Uncommon Birds in Albania
Our list for Albania has 76 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 10 summer visitors, 53 passage migrants and 13 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Albania in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 76, most common first
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantUncommon40–45 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataPassage migrantUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorPassage migrantUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Jan
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisPassage migrantUncommon30–36 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
SerinSerinus serinusPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorUncommon40–42 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaPassage migrantUncommon53–57 cmRegularly Jan
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Jul
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantUncommon43–47 cmRegularly May–Aug
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaPassage migrantUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesPassage migrantUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusSummer visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly 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