Sylviid Warblers in Albania
Our list for Albania has 6 sylviid warblers recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 2 summer visitors and 3 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 6, most common first
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillansPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Subalpine Warbler 11–13 cm
- Lesser Whitethroat 11–13 cm
- Sardinian Warbler 13–14 cm
- Blackcap 13–15 cm
- Whitethroat 13–15 cm
- Garden Warbler 14–15 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

