Birds to See in Albania in August
127 bird species on our list for Albania are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, House Sparrow, Eurasian Collared Dove, Little Egret and Hooded Crow. New this month: Nightingale, Northern Lapwing, Western Marsh-harrier and Subalpine Warbler and 35 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
Red-backed ShrikeBusiest month of the year · May–Oct
Eurasian JayBusiest month of the year · Apr–Jan
Sand MartinBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
Squacco HeronBusiest month of the year · Apr–Sep
Eurasian NuthatchBusiest month of the year · Mar–Dec
European Green WoodpeckerBusiest month of the year · Apr–May
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.
Other months
All 127 birds in August
127 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 3.88% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.90% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.86% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Aug
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Aug- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 2.03% in Aug
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.01% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.97% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Aug
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.48% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.46% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Aug- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorCommon32–35 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 1.29% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 1.06% in Aug
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.04% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.95% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.87% in Aug
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Aug
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.87% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Aug
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Aug
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.74% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Aug
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.64% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.64% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Aug- Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.59% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.57% in Aug
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Aug- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.57% in Aug
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.57% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaSummer visitorCommon34–39 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.55% in Aug
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.53% in Aug- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.51% in Aug
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.51% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.51% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.47% in Aug- European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisPassage migrantUncommon30–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.47% in Aug
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.47% in Aug
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.47% in Aug
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.47% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.47% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.44% in Aug
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.42% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.42% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Aug
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorUncommon40–42 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.40% in Aug
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.36% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.36% in Aug
Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillansPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.36% in Aug
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.36% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.36% in Aug
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.34% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.34% in Aug
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.34% in Aug
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.34% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusSummer visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.34% in Aug
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.34% in Aug
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.32% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Aug
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.32% in Aug
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.32% in Aug
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.30% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.30% in Aug
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.28% in Aug
DipperCinclus cinclusPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.28% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserPassage migrantUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.28% in Aug
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.28% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.28% in Aug
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.25% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.25% in Aug
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.25% in Aug
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Aug
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantUncommon66–102 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.21% in Aug
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Aug
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.19% in Aug
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.17% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Aug
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.17% in Aug
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.17% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.17% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.17% in Aug
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.17% in Aug
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Aug
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.17% in Aug
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.15% in Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.15% in Aug
SerinSerinus serinusPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.15% in Aug
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesPassage migrantUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.13% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.13% in Aug
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.13% in Aug
WoodlarkLullula arboreaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Aug
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.11% in Aug
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaPassage migrantUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.11% in Aug
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.11% in Aug
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.11% in Aug
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantUncommon43–47 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.11% in Aug
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug · 0.11% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.08% in Aug
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.08% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.08% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.08% in Aug
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.08% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.06% in Aug
Tawny OwlStrix alucoPassage migrantUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.06% in Aug
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