Egypt

Total	Major seabird families
Diomedeidae Albatrosses	0	Spheniscidae Penguins	0	Procellariidae Petrels and shearwaters	2	Phalacrocoracidae Cormorants	2
Hydrobatidae Storm-petrels	0	Alcidae Auks	0	Laridae Gulls and terns	22	Anatidae Ducks, geese and swans	1

IUCN Red List Status

The numbers in brackets refer to the country's rank when compared to other countries and territories globally.

Egypt at a glance

Land area

1,001,450 km²

BirdLife Partner

Nature Conservation Eqypt

Species
Total number of birds	377
Globally threatened birds	19
Country endemics	0
Important Bird & Biodiversity Areas
Number of IBAs	34
Total IBA area	36,174 km²
IBA area as % of land area	4%
Endemic Bird Areas
Number of EBAs	0

Recommended Citation
BirdLife International (2024) Country profile: Egypt. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/country/egypt on 26/12/2024.