Birds to See in Egypt in March
116 bird species on our list for Egypt are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Barn Swallow, Hooded Crow, Rock Dove and Pied Wagtail. New this month: Tree Pipit, Short-toed Lark, Booted Eagle and Montagu's Harrier and 19 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
Lesser WhitethroatBusiest month of the year · Aug–May
WheatearBusiest month of the year · Feb–May
Lesser Black-backed GullBusiest month of the year · Sep–May
Sedge WarblerBusiest month of the year · Feb–May
Little Ringed PloverBusiest month of the year · Sep–Apr
Subalpine WarblerBusiest month of the year · Mar–Apr
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 116 birds in March
116 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.53% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 3.49% in Mar
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.40% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.30% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 2.38% in Mar
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Mar- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.91% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.75% in Mar
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Mar
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.34% in Mar
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.12% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.91% in Mar- WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.89% in Mar
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.87% in Mar
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentCommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.85% in Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Mar
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.79% in Mar- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.76% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.72% in Mar
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.70% in Mar
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.68% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.65% in Mar- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.64% in Mar
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.63% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Mar
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusResidentCommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.57% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.56% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.56% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.52% in Mar- Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.51% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.49% in Mar
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.48% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.47% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.43% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.42% in Mar
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Mar
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Mar
House MartinDelichon urbicumPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.39% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.39% in Mar
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.38% in Mar
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensisResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Mar
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.36% in Mar
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.35% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.34% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.33% in Mar
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentCommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.29% in Mar
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusPassage migrantUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.28% in Mar
Common CraneGrus grusPassage migrantUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.27% in Mar
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.24% in Mar
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusWinter visitorUncommon120–145 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.23% in Mar
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.22% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.21% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.20% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.20% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.19% in Mar
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.17% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.17% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.16% in Mar
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar · 0.15% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Mar
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusWinter visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.13% in Mar
Hooded WheatearOenanthe monachaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.13% in Mar
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.12% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.11% in Mar- Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillansPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.11% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Mar
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Mar
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.10% in Mar
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Mar
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.10% in Mar
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.10% in Mar
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Mar
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Mar
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Mar
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.08% in Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Mar
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusResidentUncommon33–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Mar
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Mar
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaPassage migrantUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.05% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.05% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaWinter visitorUncommon24–25 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.03% in Mar
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Mar
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Mar
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusPassage migrantRare40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserPassage migrantUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantRare41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.02% in Mar
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantRare34–43 cmRegularly Mar · 0.02% in 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