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
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–May
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug–May
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Common SwiftApus apusPassage migrantCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Sep–May
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusResidentCommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–May
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–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