Birds to See in Egypt in January
95 bird species on our list for Egypt are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, House Sparrow, Pied Wagtail, Rock Dove and Barn Swallow. New this month: Common Reed-warbler, Blackcap, Eurasian Oystercatcher and Yellow-legged Gull and 2 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
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 95 birds in January
95 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.69% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.61% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 3.33% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.75% in Jan
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Jan
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Jan
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Jan
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.68% in Jan
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Jan
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Jan
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.19% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.12% in Jan
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.07% in Jan
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jan
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.00% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.98% in Jan
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentCommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jan
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.92% in Jan
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.92% in Jan
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.89% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.89% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.82% in Jan
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentCommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jan
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.78% in Jan
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.73% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.71% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.70% in Jan
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensisResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jan
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.65% in Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.61% in Jan
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.59% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.58% in Jan
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.52% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.50% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.47% in Jan
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.46% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.45% in Jan
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.42% in Jan
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusResidentCommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.41% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.41% in Jan
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.40% in Jan
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.40% in Jan
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.39% in Jan
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.36% in Jan
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusWinter visitorUncommon120–145 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.36% in Jan
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusWinter visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.36% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.33% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.29% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.27% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.26% in Jan
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.25% in Jan
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusResidentUncommon33–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.19% in Jan
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.19% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.19% in Jan
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.15% in Jan
Hooded WheatearOenanthe monachaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.15% in Jan
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.14% in Jan
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.13% in Jan
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.13% in Jan
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in Jan
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.10% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Jan
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.09% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.09% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.08% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.07% in Jan
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.07% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.07% in Jan
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.07% in Jan
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Jan
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.06% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.06% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.05% in Jan
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Jan
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.05% in Jan
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisPassage migrantRare52–68 cmRegularly Jan · 0.05% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaWinter visitorUncommon24–25 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.04% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosPassage migrantRare20–23 cmRegularly Jan · 0.03% in Jan
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantRare40–45 cmRegularly Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantRare41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
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