Egyptian Birds
- Subtitle
- For the most part seen in the Nile Valley
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1. Front matter2. FOREWORD3. EGYPTIAN BIRDS4. THE GRIFFON VULTURE[2], Gyps fulvus Arabic, Rakham.5. THE EGYPTIAN VULTURE Neophron percnopterus Racham, Arabic6. THE KESTREL Falco tinnunculus7. THE PARASITIC KITE OR EGYPTIAN KITE Milvus aegyptius Arabic, Hiddayer8. WHITE OWL, SCREECH OWL Strix flammea Arabic, Boma buda9. THE LITTLE OWL Carine meridionalis10. EGYPTIAN EAGLE OWL Bubo ascalaphus Arabic, Buma11. THE HOOPOE Upupa epops Arabic, Hud Hud12. THE KINGFISHER Alcedo ispida13. BLACK AND WHITE KINGFISHER Ceryle rudis14. THE LITTLE GREEN BEE-EATER Merops viridis15. THE SWALLOWS16. WHITE WAGTAIL Motacilla alba17. THE CRESTED LARK Galerita cristata18. THE WHITE-RUMPED CHAT Saxicola leucopygia19. ROSY-VENTED CHAT Saxicola moesta20. THE BLUE-THROATED WARBLER Cyanecula suecica21. THE REED WARBLER Acrocephalus streperus22. THE SPARROW Passer domesticus23. THE DESERT BULLFINCH OR TRUMPETER FINCH Erythrospiza githaginea24. HOODED CROW Corvus cornix25. EGYPTIAN TURTLE-DOVE OR PALM DOVE Turtur senegalensis26. SENEGAL SAND-GROUSE Pterocles senegallus Arabic, Gutta27. SAND PARTRIDGE Ammoperdix heyi28. THE QUAIL Coturnix communis Arabic, Salwa29. CREAM-COLOURED COURSER Cursorius gallicus30. THE GREEN PLOVER OR LAPWING Vanellus cristatus31. SPUR-WINGED PLOVER Hoplopterus spinosus Arabic, Zic-zac32. BLACK-HEADED PLOVER Pluvianus aegyptius Arabic, Ter el timsah33. LITTLE RINGED-PLOVER Aegialitis minor34. THE SNIPE Gallinago coelestis35. THE WOODCOCK Scolopax rusticula36. THE PAINTED SNIPE Rhynchoea capensis37. THE AVOCET Recurvirostra avocetta38. THE SACRED IBIS Ibis aethiopica39. THE CRANE Grus communis40. THE SPOONBILL Platalea leucorodea41. THE WHITE STORK Ciconia alba42. THE BLACK STORK Ciconia nigra43. THE SHOEBILL OR WHALE-HEADED STORK Balaeniceps rex Arabic name, Abu-markub, or Father of a Slipper44. THE COMMON HERON Ardea cinerea45. BUFF-BACKED HERON Ardeola russata46. THE NIGHT HERON Nycticorax griseus47. THE FLAMINGO Phoenicopterus antiquorum Arabic, Basharoush48. GREEN-BACKED GALLINULE Porphyrio Madagascariensis Arabic, Digmeh49. THE COOT Fulica atra50. THE EGYPTIAN GOOSE Chenalopex aegyptiacus51. PINTAIL-DUCK Dafila acuta52. THE SHOVELLER DUCK Spatula clypeata53. THE TEAL Querquedula crecca Arabic, Sharshare54. THE WHITE PELICAN Pelecanus Onocrotalus55. THE CORMORANT Phalacrocorax carbo Arabic, Agag56. LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL Larus fuscus57. THE BLACK-HEADED GULL Larus ridibundus58. LIST OF BIRDS59. INDEX