Birds to See in Albania in May
124 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
124 bird species on our list for Albania are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, House Sparrow, Hooded Crow, Nightingale and House Martin. New this month: European Bee-eater, Spotted Flycatcher, Red-backed Shrike and Coal Tit and 20 more.
New in May24
- European Bee-eater
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Red-backed Shrike
- Coal Tit
- Golden Oriole
- Mute Swan
- Common Reed-warbler
- European Honey-buzzard
- Muscovy Duck
- Crag Martin
- Ringed Plover
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Montagu's Harrier
- Hobby
- Gull-billed Tern
- Nightjar
- Common Quail
- Mistle Thrush
- Golden Eagle
- Alpine Chough
- Little Bittern
- Black Tern
- Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
- White-winged Tern
Leaving after last month8
Residents
(30)Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
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
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senatorNT
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly May–Oct
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Cirl Bunting
Emberiza cirlusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Oct
Eurasian Scops-owl
Otus scopsLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephalaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly Apr–Sep
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Stone-curlew
Burhinus oedicnemusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly May–Oct
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Regularly May–Jul
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Alpine Chough
Pyrrhocorax graculusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly May–Mar
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Winter visitors
(13)Present outside the breeding season
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jul–May
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly May–Feb
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Passage migrants
(35)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchosLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Subalpine Warbler
Curruca cantillansLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly May–Jul
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly May–Oct
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly May
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Regularly May–Oct
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
Monticola saxatilisLC
Regularly May–Jul
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Mar–Aug
Black Tern
Chlidonias nigerLC
Regularly May–Aug
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeusLC
Regularly May–Jul
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly May
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