Egypt · Qena Governorate
Luxor / – Jazira Al Awamiyyah (Crocodile Island)
185 species and 7,012 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March and December, with up to 79 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
Common HoopoeUpupa epops
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Graceful PriniaPrinia gracilis65 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 185 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 185 species recorded here
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- African Green Bee-eater Merops viridissimus
- Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Nile Valley Sunbird Hedydipna metallica
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Hooded Wheatear Oenanthe monacha
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- White-eyed Gull Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti
- Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Sooty Gull Ichthyaetus hemprichii
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Pharaoh Eagle-Owl Bubo ascalaphus
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa
- Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Streaked Scrub Warbler Scotocerca inquieta
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Luxor / – Jazira Al Awamiyyah (Crocodile Island)?
March and December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 79 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Luxor / – Jazira Al Awamiyyah (Crocodile Island)?
185 species, from 7,012 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Luxor / – Jazira Al Awamiyyah (Crocodile Island) in November?
The most recorded in November: Grey Heron, Barn Swallow, House Sparrow, Little Egret and Spur-winged Lapwing.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.