Common Birds in Algeria
Our list for Algeria has 108 common birds recorded regularly there: 17 residents, 7 summer visitors, 30 winter visitors, 53 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Algeria in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 108, most common first
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantCommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesPassage migrantCommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterPassage migrantCommon10–12 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusPassage migrantCommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusPassage migrantCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jun
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaPassage migrantCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
House MartinDelichon urbicumPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–May
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–May
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