Egypt
Africa · Northern Africa
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
Abela
Ceratophyllum demersum
Abu Rokba
Echinochloa colonum
Adas El-Maya
Lemna gibba
Adjir
Cyperus difformis
ābu rokba
Digitaria sanguinalis
barbir
Portulaca oleracea
bous
Phragmites australis
Bous El-Gazaier
Saccharum spontaneum
Ecoregions
Red Sea coastal desert
Deserts & Xeric Shrublands · Palearctic
Nile Delta flooded savanna
Flooded Grasslands & Savannas · Palearctic
Saharan halophytics
Flooded Grasslands & Savannas · Palearctic
Mediterranean dry woodlands and steppe
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands & Scrub · Palearctic
Tibesti-Jebel Uweinat montane xeric woodlands
Deserts & Xeric Shrublands · Palearctic
All Species in Egypt
Abela
Ceratophyllum demersum
Abu Rokba
Echinochloa colonum
Adas El-Maya
Lemna gibba
Adjir
Cyperus difformis
ābu rokba
Digitaria sanguinalis
barbir
Portulaca oleracea
bous
Phragmites australis
Bous El-Gazaier
Saccharum spontaneum
Bout
Typha domingensis
denieba
Echinochloa crus-galli
'enab el-deeb
Solanum nigrum
Ghaab
Arundo donax
Habb El-'Aziz
Cyperus esculentus
halouk
Orobanche crenata
hamd
Oxalis corniculata
hamool
Cuscuta campestris
Hasir
Cyperus rotundus
kees ar rai
Capsella bursa-pastoris
laban el-homara
Euphorbia heterophylla
labeinah
Euphorbia hirta
lisan al-hamal
Plantago major
moddeid
Paspalum distichum
nabaq
Ziziphus mauritiana
na'eem el-saleeb
Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Nseila
Panicum repens
qarras
Brassica tournefortii
rukab al-gamal
Chenopodium album
Samár
Cyperus alopecuroides
Se'ed
Cyperus compressus
teel sheitani
Hibiscus trionum
theel
Cynodon dactylon
Zoo El-Alf Waraka
Myriophyllum spicatum
أبوقردان
Bubulcus ibis
الدوري البلدي, العصفور الدوري
Passer domesticus
القرش الحلاوي
Glaucostegus halavi
حمام ازرق
Columba livia
خَسّ الزَّيْت
Lactuca serriola
European brown snail
Cornu aspersum
Sweetpotato whitefly
Bemisia tabaci
bignose shark
Carcharhinus altimus
Longhorned crazy ant
Paratrechina longicornis
kuruma prawn
Penaeus japonicus
black rat
Rattus rattus
House Crow
Corvus splendens
Mediterranean fruit fly
Ceratitis capitata
domestic goat
Capra hircus
American Comb Jelly
Mnemiopsis leidyi
limy tubeworm
Hydroides dianthus
Eucalyptus longhorn borer
Phoracantha semipunctata
Mediterranean sand snail
Theba pisana
Southern White River Crayfish
Procambarus zonangulus
green tiger prawn
Penaeus semisulcatus
ginger prawn
Metapenaeus monoceros
blue swimming crab
Portunus pelagicus
Atlantic seabob
Xiphopenaeus kroyeri
rayed pearl oyster
Pinctada radiata
Pacific pearl-oyster
Pinctada margaritifera
peregrine shrimp
Metapenaeus stebbingi
Pacific jewel box
Chama pacifica
Weevil
Otiorhynchus cribricollis
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