Birds of Egypt
Egypt hosts 310 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
- House CrowCorvus splendens
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Brown-necked RavenCorvus ruficollis
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Pale Crag MartinPtyonoprogne obsoleta
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Graceful PriniaPrinia gracilis
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- African Green Bee-eaterMerops viridissimus
- Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- White-eyed GullIchthyaetus leucophthalmus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Nile Valley SunbirdHedydipna metallica
- White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
- White-crowned WheatearOenanthe leucopyga
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensis
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- Masked ShrikeLanius nubicus
- Clamorous Reed WarblerAcrocephalus stentoreus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Sooty GullIchthyaetus hemprichii
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Desert LarkAmmomanes deserti
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Spotted SandgrousePterocles senegallus
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
- Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- Eastern Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus orientalis
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
- Crowned SandgrousePterocles coronatus
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
- Namaqua DoveOena capensis
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- White-cheeked TernSterna repressa
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Mourning WheatearOenanthe lugens
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Trumpeter FinchBucanetes githagineus
- Hooded WheatearOenanthe monacha
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliaca
- Sooty FalconFalco concolor
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Indian SilverbillEuodice malabarica
- Red AvadavatAmandava amandava
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Streaked Scrub WarblerScotocerca inquieta
- Tristram's StarlingOnychognathus tristramii
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Sinai RosefinchCarpodacus synoicus
- Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurus
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Sand PartridgeAmmoperdix heyi
- Greater Hoopoe-LarkAlaemon alaudipes
- Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Cream-colored CourserCursorius cursor
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- White-spectacled BulbulPycnonotus xanthopygos
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- BlackstartOenanthe melanura
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Palestine SunbirdCinnyris osea
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Eastern Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillans
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Alexandrine ParakeetPsittacula eupatria
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Crab-ploverDromas ardeola
- Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
- Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
- Bar-tailed LarkAmmomanes cinctura
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciata
- Egyptian NightjarCaprimulgus aegyptius
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Striolated BuntingEmberiza striolata
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Lappet-faced VultureTorgos tracheliotos
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Chukar PartridgeAlectoris chukar
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Pharaoh Eagle-OwlBubo ascalaphus
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
- African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Lichtenstein's SandgrousePterocles lichtensteinii
- Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonorae
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
- Cretzschmar's BuntingEmberiza caesia
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Armenian GullLarus armenicus
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
- Bimaculated LarkMelanocorypha bimaculata
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Corn CrakeCrex crex
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- Fan-tailed RavenCorvus rhipidurus
- Streaked WeaverPloceus manyar
- Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
- Kurdish WheatearOenanthe xanthoprymna
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Large Rock MartinPtyonoprogne fuligula
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
- Goliath HeronArdea goliath
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Cyprus WheatearOenanthe cypriaca
- Semicollared FlycatcherFicedula semitorquata
- Temminck's LarkEremophila bilopha
- Grey HypocoliusHypocolius ampelinus
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- Cinereous VultureAegypius monachus
- Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
- Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanni
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- Chestnut-bellied SandgrousePterocles exustus
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- African SkimmerRynchops flavirostris
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- White-headed DuckOxyura leucocephala
- Black-headed BuntingEmberiza melanocephala
- Black Scrub RobinCercotrichas podobe
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Lesser White-fronted GooseAnser erythropus
- Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
- Saunders's TernSternula saundersi
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Common GullLarus canus
- Brown-throated MartinRiparia paludicola
- Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
- Marbled DuckMarmaronetta angustirostris
- Red-tailed ShrikeLanius phoenicuroides
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
- Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
- Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
- Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatus
- Arabian Green Bee-eaterMerops cyanophrys
- Verreaux's EagleAquila verreauxii
- Black-crowned Sparrow-LarkEremopterix nigriceps
- Olive-tree WarblerHippolais olivetorum
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- CockatielNymphicus hollandicus
- Red-billed TropicbirdPhaethon aethereus
- Dupont's LarkChersophilus duponti
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
- Yellow-throated SparrowGymnoris xanthocollis
- BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus