Birds to See in Albania in March
69 species listed for March · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
69 bird species on our list for Albania are recorded regularly in March. Of these, the most often recorded are Magpie, Eurasian Collared Dove, House Sparrow, Hooded Crow and Blackcap. New this month: Barn Swallow, House Martin, Jackdaw and Hoopoe and 12 more.
New in March16
Residents
(29)Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(12)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly May–Mar
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Cirl Bunting
Emberiza cirlusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Winter visitors
(17)Present outside the breeding season
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Recorded all year
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jul–May
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Passage migrants
(11)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Mar–Aug
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactylaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Oct–May
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