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LIST OF BIRDS 205 
Saker Falcon (Falco saker), Rare. 
Merlin (Falco aesalon). Common throughout. 
Hobby (Falco subbuteo). Fairly common. 
Sooty: Falcon (Falco eleonorae). Rare. 
Red-legged Falcon (Falco vespertinus). Fairly common in 
Lower Egypt. 
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus). Very abundant everywhere. 
Lesser Kestrel (Falco cenchris). Fairly abundant. 
Common Kite (Milvus regalis). Very rare. 
Parasitic Kite (Miluus aegyptius). Very abundant throughout 
Egypt. 
Black Kite (Milvus migrans). Rare. 
Black-shouldered Hawk (Elanus coeruleus). Fairly common 
south of Thebes. 
Honey Buzzard (Pernis apivorus). Exceedingly rare. 
Common Buzzard (Buteo vulgaris). Not common. 
African Buzzard (Buteo desertorum). Exceedingly rare. 
Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo ferox). Fairly common. 
Barn Owl (Aluco flammea). Common. 
Tawny Owl (Strix aluco). Not common. 
Tengmalm’s Owl (Nyctala tengmalmi). Very rare. 
Little Owl (Athene noctua). Exceedingly abundant. 
Scops Owl (Scops giu). Rare north of Cairo. 
Long-eared Owl (Asio otus). Very rare. 
Short-eared Owl (Asio accipitrinus). Rare. 
Eagle Owl (Bubo ignavus). Very rare. 
Egyptian Eagle Owl (Bubo ascalaphus). Fairly common in 
Upper Egypt. 
Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus). A regular visitor in August and 
returning again in March. 
Great-spotted Cuckoo (Coccystes glandarius). Not un- 
common. 
Lark-heeled Cuckoo (Centropus aegyptius). Not uncommon 
in Fayam. 
Wryneck (Yuna torquilla), Common on migration. 
Hoopoe (Upupa epops). Abundant everywhere. 
