Birds to See in Algeria in February
60 species listed for February · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
60 bird species on our list for Algeria are recorded regularly in February. Of these, the most often recorded are Rock Dove, Blackbird, Eurasian Collared Dove, Chiffchaff and Yellow-legged Gull. New this month: Corn Bunting, Greenfinch, Blackcap and Eurasian Wren and 5 more.
New in February9
Residents
(17)Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephalaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactylaLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Winter visitors
(31)Present outside the breeding season
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Sep–May
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Feb
Thekla's Lark
Galerida theklaeLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Oct–Feb
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Sep–May
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Dec–Feb
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Passage migrants
(12)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Dec–Jun
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Audouin's Gull
Ichthyaetus audouiniiVU
Regularly Jan–Mar
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
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