Birds to See in Albania in September
129 bird species on our list for Albania are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Collared Dove, House Sparrow, Spotted Flycatcher, Hooded Crow and Yellow-legged Gull. New this month: Black Redstart, Eurasian Wren, Eurasian Teal and Northern Shoveler and 18 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
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.
Other months
All 129 birds in September
129 birds
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 2.43% in Sep
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Sep
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.30% in Sep
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 2.24% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.23% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.78% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSummer visitorCommon32–35 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 1.17% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Sep
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.02% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.96% in Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep · 0.93% in Sep
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Sep
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Sep
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.82% in Sep
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Sep
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.75% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.72% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.72% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.71% in Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.67% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.65% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaSummer visitorCommon34–39 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.64% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.63% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.60% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.59% in Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.57% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorCommon23–28 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.55% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.55% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.54% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.52% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.51% in Sep
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.51% in Sep
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.46% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.43% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Sep
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.41% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.41% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.40% in Sep
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.37% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.37% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Sep
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.36% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.36% in Sep
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.36% in Sep
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.35% in Sep
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.34% in Sep
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep · 0.34% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.34% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.34% in Sep
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusSummer visitorCommon13–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.33% in Sep
DipperCinclus cinclusPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.31% in Sep
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.30% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.30% in Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.30% in Sep
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.28% in Sep
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.28% in Sep
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.25% in Sep
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.25% in Sep
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.25% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep · 0.25% in Sep
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.25% in Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in Sep
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.22% in Sep
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaPassage migrantUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.22% in Sep
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.22% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in Sep
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisPassage migrantUncommon30–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Sep
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataPassage migrantUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.19% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.19% in Sep
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.18% in Sep
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantUncommon66–102 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.18% in Sep
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.18% in Sep
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 0.17% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.17% in Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.17% in Sep
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.17% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.17% in Sep
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.17% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.16% in Sep
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.14% in Sep
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorUncommon40–42 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.14% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Sep
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.12% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.12% in Sep
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.11% in Sep
WoodlarkLullula arboreaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.10% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserPassage migrantUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.10% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Sep
RookCorvus frugilegusPassage migrantUncommon45–47 cmRegularly Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantCommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.06% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.06% in Sep
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosPassage migrantCommon20–23 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.05% in Sep
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
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