Birds of Egypt

List of Common Birds Found in Egypt

Native Birds

• African Sacred Ibis
• Arabian Babbler
• Barn Owl
• Barn Swallow
• Blackcap
• Black-crowned Night Heron
• Black Kite
• Black Redstart
• Brown Booby 
• Carrion Crow
• Chaffinch
• Collared Pratincole
• Common Chiffchaff
• Common Crossbill
• Common Cuckoo
• Common Kestrel
• Common Kingfisher
• Common Myna
• Common Nightingale
• Common Redstart
• Common Reed Bunting
• Common Starling
• Common Swift
• Common Whitethroat
• Crested Lark
• Desert Lark
• Egyptian Goose
• Egyptian Plover
• Egyptian Vulture
• Eurasian Blackbird
• Eurasian Collared Dove
• Eurasian Golden Oriole
• Eurasian Hoopoe
• Eurasian Jay
• Eurasian Kestrel
• Eurasian Linnet
• Eurasian Magpie
• Eurasian Reed Warbler
• Eurasian Siskin
• Eurasian Skylark
• Eurasian Spoonbill
• Eurasian Wigeon
• Eurasian Wryneck
• European Bee-eater
• European Goldfinch
• European Greenfinch
• European Roller
• European Serin
• European Turtle Dove
• Glossy Ibis
• Graceful Prinia
• Gray Heron
• Great Cormorant
• Great Crested Grebe
• Greater Flamingo
• Great Spotted Cuckoo
• Great Tit
• Helmeted Guinea Fowl 
• Hooded Crow
• House Crow
• House Martin
• House Sparrow
• Lanner Falcon
• Laughing Dove
• Little Bittern
• Little Egret
• Little Grebe
• Little Owl
• Little Tern
• Mallard
• Nile Delta Sunbird
• Nile Valley Sunbird
• Northern Wheatear
• Olivaceous Warbler
• Orphean Warbler
• Osprey
• Palestine Sunbird
• Peregrine Falcon
• Pied Kingfisher 
• Purple Heron
• Red-throated Pipit
• Rock Sparrow
• Sand Martin
• Sedge Warbler
• Short-Eared Owl 
• Short-toed Snake Eagle
• Sinai Rosefinch
• Spanish Sparrow
• Spotted Flycatcher
• Squacco Heron
• Squacco Heron
• Steppe Eagle
• Subalpine Warbler
• Western Jackdaw
• Western Marsh Harrier
• Western Reef Heron
• White Pelican
• White Spectacled Bulbul
• White Stork
• White Wagtail
• Willow Warbler
• Wood Pigeon
• Yellow Wagtail

Non-native Birds

• Common Myna
• House Crow
• Indian Silverbill
• Red Avadavat
• Rose-ringed Parakeet
• Ruddy Duck
• Spur-winged Goose
• Streaked Weaver

Some of the best birding sites in Egypt include Lake Qarun and Wadi El Rayan, the Nile Delta, and Hurghada and the Red Sea Coast. Migratory birds pass through the country during their annual journeys. The best time to see them is from March to May and September to November.