Birds to See in Egypt in November
98 bird species on our list for Egypt are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Rock Dove, House Sparrow, Pied Wagtail and Barn Swallow. New this month: Egyptian Vulture, Mediterranean Gull, Blue Rock-thrush and Jack Snipe and 3 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
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 98 birds in November
98 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 4.10% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.56% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.55% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 3.32% in Nov
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 3.00% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.90% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Nov
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Nov
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Nov
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.72% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Nov
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Nov
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentCommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Nov
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.08% in Nov
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.96% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Nov
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.88% in Nov
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentCommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.85% in Nov
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.85% in Nov
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.85% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Nov
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.78% in Nov
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.73% in Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.73% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.72% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.70% in Nov
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.65% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.62% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.57% in Nov
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensisResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Nov
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.54% in Nov
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.52% in Nov
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.45% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.44% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.41% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.40% in Nov
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.36% in Nov
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.35% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.34% in Nov
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.33% in Nov
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusWinter visitorUncommon120–145 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.31% in Nov
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.25% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.24% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.23% in Nov
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusResidentCommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.23% in Nov
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusResidentUncommon33–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.22% in Nov
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.21% in Nov
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.21% in Nov
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.21% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.20% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.19% in Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.18% in Nov
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.17% in Nov
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.17% in Nov
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.17% in Nov
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusWinter visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.17% in Nov
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.16% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.16% in Nov
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.16% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.14% in Nov
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.13% in Nov
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in Nov
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.12% in Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.12% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.11% in Nov
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Nov
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Nov
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.08% in Nov
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Nov
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.07% in Nov
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.07% in Nov
Hooded WheatearOenanthe monachaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.07% in Nov
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in Nov
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.06% in Nov
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserPassage migrantUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Nov
Common CraneGrus grusPassage migrantUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Nov
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.05% in Nov
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusPassage migrantUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.04% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaWinter visitorUncommon24–25 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.03% in Nov
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataPassage migrantUncommon65–72 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsPassage migrantRare14–16 cmRegularly Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
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