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LIST OF BIRDS Q15 
Gadwall (Anas strepera). Not very common. 
Pintail (Dafila acuta). Very common throughout country. 
Shoveller (Spatula clypeata), Exceedingly common. 
Teal (Querquedula crecca). Very common. 
Garganey Teal (Querquedula circia). Not common. 
Widgeon (Mareca penelope). Very common indeed. 
Ferruginous Duck (Nyroca leucophtalma). Rare. 
Pochard (Fuligula ferina). Very common indeed. 
Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina). Lower Egypt. 
Scaup Duck (Fuligula marila). Not common. 
Tufted Duck (Fuligula cristata). Exceedingly common. 
White-headed Duck (Erismatura leucocephala). Rare. 
Velvet Scoter (Oedemia fusca). Rare. 
Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus). Fairly common. 
White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus). Fairly common. 
Lesser Pelican (Pelecanus minor). Fairly common. 
Masked Gannet (Sula cyanops). Very rare. 
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo). Common in Lower Egypt, 
rare elsewhere. 
Little Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pygmaens). Rare. 
Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia). Fairly common near sea. 
Gull-billed Tern (Sterna anglica). Common in Lower Egypt. 
Sandwich Tern (Sterna cantiaca). Rare. 
Allied Tern (Sterna media). Common in Lower Egypt. 
Swift Tern (Sterna bergit), Not uncommon in Lower 
Egypt. 
Common Tern’ (Sterna fluviatilis). Rare. 
Arctic Tern (Sterna hirundo). Rare. 
Lesser Tern (Sterna minuta). Very rare. 
Black Tern (Hydrochelidon fissipes). Rare. 
White-winged Black Tern (Hydrochelidon nigra). Rare. 
Whiskered Tern (Hydrochelidon leucopareia). Common on 
Nile. 
Scissor-billed Tern (Rhynchops flavirostris). Rare. 
Greater Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus). Rare on coast 
only. 
