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
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantUncommon66–102 cmRegularly May–Oct
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRegularly May–Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Oct–May
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
DunnockPrunella modularisPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusScarceUncommon52–64 cm
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaScarceUncommon13–14 cm
Crested TitLophophanes cristatusScarceUncommon11–12 cm
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Aug
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct
Barn OwlTyto albaScarceUncommon33–39 cm
Red KnotCalidris canutusScarceUncommon23–26 cm
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisScarceUncommon12–14 cm
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusScarceUncommon25–30 cm
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonScarceUncommon12–13 cm
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Jul
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