Birds to See in Albania in February
71 bird species on our list for Albania are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Magpie, Chaffinch, Black Redstart, Great Tit and Black-headed Gull. New this month: Corn Bunting, Common Shelduck, Long-tailed Tit and Little Owl and 4 more.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
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 71 birds in February
71 birds
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.88% in Feb
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.38% in Feb
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 3.25% in Feb
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.25% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 3.19% in Feb
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.13% in Feb
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.00% in Feb
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.81% in Feb
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Feb
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.94% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Feb
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Feb
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Feb
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Feb
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Feb
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Feb
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Feb
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Feb
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.25% in Feb
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Feb
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Feb
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Feb
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.13% in Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Feb
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 1.00% in Feb
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.00% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.88% in Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Feb
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.88% in Feb
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.81% in Feb
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.81% in Feb
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaPassage migrantCommon58–67 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.75% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Feb
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.56% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.56% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.56% in Feb
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.56% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.50% in Feb
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.50% in Feb
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.50% in Feb
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.50% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.44% in Feb
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusSummer visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.44% in Feb
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.44% in Feb
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.38% in Feb
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.38% in Feb
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.38% in Feb
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaPassage migrantUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.38% in Feb
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.38% in Feb
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.38% in Feb
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.38% in Feb
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosPassage migrantCommon20–23 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.38% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserPassage migrantUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.31% in Feb
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.31% in Feb
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.31% in Feb
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.25% in Feb
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.25% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Feb
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Feb · 0.25% in Feb
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