Birds to See in Albania in July
102 bird species on our list for Albania are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, House Sparrow, Hooded Crow, House Martin and Eurasian Collared Dove. New this month: Common Kingfisher, Dunlin, Greenshank and Curlew and 12 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
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 102 birds in July
102 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 5.05% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 4.30% in Jul
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.50% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 3.08% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 3.05% in Jul
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.75% in Jul
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.61% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jul
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.25% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorCommon32–35 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 1.11% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jul
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.08% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.97% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.89% in Jul
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.89% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jul
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.78% in Jul
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.78% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jul
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jul
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.75% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jul
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.67% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaSummer visitorCommon34–39 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.64% in Jul
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.64% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jul
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.55% in Jul
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.55% in Jul
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.53% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jul
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jul
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.53% in Jul
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.53% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jul
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.47% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.47% in Jul
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.44% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.44% in Jul
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jul
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.44% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.44% in Jul
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.42% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.39% in Jul
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.39% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.36% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.31% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.31% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaPassage migrantUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.28% in Jul
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.28% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.28% in Jul
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.25% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusPassage migrantUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Jul · 0.25% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.25% in Jul
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.25% in Jul
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.22% in Jul
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.22% in Jul
DipperCinclus cinclusPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.22% in Jul
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.19% in Jul
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.19% in Jul
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.19% in Jul
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisPassage migrantUncommon30–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Jul
SerinSerinus serinusPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.19% in Jul
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.19% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.17% in Jul
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.17% in Jul
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.17% in Jul
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.17% in Jul
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.17% in Jul
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.17% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.17% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorUncommon40–42 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.17% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.14% in Jul
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusSummer visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.14% in Jul
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.14% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.11% in Jul
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Jul
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.11% in Jul
European ShagGulosus aristotelisPassage migrantUncommon65–80 cmRegularly Jul · 0.08% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.08% in Jul
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