Bird AlbumEgypt · Red Sea Governorate
Southern Wadi of Ras Shukeir Saltmarshes
96 species and 4,793 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March–April, with up to 61 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
- Ras Shukeir Sewage Works3 km156 species
- Gabal el Zayt4 km120 species
- Ras Ghareb sewage ditch29 km128 species
- Ras Ghareb32 km87 species
All 96 species recorded here
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Crowned Sandgrouse Pterocles coronatus
- Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor
- Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Levant Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brevipes
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Southern Wadi of Ras Shukeir Saltmarshes?
March–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 61 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Southern Wadi of Ras Shukeir Saltmarshes?
96 species, from 4,793 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.