Birds to See in Egypt in February
97 bird species on our list for Egypt are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Hooded Crow, Rock Dove, Pied Wagtail and Barn Swallow. New this month: Sand Martin, Wheatear, House Martin and Whinchat and 7 more.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
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.
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All 97 birds in February
97 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 4.29% in Feb
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 4.15% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.63% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 3.60% in Feb
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 3.20% in Feb
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Feb
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 2.27% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Feb
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.40% in Feb
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Feb
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Feb
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Feb
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentCommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Feb
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.87% in Feb
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.86% in Feb
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.86% in Feb
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.84% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.82% in Feb
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.74% in Feb
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.69% in Feb
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.66% in Feb
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.65% in Feb
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Feb
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.61% in Feb
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.61% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.59% in Feb
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentCommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.57% in Feb
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.54% in Feb
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.49% in Feb
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusResidentCommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.47% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.46% in Feb
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.46% in Feb
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensisResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Feb
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.42% in Feb
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.39% in Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.39% in Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.38% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.35% in Feb
House MartinDelichon urbicumPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.33% in Feb
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.33% in Feb
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.31% in Feb
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.31% in Feb
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.31% in Feb
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.31% in Feb
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.30% in Feb
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusWinter visitorUncommon120–145 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.28% in Feb
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.27% in Feb
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.26% in Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.25% in Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.25% in Feb
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.25% in Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.23% in Feb
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.20% in Feb
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusWinter visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.19% in Feb
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Feb
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Feb
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.15% in Feb
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.12% in Feb
Common CraneGrus grusPassage migrantUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.11% in Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.11% in Feb
Hooded WheatearOenanthe monachaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.11% in Feb
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.10% in Feb
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Feb
BlackbirdTurdus merulaWinter visitorUncommon24–25 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.09% in Feb
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Feb
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.09% in Feb
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusResidentUncommon33–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Feb
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusPassage migrantUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Feb
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.06% in Feb
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaPassage migrantUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Apr · 0.06% in Feb
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.06% in Feb
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Feb
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.06% in Feb
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Feb
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Feb
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.05% in Feb
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Feb
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Feb
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Feb
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Feb
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.03% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.03% in Feb
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Feb
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.03% in Feb
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