Birds to See in Egypt in October
110 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in October25
- Pied Wagtail
- Bluethroat
- Pallid Swift
- Northern Pintail
- Sardinian Warbler
- Eurasian Wigeon
- Stonechat
- Tufted Duck
- Blackbird
- Great Crested Grebe
- Common Crane
- Water Pipit
- Black-necked Grebe
- Pochard
- Wryneck
- Hooded Wheatear
- Avocet
- Temminck's Stint
- Barn Owl
- Blackcap
- Northern Lapwing
- Greylag Goose
- Bonelli's Eagle
- Eleonora's Falcon
- Hen Harrier
Leaving after last month6
Residents
(26)Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Recorded all year
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Senegal Thick-knee
Burhinus senegalensisLC
Recorded all year
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Recorded all year
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Recorded all year
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Barn Owl
Tyto albaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Summer visitors
(3)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(54)Present outside the breeding season
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Aug–May
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Sep–May
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Sep–May
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jun–Apr
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Sep–Apr
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Hooded Wheatear
Oenanthe monachaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephalaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Sep–May
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Oct–Mar
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Oct–Feb
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Passage migrants
(27)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Sep–May
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly Aug–Oct
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Sep–May
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly May–Oct
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Oct–May
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila fasciataLC
Regularly Oct–Nov
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Eleonora's Falcon
Falco eleonoraeLC
Regularly May–Oct
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
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