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....Birding Egypt - Egypt is a birder's paradise! While world renown
....The Beauty of Sinai - by Guido Band. Sinai lies at the cross roads
....Sinai - Waiting for Birds - During autumn migration, from August to
....The birds of the islands at the mouth of the Gulf of Suez, Egyptian
....The Zaranik Experience - by Waheed Salama and Andrew Grieve -
....Egypt - Directory of Wetlands of International Importance - includes
....Trip Report: Egypt, December 4-18, 1995. K. Reidland M.D.
....Trip Report: Hurghada and Luxor (Egypt), August 31 - September 6,
....Egypt Trip Report Highlights - by Dave Gosney. An illustrated trip
....Trip Report: Some bird sites in Egypt and Jordan, by Anssi Kullberg.
....Egypt Trip Reports - you can find Egyptian trip reports on John
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___ White-eyed Gull | ___ Black-winged Pratincole
___ Cinereous Bunting ___ Corn Crake ___ Dalmation Pelican ___ Ferruginous Pochard ___ Great Snipe |
___ Greater Spotted Eagle
___ Imperial Eagle ___ Lesser Kestrel ___ Pallid Harrier ___ Sociable Lapwing |
Other Speciality Birds in Egypt |
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___ African Pied Wagtail
___ African Skimmer ___ Blackstart ___ Bridled Tern ___ Brown Booby ___ Desert Finch ___ Dunn's Lark ___ Egyptian Goose ___ Egyptian Nightjar ___ Hooded Wheatear ___ Hume's Owl |
___ Kittlitz's Sand Plover
___ Lappet-faced Vulture ___ Lesser Crested Tern ___ Litchenstein's Sandgrouse ___ Nile Valley Sunbird ___ Painted Snipe ___ Pale Rosefinch ___ Palestine Sunbird ___ Pharaoh Eagle-Owl ___ Pink-backed Pelican ___ Pink-headed Dove |
___ Senegal Coucal
___ Senegal Thick-knee ___ Sooty Falcon ___ Sand Partridge ___ Swift Tern ___ Tristram's Starling ___ White-cheeked Tern ___ White-eyed Gull ___ White-tailed Lapwing ___ Yellow-billed Kite ___ Yellow-billed Stork |
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January | Good for Wintering Birds |
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February | Good for Wintering Birds. Migration Starts End of Month |
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March | Good Migration and Breeding Birds |
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April | Best Birding - peak migration |
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May | Migration. Good for Resident Breeding Birds and Summer Visitors |
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June | Summer Breeding Birds and African species |
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July | Summer Breeding Birds and African species |
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August | Migration Begins mid Month and Most Summer Visitors |
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September | Peak Migration and Some Summer Visitors |
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October | Good Migration |
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November | Good for Migrant Vagrants |
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December | Good for Wintering Birds |
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