Woodpeckers in Albania
Our list for Albania has 4 woodpeckers recorded regularly there: 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Albania in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisPassage migrantUncommon30–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker 14–16 cm
- Wryneck 16–18 cm
- Great Spotted Woodpecker 23–26 cm
- European Green Woodpecker 30–36 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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