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The sacred ibis, a bird that was venerated in Ancient Egypt, is an example of how birds were a significant part of Egyptian culture. This is a list of the species of birds found in Egypt, a country in north-east Africa. [1] The avifauna of Egypt include a total of 501 species of birds. No species are endemic to Egypt. [2] [3]
The Nile Valley sunbird (Hedydipna metallica) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is found in Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Libya, and Yemen. In February, the male Nile Valley sunbird assumes his nuptial plumage which he displays in flamboyant fashion.
Bird Migration Routes Aswan, North Sinai, Red Sea: 2003 vii, x (natural) This nomination comprises five sites: Lake Bardawil (pictured) and Zaranik on the Mediterranean coast, the Gabal Sha'ib El Banat area on the Red Sea coast, and Saluga and Ghazal Islands and the Lake Nasser on the Nile. These sites are important stopovers for migratory ...
The Upper Nile plant is the Egyptian lotus, and the Lower Nile plant is the Papyrus Sedge (Cyperus papyrus), although it is not nearly as plentiful as it once was, and is becoming quite rare. [20] Several hundred thousand water birds spend their winter in the delta, including the world's largest concentrations of little gulls and whiskered terns.
Nile monitors feed on a wide variety of prey items, including fish, frogs and toads (even poisonous ones of the genera Breviceps and Sclerophrys), small reptiles (such as turtles, snakes, lizards, and young crocodiles), birds, rodents, other small mammals (up to domestic cats and young antelopes ), eggs (including those of crocodiles, agamids ...
The Nile is the lifeline of Egypt, the land bordering the river being rendered fertile by the irrigation it receives. Crops grown in the Nile Valley include cotton, cereals, sugarcane, beans, oil seed crops and peanuts. [3] Date palms grow here as well as sycamore, carob and Acacia. Fruit trees are planted here and eucalyptus has been ...
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The Egyptian goose is native to Sub-Saharan Africa and the Nile Valley, where it is widespread and common to abundant, [20] though it has become scarce in the northern Nile Valley. [21] It is found in open or semi-open habitats, typically near fresh water, ranging from lowlands to 4,000 m (13,000 ft) above sea level in the Ethiopian Highlands ...