Birds to See in Albania in December
72 bird species on our list for Albania are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Magpie, Hooded Crow, Black-headed Gull, Chaffinch and European Robin. New this month: Northern Pintail, Northern Shoveler, Black-necked Grebe and Firecrest and 5 more.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
At their peak
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 72 birds in December
72 birds
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 4.13% in Dec
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 4.09% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 3.63% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.59% in Dec
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.18% in Dec
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.09% in Dec
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 2.91% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.91% in Dec
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Dec
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 2.00% in Dec
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Dec
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Dec
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Dec
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 1.63% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Dec
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Dec
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Dec
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Dec
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 1.32% in Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Dec
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.27% in Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Dec
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Dec
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.95% in Dec
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.91% in Dec
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusSummer visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.86% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Dec
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.82% in Dec
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.73% in Dec
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.73% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.73% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Dec
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.73% in Dec
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.68% in Dec
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Dec
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.59% in Dec
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.59% in Dec
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.59% in Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.59% in Dec
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.54% in Dec
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Dec
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisPassage migrantCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.50% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.50% in Dec
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.50% in Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaPassage migrantCommon40–47 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.50% in Dec
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaPassage migrantCommon58–67 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.45% in Dec
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.41% in Dec
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.41% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaSummer visitorCommon34–39 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.36% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Dec
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.32% in Dec
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.27% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorCommon32–35 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.27% in Dec
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.27% in Dec
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataPassage migrantUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.27% in Dec
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.23% in Dec
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.23% in Dec
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.23% in Dec
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.18% in Dec
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.14% in Dec
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