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Life recorded in Egypt

Every species with an occurrence record in Egypt, most-recorded first: 880,786 records from museums, herbaria, surveys and naturalists, aggregated by GBIF. Keep paging and you reach the rarest, recorded once.

All lifeBirdsMammalsRay-finned fishLizards & snakesAmphibiansInsectsSpiders & kinMolluscsFlowering plants (dicots)Monocots: grasses, palms, orchidsFernsMossesMushrooms & brackets
  1. 1Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis · Columbidae · 12,772 records
  2. 2Greater Spotted EagleAquila clanga · Accipitridae · 12,559 records
  3. 3House SparrowPasser domesticus · Passeridae · 11,707 records
  4. 4Barn SwallowHirundo rustica · Hirundinidae · 10,989 records
  5. 5Hooded CrowCorvus cornix · Corvidae · 10,660 records
  6. 6Rock PigeonColumba livia · Columbidae · 9,642 records
  7. 7Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis · Ardeidae · 8,121 records
  8. 8Little EgretEgretta garzetta · Ardeidae · 7,756 records
  9. 9Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus · Charadriidae · 7,280 records
  10. 10Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops · Upupidae · 7,258 records
  11. 11White WagtailMotacilla alba · Motacillidae · 7,160 records
  12. 12Black StorkCiconia nigra · Ciconiidae · 6,586 records
  13. 13Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus · Falconidae · 6,306 records
  14. 14Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides · Ardeidae · 6,257 records
  15. 15Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis · Alcedinidae · 5,919 records
  16. 16Grey HeronArdea cinerea · Ardeidae · 5,654 records
  17. 17Black KiteMilvus migrans · Accipitridae · 5,419 records
  18. 18OspreyPandion haliaetus · Pandionidae · 5,083 records
  19. 19Highly pathogenic H5 avian influenza · Orthomyxoviridae · 4,565 records
  20. 20Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus · Pycnonotidae · 4,545 records
  21. 21Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus · Rallidae · 4,425 records
  22. 22Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita · Phylloscopidae · 4,421 records
  23. 23Lesser WhitethroatSylvia curruca · Sylviidae · 4,363 records
  24. 24Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava · Motacillidae · 4,171 records
  25. 25House CrowCorvus splendens · Corvidae · 4,155 records
  26. 26Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus · Recurvirostridae · 3,985 records
  27. 27Lesser Spotted EagleAquila pomarina · Accipitridae · 3,971 records
  28. 28Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto · Columbidae · 3,962 records
  29. 29Purple HeronArdea purpurea · Ardeidae · 3,594 records
  30. 30Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus · Threskiornithidae · 3,279 records
  31. 31Brown-necked RavenCorvus ruficollis · Corvidae · 3,128 records
  32. 32Pale Crag MartinPtyonoprogne obsoleta · Hirundinidae · 3,030 records
  33. 33Common BuzzardButeo buteo · Accipitridae · 3,028 records
  34. 34Black Crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax · Ardeidae · 3,018 records
  35. 35Graceful PriniaPrinia gracilis · Cisticolidae · 2,947 records
  36. 36Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis · Ardeidae · 2,945 records
  37. 37Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida · Laridae · 2,920 records
  38. 38Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus · Accipitridae · 2,868 records
  39. 39Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo · Phalacrocoracidae · 2,790 records
  40. 40African Green Bee-eaterMerops viridissimus · Meropidae · 2,705 records
  41. 41Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei · Laridae · 2,607 records
  42. 42White-eyed GullIchthyaetus leucophthalmus · Laridae · 2,468 records
  43. 43Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca · Anatidae · 2,371 records
  44. 44Sand MartinRiparia riparia · Hirundinidae · 2,364 records
  45. 45Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos · Scolopacidae · 2,322 records
  46. 46Wood SandpiperTringa glareola · Scolopacidae · 2,286 records
  47. 47Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula · Charadriidae · 2,261 records
  48. 48Bread WheatTriticum aestivum · Poaceae · 2,229 records
  49. 49Ocellated SkinkChalcides ocellatus · Scincidae · 2,223 records
  50. 50Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia · Laridae · 2,211 records
  51. 51Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus · Laridae · 2,208 records
  52. 52Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio · Rallidae · 2,187 records
  53. 53White StorkCiconia ciconia · Ciconiidae · 2,176 records
  54. 54European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster · Meropidae · 2,166 records
  55. 55Common CraneGrus grus · Gruidae · 2,128 records
  56. 56Nile Valley SunbirdHedydipna metallica · Nectariniidae · 2,111 records
  57. 57Crested LarkGalerida cristata · Alaudidae · 2,087 records
  58. 58White-crowned WheatearOenanthe leucopyga · Muscicapidae · 2,081 records
  59. 59Little StintCalidris minuta · Scolopacidae · 2,075 records
  60. 60Common GreenshankTringa nebularia · Scolopacidae · 2,069 records
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