The Birds of Cyprus: An Annotated check-list (BOC Checklist Series: 28)

Description:

Third Edition. This guide follows two previous editions written by Peter Flint and Peter Stewart in 1983 and 1992 respectively (Vol. 6 in the BOU Checklist series). There has been annual recording and publication of bird records on Cyprus for more than 65 years, with the effort increasing in both scale and area of the island covered. Though one would expect the number of recorded birds to increase, this has only happened for some species while for many others the reverse is true. The dramatic decline in breeding birds was already established by 1992, but research for this edition uncovered similar decreases in numbers of passage migrants and winter visitors, likely due to a combination of climate and habitat changes affecting the island and the wider world. This matches patterns observed in nearby countries and general population declines of European breeding populations. This edition details the past changes and provides a baseline against which the inevitable future changes can be measured. It contains records up to 10 March 2023, with the addition of a few later significant records.

Condition

As new.