Birds to See in Egypt in September
91 bird species on our list for Egypt are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, House Sparrow, Rock Dove, Barn Swallow and Little Egret. New this month: Chiffchaff, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard and Tree Pipit and 33 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
Ringed PloverBusiest month of the year · Aug–May
Western Marsh-harrierBusiest month of the year · Aug–Jun
Willow WarblerBusiest month of the year · Apr–May
European Honey-buzzardBusiest month of the year · Apr–May
Red-backed ShrikeBusiest month of the year · Aug–Oct
RuffBusiest month of the year · Aug–May
Leaving soon
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 91 birds in September
91 birds
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.18% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.96% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.84% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Sep
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Sep
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Sep
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.38% in Sep- Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.37% in Sep
- Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.30% in Sep
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.28% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.18% in Sep- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.16% in Sep
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentCommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.06% in Sep- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantCommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.04% in Sep
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.99% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.87% in Sep- RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.87% in Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.83% in Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.82% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.72% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.68% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.67% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.67% in Sep
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.64% in Sep
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.51% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.46% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.46% in Sep
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.46% in Sep
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentCommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Sep
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensisResidentCommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Sep
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.41% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.39% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.39% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.38% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.38% in Sep
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusWinter visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.38% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.37% in Sep
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.37% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.34% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.33% in Sep
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusPassage migrantUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.32% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.32% in Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.29% in Sep
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.26% in Sep
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.26% in Sep
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.25% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.24% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.22% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.22% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.21% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.21% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.19% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusResidentUncommon33–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.19% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.18% in Sep
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusPassage migrantUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.17% in Sep
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.17% in Sep
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusWinter visitorUncommon120–145 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.17% in Sep
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.15% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.15% in Sep
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.15% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.15% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.14% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.11% in Sep
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.10% in Sep
Common SwiftApus apusPassage migrantCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Sep
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.04% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Sep
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.03% in Sep
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