Common Birds in Albania
Our list for Albania has 114 common birds recorded regularly there: 30 residents, 36 summer visitors, 29 winter visitors and 19 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Albania in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 114, most common first
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly May–Feb
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Oct
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jan
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Aug
GadwallMareca streperaPassage migrantCommon46–56 cmRegularly Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaPassage migrantCommon40–47 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
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