Birds
Rock Partridge (Alectoris graeca)
Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) ( Τρυγόνι )Greece and Cyprus
Eurasian Black Vulture (Aegypius monachus)
Lammergeier ( Gypaetus Barbatus ) Γενειοφόρο Όρνιο / Κοκκαλάς (Mt. Kofinas Herakleion)
White Stork (Ciconia ciconia) ( Λευκοπελαργός )
Black Stork, Ciconia nigra ( Μαυροπελαργός ) Cyprus, Greece
Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus) ( Αργυροπελεκάνος ) Cyprus, Greece
European Robin (Erithacus rubecula) ( Κοκκινολαίμης )
Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea) (Πορφυροτσικνιάς)
Falcon Eleonorae (Μαυροπετρίτης)
Peregrine Falcon, Falco peregrinus , Greece, Cyprus
(Western) Marsh Harrier, Circus aeruginosus, (Καλαμόκιρκος) Greece and Cyprus
Short-toed Eagle, Circaetus gallicus ( Φιδαετός ) Greece and Cyprus
Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) ( Διπλοσάϊνο ) Greece and Cyprus
Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) ( Βαλτόμπουφος) Cyprus, Greece
European Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), ( Αλκυώνα ) Cyprus, Greece
The scientific name Alcedo atthis is derived from Alcyone , the daughter of Aeolus.
Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops) ( Τσαλαπετεινός ), Greece, Cyprus
European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) ( Μελισσοφάγος )
European Roller, Coracias garrulus ( Χαλκοκουρούνα )
Eurasian Golden Oriole, Oriolus oriolus ( Συκοφάγος ), Cyprus, Greece
Phalacrocorax aristotelis
Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) , ( Καλημάνα ) Cyprus, Greece
Booted Eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus) ( Σταυραετός )
Egyptian Vulture, Neophron percnopterus, ( Ασπροπάρης ) Cyprus, Greece
Eurasian Spoonbill, Platalea leucorodia ( Χουλιαρομύτα ), Cyprus, Greece
Honey Buzzard, Pernis apivorus, ( Σφηκοβαρβακίνα ) Cyprus, Greece
White-backed Woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos)
Rueppell's Warbler, Sylvia rueppelli , Greece, Cyprus
Black-winged Stilt, Himantopus himantopus Greece, Cyprus
Calandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra) Greece, Cyprus
Common Cuckoo, Cuculus canorus ( Κούκος )
The cuckoo (kókkyx ) appears in the play of Aristophanes' The Birds:
PITHETAERUS
The cuckoo was king of Egypt and of the whole of Phoenicia. When he called out "cuckoo," all the Phoenicians hurried to the fields to reap their wheat and their barley.
EUELPIDES
Hence no doubt the proverb, "Cuckoo! cuckoo! go to the fields, ye circumcised."
