Birds to See in Egypt in December
98 bird species on our list for Egypt are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, House Sparrow, Rock Dove, Pied Wagtail and Barn Swallow. New this month: Booted Eagle, Little Tern, Gadwall and Ruddy Turnstone and 6 more.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
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.
Other months
All 98 birds in December
98 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 4.02% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.37% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.25% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 2.97% in Dec
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.94% in Dec
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Dec
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Dec
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Dec
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Dec
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.73% in Dec
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Dec
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentCommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.30% in Dec
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentCommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Dec
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.05% in Dec
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.04% in Dec
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Dec
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.00% in Dec
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.99% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.96% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.93% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Dec
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Dec
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Dec
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.81% in Dec
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.76% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.70% in Dec
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.68% in Dec
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.66% in Dec
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensisResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Dec
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.63% in Dec
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.63% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.59% in Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.58% in Dec
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.57% in Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.57% in Dec
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.52% in Dec
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.49% in Dec
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.47% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.46% in Dec
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusWinter visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.46% in Dec
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusWinter visitorUncommon120–145 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.34% in Dec
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.33% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.31% in Dec
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.29% in Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.28% in Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.27% in Dec
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.27% in Dec
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusResidentCommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.26% in Dec
GadwallMareca streperaPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.21% in Dec
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Dec
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusResidentUncommon33–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Dec
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.21% in Dec
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.20% in Dec
Hooded WheatearOenanthe monachaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.17% in Dec
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.16% in Dec
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.16% in Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.15% in Dec
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.14% in Dec
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.13% in Dec
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in Dec
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.13% in Dec
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Dec
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusPassage migrantUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.11% in Dec
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.11% in Dec
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.11% in Dec
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.10% in Dec
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Dec
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Dec
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.09% in Dec
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.09% in Dec
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.09% in Dec
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.09% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Dec
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.08% in Dec
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in Dec
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Dec
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Dec
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.05% in Dec
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Dec
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.05% in Dec
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.04% in Dec
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.04% in Dec
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Dec
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Dec
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.03% in Dec
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataPassage migrantRare66–84 cmRegularly Dec · 0.03% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.03% in Dec
BlackbirdTurdus merulaWinter visitorUncommon24–25 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.02% in Dec
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantRare26–29 cmRegularly Dec · 0.02% in Dec
Greylag GooseAnser anserPassage migrantUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Dec
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