Cyprus is an island at the eastern end of the Mediterranean . It has recorded 373 bird species as listed below.
Podicipediformes :
Procellariiformes :
Pelecaniformes :
Ciconiiformes :
Phoenicopteriformes :
Anseriformes :
Anatidae Mute Swan , Cygnus olor Whooper Swan , Cygnus cygnus Tundra Swan , Cygnus columbianus Bean Goose , Anser fabalis Rare/AccidentalGreater White-fronted Goose, Anser albifrons Greylag Goose , Anser anser Brent Goose , Branta bernicla Rare/AccidentalRed-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 VulnerableRed-crested Pochard, Netta rufina Pochard , Aythya ferina Ferruginous Duck , Aythya nyroca Near-threatenedTufted 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 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 Cinereous Vulture , Aegypius monachus Near-threatenedShort-toed Eagle, Circaetus gallicus Marsh Harrier , Circus aeruginosus Hen Harrier, Circus cyaneus Pallid Harrier , Circus macrourus Near-threatenedMontagu's Harrier, Circus pygargus Levant Sparrowhawk , Accipiter brevipes 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 VulnerableImperial Eagle , Aquila heliaca VulnerableGolden Eagle , Aquila chrysaetos Bonelli's Eagle, Aquila fasciatus Booted Eagle , Aquila pennatus Falconidae Lesser Kestrel , Falco naumanni VulnerableEurasian Kestrel , Falco tinnunculus Red-footed Falcon, Falco vespertinus Eleonora's Falcon, Falco eleonorae Sooty Falcon , Falco concolor Merlin, Falco columbarius Eurasian Hobby , Falco subbuteo ExtirpatedLanner Falcon , Falco biarmicus Saker Falcon , Falco cherrug Peregrine Falcon , Falco peregrinus Galliformes :
Gruiformes :
Charadriiformes :
Haematopodidae Recurvirostridae Black-winged Stilt, Himantopus himantopus Pied Avocet , Recurvirostra avosetta Burhinidae Glareolidae Charadriidae Northern Lapwing , Vanellus vanellus Spur-winged Plover, Vanellus spinosus White-tailed Lapwing, Vanellus leucurus European 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-threatenedCommon 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 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 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 Kittiwake , Rissa tridactyla Sternidae Pteroclidiformes :
Pteroclidae Pin-tailed Sandgrouse, Pterocles alchata Black-bellied Sandgrouse, Pterocles orientalis Columbiformes :
Cuculiformes :
Strigiformes :
Caprimulgiformes :
Apodiformes :
Coraciiformes :
Piciformes :
Passeriformes :
Alaudidae Desert Lark , Ammomanes deserti Rare/AccidentalCalandra 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 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 Bombycillidae Cinclidae White-throated Dipper, Cinclus cinclus Extirpated Troglodytidae Prunellidae 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 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 VulnerableSedge 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 Rueppell'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 Scrub-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/AccidentalNorthern 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 Paridae Tichodromidae Certhiidae Remizidae Oriolidae Laniidae Corvidae Sturnidae Emberizidae Yellowhammer , Emberiza citrinella Pine Bunting , Emberiza leucocephalos Rock Bunting , Emberiza cia Cinereous Bunting , Emberiza cineracea Near-threatenedOrtolan 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 Red Crossbill , Loxia curvirostra European Greenfinch , Carduelis chloris Common Redpoll , Carduelis flammea Rare/AccidentalEurasian 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
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