Egypt – a birding trip to the Nile in spring migration time May Part II, an annotated bird list

As a supplement to Egypt – a birding trip to the Nile in spring migration time here the Detailed Birdlist.

A total of 96 species were recorded

 

1          Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca)  – generally common but 200 Thoska Chanal, New Valley Governorate on April 30. 2023

2          Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)  –  44 Thoska Chanal, New Valley Governorate on April 28. 2023

3          Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)  – infrequent but 3 Abu Simbel Airport Bay Bridge Marsh on April 26. 2023

4          Common Teal (Anas crecca)  – only 2 Thoska Chanal, New Valley Governorate on April 30. 2023

5          Ferruginous Pochard (Aythya nyroca)  – common 12 Kitchener’s Island on April 21. 2023

6          Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)  – rare occasions but 200 Thoska Chanal, New Valley Governorate on April 28. 2023

7          Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)  –  2 Amun Tot Fish Ponds on Mai 01. 2023

8          Black-necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)  –  3 Thoska Chanal, New Valley Governorate on April 28. 2023

9          Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)  – very common, max count 24 Eskaleh Nubian Ecolodge on Mai 01. 2023

10        European Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia turtur)  – very common Abu Simbel, max count 106 Abu Simbel Airport Bay Bridge Marsh on April 30. 2023

11        Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)  – common 13 Abu Simbel Airport Bay Bridge Marsh on April 30. 2023

12        Laughing Dove (Spilopelia senegalensis)  – abundant 14 Eskaleh Nubian Ecolodge on April 30. 2023

13        Crowned Sandgrouse (Pterocles coronatus)  –  5 Abu Simbel – Al Owaynat, New Valley Governorate on April 30. 2023

14        Egyptian Nightjar (Caprimulgus aegyptius)  – on 2 occasions 3 Abu Simbel – Al Owaynat, New Valley Governorate on April 30. 2023

15        Common Swift (Apus apus)  – rare 14 Eskaleh Nubian Ecolodge on April 30. 2023

16        Pallid Swift (Apus pallidus)  – infrequent 2 Amun Tot Fish Ponds on April 22. 2023

17        Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)  – common 11 Mövenpick Aswan Hotel on April 24. 2023

18        African Swamphen (Porphyrio madagascariensis)  – regular 1 Amun Tot Fish Ponds on Mai 01. 2023

19        Senegal Thick-knee (Burhinus senegalensis)  – common 4 Mövenpick Aswan Hotel on April 24. 2023

20        Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)  –  80 Thoska Chanal, New Valley Governorate on April 28. 2023

21        Spur-winged Lapwing (Vanellus spinosus)  – abundant 22 Thoska Chanal, New Valley Governorate on April 28. 2023

22        Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)  –  2 Amun Tot Fish Ponds on Mai 01. 2023

23        Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)  –  3 Thoska Chanal, New Valley Governorate on April 28. 2023

24        Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)  –  2 Thoska Chanal, New Valley Governorate on April 28. 2023

25        Temminck’s Stint (Calidris temminckii)  –  6 Thoska Chanal, New Valley Governorate on April 28. 2023

26        Little Stint (Calidris minuta)  –  1 Amun Tot Fish Ponds on Mai 01. 2023

27        Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)  –  1 Amun Tot Fish Ponds on April 24. 2023

28        Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)  – infrequent 8 Abu Simbel Bay on April 29. 2023

29        Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)  –  2 Thoska Chanal, New Valley Governorate on April 30. 2023

30        Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)  –  1 Thoska Chanal, New Valley Governorate on April 30. 2023

31        Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)  –  5 Thoska Chanal, New Valley Governorate on April 28. 2023

32        Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)  –  22 Thoska Chanal, New Valley Governorate on April 28. 2023

33        Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)  –  2 Thoska Chanal, New Valley Governorate on April 30. 2023

34        Slender-billed Gull (Chroicocephalus genei)  –  15 Thoska Chanal, New Valley Governorate on April 30. 2023

35        Common Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)  – only young ind. 1 Mövenpick Aswan Hotel on April 23. 2023

36        Little Tern (Sternula albifrons)  –  15 Amun Tot Fish Ponds on Mai 01. 2023

37        Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica)  – common 25 Mövenpick Aswan Hotel on April 20. 2023

38        White-winged Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)  – only on river 13 Mövenpick Aswan Hotel on April 21. 2023

39        Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida)  – common 38 Thoska Chanal, New Valley Governorate on April 28. 2023

40        White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)  –  2 Amun Tot Fish Ponds on Mai 01. 2023

41        Yellow-billed Stork (Mycteria ibis)  –  2 Thoska Chanal, New Valley Governorate on April 30. 2023

42        Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)  – rare 1 Abu Simbel Airport Bay Bridge Marsh on April 27. 2023

43        Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)  –  10 Thoska Chanal, New Valley Governorate on April 30. 2023

44        Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus)  –  2 Mövenpick Aswan Hotel on April 24. 2023

45        Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)  –  60 Thoska Chanal, New Valley Governorate on April 28. 2023

46        Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)  –  16 Amun Tot Fish Ponds on Mai 01. 2023

47        Great Egret (Ardea alba)  –  1 Eskaleh Nubian Ecolodge on April 27. 2023

48        Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)  –  18 Thoska Chanal, New Valley Governorate on April 30. 2023

49        Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)  –  24 Mövenpick Aswan Hotel on April 24. 2023

50        Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides)  –  8 Thoska Chanal, New Valley Governorate on April 30. 2023

51        Striated Heron (Butorides striata)  –  1 Mövenpick Aswan Hotel on April 23. 2023

52        Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)  –  10 Mövenpick Aswan Hotel on April 20. 2023

53        Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)  –  32 Mövenpick Aswan Hotel on April 21. 2023

54        Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)  –  12 Amun Tot Fish Ponds on April 22. 2023

55        Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)  –  1 Amun Tot Fish Ponds on April 24. 2023

56        Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus)  –  1 Mövenpick Aswan Hotel on April 25. 2023

57        Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus)  – over desert 1 Thoska Chanal, New Valley Governorate on April 28. 2023

58        Western Marsh-Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)  –  1 Abu Simbel Airport Bay Bridge Marsh on April 30. 2023

59        Black Kite (Milvus migrans)  –  63 Abu Simbel Airport Bay Bridge Marsh on April 27. 2023

60        Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops)  – common 5 Abu Simbel Airport Bay Bridge Marsh on April 26. 2023

61        White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)  – not rare 1 Eskaleh Nubian Ecolodge on Mai 01. 2023

62        Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis)  – abundant 4 Amun Tot Fish Ponds on April 24. 2023

63        African Green Bee-eater (Merops viridissimus)  –  2 Mövenpick Aswan Hotel on April 21. 2023

64        European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster)  – in flocks, max count 65 Mövenpick Aswan Hotel on April 21. 2023

65        Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)  –  2 Abu Simbel-Temples on April 27. 2023

66        Masked Shrike (Lanius nubicus)  –  4 Kitchener’s Island on April 21. 2023

67        Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)  –  5 Kitchener’s Island on April 21. 2023

68        Brown-necked Raven (Corvus ruficollis)  –  2 Eskaleh Nubian Ecolodge on April 29. 2023

69        Greater Hoopoe-Lark (Alaemon alaudipes)  –  1 Abu Simbel – Al Owaynat, New Valley Governorate on April 30. 2023

70        Crested Lark (Galerida cristata [cristata Group])  –  7 Abu Simbel Airport Bay Bridge Marsh on April 30. 2023

71        Graceful Prinia (Prinia gracilis)  – abundant 5 Eskaleh Nubian Ecolodge on April 28. 2023

72        Olivaceous Warbler (Iduna pallida)  – abundant 9 Eskaleh Nubian Ecolodge on April 28. 2023

73        Marsh Warbler (Acrocephalus palustris)  –  3 Amun Tot Fish Ponds on April 22. 2023

74        Eurasian Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)  –  2 Abu Simbel Airport Bay Bridge Marsh on April 30. 2023

75        Clamorous Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus stentoreus)  – common 10 Abu Simbel Airport Lake on April 25. 2023

76        Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)  –  93 Abu Simbel Airport Bay Bridge Marsh on April 30. 2023

77        Brown-throated Sand martin or the Plain Martin (Riparia paludicola) – min. 1 Abu Simbel Airport Bay Bridge Marsh on April 23. 2023

78        Rock Martin (Ptyonoprogne fuligula)  – common 8 Abu Simbel–Temples / معبد أبوسمبل on April 27. 2023

79        Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)  – very common – both races rustica & savignii, max count 250 Eskaleh Nubian Ecolodge on April 30. 2023

80        Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica)  –  3 Eskaleh Nubian Ecolodge on April 29. 2023

81        Northern House-Martin (Delichon urbicum)  –  20 Eskaleh Nubian Ecolodge on April 27. 2023

82        Garden Bulbul (Pycnonotus barbatus)  – more heard, than seen 4 Kitchener’s Island on April 21. 2023

83        Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix)  – on 3 consequtive days 9 Eskaleh Nubian Ecolodge on April 28. 2023

84        Lesser Whitethroat (Curruca curruca)  –  3 Kitchener’s Island on April 21. 2023

85        Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)  –  1 Eskaleh Nubian Ecolodge on April 27. 2023

86        Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin (Cercotrichas galactotes)  –  2 Abu Simbel Airport Bay Bridge Marsh on April 30. 2023

87        Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)  –  1 Amun Tot Fish Ponds on April 24. 2023

88        Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)  –  2 Mövenpick Aswan Hotel on April 19. 2023

89        Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)  –  1 Amun Tot Fish Ponds on Mai 01. 2023

90        White-tailed Wheatear (Oenanthe leucopyga)  –  2 Abu Simbel–Temples / معبد أبوسمبل on April 27. 2023

91        Nile Valley Sunbird (Hedydipna metallica)  –  5 Mövenpick Aswan Hotel on April 20. 2023

92        White-throated Munia or Indian Silverbill (Lonchura malabarica) – young ind. 4 Mövenpick Aswan Hotel on April 20. 2023

93        House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)  – abundant  Aswan on all days

94        Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)  –  15 Mövenpick Aswan Hotel on April 22. 2023

95        African Pied Wagtail (Motacilla aguimp)  –  3 Abu Simbel Airport Lake on April 25. 2023

96        White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)  –  1 Mövenpick Aswan Hotel on April 20. 2023