Egypt · Faiyum Governorate
Lake Qaroun – Tunis Marshes and Wetlands /
139 species and 2,757 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January, with up to 79 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
Little StintCalidris minuta
BluethroatLuscinia svecica
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Crested LarkGalerida cristata
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus51 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 139 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 139 species recorded here
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- African Green Bee-eater Merops viridissimus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Nile Valley Sunbird Hedydipna metallica
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Lake Qaroun – Tunis Marshes and Wetlands /?
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 Lake Qaroun – Tunis Marshes and Wetlands /?
139 species, from 2,757 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Lake Qaroun – Tunis Marshes and Wetlands / in November?
The most recorded in November: Little Egret, White Wagtail, Pied Kingfisher, Black-winged Stilt and Common Chiffchaff.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.