Birds to See in Albania in August
127 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in August39
- Nightingale
- Northern Lapwing
- Western Marsh-harrier
- Subalpine Warbler
- Grey Plover
- Sandwich Tern
- Whitethroat
- Goldcrest
- Water Rail
- Green Sandpiper
- Common Snipe
- Mute Swan
- Willow Warbler
- Wood Warbler
- Whinchat
- Eurasian Oystercatcher
- Eurasian Skylark
- Little Stint
- Ringed Plover
- Wryneck
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
- Montagu's Harrier
- Hawfinch
- Wood Sandpiper
- Common Redstart
- Woodlark
- Greylag Goose
- Marsh Tit
- Great Spotted Woodpecker
- Pallid Swift
- Sedge Warbler
- Mistle Thrush
- Golden Eagle
- European Pied Flycatcher
- Yellowhammer
- Purple Heron
- Garganey
- Black Tern
- Tawny Owl
Residents
(30)Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(41)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly May–Oct
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly May–Sep
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Oct
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senatorNT
Regularly Apr–Sep
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Cirl Bunting
Emberiza cirlusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly May–Mar
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly Apr–Sep
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephalaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Eurasian Scops-owl
Otus scopsLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian Stone-curlew
Burhinus oedicnemusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Winter visitors
(18)Present outside the breeding season
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jul–May
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly May–Feb
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Aug–Feb
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Aug–Feb
Passage migrants
(38)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly Aug–Oct
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Subalpine Warbler
Curruca cantillansLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Aug–Sep
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Aug–Oct
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Jun–Oct
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Regularly Aug–Sep
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Regularly May–Oct
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchosLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Black Tern
Chlidonias nigerLC
Regularly May–Aug
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly Aug
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Mar–Aug
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Aug–Oct
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–Jan
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Regularly Jun–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