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
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
WoodlarkLullula arboreaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserPassage migrantUncommon75–90 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
DipperCinclus cinclusPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jun–Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Jan
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Oct
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserScarceUncommon58–68 cm
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantUncommon33–42 cmRegularly May
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Feb
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusPassage migrantUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Jul
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Jul
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly May–Oct
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 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