky Thrush, "Turdus naumanni"
** Fieldfare, "Turdus pilaris"
** Redwing, "Turdus iliacus"
** Song Thrush, "Turdus philomelos"
** Mistle Thrush, "Turdus viscivorus"
* Cisticolidae
** Zitting Cisticola, "Cisticola juncidis"
** Graceful Prinia, "Prinia gracilis"
* Sylviidae
** Cetti's Warbler, "Cettia cetti"
** Grasshopper Warbler, "Locustella naevia"
** River Warbler, "Locustella fluviatilis"
** Savi's Warbler, "Locustella luscinioides"
** Moustached Warbler, "Acrocephalus melanopogon"
** Aquatic Warbler, "Acrocephalus paludicola" Rare/Accidental Vulnerable
** Sedge Warbler, "Acrocephalus schoenobaenus"
** Reed Warbler, "Acrocephalus scirpaceus"
** Blyth's Reed Warbler, "Acrocephalus dumetorum" Rare/Accidental
** Marsh Warbler, "Acrocephalus palustris"
** Great Reed Warbler, "Acrocephalus arundinaceus"
** Eastern Olivaceous Warbler, "Hippolais pallida"
** Olive-tree Warbler, "Hippolais olivetorum"
** Melodious Warbler, "Hippolais polyglotta"
** Icterine Warbler, "Hippolais icterina"
** Willow Warbler, "Phylloscopus trochilus"
** Chiffchaff, "Phylloscopus collybita"
** Western Bonelli's Warbler, "Phylloscopus bonelli"
** Eastern Bonelli's Warbler, "Phylloscopus orientalis"
** Wood Warbler, "Phylloscopus sibilatrix"
** Dusky Warbler, "Phylloscopus fuscatus"
** Yellow-browed Warbler, "Phylloscopus inornatus"
** Blackcap, "Sylvia atricapilla"
** Garden Warbler, "Sylvia borin"
** Greater Whitethroat, "Sylvia communis"
** Lesser Whitethroat, "Sylvia curruca"
** Asian Desert Warbler, "Sylvia nana"
** African Desert Warbler, "Sylvia deserti"
** Barred Warbler, "Sylvia nisoria"
** Western Orphean Warbler, "Sylvia hortensis"
** Eastern Orphean Warbler, "Sylvia crassirostris"
** Rüppell's Warbler, "Sylvia rueppelli"
** Subalpine Warbler, "Sylvia cantillans"
** Sardinian Warbler, "Sylvia melanocephala"
** Cyprus Warbler, "Sylvia melanothorax"
** Spectacled Warbler, "Sylvia conspicillata"
* Muscicapidae
** Spotted Flycatcher, "Muscicapa striata"
** European Pied Flycatcher, "Ficedula hypoleuca"
** Collared Flycatcher, "Ficedula albicollis"
** Semi-collared Flycatcher, "Ficedula semitorquata"
** Red-breasted Flycatcher, "Ficedula parva"
** European Robin, "Erithacus rubecula"
** Thrush Nightingale, "Luscinia luscinia"
** Nightingale, "Luscinia megarhynchos"
** Bluethroat, "Luscinia svecica"
** Red-flanked Bluetail, "Tarsiger cyanurus" Rare/Accidental
** White-throated Robin, "Irania gutturalis"
** Rufous-tailed Bush Robin, "Cercotrichas galactotes"
** Black Redstart, "Phoenicurus ochruros"
** Common Redstart, "Phoenicurus phoenicurus"
** Whinchat, "Saxicola rubetra"
** European Stonechat, "Saxicola rubicola"
** White-crowned Black Wheatear, "Oenanthe leucopyga" Rare/Accidental
** Hooded Wheatear, "Oenanthe monacha" Rare/Accidental
** Northern Wheatear, "Oenanthe oenanthe"
** Finsch's Wheatear, "Oenanthe finschii"
** Pied Wheatear, "Oenanthe pleschanka"
** Cyprus Wheatear, "Oenanthe cypriaca"
** Black-eared Wheatear, "Oenanthe hispanica"
** Desert Wheatear, "Oenanthe deserti"
** Isabelline Wheatear, "Oenanthe isabellina"
** Siberian Stonechat, "Saxicola maura"
* Paradoxornithidae
** Bearded Reedling, "Panurus biarmicus"
* Paridae
** Coal Tit, "Periparus ater"
** Great Tit, "Parus major"
* Tichodromidae
** Wallcreeper, "Tichodroma muraria"
* Certhiidae
** Common Treecreeper, "Certhia familiaris"
** Short-toed Treecreeper, "Certhia brachydactyla"
* Remizidae
** Eurasian Penduline Tit, "Remiz pendulinus"
* Oriolidae
** Eurasian Golden Oriole, "Oriolus oriolus"
* Laniidae
** Red-backed Shrike, "Lanius collurio"
** Northern Shrike, "Lanius excubitor"
** Lesser Grey Shrike, "Lanius minor"
** Masked Shrike, "Lanius nubicus"
** Woodchat Shrike, "Lanius senator"
* Corvidae
** Eurasian Jay, "Garrulus glandarius"
** Magpie, "Pica pica"
** Alpine Chough, "Pyrrhocorax graculus"
** Eurasian Jackdaw, "Corvus monedula"
** Rook, "Corvus frugilegus"
** Carrion Crow, "Corvus corone"
** Common Raven, "Corvus corax"
** Hooded Crow, "Corvus cornix"
* Sturnidae
** Rosy Starling, "Pastor roseus"
** European Starling, "Sturnus vulgaris"
* Emberizidae
** Yellowhammer, "Emberiza citrinella"
** Pine Bunting, "Emberiza leucocephalos"
** Rock Bunting, "Emberiza cia"
** Cinereous Bunting, "Emberiza cineracea" Near-threatened
** Ortolan Bunting, "Emberiza hortulana"
** Cretzschmar's Bunting, "Emberiza caesia"
** Little Bunting, "Emberiza pusilla"
** Yellow-breasted Bunting, "Emberiza aureola"
** Black-headed Bunting, "Emberiza melanocephala"
** Reed Bunting, "Emberiza schoeniclus"
** Corn Bunting, "Emberiza calandra"
* Fringillidae
** Chaffinch, "Fringilla coelebs"
** Brambling, "Fringilla montifringilla"
** Common Rosefinch, "Carpodacus erythrinus"
** Common Crossbill, "Loxia curvirostra"
** European Greenfinch, "Carduelis chloris"
** Common Redpoll, "Carduelis flammea" Rare/Accidental
** Eurasian Siskin, "Carduelis spinus"
** European Goldfinch, "Carduelis carduelis"
** Eurasian Linnet, "Carduelis cannabina"
** Fire-fronted Serin, "Serinus pusillus"
** European Serin, "Serinus serinus"
** Hawfinch, "Coccothraustes coccothraustes"
** Trumpeter Finch, "Rhodopechys githaginea"
* Passeridae
** House Sparrow, "Passer domesticus"
** Spanish Sparrow, "Passer hispaniolensis"
** Dead Sea Sparrow, "Passer moabiticus"
** Eurasian Tree Sparrow, "Passer montanus"
** Rock Sparrow, "Petronia petronia"

References

*"Splitting headaches? Recent taxonomic changes affecting the British and Western Palaearctic lists" - Martin Collinson, British Birds vol 99 (June 2006), 306-323