Egyptian Fruit Bat and another, Cyprus (1 Viewer)

[Jos Stratford]

The avifauna doesn't suggest so.

Though not politically, surely Cyprus, both geographically and by avifauna, is part of Asia, along with the neighbouring land mass of Anatolia and Syria et al.

Maybe just safer to say Western Paleactic

This paper on bats in Syria may be of some interest in relation to potential occurrences on Cyprus. It also mentions that there are several large colonies of Egyptian Fruit Bat along the southern Turkish coastline.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjVsuvDloX3AhWQlosKHQYICCwQFnoECBoQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mammalwatching.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F08%2FThe-Distribution-of-Bats-in-Syria.pdf&usg=AOvVaw17ydYgwc8QIZH3ZeaNpmPb

 

[Andy Adcock]

Though not politically, surely Cyprus, both geographically and by avifauna, is part of Asia, along with the neighbouring land mass of Anatolia and Syria et al.

Maybe just safer to say Western Paleactic

This paper on bats in Syria may be of some interest in relation to potential occurrences on Cyprus. It also mentions that there are several large colonies of Egyptian Fruit Bat along the southern Turkish coastline.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjVsuvDloX3AhWQlosKHQYICCwQFnoECBoQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mammalwatching.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F08%2FThe-Distribution-of-Bats-in-Syria.pdf&usg=AOvVaw17ydYgwc8QIZH3ZeaNpmPb

Thanks for this Jos.
Many resident and migratory birds are familliar from Europe and having travelled extensively in Asia, I can think of only one species I've seen there that I see here, Black Francolin. I'd have said the avifauna was leaning more toward the African as some, apparently consider Cyprus to be part of North Africa or the Middle East but I certainly don't think the avifauna, with the odd exception, is representative of Asia?

 

[Jos Stratford]

I'd have said the avifauna was leaning more toward the African as some, apparently consider Cyprus to be part of North Africa or the Middle East but I certainly don't think the avifauna, with the odd exception, is representative of Asia?

We are in broadly agreement, when saying Asia I meant Anatolia and Syria, generally defined geographically as Asia, rather than the more distant Oriental parts.