Spur-winged Lapwing, Larnaca, 2 June 2013

Greater Sand Plover, Larnaca, 14 March 2010

Black Francolin, 20 April 2013

Several birds occur in Cyprus on the edge of their European range – Black Francolin, Spur-winged Lapwing, Chukar, over wintering Finsch’s Wheatear and Greater Sand Plover, Long-legged Buzzard and migrating Demoiselle Crane. Mediterranean coastal specialties like Audouin’s Gull and Eleonora’s Falcon both breed here.