Birds to See in Algeria in December
74 bird species on our list for Algeria are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Rock Dove, Eurasian Collared Dove, Sardinian Warbler, Chiffchaff and Great Grey Shrike. New this month: Eurasian Jay, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Short-toed Treecreeper and Griffon Vulture and 18 more.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
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.
Other months
All 74 birds in December
74 birds
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 5.48% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 3.18% in Dec
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.92% in Dec
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 2.78% in Dec
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Sep–May · 2.41% in Dec
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 2.08% in Dec
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.94% in Dec
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.39% in Dec
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.28% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Dec
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.24% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.21% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.06% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.02% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.02% in Dec
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.02% in Dec
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.95% in Dec
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Dec
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.88% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.80% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Dec
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.77% in Dec
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.77% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.73% in Dec
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.62% in Dec
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisPassage migrantCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.62% in Dec
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.55% in Dec
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusPassage migrantCommon55–65 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.55% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.55% in Dec
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusPassage migrantCommon120–145 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.51% in Dec
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaPassage migrantCommon58–67 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.47% in Dec
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.47% in Dec
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.47% in Dec
PochardAythya ferinaPassage migrantUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.47% in Dec
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.44% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.44% in Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisPassage migrantCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.40% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusPassage migrantCommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.40% in Dec
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.40% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaWinter visitorCommon34–39 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.40% in Dec
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.40% in Dec
SerinSerinus serinusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.40% in Dec
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusPassage migrantCommon21–23 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.37% in Dec
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaPassage migrantUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.37% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.37% in Dec
Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrioPassage migrantCommon45–50 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.37% in Dec
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.37% in Dec
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.33% in Dec
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriPassage migrantUncommon38–42 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.29% in Dec
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.26% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesPassage migrantCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.26% in Dec
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.26% in Dec
LinnetLinaria cannabinaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.26% in Dec
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.26% in Dec
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosPassage migrantUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.26% in Dec
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantUncommon28–34 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.22% in Dec
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraPassage migrantCommon16–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.22% in Dec
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisPassage migrantCommon14–15 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.22% in Dec
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.22% in Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.22% in Dec
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.22% in Dec
Thekla's LarkGalerida theklaeWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.22% in Dec
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.22% in Dec
GadwallMareca streperaPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Dec · 0.18% in Dec
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantCommon93–122 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.15% in Dec
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.15% in Dec
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.11% in Dec
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Dec
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