204 EGYPTIAN BIRDS 
Zoological Gardens, Giza, for helping me to make 
this list as complete as possible. 
LIST OF THE BIRDS OF EGYPT 
1. The Golden Eagle (Aquila fulva). Rare, Upper and Lower 
Egypt. 
2. The Imperial Eagle (Aquila imperialis). Lower Egypt. 
3. White-tailed Eagle (Haliaetus albicilla). Lower Egypt. 
4. Tawny Eagle (Aquila naevoides). Rare, Upper and Lower 
Egypt. 
5. Spotted Eagle (Aquila naevia). Not very uncommon in both. 
6. Bonelli’s Eagle (Aquila bonelli). Very rare. 
7. Booted Eagle (Aquila tennata). A summer visitor. 
8. Short-toed Eagle (Circaetus gallicus). Rare., 
9. Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), Fairly common in Nile Valley. 
0. 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. 
14, Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus). Common. 
15. Marsh-Harrier (Circus aeruginosus). Not uncommon in 
Lower Egypt. 
16. Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus). Rare. 
17. Pale-chested Harrier (Circus pallidus), Not uncommon 
throughout country. 
18. Montagu’s Harrier (Circus cineraceus). Rare. 
19. Little Red-billed Hawk (Accipiter gabar). Very rare. 
20. Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus). Not uncommon through 
country. 
21. Barbary Falcon (Falco barbarus). Rare. 
22. Lanner Falcon (Falco lanarius). Rare. 
23, Red-naped Falcon (Falco Babylonicus). Rare. 
