Birds to See in Egypt in December
98 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
Residents
(26)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
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Recorded all year
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Senegal Thick-knee
Burhinus senegalensisLC
Recorded all year
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Recorded all year
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Barn Owl
Tyto albaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(58)Present outside the breeding season
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Sep–May
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Sep–Apr
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Aug–May
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephalaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jun–Apr
Hooded Wheatear
Oenanthe monachaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Oct–Mar
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Regularly Dec–Feb
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Oct–Feb
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Sep–May
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Dec–Feb
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Sep–May
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Dec–Feb
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Passage migrants
(13)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Dec–Jan
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterusEN
Regularly Sep–May
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Oct–May
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Regularly Dec
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Dec
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
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