Bird AlbumEgypt · Red Sea Governorate
Ras Ghareb
87 species and 2,730 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April, with up to 38 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
House CrowCorvus splendens
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
White WagtailMotacilla albaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Ras Ghareb sewage ditch3 km128 species
- Ras Shukeir Sewage Works30 km156 species
- Southern Wadi of Ras Shukeir Saltmarshes32 km96 species
- Gabal el Zayt34 km120 species
All 87 species recorded here
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Levant Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brevipes
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Crowned Sandgrouse Pterocles coronatus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
- Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Ras Ghareb?
April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 38 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Ras Ghareb?
87 species, from 2,730 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Ras Ghareb in November?
The most recorded in November: House Crow, House Sparrow, Laughing Dove and White Wagtail.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.