Birds to See in Egypt in May
79 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
79 bird species on our list for Egypt are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Barn Swallow, Hooded Crow, Rock Dove and Cattle Egret. New this month: Curlew Sandpiper, Oriental Honey-buzzard, Garden Warbler and Eleonora's Falcon.
Leaving after last month35
- Pied Wagtail
- Chiffchaff
- Short-toed Lark
- Northern Shoveler
- Eurasian Teal
- Bluethroat
- Garganey
- Mallard
- Redshank
- Common Snipe
- Common Kingfisher
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Northern Pintail
- Curlew
- Little Ringed Plover
- Green Sandpiper
- Dunlin
- Sardinian Warbler
- Spotted Redshank
- Montagu's Harrier
- Nightingale
- Wryneck
- Wood Warbler
- Hobby
- Blackcap
- Subalpine Warbler
- Blue Rock-thrush
- Alpine Swift
- Griffon Vulture
- Common Quail
- Peregrine Falcon
- Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
- Cuckoo
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Eurasian Stone-curlew
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
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
Senegal Thick-knee
Burhinus senegalensisLC
Recorded all year
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Recorded all year
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Recorded all year
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Recorded all year
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Barn Owl
Tyto albaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Summer visitors
(3)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(27)Present outside the breeding season
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Sep–May
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Aug–May
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Aug–May
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Sep–May
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Sep–May
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Hooded Wheatear
Oenanthe monachaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Passage migrants
(23)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterusEN
Regularly Sep–May
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Sep–May
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Regularly May
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senatorNT
Regularly Mar–Sep
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly May–Oct
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Oct–May
Eleonora's Falcon
Falco eleonoraeLC
Regularly May–Oct
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly Apr–May
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