Crows & Jays in Albania
Our list for Albania has 8 crows & jays recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 3 summer visitors, 1 passage migrant and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Albania in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorCommon32–35 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaSummer visitorCommon34–39 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRegularly May–Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusPassage migrantUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Sep
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxScarceUncommon39–43 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Eurasian Jay 32–35 cm
- Jackdaw 34–39 cm
- Alpine Chough 36–39 cm
- Red-billed Chough 39–43 cm
- Magpie 44–46 cm
- Rook 45–47 cm
- Hooded Crow 44–51 cm
- Common Raven 54–67 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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

