Birds to See in Egypt in October
110 bird species on our list for Egypt are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, House Sparrow, Rock Dove, Barn Swallow and Little Egret. New this month: Pied Wagtail, Bluethroat, Pallid Swift and Northern Pintail and 21 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
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.
Other months
All 110 birds in October
110 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.84% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.57% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.47% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 3.31% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.77% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 2.22% in Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Oct
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Oct
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Oct
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentCommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Oct
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.02% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Oct
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.93% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.93% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Oct
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Oct
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentCommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.77% in Oct
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.77% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Oct
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.74% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.70% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.67% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.65% in Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.64% in Oct
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.63% in Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.62% in Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.61% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.60% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.58% in Oct
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensisResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Oct
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.54% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.50% in Oct
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.46% in Oct
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.46% in Oct
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Oct
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.42% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.42% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.42% in Oct
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusResidentUncommon33–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Oct
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.37% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.35% in Oct
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.33% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.33% in Oct
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.33% in Oct
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.32% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.28% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.28% in Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.27% in Oct
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.26% in Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.25% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.24% in Oct
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Oct
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.24% in Oct
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.22% in Oct
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusWinter visitorUncommon120–145 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.22% in Oct
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusResidentCommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.22% in Oct
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.21% in Oct
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusWinter visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.21% in Oct
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.21% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.19% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.19% in Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.17% in Oct
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.17% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.17% in Oct
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.16% in Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Oct
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.15% in Oct
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.14% in Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Oct
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Oct
House MartinDelichon urbicumPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.12% in Oct
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.12% in Oct
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantCommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Oct
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Oct
Common CraneGrus grusPassage migrantUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Oct
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Oct
Hooded WheatearOenanthe monachaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.07% in Oct
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Oct
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in Oct
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Oct
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Oct
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Oct
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Oct
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Oct
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.03% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaWinter visitorUncommon24–25 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.03% in Oct
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataPassage migrantUncommon65–72 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.03% in Oct
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Oct
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Oct
Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonoraePassage migrantRare36–42 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserPassage migrantUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.03% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantRare41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Oct
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Oct
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