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Search the current Red List for most recent information about the threatened species of Cyprus. This search covers the entire island; it is not known to what extent any of these species may occur on the base area.

Of the 69 threatened species listed on the IUCN website, 22 are declining: more information can be found through the following table.

Threatened and declining species of Cyprus (as of October 2007)
Group Common name Scientific name More information
Sharks & rays Liver-oil Shark Galeorhinus galeus
Cape Shark Squalus acanthias
Angel Shark Squatina squatina
Bony fish Dusky Grouper Epinephelus marginatus
Blackchin Guitarfish Rhinobatos cemiculus
Common Guitarfish Rhinobatos rhinobatos
Reptiles Schreiber's Fringe-fingered Lizard Acanthodactylus schreiberi
Cyprus Whipsnake Hierophis cypriensis
Green Turtle Chelonia mydas
Birds Cinereous Vulture
Eurasian Black Vulture
Aegypius monachus
(Eastern) Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
Corncrake Crex crex
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
Marbled Duck
Marbled Teal
Marmaronetta angustirostris
Mammals Blasius' Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus blasii
Plants Casey's Larkspur Delphinium caseyi
Erysimum kykkoticum
Gymnura altavela