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Col Location Date Start time Duration Distance Avibase - Checklists of the World 1 Country or region: 2 Number of : 410 3 Number of endemics: 0 4 Number of breeding endemics: 2 5 Number of globally : 22 6 Number of extinct species: 0 7 Number of : 0 8 Date last reviewed: 2019-01-15 9 10

Recommended citation: Lepage, D. 2019. Checklist of the of Cyprus. Avibase, the world bird database. Retrieved from .https://avibase.bsc- eoc.org/checklist.jsp?lang=EN®ion=cy&list=clements&format=1 [24/03/2019]. Make your observations count! Submit your data to .org - Legend: [x] accidental [ex] extirpated [EX] extinct [EW] extinct in the wild [E] endemic [e] endemic (country/region)

Common name Scientific name Synonym Status 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

ANSERIFORMES: Graylag Goose Anser anser Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Rare/AccidentalVuln erable Brant Branta bernicla Rare/Accidental Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Rare/AccidentalVuln erable Mute Cygnus olor Rare/Accidental Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus Rare/Accidental Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus Rare/Accidental Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca Rare/Accidental Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Garganey Spatula querquedula Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata Gadwall Mareca strepera Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope Anas platyrhynchos Northern Pintail Anas acuta Green-winged Teal Anas crecca Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris Rare/AccidentalVuln erable Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina Common Pochard Aythya ferina Vulnerable Ferruginous Aythya nyroca Near-threatened Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Avibase Page 2of 15

Common name Scientific name Synonym Status 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Greater Scaup Aythya marila Rare/Accidental Common Scoter Melanitta nigra Rare/Accidental Bucephala clangula Rare/Accidental Smew Mergellus albellus Rare/Accidental Common Merganser Mergus merganser Rare/Accidental Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator Rare/Accidental White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala Rare/AccidentalEnda ngered

GALLIFORMES: Common Coturnix coturnix Chukar Alectoris chukar Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus

PHOENICOPTERIFORMES: Phoenicopteridae Greater Phoenicopterus roseus Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor Rare/AccidentalNear -threatened

PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae Little Tachybaptus ruficollis Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus Rare/AccidentalVuln erable Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena Rare/Accidental Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis

COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae Rock Pigeon Columba livia Stock Dove Columba oenas Rare/Accidental Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus European Turtle-Dove Streptopelia turtur Vulnerable Oriental Turtle-Dove Streptopelia orientalis Rare/Accidental Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis Rare/Accidental Namaqua Dove Oena capensis Rare/Accidental

PTEROCLIFORMES: Pteroclidae Pin-tailed Pterocles alchata Rare/Accidental Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis Rare/Accidental

OTIDIFORMES: Otididae Great Otis tarda Rare/AccidentalVuln erable Avibase Page 3of 15

Common name Scientific name Synonym Status 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Macqueen's Bustard macqueenii Rare/AccidentalVuln erable Tetrax tetrax Rare/AccidentalNear -threatened

CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae Great Spotted Clamator glandarius Dideric Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius Rare/Accidental Cuculus canorus

CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae Eurasian Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus

CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Apodidae Alpine Apus melba Common Swift Apus apus Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Little Swift Apus affinis

GRUIFORMES: Rallidae Water Rallus aquaticus Crex crex Rare/Accidental Spotted Crake porzana Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Eurasian Coot Fulica atra Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni Rare/Accidental Gray-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus Rare/Accidental Little Crake Zapornia parva Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Rare/Accidental

GRUIFORMES: Gruidae Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo Common Crane Grus grus

CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae Eurasian Thick-knee oedicnemus

CHARADRIIFORMES: Black-winged Himantopus himantopus Pied Recurvirostra avosetta

CHARADRIIFORMES: Haematopodidae Eurasian Haematopus ostralegus Avibase Page 4of 15

Common name Scientific name Synonym Status 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

CHARADRIIFORMES: Black-bellied squatarola European Golden-Plover Pluvialis apricaria Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva Rare/Accidental Northern vanellus Near-threatened Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus Vanellus gregarius Rare/AccidentalCritic ally endangered White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus Rare/Accidental Greater Sand-Plover leschenaultii Charadrius asiaticus Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuarius Rare/Accidental Charadrius alexandrinus Charadrius hiaticula Charadrius dubius Charadrius morinellus

CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Slender-billed Numenius tenuirostris Rare/AccidentalCritic ally endangered Numenius arquata Near-threatened Bar-tailed Limosa lapponica Rare/AccidentalNear -threatened Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa Near-threatened Ruddy Arenaria interpres canutus Rare/AccidentalNear -threatened Calidris pugnax Broad-billed Calidris falcinellus Rare/Accidental Calidris ferruginea Near-threatened Temminck's Calidris temminckii Calidris alba Calidris alpina Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Rare/Accidental Calidris minuta Calidris melanotos Rare/Accidental Jack Lymnocryptes minimus Eurasian Scolopax rusticola media Rare/AccidentalNear -threatened Gallinago gallinago Xenus cinereus Rare/Accidental Red-necked Phalaropus lobatus Rare/Accidental Phalaropus fulicarius Rare/Accidental hypoleucos Avibase Page 5of 15

Common name Scientific name Synonym Status 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ochropus Tringa erythropus Tringa nebularia Tringa stagnatilis Tringa Tringa totanus

CHARADRIIFORMES: Cream-colored cursor Collared Glareola pratincola Glareola maldivarum Rare/Accidental Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Rare/AccidentalNear -threatened

CHARADRIIFORMES: Stercorariidae Stercorarius pomarinus Rare/Accidental Stercorarius parasiticus Rare/Accidental

CHARADRIIFORMES: Black-legged Rissa tridactyla Rare/AccidentalVuln erable Slender-billed genei Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Hydrocoloeus minutus Franklin's Gull pipixcan Rare/Accidental melanocephalus White-eyed Gull Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus Rare/Accidental Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus Rare/Accidental Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii Mew Gull canus Herring Gull Larus argentatus Rare/Accidental Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis Larus cachinnans Larus armenicus Near-threatened Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus Rare/Accidental Little albifrons Gull-billed Tern nilotica Hydroprogne caspia Rare/Accidental Chlidonias niger White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus Chlidonias hybrida Sterna paradisaea Rare/Accidental sandvicensis Avibase Page 6of 15

Common name Scientific name Synonym Status 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

GAVIIFORMES: Gaviidae Red-throated Gavia stellata Rare/Accidental Arctic Loon Gavia arctica Rare/Accidental

PROCELLARIIFORMES: Hydrobatidae European Storm-Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus Rare/Accidental

PROCELLARIIFORMES: Procellariidae Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan Vulnerable

CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae Black Ciconia nigra Ciconia ciconia

SULIFORMES: Sulidae Northern Gannet Morus bassanus Rare/Accidental

SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmeus Rare/Accidental Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo European Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis

PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus Pelecanus crispus Rare/AccidentalNear -threatened

PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae Great Bittern Botaurus stellaris Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Gray Heron Ardea cinerea Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Great Egret Ardea alba Little Egret Egretta garzetta Western Reef-Heron Egretta gularis Rare/Accidental Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Striated Heron Butorides striata Rare/Accidental Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax

PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae Avibase Page 7of 15

Common name Scientific name Synonym Status 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia

ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae Osprey Pandion haliaetus

ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus Rare/Accidental Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus Rare/AccidentalNear -threatened Neophron percnopterus Endangered European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus Rare/Accidental Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus Rare/AccidentalNear -threatened Eurasian Griffon Gyps fulvus Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus Rare/AccidentalNear -threatened Short-toed Snake- Circaetus gallicus Rare/Accidental Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina Rare/Accidental Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga Rare/AccidentalVuln erable Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca Vulnerable Aquila chrysaetos Rare/Accidental Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata Eurasian Marsh- Circus aeruginosus Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Near-threatened Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes Rare/Accidental Accipiter nisus Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis Red Kite Milvus milvus Rare/AccidentalNear -threatened Black Kite Milvus migrans White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla Rare/Accidental Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus Rare/Accidental Buteo buteo Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus

STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae Barn Owl Tyto alba

STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae Eurasian Scops-Owl Otus scops Avibase Page 8of 15

Common name Scientific name Synonym Status 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Little Owl Athene noctua Long-eared Owl Asio otus Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus Rare/Accidental

BUCEROTIFORMES: Upupidae Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops

CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis Rare/Accidental Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis Rare/Accidental

CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae Blue-cheeked -eater Merops persicus European Bee-eater Merops apiaster

CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae European Roller Coracias garrulus

PICIFORMES: Picidae Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla

FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus Near-threatened Amur Falcon Falco amurensis Rare/Accidental Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae Sooty Falcon Falco concolor Rare/AccidentalVuln erable Merlin Falco columbarius Falco subbuteo Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus Rare/Accidental Saker Falcon Falco cherrug Rare/AccidentalEnda ngered Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus

PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Rare/Accidental Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus Rare/Accidental Great Gray Shrike Lanius excubitor Rare/Accidental Lesser Gray Shrike Lanius minor Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Avibase Page 9of 15

Common name Scientific name Synonym Status 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator

PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus

PASSERIFORMES: Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius Eurasian Magpie Pica pica Eurasian Jackdaw Corvus monedula House Crow Corvus splendens Rare/Accidental Rook Corvus frugilegus Rare/Accidental Corvus cornix Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis Rare/Accidental Common Raven Corvus corax

PASSERIFORMES: Panuridae Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus Rare/Accidental

PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae Bar-tailed Ammomanes cinctura Rare/Accidental Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti Rare/Accidental Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris Rare/Accidental Temminck's Lark Eremophila bilopha Rare/Accidental Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata Rare/Accidental Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra Dupont's Lark Chersophilus duponti Rare/AccidentalNear -threatened Dunn's Lark Eremalauda dunni Rare/Accidental Lesser Short-toed Lark Alaudala rufescens Wood Lark Lullula arborea arvensis Galerida cristata

PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae Plain Martin paludicola Rare/Accidental Bank Riparia riparia Eurasian Crag-Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Hirundo rustica Red-rumped Swallow daurica Common House-Martin Delichon urbicum

PASSERIFORMES: Paridae Coal Tit Periparus ater Avibase Page 10of 15

Common name Scientific name Synonym Status 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Great Tit Parus major

PASSERIFORMES: Remizidae Eurasian Penduline-Tit Remiz pendulinus

PASSERIFORMES: Tichodromidae Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria

PASSERIFORMES: Certhiidae Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla

PASSERIFORMES: Troglodytidae Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes

PASSERIFORMES: Cinclidae White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus Extirpated

PASSERIFORMES: Regulidae Goldcrest Regulus regulus Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla Rare/Accidental

PASSERIFORMES: Scotocercidae Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti

PASSERIFORMES: Phylloscopidae Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus Rare/Accidental Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus Rare/Accidental Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Mountain Chiffchaff Phylloscopus sindianus Rare/Accidental Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita

PASSERIFORMES: Acrocephalidae Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida Rare/Accidental Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum Rare/Accidental Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina Rare/Accidental Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Rare/AccidentalVuln erable Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Rare/Accidental Avibase Page 11of 15

Common name Scientific name Synonym Status 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum Rare/Accidental Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris Rare/Accidental Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus Basra Reed Warbler Acrocephalus griseldis Rare/AccidentalEnda ngered Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus

PASSERIFORMES: Locustellidae Eurasian River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Rare/Accidental Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Common -Warbler Locustella naevia Rare/Accidental

PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis Rare/Accidental Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis

PASSERIFORMES: Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Asian Desert Warbler Sylvia nana Rare/Accidental Sylvia nisoria Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia Eastern Orphean Warbler Sylvia crassirostris Cyprus Warbler Sylvia melanothorax Breeding endemic Menetries's Warbler Sylvia mystacea Rare/Accidental Rüppell's Warbler Sylvia ruppeli Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillans Sylvia melanocephala Greater Whitethroat Sylvia communis Spectacled Warbler Sylvia conspicillata

PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Erithacus rubecula White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis Rare/Accidental Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Rare/Accidental Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Bluethroat Luscinia svecica Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus Rare/Accidental Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Phoenicurus phoenicurus Avibase Page 12of 15

Common name Scientific name Synonym Status 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush Monticola saxatilis Rare/Accidental Blue Rock-Thrush Monticola solitarius Whinchat Saxicola rubetra European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Rare/Accidental Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata Rare/Accidental White-crowned leucopyga Rare/Accidental Hooded Wheatear Oenanthe monacha Rare/Accidental Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens Rare/Accidental Finsch's Wheatear Oenanthe finschii Rare/Accidental Oenanthe pleschanka Rare/Accidental Cyprus Wheatear Oenanthe cypriaca Breeding endemic Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Red-tailed Wheatear Oenanthe xanthoprymna Rare/Accidental Oenanthe deserti Oenanthe isabellina

PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Redwing Turdus iliacus Near-threatened Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus Rare/Accidental Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Rare/Accidental

PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae European Starling Sturnus vulgaris Rosy Starling Pastor roseus Rare/Accidental

PASSERIFORMES: Prunellidae Dunnock Prunella modularis

PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae Gray Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Rare/Accidental Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola White Wagtail Motacilla alba Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi Rare/Accidental Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis Rare/Accidental Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Rare/Accidental Avibase Page 13of 15

Common name Scientific name Synonym Status 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis Near-threatened Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni Rare/Accidental Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta Rare/Accidental American Pipit Anthus rubescens Rare/Accidental

PASSERIFORMES: Bombycillidae Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus Rare/Accidental

PASSERIFORMES: Hypocoliidae Hypocolius Hypocolius ampelinus Rare/Accidental

PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae Fringilla coelebs Brambling Fringilla Rare/Accidental Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus Rare/Accidental Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Rare/Accidental Crimson-winged Rhodopechys sanguineus Rare/Accidental Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus Rare/Accidental Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta Rare/Accidental European Greenfinch Chloris chloris Eurasian Linnet Linaria cannabina Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea Rare/Accidental Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis European Serin Serinus serinus Fire-fronted Serin Serinus pusillus Rare/Accidental Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus

PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae Black-headed Emberiza melanocephala Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra Emberiza cia Rare/Accidental Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Rare/Accidental Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Rare/Accidental Gray-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani Rare/Accidental Cinereous Bunting Emberiza cineracea Rare/AccidentalNear -threatened Emberiza hortulana Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia Emberiza striolata Rare/Accidental Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Avibase Page 14of 15

Common name Scientific name Synonym Status 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Rare/AccidentalCritic ally endangered Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla Rare/Accidental Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Rare/AccidentalVuln erable

PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae domesticus Passer hispaniolensis Passer moabiticus Passer montanus Rare/Accidental Petronia petronia Rare/Accidental Pale Rockfinch Carpospiza brachydactyla Rare/Accidental White-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla nivalis Rare/Accidental