Egyptian Birds / For the most part seen in the Nile Valley

by Charles Whymper

6. Bonelli’s Eagle (Aquila bonelli). Very rare.

7. Booted Eagle (Aquila tennata). A summer visitor.

8. Short-toed Eagle (Circaetus gallicus). Rare.

9. Osprey (Pandion haliaetus). Fairly common in Nile Valley.

10. Southern Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus nudipes). Said to breed in Mokattam mountains.

11. Black Vulture (Vultur monachus). Fairly common in Nile Valley.

12. Sociable Vulture (Vultur auricularis). Fairly common.

13. Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus). Common.

14. Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus). Common.

15. Marsh-Harrier (Circus aeruginosus). Not uncommon in Lower Egypt.