Birds to See in Albania in April
108 species listed for April · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in April52
- Nightingale
- Yellow Wagtail
- Corn Bunting
- Stonechat
- Common Sandpiper
- Dunlin
- Subalpine Warbler
- Eurasian Jay
- Greenshank
- Common Tern
- Whitethroat
- Common Swift
- Sardinian Warbler
- Woodchat Shrike
- Cuckoo
- Alpine Swift
- European Turtle-dove
- Little Tern
- Little Ringed Plover
- Little Owl
- Green Sandpiper
- Eurasian Scops-owl
- Linnet
- Short-toed Lark
- Kentish Plover
- Sand Martin
- Avocet
- Pochard
- Squacco Heron
- Mediterranean Gull
- Whinchat
- Wheatear
- Eurasian Stone-curlew
- European Green Woodpecker
- Eurasian Skylark
- Serin
- Spotted Redshank
- Little Stint
- Glossy Ibis
- Wryneck
- Eurasian Spoonbill
- Hawfinch
- Blue Rock-thrush
- Wood Sandpiper
- Woodlark
- Great Spotted Woodpecker
- Pallid Swift
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- European Pied Flycatcher
- Purple Heron
- Booted Eagle
Residents
(30)Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(36)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Cirl Bunting
Emberiza cirlusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Scops-owl
Otus scopsLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephalaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senatorNT
Regularly Apr–Sep
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Stone-curlew
Burhinus oedicnemusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly Apr–Sep
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Winter visitors
(16)Present outside the breeding season
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jul–May
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Sep–Apr
Passage migrants
(26)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchosLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Subalpine Warbler
Curruca cantillansLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Mar–Aug
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Oct–May
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly 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