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Cyprus has two endemic species, Cyprus Wheater Oenanthe cypriaca and Cyprus Warbler Sylvia melanothorax. 

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

For recent photographs of rarities or sub-rarities see the rarity bird photographs page. For photographs of the Cyprus endemics and endemic sub-species see the endemic photographs page. Other photographs can be found below through the links below. To see a photograph, click on the Species name (if it is in blue and underlined).

Euring Species English Name Latin Name
0007 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
0009 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
0010 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
0011 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus
0012 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
0036 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea
0046.2 Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan
0052 Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
0071 Gannet Sula bassana
0072 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
0080 Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis
0072 Pygmy Cormorant Phalacrocorax pygmeus
0088 White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
0089 Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus
0095 Bittern Botaurus stellaris
0098 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus
0104 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
0108 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
0111 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
0119 Little Egret Egretta garzetta
0121 Great White Egret Egretta alba
0122 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
0124 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
0131 Black Stork Ciconia nigra
0134 White Stork Ciconia ciconia
0136 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
0144 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
0147 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
0152 Mute Swan Cygnus olor
0153 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus
0154 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
0159 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
0160 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus
0161 Greylag Goose Anser anser
0169 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis
0170 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacus
0171 Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
0173 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
0179 Wigeon Anas penelope
0182 Gadwall Anas strepera
0184.01 Teal Anas crecca
0186 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
0189 Pintail Anas acuta
0191 Garganey Anas querquedula
0194 Shoveler Anas clypeata
0195 Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris
0196 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
0198 Pochard Aythya ferina
0202 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
0203 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
0204 Scaup Aythya marila
0213 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
0218 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
0220 Smew Mergus albellus
0221 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
0223 Goosander Mergus merganser
0225 White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala
0231 Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
0235 Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus
0238 Black Kite Milvus migrans
0239 Red Kite Milvus milvus
0243 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
0246 Lammergeier Gypaetus barbatus
0247 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus
0251 Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
0255 Black Vulture Aegypius monachus
0256 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus galliicus
0260 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
0261 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
0263 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
0263 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
0267 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
0269 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
0273 Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes
0287 Common Buzzard  Buteo buteo
0288 Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
0290 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
0292 Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina
0293 Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga
0295 Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca
0296 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
0298 Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
0299 Bonelli's Eagle Hieraaetus fasciaetus
0301 Osprey Pandion haliaetus
0303 Lesser Kestrel  Falco naumanni
0304 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
0307 Red-footed Falcon  Falco vespertinus
0309 Merlin Falco columbarius
0310 Hobby Falco subbuteo
0311 Eleanor's Falcon Falco eleonorae
0312 Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
0314 Lanner Falco biarmicus
0316 Saker Falco cherrug
0320 Peregrine Falco peregrinus
0355 Chukar  Alectoris rufa
0364 Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus
0370 Quail Coturnix coturnix
0407 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
0408 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
0410 Little Crake Porzana parva
0411 Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla
0421 Corncrake Crex crex
0424 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
0425 Allen's Gallinule Porphyrula alleni
0427 Purple Gallinule Porphyrio porphyrio 
0429 Coot Fulica atra
0433 Crane Grus grus
0441 Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo
0442 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax
0444.02 Mcqueen's Bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii
0446 Great Bustard Otis tarda
0450 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
0455 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
0456 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
0459 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
0464 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor
0465 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
0466 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
0467 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
0469 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
0470 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
0476 Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius vpecuarius
0477 Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
0479 Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii
0480 Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus
0482 Dotterel Charadrius morinellus
0483.2 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
0485 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
0486 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
0487 Spur-winged Plover Vanellus spinosus
0491 Sociable Plover Chettusia gregaria
0492 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus
0493 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
0496 Knot Calidris canutus
0497 Sanderling Calidris alba
0501 Little Stint Calidris minuta
0502 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
0507 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
0509 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
0512 Dunlin Calidris alpina
0514 Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus
0517 Ruff Philomachus pugnax
0518 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
0519 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
0520 Great Snipe Gallinago media
0529 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
0532 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
0534 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
0538 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
0540 Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris
0541 Curlew Numenius arquata
0545 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
0546 Redshank Tringa totanus
0547 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
0548 Greenshank Tringa nebularia
0553 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
0554 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
0555 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
0556 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
0561 Turnstone Arenaria interpres
0564 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
0566 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus
0567 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus
0573 Great Black-headed Gull Larus ichthyaetus
0575 Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus
0578 Little Gull Larus minutus
0582 Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
0585 Slender-billed Gull Larus genei
0588 Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii
0590 Common Gull Larus canus
0591 Lesser Black-backed Gull  Larus fuscus
0592.01 Herring Gull Larus argentatus
0592.02 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
0592.03 Armenian Gull Larus armenicus
0600 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
0602 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
0605 Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica
0606 Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
0611 Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis
0615 Common Tern Sterna hirundo
0616 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
0624 Little Tern Sterna albifrons
0626 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
0627 Black Tern Chlidonias niger
0628 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
0661 Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles leucopterus
0662 Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata
0665 Rock Dove Columba livia
0668 Stock Dove Columba oenas
0670 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus
0684 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
0687 Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
0690 Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis
0692 Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
0712 Great Spotted Cuckoo  Clamator glandarius
0720 Didric Cuckoo Chrysoccyx caprius
0724 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
0735 Barn Owl Tyto alba
0739 Scops Owl Otus scops
0757 Little Owl Athene noctua
0767 Long-eared Owl Asio otus
0768 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
0778 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
0795 Swift Apus apus
0795 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
0798 Alpine Swift Apus melba
0800 Little Swift Apus affinis
0827 White-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon smymensis
0831 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
0833 Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
0839 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
0840 Bee-eater Merops apiaster
0841 Roller Coracias garrulus
0846 Hoopoe Upupa epops
0848 Wryneck Jynx torquilla
0955 Bar-tailed Desert Lark Ammomanes cincturus
0957 Desert Lark Ammomanes cincturus
0959 Dupont's Lark Chersophilus duponti
0961 Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
0962 Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha cbimaculta
0968 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
0970 Lesser Short-toed Lark Calandrella rufescens
0972 Crested Lark Galerida cristata
0974 Woodlark Lullula arborea
0976 Skylark Alauda arvensis
0978 Shore Lark Eremophila alpestris
0981 Sand Martin Riparia riparia
0981 Crag Martin Rtyonoprogne rupestris
0992 Swallow Hirundo rustica
0995 Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica
1001 House Martin Delichon urbica
1002 Richard's Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae
1005 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
1007 Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
1008 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
1009 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
1011 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
1012 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
1014.2 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
1017 Yellow Wagtail  Motacilla flava
1018 Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
1019 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
1020 White Wagtail Motacilla alba
1048 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
1050 Dipper Cinclus cinclus
1066 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
1084 Dunnock Prunella modularis
1094 Rufous Bushchat Cercotrichas galactotes
1099 Robin Erithacus rubecula
1103 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
1104 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
1106 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
1113 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
1117 White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis
1121 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
1122 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
1137 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
1139 Stonechat  Saxicola torquata
1141 Pied Stonechat Saxicola caprata
1144 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
1146 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
1147.01 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
1147.02 Cyprus Pied Wheatear   Oenanthe cypriaca
1148 Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica
1149 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
1150 Finch's Wheatear Oenanthe finschii
1152 Red-tailed Wheatear Oenanthe xanthoprymna
1153 Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens
1155 Hooded Wheatear Oenanthe monacha
1157 White-crowned Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga
1162 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
1166 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
1186 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
1187 Blackbird Turdus merula
1196 Dusky Thrush Turdus naumanni
1198 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
1200 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
1201 Redwing Turdus iliacus
1202 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
1220 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
1226 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis
1227 Graceful Warbler Prinia gracilis
1236 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
1237 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis
1238 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
1243 Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
1243 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
1248 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
1250 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
1251 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
1253.01 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
1253.02 Basra Reed Warbler Acrocephalus griseldis
1255 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais pallida
1257 Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida
1258 Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
1259 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
1264 Spectacled Warbler Sylvia conspicillata
1265 Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillans
1266 Menetries's Warbler Sylvia mystacea
1267 Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala
1268 Cyprus Warbler Sylvia melanothorax
1269 Ruppell's Warbler Sylvia rueppelli
1270 Desert Warbler Sylvia nana
1272 Orphean Warbler