Bird AlbumEgypt · Aswan Governorate
Aswan – Nile below Low Dam /
141 species and 6,624 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–January, with up to 79 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
African SwamphenPorphyrio madagascariensis
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides67 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 141 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Aswan – Elephantine Island /3 km132 species
- Kitchener's Island /3 km131 species
- Aswan – Nile Riverbank South of King of Egypt Hotel /6 km103 species
- Amun Tot Fish Ponds /11 km130 species
All 141 species recorded here
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- African Green Bee-eater Merops viridissimus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Nile Valley Sunbird Hedydipna metallica
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Pharaoh Eagle-Owl Bubo ascalaphus
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- White-crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Aswan – Nile below Low Dam /?
December–January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 79 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Aswan – Nile below Low Dam /?
141 species, from 6,624 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Aswan – Nile below Low Dam / in November?
The most recorded in November: Pied Kingfisher, Little Egret, Grey Heron, Purple Heron and Common Moorhen.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.