Rare Birds in Egypt
Our list for Egypt has 20 rare birds recorded regularly there: 12 passage migrants and 8 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Egypt in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 20, most common first
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantRare40–45 cmRegularly Jan
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisPassage migrantRare52–68 cmRegularly Jan
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Apr
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataPassage migrantRare66–84 cmRegularly Dec
Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonoraePassage migrantRare36–42 cmRegularly May–Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosPassage migrantRare20–23 cmRegularly Jan
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusPassage migrantRare40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
ChukarAlectoris chukarScarceRare32–38 cm
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantRare41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
CorncrakeCrex crexScarceRare22–30 cm
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisScarceRare69–81 cm
SanderlingCalidris albaScarceRare18–20 cm
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsPassage migrantRare14–16 cmRegularly Nov
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusScarceRare41–46 cm
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantRare26–29 cmRegularly Dec
Water RailRallus aquaticusScarceRare23–28 cm
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantRare34–43 cmRegularly Mar
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusScarceRare25–30 cm
Long-eared OwlAsio otusScarceRare35–40 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Chaffinch 14–16 cm
- Eurasian Skylark 16–18 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Song Thrush 20–23 cm
- Water Rail 23–28 cm
- Corncrake 22–30 cm
- Golden Plover 26–29 cm
- Little Gull 25–30 cm
- Chukar 32–38 cm
- Long-eared Owl 35–40 cm
- Short-eared Owl 34–43 cm
- Bar-tailed Godwit 37–41 cm
- Eleonora's Falcon 36–42 cm
- Eurasian Stone-curlew 40–44 cm
- Eurasian Oystercatcher 40–45 cm
- Arctic Jaeger 41–46 cm
- Hen Harrier 41–52 cm
- Yellow-legged Gull 52–68 cm
- Muscovy Duck 66–84 cm
- Eurasian Bittern 69–81 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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