Common Birds in Egypt
Our list for Egypt has 70 common birds recorded regularly there: 22 residents, 3 summer visitors, 31 winter visitors and 14 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Egypt in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 70, most common first
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Aug–May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–May
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentCommon78–90 cmRecorded all year
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jul–May
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Sep–May
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