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
Common CraneGrus grusPassage migrantUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
GadwallMareca streperaPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Hooded WheatearOenanthe monachaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Oct–May
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep–May
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Sep–May
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusPassage migrantUncommon52–68 cmRegularly May
Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillansPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–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