Birds to See in Egypt in August
56 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
56 bird species on our list for Egypt are recorded regularly in August. Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, House Sparrow, Rock Dove, Barn Swallow and Little Egret. New this month: Lesser Whitethroat, Yellow Wagtail, Ringed Plover and Western Marsh-harrier and 16 more.
New in August20
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Yellow Wagtail
- Ringed Plover
- Western Marsh-harrier
- Willow Warbler
- Spotted Flycatcher
- European Honey-buzzard
- Red-backed Shrike
- Ruff
- Wood Sandpiper
- Garganey
- Common Reed-warbler
- Common Kingfisher
- White-winged Tern
- Montagu's Harrier
- Eurasian Spoonbill
- Grey Plover
- Common Tern
- Great Grey Shrike
- Ruddy Turnstone
Leaving after last month2
Residents
(25)Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
Senegal Thick-knee
Burhinus senegalensisLC
Recorded all year
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Recorded all year
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Recorded all year
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Barn Owl
Tyto albaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Summer visitors
(3)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(20)Present outside the breeding season
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Aug–May
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jun–Apr
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Passage migrants
(8)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly Aug–Oct
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
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