Birds in Albania
193 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
Our list for Albania has 193 bird species recorded regularly there: 30 residents, 46 summer visitors, 29 winter visitors, 74 passage migrants and 14 scarce visitors.
The list comes from 56,000 birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.
Birds to see in Albania in September
129 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

Eurasian Collared Dove
Resident

House Sparrow
Resident

Spotted Flycatcher
Summer visitor

Hooded Crow
Resident

Yellow-legged Gull
Resident

Grey Heron
Resident

Great Tit
Resident

Magpie
Resident
Arriving in September: Black Redstart, Eurasian Wren, Eurasian Teal, Northern Shoveler, Tree Pipit, Black-necked Grebe, Song Thrush, Golden Plover and 14 more.
Through the year
Species recorded regularly in Albania each month: most in September (129), fewest in March (69). Choose a month to see its birds.
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Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Regularly Mar–Dec

Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Jan

European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct

Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Apr–Nov

Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov

Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Mar–Oct

Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct

Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Regularly Jan
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Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan

Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly Jan–Oct

Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Apr–Jan

Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly May–Oct

Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct

Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep

Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Oct–Dec

Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly May–Jul

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Regularly Mar–Dec

Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly May–Aug

Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct

Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Regularly Apr–Aug

Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct

Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep

Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly Sep
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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