Birds to See in Egypt in April
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.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Egypt’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 110 birds in April
110 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 4.07% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.45% in Apr
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.01% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.97% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Apr
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Apr
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.54% in Apr
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.50% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.39% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Apr
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.29% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.28% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.22% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Apr
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentCommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.90% in Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.83% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.76% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.72% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.70% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.69% in Apr
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.62% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.62% in Apr
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.61% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.60% in Apr
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusResidentCommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.60% in Apr
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.58% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.57% in Apr
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.57% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.52% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.48% in Apr
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensisResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Apr
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.46% in Apr
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantCommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.44% in Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.44% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Apr
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentCommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.41% in Apr
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.41% in Apr
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusPassage migrantUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.39% in Apr
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.39% in Apr
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Apr
Common SwiftApus apusPassage migrantCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.33% in Apr
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.32% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.31% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.31% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.28% in Apr
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.27% in Apr
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusWinter visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.26% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.25% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.23% in Apr
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.19% in Apr
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.19% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.19% in Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.18% in Apr
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.18% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.18% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.18% in Apr
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Apr
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusPassage migrantUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.15% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.15% in Apr
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr · 0.15% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.14% in Apr
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.14% in Apr
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.13% in Apr
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusResidentUncommon33–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Apr
Hooded WheatearOenanthe monachaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.12% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaWinter visitorUncommon24–25 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.11% in Apr
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaPassage migrantUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Apr · 0.09% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Apr
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.09% in Apr
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.09% in Apr
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr · 0.09% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Apr
Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillansPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.09% in Apr
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusWinter visitorUncommon120–145 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.08% in Apr
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Apr
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.06% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Apr
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Apr
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.05% in Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusPassage migrantRare40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in 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