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EGYPTIAN BIRDS 
Arabian Bustard (Eupodotis arabs). Rare. 
Collared Pratincole (Glareola pratincola). Common in April 
and October. 
Black-winged Pratincole (Glareola nordmanni). Rare. 
Cream-coloured Courser (Cursorius gallicus). Common on 
deserts. 
Thick-knee (Oedicnemus crepitans). Very common. 
Lapwing (Vanellus cristatus). Very common. 
Spur-winged Plover (Hoplopterus spinosus). Common. 
Social Plover (Chettusia gregaria). Rare. 
White-tailed Plover (Chettusia villotaei). Not common. 
Black-headed Plover (Pluvianus aegyptius). Not common, 
Upper Egypt. 
Golden Plover (Charadrius pluvialis). Not common. 
Grey Plover (Squatarola helvetica). Rare. 
Dotterel (Eudromias morinellus). Very rare. 
Asiatic Dotterel (Eudromias asiaticus). Very rare. 
Large Sand-Plover (Aegialitis geoffroyi). Met with only 
on sea-coast. 
Mongolian Sand-Plover (Aegialitis mongolicus). Very rare. 
African Sand-Plover (Aegialitis pecuarius). Not common. 
Kentish Plover (Aegialitis cantianus). Very common every- 
where. 
Greater Ringed Plover (Aegialitis hiaticula), Rare. 
Middle Ringed Plover (Aegialitis intermedius). Common in 
Delta. 
Little Ringed Plover (Aegialitis minor). Very common 
everywhere. 
Oyster-Catcher (Haematopus ostralegus). Common on sea- 
coast. 
Curlew (Numenius arquata). Common in Delta. 
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus). Met with sparingly in 
Nile Valley. 
Slender-billed Curlew (Numenius tenuirostris). Rare. 
Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa aegocephala). Not uncommon. 
Ruff (Machetes pugnax). Common throughout Egypt. 
