Birds to See in Albania in January
78 bird species on our list for Albania are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Magpie, Little Egret, Great Cormorant, Black-headed Gull and Grey Heron. New this month: Common Sandpiper, Redshank, Coal Tit and Arctic Loon and 13 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
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.
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All 78 birds in January
78 birds
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.15% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.99% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.89% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.83% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.73% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Jan
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Jan
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Jan
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Jan
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 1.63% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.52% in Jan
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 1.52% in Jan
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.52% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 1.47% in Jan
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 1.42% in Jan
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 1.36% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 1.31% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.31% in Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.21% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.15% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.10% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.10% in Jan
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.10% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 1.05% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.00% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 1.00% in Jan
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.89% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.89% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jan
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jan
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.79% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.79% in Jan
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantCommon58–77 cmRegularly Jan · 0.73% in Jan
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.73% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.68% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jan
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.63% in Jan
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.63% in Jan
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.58% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.58% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.58% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaPassage migrantCommon46–56 cmRegularly Jan · 0.52% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaPassage migrantCommon40–47 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.52% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Jan · 0.47% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.47% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.42% in Jan
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaPassage migrantUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Jan · 0.42% in Jan
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.42% in Jan
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jan
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.37% in Jan
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.26% in Jan
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosPassage migrantCommon20–23 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.26% in Jan
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.21% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.21% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.21% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorCommon32–35 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.16% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.16% in Jan
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