Bird AlbumEgypt · Red Sea Governorate
Gabal el Zayt
120 species and 10,859 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March–April, with up to 53 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Southern Wadi of Ras Shukeir Saltmarshes4 km96 species
- Ras Shukeir Sewage Works7 km156 species
- Ras Ghareb sewage ditch30 km128 species
- Ras Ghareb34 km87 species
All 120 species recorded here
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Levant Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brevipes
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Crowned Sandgrouse Pterocles coronatus
- Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli
- Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- White-eyed Gull Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Bar-tailed Lark Ammomanes cinctura
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Gabal el Zayt?
March–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 53 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Gabal el Zayt?
120 species, from 10,859 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.