Birds to See in Albania in July
102 species listed for July · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in July16
Leaving after last month21
Residents
(30)Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Recorded all year
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Recorded all year
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(46)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly May–Sep
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly May–Oct
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senatorNT
Regularly Apr–Sep
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Cirl Bunting
Emberiza cirlusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Scops-owl
Otus scopsLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly Apr–Sep
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephalaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly May–Mar
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly May–Oct
Alpine Chough
Pyrrhocorax graculusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Regularly May–Jul
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Oct
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Stone-curlew
Burhinus oedicnemusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Winter visitors
(12)Present outside the breeding season
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Recorded all year
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jul–May
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Passage migrants
(14)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterusEN
Regularly Jul
Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeusLC
Regularly May–Jul
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Jun–Oct
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly May–Jul
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactylaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
Monticola saxatilisLC
Regularly May–Jul
European Shag
Gulosus aristotelisLC
Regularly Jul
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Jul–Oct
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