Uncommon Birds in Egypt
Our list for Egypt has 66 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 27 winter visitors, 32 passage migrants and 3 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Egypt in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 66, most common first
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusWinter visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Aug–May
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusResidentUncommon33–38 cmRecorded all year
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusPassage migrantUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Sep–May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusWinter visitorUncommon120–145 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusPassage migrantUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaWinter visitorUncommon24–25 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
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