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
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly May
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantCommon33–42 cmRegularly Jul
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantCommon19–21 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusPassage migrantCommon21–23 cmRegularly Dec–Jun
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaPassage migrantCommon58–67 cmRegularly Oct–May
WoodlarkLullula arboreaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoPassage migrantCommon51–57 cmRegularly Oct
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–May
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–May
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisPassage migrantCommon14–15 cmRegularly Dec–Jun
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–May
Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrioPassage migrantCommon45–50 cmRegularly Sep–Jan
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusPassage migrantCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–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