page_title: List of birds of Cyprus
section_title: Shearwaters and petrels
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Cyprus / Shearwaters and petrels
caption_attribution_description: English: Taxidermied Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan at the National Museum of Natural History, Vilhena Palace, Republic of Malta. Magyar: Kitömött bukdosó vészmadár Puffinus yelkouan a máltai Vilhena Palace-hoz tartozó National Museum of Natural History-ban.
context_page_description: This is a list of the bird species recorded in Cyprus. The avifauna of Cyprus include a total of 414 species. Of these, 22 species are globally threatened.
  This list's taxonomic treatment and nomenclature follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2019 edition. The family accounts at the beginning of each heading reflect this taxonomy, as do the species counts found in each family account. Introduced and accidental species are included in the total counts for Cyprus.
  The following tags have been used to highlight several categories. The commonly occurring native species do not fall into any of these categories.
  Accidental - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Cyprus
  Extirpated - a species no longer found in Cyprus but found elsewhere
context_section_description: Order: Procellariiformes   Family: Procellariidae
  The procellariids are the main group of medium-sized "true petrels", characterised by united nostrils with medium septum, and a long outer functional primary.
  Cory's shearwater, Calonectris diomedea
  Yelkouan shearwater, Puffinus yelkouan
caption: Yelkouan shearwater
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