Birds to See in Egypt in September
91 species listed for September · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in September37
- Chiffchaff
- Sparrowhawk
- Buzzard
- Tree Pipit
- Short-toed Lark
- Coot
- Northern Shoveler
- Eurasian Teal
- Great White Egret
- Wheatear
- House Martin
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Mallard
- Common Snipe
- Common Swift
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Whinchat
- Sedge Warbler
- Common Redstart
- Booted Eagle
- Little Ringed Plover
- Green Sandpiper
- Dunlin
- Spotted Redshank
- Woodchat Shrike
- Egyptian Vulture
- Little Tern
- Greater Flamingo
- Golden Oriole
- Whitethroat
- Rose-ringed Parakeet
- Grey Wagtail
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Sandwich Tern
- Common Quail
- Garden Warbler
- Cuckoo
Leaving after last month2
Residents
(24)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
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Recorded all year
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Recorded all year
Senegal Thick-knee
Burhinus senegalensisLC
Recorded all year
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Recorded all year
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Summer visitors
(3)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(39)Present outside the breeding season
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Aug–May
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jun–Apr
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Sep–May
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Sep–May
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Sep–Apr
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Sep–May
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Passage migrants
(25)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly Aug–Oct
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Sep–May
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Sep–May
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterusEN
Regularly Sep–May
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Sep–May
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Sep–May
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senatorNT
Regularly Mar–Sep
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly May–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