Bird AlbumEgypt · Red Sea Governorate
El Gouna /
166 species and 4,735 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April, with up to 95 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
White WagtailMotacilla alba
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Nile Valley SunbirdHedydipna metallica
Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus geneiSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Hurghada Sewage Works18 km164 species
All 166 species recorded here
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- White-eyed Gull Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Nile Valley Sunbird Hedydipna metallica
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
- Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Sooty Gull Ichthyaetus hemprichii
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Levant Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brevipes
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Crowned Sandgrouse Pterocles coronatus
- Mediterranean Short-toed Lark Alaudala rufescens
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- White-crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at El Gouna /?
April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 95 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at El Gouna /?
166 species, from 4,735 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at El Gouna / in November?
The most recorded in November: Hooded Crow, Common Kestrel, Western Cattle Egret, White Wagtail and House Sparrow.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.