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A Birdwatching Guide to Cyprus
DESCRIPTION: A Birdwatching Guide to Cyprus... This is an essential guide to discovering the variety of birds on Cyprus whilst on holiday. The resident species number in the lower fifties and some forty or more are migrant species, which regularly or occasionally breed. The Island list stands at 365 species, which includes accidental or vagrant species and those like Stonechat and Black Redstart, which are abundant winter visitors. The degree of endemism is quite high which is surprising when you consider Cyprus's close proximity to the mainland and its large migrant and wintering population. 2 species are currently recognized as endemic; the Cyprus Wheatear and the Cyprus Warbler and both are migratory. Cyprus has 5 sedentary subspecies, Scop's Owl, Coal Tit, Short-toed Treecreeper, Jay and Crossbill.
There are a number of Birdwatching holidays in North Cyprus if you want to get the most of the islands treats. Probably the best time to visit Cyprus is in the spring when, in addition to the hordes of migrants in their readily identifiable breeding plumages one can also see the resident and summer breeding visitors. Spring migration starts very early, by the end of February Great Spotted Cuckoo are numerous and the first Isabelline Wheatear are passing through. Early March sees the first Hoopoe and by the end of this month larks, hirundines, pipits, wagtails, warblers and buntings are in super abundance. Wryneck can be very common and Nightingale seem to pop out from every piece of low vegetation, quite happy to hop on the ground in front of you, quite different behavior from that observed on their breeding grounds. April is the prime month if you want the largest total of species, particularly the middle 2 weeks. Some of the winter visitors will probably still be hanging on, the migrant breeders will have arrived, including Black-headed Bunting, which is probably the latest arrival and the flocks of European migrants are streaming through; magic! It is also now that most vagrants occur as well.
A Birdwatching Guide to Cyprus by Jacquie Croxzier
AUTHOR: Jacquie Croxzier
ISBN: 9781900159807 BINDING: softcover PAGES: 92
Year: 1998 Size: Condition: Our book has SOLD. Check on Amazon for a new or used copy.
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