104 EGYPTIAN BIRDS 



Zoological Gardens, Giza, for helping me to make 

 this list as complete as possible. 



LIST OF THE BIRDS OF EGYPT 



|. I'll. Golden Eagle (Aquila fulra). Rare, Upper and Lower 



Egypt 

 The Imperial Eagle (Aquila mperiaUs), Lower Egypt. 

 8, White-tailed Eagle (I I a Had us alhicilla). Lower Egypt. 

 i, Tawny Eagle {Aquila nacvoides). Rare, Upper and Lower 



Egypt 



5. Spotted Eagle {Aqmla naevia). Not very uncommon in both. 



6. Bonelli's Eagle (Aquila honclli). Very rare. 



7. Booted Eagle (Aquila tcnnata). A summer visitor. 

 S. Short-toed Eagle (Circactus "alliens). Rare. 



;). Osprey {Pandian haliaetus). Fairly common in Nile Valley. 



10. Southern Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus nudipes). Said to breed 



in Mokattam mountains. 



11. Black Vulture (Vultur monachus). Fairly common in Nile 



Valley. 



12. Sociable Vulture (Vultur auricularis). Fairly common. 



13. Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus). Common. 



1 k Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus). Common. 



15. Marsh -Harrier (Circus aeruginosus). Not uncommon in 



Lower Egypt. 



16. Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus). Rare. 



IT. Pale-chested Harrier (Circus pallidus). Not uncommon 



throughout country. 

 18. Montagu's Harrier (Circus cineraceus). Rare. 

 1M. Little Red-billed Hawk (Accipiter gabar). Very rare. 



20. Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus). Not uncommon through 



country. 



2 1 . Barbary Falcon (Falco barbarus). Rare. 



22. Lanner Falcon (Falco lanarius). Rare. 



23. Red-naped Falcon (Falco Babylonicus). Rare. 



