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CORMORANTS Phalacrocoracidae
HERONS Ardeidae	—
STORKS Ciconiidae
IBIS, SPOONBILL Threskiornithidae
FLAMINGOS Phoenicopteridae
SWANS, DUCKS, GEESE Anatidae
BUZZARDS, EAGLES, VULTURES, KITES, HARRIERS & HAWKS Accipititridae
FALCONS Falconidae
PARTRIDGE AND FRANCOLIN Phasianidae
RAILS AND CRAKES Rallidae
CRANES Gruidae
PLOVERS & LAPWINGS Charadriidae
WOODCOCK, SNIPE, SANDPIPERS, CURLEWS, STINTS Scolapacidae
GULLS Laridae
TERNS Sternidae
PIGEONS & DOVES Columbidae
CUCKOOS Cuculidae
OWLS Strigidae
SWIFTS Apodidae
KINGFISHERS Alcedinidae
BEE-EATERS Meropidae
ROLLER Coraciidae
HOOPOE Upupidae
WOODPECKERS Picidae
LARKS Alaudidae
SWALLOWS, MARTINS Hirundinidae
WAGTAILS, PIPITS Motacillidae
THRUSHES, CHATS Turdidae
WARBLERS Sylviidae
FLYCATCHERS Muscicapidae
ORIOLES Oriolidae
SHRIKES Laniidae Laniidae
CROWS Corvidae Corvidae
STARLINGS Sturnidae
SPARROWS Passeridae
FINCHES Fringillidae
BUNTINGS Emberizidae
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HERONS

Night Heron

Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)

Fairly common spring and autumn passage migrant, occasional breeder in Cyprus.
Black Crowned Night Herons (with a Purple Heron).
Thousands of Herons and Egrets pass along the north coast of Cyprus on Autumn migration.

Squacco Heron