Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Acciputer nisus). Ξεφτέρι.

In Cyprus the Eurasian Sparrowhawk is a scarce winter visitor and passing migrant. Has bred in the past (Birdlife Cyprus, 2015).

Sparrowhawk having a bath, Pentadaktylos mountain range, December 2014.

Sparrowhawk having a bath, Pentadaktylos mountain range, December 2014

Sparrowhawk having a bath, Pentadaktylos mountain range, December 2014

Yellow Wagtail - Κιτρινοσουσουράδες Motacilla flava

Yellow Wagtails are passage migrants to Cyprus, in good numbers during both spring and autumn. The common races to be seen are flava, feldegg and thunbergi. The beema and lutea races are seen rarely.
Winter visitors are rare. There are rare cases of breeding involving the race feldegg.

Bird of the flava race, September 2017, Nicosia. 

Bird of the flava race, September 2017, Nicosia. 

Sand Martin, Riparia riparia. Οχθοχελίδονο - Βαλτοχελίδονο.

In Cyprus the Sand Martin is a fairly common late spring passage migrant, often in greater numbers in autumn.

It is the smallest of the hirundinidae that can be seen in Cyprus. 

October 2014, Zakaki

Hooded Crow. Corvus cornix. Κοράζινος, Κόρωνος.

The Hooded Crow is a very common crow in Cyprus, found at all altitudes and closely related to human presence. Absent only in the forests, but present around villages in the forest. It is a resident breeder, considered by many as a pest and actually allowed to be hunted though its meat is inedible, as a control of its numbers. Nevertheless a very successful bird, even in the most urban areas.

Greenshank. Tringa nebularia . Πρασινοσκέλης, Στακτονεραλλίδα.

The Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)  is mainly a spring passage migrant through Cyprus, less in autumn. Rare in winter though there are records for every month.  

Sandwich Tern. Thalasseus sandvicensis. Χειμωνογλάρονο.

The Sandwich Tern is an uncommon winter visitor to Cyprus and pasage migrant at favoured localities mostly on the south coast. 

Black Stork (Ciconia nigra) Μαυροπελαργός

Juvenile Black Stork, Zakaki Marsh, October 2014

Striated Heron (Butorides striata)

The first record of a Striated Heron for Cyprus, at Zakaki marsh, October, 2014

Great Crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus Σκουφοβουτηχτάρι, Σκουφοβούττης

At Manglis lake

Coal Tit (Periparus ater cypriotes). Πέμπετσος (Ελατοπαπαδίτσα - υποείδος της Κύπρου).

The endemic subspecies cypriotes occurs in Cyprus. It is a common breeding resident found only in the pine forests.

Bird at Troodos, November.

Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius glaszneri) . Ευρωπαϊκή Κίσσα.

The endemic race glaszneri occurs in Cyprus. It is a common breeding resident of the forest, mostly above 900m.

Bird near Troodos square, November.

Common Chaffinch. Κοινός Σπίνος

The Common Chaffinch is a common breeding resident of the forest and orchards of the Troodos mountain range, in the Akrotiri eucalyprus forest and locally elsewhere. Large numbers of migrants occur on lower ground in mixed finch flocks in winter.

Male bird, at Troodos, November.

Eurasian Penduline Tit (Remiz pendulinus. Υφάντρα.

The Eurasian Penduline Tit is an annual winter visitor to Cyprus and passage migrant to the island's reed-beds in small numbers. There is some possibility that on the past this species had bred in Cyprus.

Juvenile Bird, at Zakaki, November

Juvenile bird, at Zakaki, November

Common Kestrel, Falco tinnunculus. Κίτσης, Βραχοκιρκίνεζο.

In Cyprus this is a common breeding resident and a regular passage migrant. It can be seen all over the island, from sea level up to the highest mountains, and is very successful in urban areas as well.

Male bird, Nov. 2014

Black-headed Bunting (Emberiza melanocephala), Cyprus. Αμπελουργός/Στρουθάηδονο, Κύπρος.

Black-headed Bunting

Emberiza melanocephala

Κύπρος: Τιρίλινγκος / Στρουθάηδονο
Ελλάδα: Αμπελουργός

This beautiful bunting species visits Cyprus in late spring, and breeds on sites mostly on the lower hillsides of the Troodos range, as well as on the Karpasia peninsula.
Birds leave Cyprus by the end of August.

Photos of a male Black-headed Bunting, at Vavatsinia area, May 2015.

Eleonora's Falcon, an elegant and impressive bird of prey that visits Cyprus in spring, breeding at a small number of known locations.

Meadow Pipit

Anthus pratensis