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EGYPTIAN BIRDS 



Lesser Black-becked Gull (Larus futcus). Fairly common. 

 841, Mediterranean Herring Gull (Lotus leucopkaeui). Not 

 uncommon. 

 Herring Gull (Lotus argentatus). Fairly common on coast. 

 Common Gull {Lanu camu). Not common. 

 Slender-billed Gull (Lotus ge/astes). Hare. 

 S45. Great Black-headed Gull (Lotus ichthtjaetus). Rare. 

 ::it). White-eyed Gull (Lotus leuoopUuthmus). Very rare. 

 3L~. Mediterranean Black-headed Gull (Lams vielanoeephalus). 



Not common. 

 348. Black-headed Gull (Lotus ridibundus). Common in Lower 



Egypt 

 849. Little Gull (Lotus wiuutus). Hare. 



350. Cinereous Shearwater (Pufjinus huhlii). Not rare on coast. 

 851. Manx Shearwater (Pujjimis anglorum). Rare on coast. 



:. Great-crested Grebe (Podicipides cristatus). Rare. 

 353. Eared Grebe (Podicipides nigricoUis). Rare. 

 35-i. Red-necked Grebe (Podicipides griseigena). Rare. 



355. Little Grebe (Podicipides minor). Common. 



356. Red-throated Diver (Colymbus septentrionalis). Rare. 





