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
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisPassage migrantCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantCommon58–65 cmRegularly May–Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisPassage migrantCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusPassage migrantCommon46–51 cmRegularly May–Jan
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusScarceCommon33–38 cmRegularly Jul
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
Thekla's LarkGalerida theklaeWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Little OwlAthene noctuaPassage migrantCommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantCommon36–41 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Sep–Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusPassage migrantCommon55–65 cmRegularly Dec–Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaPassage migrantCommon17–20 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
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