Birds to See in Algeria in April
89 bird species on our list for Algeria are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Rock Dove, Blackbird, Kestrel, Eurasian Collared Dove and Common Raven. New this month: Spotted Flycatcher, Black-headed Gull, European Bee-eater and Little Grebe and 24 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Algeria’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 89 birds in April
89 birds
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.41% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 3.29% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.79% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 2.51% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 2.34% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Apr
SerinSerinus serinusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.85% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.44% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.40% in Apr
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Apr
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraPassage migrantCommon16–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.32% in Apr
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.27% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.19% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Apr
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 1.15% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–May · 1.11% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.07% in Apr
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr · 1.07% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 1.07% in Apr
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Apr
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisPassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.90% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.86% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaWinter visitorCommon34–39 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.86% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.86% in Apr
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaPassage migrantCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.82% in Apr
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.82% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.82% in Apr
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusPassage migrantCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.78% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.78% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesPassage migrantCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.74% in Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr · 0.74% in Apr
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.74% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.70% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Apr
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.66% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusPassage migrantCommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.62% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.62% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Apr
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.58% in Apr
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.58% in Apr
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.53% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.53% in Apr
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.53% in Apr
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.53% in Apr
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusPassage migrantCommon21–23 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.49% in Apr
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisPassage migrantCommon14–15 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.49% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.49% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.49% in Apr
Thekla's LarkGalerida theklaeWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.49% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.49% in Apr
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.45% in Apr
Little OwlAthene noctuaPassage migrantCommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.45% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantCommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.45% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.41% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.41% in Apr
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.37% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterPassage migrantCommon10–12 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.37% in Apr
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusPassage migrantCommon120–145 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.37% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.37% in Apr
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantCommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.37% in Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantCommon19–21 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.37% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.33% in Apr
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.33% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.33% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.33% in Apr
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusPassage migrantCommon55–65 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.29% in Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantCommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.29% in Apr
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantCommon93–122 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.29% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.29% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in Apr
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesPassage migrantCommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.25% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.25% in Apr
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Apr · 0.25% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusPassage migrantUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr · 0.25% in Apr
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaPassage migrantUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.21% in Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.21% in Apr
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusPassage migrantCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.21% in Apr
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantCommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.21% in Apr
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.16% in Apr
HobbyFalco subbuteoScarceUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr · 0.16% in Apr
PochardAythya ferinaPassage migrantUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Apr
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Apr
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