Egypt bird checklist
394 bird species in 70 families have been recorded in Egypt, according to eBird; about 310 of them are seen regularly, and the rest are rarities, vagrants and escaped or introduced birds. Download the full list as a PDF, or tick birds off on your phone, with counts and notes, even without signal.
Species data: eBird.org, updated · How these lists are made
The most common birds in Egypt right now
1Rock Pigeon
2House Sparrow
3Barn Swallow
4Glossy Ibis
5White Wagtail
6Laughing Dove
7Western Cattle-Egret
8Black-crowned Night Heron
9Little Egret
10Spur-winged Lapwing
Egypt bird checklist
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Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl
- Graylag Goose
- Greater White-fronted Goose
- Lesser White-fronted Goose
- Tundra Swan
- Egyptian Goose
- Ruddy Shelduck
- Common Shelduck
- Muscovy Duck
- Garganey
- Northern Shoveler
- Gadwall
- Eurasian Wigeon
- Mallard
- Northern Pintail
- Green-winged Teal
- Marbled Duck
- Red-crested Pochard
- Common Pochard
- Ferruginous Duck
- Tufted Duck
- Smew
- Red-breasted Merganser
- White-headed Duck
Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies
- Sand Partridge
- Common Quail
- Chukar
Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon
- European Turtle-Dove
- Eurasian Collared-Dove
- African Collared-Dove
- Mourning Collared-Dove
- Laughing Dove
- Namaqua Dove
- Bruce's Green-Pigeon
Sandgrouse
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
- Spotted Sandgrouse
- Crowned Sandgrouse
- Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse
Bustards
- African Houbara
- Asian Houbara
Cuckoos
- Senegal Coucal
- Great Spotted Cuckoo
- Common Cuckoo
Nightjars and Allies
- Eurasian Nightjar
- Egyptian Nightjar
Swifts
- Alpine Swift
- Common Swift
- Pallid Swift
- Little Swift
Rails, Gallinules, and Coots
- Water Rail
- Corn Crake
- Spotted Crake
- Lesser Moorhen
- Eurasian Moorhen
- Eurasian Coot
- African Swamphen
- Little Crake
- Baillon's Crake
Cranes
- Demoiselle Crane
- Common Crane
Thick-knees
- Eurasian Thick-knee
- Senegal Thick-knee
Stilts and Avocets
- Black-winged Stilt
- Pied Avocet
Oystercatchers
- Eurasian Oystercatcher
Plovers and Lapwings
- Black-bellied Plover
- European Golden-Plover
- Eurasian Dotterel
- Common Ringed Plover
- Three-banded Plover
- Little Ringed Plover
- Northern Lapwing
- Spur-winged Lapwing
- Sociable Lapwing
- White-tailed Lapwing
- Greater Sand-Plover
- Kittlitz's Plover
- Kentish Plover
Painted-Snipes
- Greater Painted-Snipe
Sandpipers and Allies
- Eurasian Whimbrel
- Eurasian Curlew
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Jack Snipe
- Common Snipe
- Red-necked Phalarope
- Terek Sandpiper
- Common Sandpiper
- Green Sandpiper
- Marsh Sandpiper
- Wood Sandpiper
- Common Redshank
- Spotted Redshank
- Common Greenshank
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Red Knot
- Ruff
- Broad-billed Sandpiper
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Temminck's Stint
- Sanderling
- Dunlin
- Little Stint
Crab-Plover
- Crab-Plover
Pratincoles and Coursers
- Cream-colored Courser
- Collared Pratincole
- Black-winged Pratincole
Skuas and Jaegers
- Long-tailed Jaeger
- Parasitic Jaeger
- Pomarine Jaeger
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Little Gull
- Black-legged Kittiwake
- Slender-billed Gull
- Black-headed Gull
- Franklin's Gull
- Pallas's Gull
- Audouin's Gull
- Mediterranean Gull
- Sooty Gull
- White-eyed Gull
- Common Gull
- Caspian Gull
- Yellow-legged Gull
- Armenian Gull
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- African Skimmer
- Bridled Tern
- Little Tern
- Saunders's Tern
- Gull-billed Tern
- Caspian Tern
- Whiskered Tern
- Black Tern
- White-winged Tern
- Common Tern
- White-cheeked Tern
- Sandwich Tern
- Lesser Crested Tern
- Great Crested Tern
Flamingos
- Greater Flamingo
Grebes
- Little Grebe
- Great Crested Grebe
- Eared Grebe
Tropicbirds
- Red-billed Tropicbird
Shearwaters and Petrels
- Sooty Shearwater
- Yelkouan Shearwater
Storks
- Black Stork
- White Stork
- Yellow-billed Stork
Boobies and Gannets
- Brown Booby
Cormorants and Shags
- Reed Cormorant
- Great Cormorant
Ibises and Spoonbills
- Glossy Ibis
- Northern Bald Ibis
- Eurasian Spoonbill
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns
- Eurasian Bittern
- Little Bittern
- Yellow Bittern
- Black-crowned Night Heron
- Little Egret
- Western Reef-Heron
- Little Heron
- Squacco Heron
- Western Cattle-Egret
- Great Egret
- Gray Heron
- Purple Heron
- Goliath Heron
Pelicans
- Great White Pelican
- Pink-backed Pelican
Osprey
- Osprey
Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Black-winged Kite
- Bearded Vulture
- Egyptian Vulture
- European Honey-buzzard
- Oriental Honey-buzzard
- Cinereous Vulture
- Lappet-faced Vulture
- Hooded Vulture
- Rüppell's Griffon
- Eurasian Griffon
- Short-toed Snake-Eagle
- Lesser Spotted Eagle
- Greater Spotted Eagle
- Wahlberg's Eagle
- Booted Eagle
- Steppe Eagle
- Imperial Eagle
- Tawny Eagle
- Golden Eagle
- Verreaux's Eagle
- Bonelli's Eagle
- Levant Sparrowhawk
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk
- Western Marsh Harrier
- Hen Harrier
- Pallid Harrier
- Montagu's Harrier
- Black Kite
- Common Buzzard
- Long-legged Buzzard
Barn-Owls
- Western Barn Owl
Owls
- Eurasian Scops-Owl
- Pallid Scops-Owl
- Pharaoh Eagle-Owl
- Little Owl
- Desert Owl
- Long-eared Owl
- Short-eared Owl
Hoopoes
- Common Hoopoe
Bee-eaters
- African Green Bee-eater
- Arabian Green Bee-eater
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
- European Bee-eater
Kingfishers
- Common Kingfisher
- White-throated Kingfisher
- Pied Kingfisher
Rollers
- European Roller
Woodpeckers
- Eurasian Wryneck
- Syrian Woodpecker
Falcons and Caracaras
- Lesser Kestrel
- Eurasian Kestrel
- Red-footed Falcon
- Eleonora's Falcon
- Sooty Falcon
- Merlin
- Eurasian Hobby
- Lanner Falcon
- Saker Falcon
- Peregrine Falcon
Cockatoos
- Cockatiel
Old World Parrots
- Alexandrine Parakeet
- Rose-ringed Parakeet
- Budgerigar
New World and African Parrots
- Gray Parrot
Old World Orioles
- Eurasian Golden Oriole
Bushshrikes and Allies
- Rosy-patched Bushshrike
Shrikes
- Red-backed Shrike
- Red-tailed Shrike
- Isabelline Shrike
- Great Gray Shrike
- Lesser Gray Shrike
- Masked Shrike
- Woodchat Shrike
Crows, Jays, and Magpies
- Eurasian Magpie
- House Crow
- Hooded Crow
- Pied Crow
- Brown-necked Raven
- Fan-tailed Raven
- Common Raven
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
- Great Tit
Larks
- Greater Hoopoe-Lark
- Bar-tailed Lark
- Desert Lark
- Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark
- Eurasian Skylark
- Thekla's Lark
- Crested Lark
- Temminck's Lark
- Greater Short-toed Lark
- Bimaculated Lark
- Dupont's Lark
- Arabian Lark
- Mediterranean Short-toed Lark
Cisticolas and Allies
- Graceful Prinia
- Zitting Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies
- Booted Warbler
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
- Olive-tree Warbler
- Icterine Warbler
- Moustached Warbler
- Sedge Warbler
- Marsh Warbler
- Common Reed Warbler
- Great Reed Warbler
- Clamorous Reed Warbler
Grassbirds and Allies
- River Warbler
- Savi's Warbler
- Common Grasshopper Warbler
Swallows
- Plain Martin
- Bank Swallow
- Eurasian Crag-Martin
- Pale Crag-Martin
- Barn Swallow
- Western House-Martin
- European Red-rumped Swallow
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow
- Streak-throated Swallow
Bulbuls
- Common Bulbul
- White-eared Bulbul
- White-spectacled Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
- Wood Warbler
- Eastern Bonelli's Warbler
- Yellow-browed Warbler
- Willow Warbler
- Common Chiffchaff
Bush Warblers and Allies
- Scrub Warbler
Sylviid Warblers and Allies
- Eurasian Blackcap
- Garden Warbler
- Barred Warbler
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Arabian Warbler
- Eastern Orphean Warbler
- Asian Desert Warbler
- Menetries's Warbler
- Rüppell's Warbler
- Cyprus Warbler
- Sardinian Warbler
- Eastern Subalpine Warbler
- Greater Whitethroat
- Spectacled Warbler
Laughingthrushes and Allies
- Fulvous Chatterer
Wrens
- Eurasian Wren
Starlings
- European Starling
- Rosy Starling
- Common Myna
- Tristram's Starling
Thrushes and Allies
- Song Thrush
- Redwing
- Eurasian Blackbird
- Fieldfare
- Black-throated Thrush
Old World Flycatchers
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Black Scrub-Robin
- Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin
- European Robin
- White-throated Robin
- Thrush Nightingale
- Common Nightingale
- Bluethroat
- Red-breasted Flycatcher
- Semicollared Flycatcher
- European Pied Flycatcher
- Collared Flycatcher
- Common Redstart
- Black Redstart
- Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
- Blue Rock-Thrush
- Whinchat
- European Stonechat
- Siberian Stonechat
- Northern Wheatear
- Isabelline Wheatear
- Hooded Wheatear
- Desert Wheatear
- Cyprus Wheatear
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear
- Pied Wheatear
- Blackstart
- White-crowned Wheatear
- Mourning Wheatear
- Kurdish Wheatear
- Persian Wheatear
Hypocolius
- Hypocolius
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
- Nile Valley Sunbird
- Palestine Sunbird
- Abyssinian Sunbird
Weavers and Allies
- Village Weaver
- Streaked Weaver
Waxbills and Allies
- Indian Silverbill
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill
- Red Avadavat
Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow
- Spanish Sparrow
- Yellow-throated Sparrow
- Pale Rockfinch
Wagtails and Pipits
- Gray Wagtail
- Western Yellow Wagtail
- Citrine Wagtail
- African Pied Wagtail
- White Wagtail
- Richard's Pipit
- Long-billed Pipit
- Tawny Pipit
- Meadow Pipit
- Tree Pipit
- Red-throated Pipit
- Water Pipit
- Siberian Pipit
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
- Common Chaffinch
- Brambling
- Sinai Rosefinch
- Trumpeter Finch
- European Greenfinch
- Eurasian Linnet
- European Goldfinch
- European Serin
- Eurasian Siskin
Old World Buntings
- Black-headed Bunting
- Corn Bunting
- Ortolan Bunting
- Cretzschmar's Bunting
- Striolated Bunting
Most common birds in Egypt
Ranked by how recently and how widely each was reported to eBird in the 30 days to 2026-10-13, and whether it is one of Egypt’s regular birds. The list follows the seasons: migrants rise in spring and autumn.
- Rock PigeonColumba livia
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Gray HeronArdea cinerea
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Eurasian KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Largest bird families in Egypt
Among its regular birds.
- Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers26
- Old World Flycatchers24
- Hawks, Eagles, and Kites23
- Sandpipers and Allies23
- Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl19
- Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns12
- Plovers and Lapwings11
- Wagtails and Pipits10
Reported in the last 30 days
231 species reported to eBird in Egypt in the 30 days to 2026-10-13. The 40 most recently reported:
Common Kingfisher, Rock Pigeon, Laughing Dove, House Sparrow, Western Reef-Heron, Glossy Ibis, White Wagtail, Barn Swallow, Spur-winged Lapwing, Hooded Crow, Desert Wheatear, Spotted Crake, Common Hoopoe, Black-crowned Night Heron, Western Cattle-Egret, Little Egret, Eurasian Kestrel, Eurasian Hobby, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Alexandrine Parakeet, Red-throated Pipit, Brown-necked Raven, Western Yellow Wagtail, White-throated Kingfisher, White-cheeked Tern, Great Crested Tern, Lesser Crested Tern, White-eyed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Sooty Gull, Gray Heron, Eastern Black-eared Wheatear, Western Marsh Harrier, Black Kite, Pallid Harrier, Pale Crag-Martin, Pied Kingfisher, Common Quail, Black Scrub-Robin, Senegal Thick-knee, …
Get to know some of them
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Western Yellow Wagtail
Black Kite
Common Kingfisher
Hooded Crow
Gray Heron
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Eurasian Kestrel
Western Marsh Harrier
Common Chiffchaff
White-throated Kingfisher
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Squacco Heron
Eurasian Moorhen
Dunlin