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EGYPTIAN BIRDS 
Yellow-breasted Sun-Bird (Nectarinia metallica). Occurs 
only near Assoan. 
Wall Creeper (Tichodroma murari). Very rare. 
Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor). Very rare. 
Pallid Shrike (Lanius lahtora). Not uncommon. 
Lesser Grey Shrike (Lanius minor). Rare. 
Masked Shrike (Lanius nubicus). Common in February 
and March and in autumn. 
Woodchat Shrike (Lanius auriculatus). Fairly common in 
March. 
Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio). Not common. 
Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa grisola). Rare. 
Pied Flycatcher (Muscicapa atricapilla). Rare. 
White-collared Flycatcher (Muscicapa collaris). Rare. 
Red-breasted Flycatcher (Muscicapa parva). 
Common Bunting (Emberiza milaria). Common in Lower 
Egypt. 
Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza hortulana). Rare. 
Cretzschmar’s Bunting (Emberiza caesia). Common in 
Delta. 
Smaller Reed Bunting (Emberiza intermedia). Rare. 
Common Sparrow (Passer domesticus). Common everywhere. 
Italian Sparrow (Passer Italiae). Rare. 
Spanish Sparrow (Passer salicicola). Common. 
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus). Rare. 
The Hawfinch (Coccothraustes vulgaris). Rare. 
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs). Rare, Lower Egypt. 
Goldfinch (Carduelis elegans). Common in Delta. 
Black-billed Finch (Estrelda melanorhynoba). Very rare. 
Lesser Redpole (Aegiothus rufescens). Very rare. 
Siskin (Carduelis spinus). Very rare. 
Serin (Serinus hortulanus). Rare. 
Linnet (Linota cannabina). Common in Lower Egypt. 
Desert Bullfinch (Erythrospiza githaginea), Common on 
deserts of Upper Egypt. 
Golden Oriole (Oriolus galbula). Common only in April. 
