Birds to See in Albania in December
72 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in December9
Residents
(30)Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Summer visitors
(7)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Cirl Bunting
Emberiza cirlusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Winter visitors
(29)Present outside the breeding season
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Jun–Feb
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jul–May
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly May–Feb
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Sep–Apr
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Feb
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Regularly Sep–Feb
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Aug–Feb
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Aug–Feb
Passage migrants
(6)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Oct–Dec
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Dec–Jan
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Oct–Dec
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Regularly Mar–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