Birds to See in Albania in January
78 species listed for January · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in January17
Residents
(30)Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(6)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly May–Mar
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Winter visitors
(29)Present outside the breeding season
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Aug–Feb
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jul–May
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Feb
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Regularly Sep–Feb
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Jun–Feb
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Aug–Feb
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Sep–Apr
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly May–Feb
Passage migrants
(13)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Arctic Loon
Gavia arcticaLC
Regularly Jan
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–Jan
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Sep–Jan
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Jan
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Dec–Jan
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Jan
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Regularly Jan
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Oct–Jan
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Sep–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