Birds to See in Albania in April
108 bird species on our list for Albania are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, House Sparrow, Hooded Crow, Eurasian Collared Dove and House Martin. New this month: Nightingale, Yellow Wagtail, Corn Bunting and Stonechat and 48 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Albania’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 108 birds in April
108 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 3.89% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.33% in Apr
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.94% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 2.63% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.92% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Apr
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Apr
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.48% in Apr
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Apr
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.38% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Apr
Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillansPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.30% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Apr
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.10% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Apr
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.89% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaSummer visitorCommon34–39 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.87% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorCommon32–35 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.85% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.80% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Apr
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.71% in Apr
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.71% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.67% in Apr
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.66% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.64% in Apr
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusSummer visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.59% in Apr
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.59% in Apr
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.57% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaPassage migrantCommon58–67 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.54% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.54% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.54% in Apr
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.54% in Apr
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.53% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.53% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.53% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.49% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.48% in Apr
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.48% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.44% in Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.44% in Apr
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.43% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.41% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.41% in Apr
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.41% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.39% in Apr
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.38% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.36% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.34% in Apr
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.34% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.34% in Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.34% in Apr
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.33% in Apr
SerinSerinus serinusPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.31% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorUncommon40–42 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.31% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.30% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.30% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.30% in Apr
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.30% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.30% in Apr
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Apr
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.28% in Apr
WoodlarkLullula arboreaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Apr
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.25% in Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.25% in Apr
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.23% in Apr
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.23% in Apr
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesPassage migrantUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.21% in Apr
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in Apr
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaPassage migrantUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.20% in Apr
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.15% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.13% in Apr
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Apr
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.11% in Apr
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.11% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Apr
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Apr
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisPassage migrantUncommon30–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in Apr
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.07% in Apr
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantRare42–51 cmRegularly Apr · 0.05% in Apr
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made