Birds to See in Albania in October
125 bird species on our list for Albania are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Magpie, Common Kingfisher, Hooded Crow and House Sparrow. New this month: Water Pipit, Northern Pintail, Meadow Pipit and Common Shelduck and 16 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
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 125 birds in October
125 birds
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.67% in Oct
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.67% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 2.63% in Oct
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Oct
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Oct
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.05% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Oct
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Oct
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.21% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Oct
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 1.05% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Oct
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorCommon32–35 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.90% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Oct
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.84% in Oct
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.83% in Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.80% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.80% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaSummer visitorCommon34–39 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.73% in Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.70% in Oct
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.70% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.70% in Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.66% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusSummer visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.66% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.65% in Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.62% in Oct
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.61% in Oct
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.56% in Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.51% in Oct
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.50% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.45% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.45% in Oct
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.44% in Oct
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.44% in Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.41% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.41% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.40% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.39% in Oct
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.39% in Oct
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.39% in Oct
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.39% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.37% in Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.37% in Oct
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.36% in Oct
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.34% in Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.33% in Oct
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.33% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.33% in Oct
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.32% in Oct
WoodlarkLullula arboreaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.32% in Oct
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.30% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.29% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.29% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.29% in Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.29% in Oct
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataPassage migrantUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.28% in Oct
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.26% in Oct
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaPassage migrantCommon58–67 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.25% in Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.25% in Oct
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.23% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.23% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.23% in Oct
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.22% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.22% in Oct
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaPassage migrantUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.22% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserPassage migrantUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.22% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.21% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Oct
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.21% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.19% in Oct
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.19% in Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.19% in Oct
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisPassage migrantUncommon30–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.18% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.18% in Oct
SerinSerinus serinusPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.18% in Oct
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantUncommon66–102 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.17% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.17% in Oct
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.15% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosPassage migrantCommon20–23 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.15% in Oct
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.15% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisPassage migrantCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.14% in Oct
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.14% in Oct
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.12% in Oct
DipperCinclus cinclusPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.12% in Oct
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.11% in Oct
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.11% in Oct
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.11% in Oct
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Oct
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.11% in Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct · 0.10% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorUncommon40–42 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.10% in Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.07% in Oct
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in Oct
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct · 0.04% in 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