Birds to See in Egypt in April
110 species listed for April · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
110 bird species on our list for Egypt are recorded regularly in April. Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, House Sparrow, Hooded Crow, Rock Dove and Cattle Egret. New this month: European Bee-eater, Willow Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher and European Honey-buzzard and 9 more.
New in April13
Residents
(26)Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Senegal Thick-knee
Burhinus senegalensisLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Recorded all year
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Recorded all year
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Recorded all year
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Recorded all year
Barn Owl
Tyto albaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Summer visitors
(3)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(45)Present outside the breeding season
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Sep–May
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Aug–May
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Sep–May
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jun–Apr
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Hooded Wheatear
Oenanthe monachaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Sep–May
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephalaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Sep–Apr
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Passage migrants
(36)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Sep–May
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Sep–May
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Sep–May
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senatorNT
Regularly Mar–Sep
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterusEN
Regularly Sep–May
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchosLC
Regularly Mar–Apr
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly Apr
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Feb–Apr
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly Apr–May
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvusLC
Regularly Mar–Apr
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr
Subalpine Warbler
Curruca cantillansLC
Regularly Mar–Apr
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Oct–May
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
Monticola saxatilisLC
Regularly Apr
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Apr
Eurasian Stone-curlew
Burhinus oedicnemusLC
Regularly Mar–Apr
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made