New additions to the Cyprus Bird list

Cyprus has a bird list of 379 species. This includes two endemic species, the Cyprus Pied Wheatear Oenanthe cypriaca and the Cyprus Warbler Sylvia melanothorax. 

In addition there are four endemic subspecies: - Cyprus Scops Owl Otus scops cyprius, Coal Tit Parus ater cypriotes, Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla dorotheae and Jay Garrulus glandarius glaszneri.      

Recent additions to the species recorded in Cyprus and now added to the Cyprus bird list are shown below:

	Bateleur - 379th Species for Cyprus A Bateleur Eagle was seen at Cape Greco on the morning of 23rd April 2007 and was still present in the area by the caves in the afternoon. ©Stavros Christodoulides
Mountain Chiff-chaff 378th Species for Cyprus A Mountain Chiff-chaff was caught and ringed at Polis Reed bed on 16th April 2007.
	Dunn's Lark -  377th Species for Cyprus A Dunn's Lark was found at Ayia Napa on 9th April 2007 and was still present on 11th. It favoured an area right next to the beach footpath used by people to jog every day, often found within a few feet of the path. ©Stavros Christodoulides
	Blyth's Pipit - 376th Species for Cyprus A Blyth's Pipit was found on the raised beach at Mandria on 4th April 2007. It was still present on 7th, but could be difficult to find at times due to going into an adjacent recent cut field. ©Stavros Christodoulides
	Black-throated Diver - 375th Species for Cyprus A Black-throated Diver was seen off Ladies Mile on the 21st November 2006 represents the first Diver to be identified to specific species for Cyprus. It had possibly been seen at the same location on 8th November. The only other record was an unidentified Diver at Paphos on14th May 1996. ©Ian Murray
373rd & 374th New Species for Cyprus Two other recent additions to the Cyprus list have been Yellow-legged Gull and Armenian Gull, now officially split from Herring Gull taking the Cyprus list to 374, with Caspian Gull likely to follow shortly.                                                                                                               Temminck's Horned Lark - 372nd Species for Cyprus                                                                                        A Temminck's Horned Lark seen on the 22nd April 2005 at Tomb of the Kings, Paphos, seen by one fortunate observer has been accepted as the 1st for Cyprus, taking the Cyprus list to 372.
	Black-shoulder Kite - 371st Species for Cyprus A Black-shouldered Kite seen on the 13th and 14th March 2004 at Mazotos, Larnaca District. Found around midday was still present late afternoon when it was video recorded.  ©Rob Jones
	Lesser White-fronted Goose - 370th Species for Cyprus    Three Lesser White-fronted Geese were found at Akhna Dam over the weekend of the 20th/21st November 2003. Unfortunately, it is believed due to illegal hunting, the numbers were reduced to two, then to one lone bird, which also had disappeared by February 2004.                               ©Mike Danzenbaker
Bullfinch - 369th Species for Cyprus Three Bullfinches, two males and a female, were seen at Kryos Potamos near the start of the 'Kaledonia' nature trail, Troodos National Forest Park on 18th November 2002.