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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Egypt in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 70, most common first
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Sep–May
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensisResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRecorded all year
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentCommon33–42 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantCommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Sep–May
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
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