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
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaPassage migrantUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Apr
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–May
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserPassage migrantUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraScarceUncommon16–19 cm
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataPassage migrantUncommon65–72 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisScarceUncommon15–16 cm
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisScarceUncommon14–15 cm
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