Birds to See in Egypt in March
116 species listed for March · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in March23
- Tree Pipit
- Short-toed Lark
- Booted Eagle
- Montagu's Harrier
- Woodchat Shrike
- Whitethroat
- Common Tern
- Nightingale
- Wryneck
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Savi's Warbler
- Temminck's Stint
- Blackcap
- Subalpine Warbler
- Griffon Vulture
- Greylag Goose
- Common Quail
- Jack Snipe
- Peregrine Falcon
- Eurasian Stone-curlew
- Hen Harrier
- Eurasian Skylark
- Short-eared Owl
Leaving after last month4
Residents
(26)Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Recorded all year
Senegal Thick-knee
Burhinus senegalensisLC
Recorded all year
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Recorded all year
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Recorded all year
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Barn Owl
Tyto albaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Summer visitors
(2)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(54)Present outside the breeding season
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Sep–May
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephalaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Aug–May
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jun–Apr
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Hooded Wheatear
Oenanthe monachaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Sep–Apr
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Oct–Mar
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Sep–May
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Passage migrants
(34)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Sep–May
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Sep–May
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senatorNT
Regularly Mar–Sep
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterusEN
Regularly Sep–May
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Savi's Warbler
Locustella luscinioidesLC
Regularly Mar
Subalpine Warbler
Curruca cantillansLC
Regularly Mar–Apr
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvusLC
Regularly Mar–Apr
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Oct–May
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Feb–Apr
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchosLC
Regularly Mar–Apr
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Sep–May
Eurasian Stone-curlew
Burhinus oedicnemusLC
Regularly Mar–Apr
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Mar
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Regularly 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