Birds to See in Algeria in December
74 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in December22
- Eurasian Jay
- Great Spotted Woodpecker
- Short-toed Treecreeper
- Griffon Vulture
- Greater Flamingo
- Common Kingfisher
- Ruff
- Great White Egret
- Egyptian Vulture
- Eurasian Teal
- Blue Rock-thrush
- Crag Martin
- Purple Swamphen
- Kentish Plover
- Willow Warbler
- Eurasian Spoonbill
- Sanderling
- Black-necked Grebe
- Rose-ringed Parakeet
- Little Stint
- Northern Pintail
- Gadwall
Residents
(17)Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephalaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactylaLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Winter visitors
(31)Present outside the breeding season
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Sep–May
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Feb
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Oct–Feb
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Dec–Feb
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Sep–May
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Thekla's Lark
Galerida theklaeLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Passage migrants
(26)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterusEN
Regularly Dec–Jun
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Dec–Jun
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Oct–Dec
Purple Swamphen
Porphyrio porphyrioLC
Regularly Sep–Jan
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Nov–Dec
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Nov–Dec
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Regularly May–Dec
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly Dec–Jun
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Oct–Dec
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Sep–Dec
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Dec
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Cirl Bunting
Emberiza cirlusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Oct–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