{"id":2562,"date":"2020-05-21T09:43:10","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T06:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/birdlifecyprusnew.org\/?page_id=2562"},"modified":"2025-05-05T15:45:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T12:45:34","slug":"common-land-birds-in-cyprus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/birdlifecyprus.org\/el\/monitoring-birds\/common-land-birds-in-cyprus\/","title":{"rendered":"\u03a0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b1\u03ba\u03bf\u03bb\u03bf\u03cd\u03b8\u03b7\u03c3\u03b7 \u03ba\u03bf\u03b9\u03bd\u03ce\u03bd \u03c0\u03bf\u03c5\u03bb\u03b9\u03ce\u03bd"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2562\" class=\"elementor elementor-2562\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dc1c428 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dc1c428\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e9b061b\" data-id=\"e9b061b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ece175 animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9ece175\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;zoomIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Common land-birds in Cyprus<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-089ad4f ee-breadcrumbs-align-center elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-ee-breadcrumbs\" data-id=\"089ad4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;slideInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"ee-breadcrumbs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"ee-breadcrumbs\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/BreadcrumbList\"><\/ul>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f8e6170 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f8e6170\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a6cd06b\" data-id=\"a6cd06b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8be67c elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"b8be67c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9efec70 elementor-align-start elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"9efec70\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Monitoring birds<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da7669f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"da7669f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">common land-birds in Cyprus<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38251ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"38251ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In recent years, BirdLife Cyprus has managed a number of programmes aimed at obtaining information on the population sizes, ranges and trends of land-birds in the island. Since 2006, a pilot\u00a0<strong>Common Birds Monitoring Scheme (CBMS)<\/strong>\u00a0has collected information from volunteers who monitor randomly selected plots preferably near their homes, twice a year during the spring to early summer breeding period, while BirdLife Cyprus member Derek Pomeroy ran a similar common birds monitoring programme in the west of the island. In 2003, members David Whaley and Judy Dawes published a pilot Cyprus Breeding Birds Atlas, once again with the best data collected in the southwest.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bda012d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bda012d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Cyprus is obliged<\/strong>, under European Union (EU) regulations, to collect and make public information on birds and habitats in the country. BirdLife Cyprus was contracted by the Government of the Republic of Cyprus to assist with this process, including reporting on bird species populations and trends under\u00a0Article 12 of the EU Birds Directive in 2013. Furthermore, it has been contracted by the Government of the Republic of Cyprus during 2012-2014 to produce\u00a0a Farmland Bird Index, an indicator used to monitor the health of farmland and nature in EU Member States.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1baef5b uael-img-grid__column-2 uael-img-grid-tablet__column-5 uael-img-grid-mobile__column-2 uael-ins-normal uael-img-caption-valign-bottom elementor-widget elementor-widget-uael-image-gallery\" data-id=\"1baef5b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;gallery_columns&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;gallery_columns_tablet&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;column_gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;32&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;row_gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;images_valign&quot;:&quot;center&quot;,&quot;gallery_columns_mobile&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;lightbox_margin_bottom&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;lightbox_margin_bottom_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;lightbox_margin_bottom_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;column_gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;column_gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;row_gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;row_gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;caption_padding&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;top&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;right&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;bottom&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;left&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;isLinked&quot;:true},&quot;caption_padding_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;top&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;right&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;bottom&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;left&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;isLinked&quot;:true},&quot;caption_padding_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;top&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;right&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;bottom&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;left&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;isLinked&quot;:true}}\" data-widget_type=\"uael-image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uael-gallery-parent uael-caption-on-image uael-gallery-unjustified\"><div class=\"uael-img-gallery-wrap uael-img-grid-wrap uael-img-grid-masonry-wrap uael-image-lightbox-wrap\" data-filter-default=\"All\" data-lightbox_actions=\"[&quot;close&quot;]\" data-lightbox-gallery-loop=\"\"><div class=\"uael-grid-item  uael-img-gallery-item-1\"><div class=\"uael-grid-item-content\"><a class=\"uael-grid-img uael-grid-gallery-img uael-ins-hover elementor-clickable\" data-fancybox=\"uael-gallery\" data-caption=\"Masked Shrike \u00a9 D. Nye\" href=\"https:\/\/birdlifecyprus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Common-Land-Birds-Thum01.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\"><div class=\"uael-grid-img-thumbnail uael-ins-target\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/birdlifecyprus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Common-Land-Birds-Thum01.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2626\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdlifecyprus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Common-Land-Birds-Thum01.jpg 700w, https:\/\/birdlifecyprus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Common-Land-Birds-Thum01-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"uael-grid-img-overlay\"><\/div><\/a><figcaption class=\"uael-grid-img-content\"><div class=\"uael-grid-img-caption\"><h4 class=\"uael-grid-caption-text\">Masked Shrike \u00a9 D. Nye<\/h4><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><div class=\"uael-grid-item  uael-img-gallery-item-2\"><div class=\"uael-grid-item-content\"><a class=\"uael-grid-img uael-grid-gallery-img uael-ins-hover elementor-clickable\" data-fancybox=\"uael-gallery\" data-caption=\"Little Owl \u00a9 A. Stoecker\" href=\"https:\/\/birdlifecyprus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Common-Land-Birds-Thum02.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\"><div class=\"uael-grid-img-thumbnail uael-ins-target\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/birdlifecyprus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Common-Land-Birds-Thum02.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2627\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birdlifecyprus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Common-Land-Birds-Thum02.jpg 700w, https:\/\/birdlifecyprus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/05\/Common-Land-Birds-Thum02-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"uael-grid-img-overlay\"><\/div><\/a><figcaption class=\"uael-grid-img-content\"><div class=\"uael-grid-img-caption\"><h4 class=\"uael-grid-caption-text\">Little Owl \u00a9 A. Stoecker<\/h4><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28c6f96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"28c6f96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>Since 2013, BirdLife Cyprus expanded the pilot CBMS and\u00a0it now covers a representative\u00a0sample of\u00a070\u2013100 1 km squares\u00a0across\u00a0the various major habitats across the island, including forests and different types of scrub and farmland, making a particular effort to extend coverage beyond the well-represented southwest. This programme collects data used to estimate bird densities in different habitats, and provided most of what was needed for the Article 12 reporting at the end of 2013, and for the Farmland Bird Index for Cyprus.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div><p>In a related survey programme, observers collect evidence of breeding activity of birds, with the aim of covering all 10-km squares on the island. This information on the distribution of breeding bird species across the island will not only be the basis for a national atlas of the breeding birds of Cyprus, but it will also feed into the new\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebba2.info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">European Breeding Bird Atlas<\/a>, which is expected to be published in 2020.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc3ebdb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bc3ebdb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><p>In addition to the CBMS and atlas work, since 2014 special survey work has begun to assess accurately the populations of certain species of special interest, such as nocturnal surveys for our four owl species (Barn Owl\u00a0<em>Tyto alba<\/em>, Long-eared Owl\u00a0<em>Asio otus<\/em>, Scops Owl\u00a0<em>Otus scops<\/em>, Little Owl\u00a0<em>Athene noctua<\/em>) plus Nightjar\u00a0<em>Caprimulgus europaeus<\/em>\u00a0and Stone-curlew\u00a0<em>Burhinus oedicnemus<\/em>, and special surveys for a small number of restricted-range species, including the Shag\u00a0<em>Phalacrocorax aristotelis<\/em>\u00a0(coastal surveys), Calandra Lark\u00a0<em>Melanocorypha calandra<\/em>, Woodlark\u00a0<em>Lullula arborea<\/em>, and the Roller\u00a0<em>Coracias garrulus<\/em>, which are not expected to be adequately covered\u00a0by the regular CBMS network.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5b3576 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b5b3576\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><p>Most of the field work for the CBMS and atlas is carried out by BirdLife Cyprus\u2019s network of volunteers. In order to make these surveys as representative as possible, more volunteers are urgently needed, especially in the east of the island.<\/p><p>If you are interested in participating in this work, please contact\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:christina.ieronymidou@birdlifecyprus.org.cy\">christina.ieronymidou@birdlifecyprus.org.cy<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4585900 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"4585900\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d5ee94b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d5ee94b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c576221\" data-id=\"c576221\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c76789a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"c76789a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Common land-birds in Cyprus Monitoring birds common land-birds in Cyprus In recent years, BirdLife Cyprus has managed a number of programmes aimed at obtaining information on the population sizes, ranges and trends of land-birds in the island. 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