Birds to See in Albania in September
129 species listed for September · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in September22
Leaving after last month20
Residents
(30)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
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Summer visitors
(38)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Oct
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephalaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly May–Oct
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly May–Mar
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Cirl Bunting
Emberiza cirlusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Eurasian Stone-curlew
Burhinus oedicnemusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly May–Sep
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Alpine Chough
Pyrrhocorax graculusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senatorNT
Regularly Apr–Sep
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly Apr–Sep
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly May–Oct
Winter visitors
(22)Present outside the breeding season
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Aug–Feb
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jul–May
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Regularly Sep–Feb
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly May–Feb
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Sep–Apr
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Feb
Passage migrants
(39)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Sep
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Aug–Oct
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly Aug–Oct
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly Sep
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Jun–Oct
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Sep
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Aug–Oct
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Regularly May–Oct
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Regularly Aug–Sep
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–Jan
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly May–Oct
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactylaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Jul–Oct
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Sep–Jan
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Sep
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Aug–Sep
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Sep–Jan
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Apr–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