Birds to See in Algeria in February
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.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
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 60 birds in February
60 birds
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 6.57% in Feb
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 4.74% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 4.31% in Feb
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 3.23% in Feb
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 2.37% in Feb
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 2.37% in Feb
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.21% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Feb
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.99% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.99% in Feb
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Feb
SerinSerinus serinusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.67% in Feb
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.51% in Feb
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.45% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.40% in Feb
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 1.35% in Feb
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.35% in Feb
JackdawColoeus monedulaWinter visitorCommon34–39 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.24% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.18% in Feb
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 1.13% in Feb
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Feb
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.08% in Feb
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Feb
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraPassage migrantCommon16–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.97% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.91% in Feb
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesPassage migrantCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.86% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.86% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Feb
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.86% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.81% in Feb
GreenfinchChloris chlorisPassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.75% in Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Feb
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.70% in Feb
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaPassage migrantCommon17–20 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.65% in Feb
Little OwlAthene noctuaPassage migrantCommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.65% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.65% in Feb
Thekla's LarkGalerida theklaeWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.65% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.59% in Feb
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.59% in Feb
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusPassage migrantCommon21–23 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.54% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Feb
Coal TitPeriparus aterPassage migrantCommon10–12 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.48% in Feb
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisPassage migrantCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.48% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.48% in Feb
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.48% in Feb
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.43% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.43% in Feb
LinnetLinaria cannabinaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.43% in Feb
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiPassage migrantUncommon48–52 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.38% in Feb
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Feb
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.32% in Feb
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.32% in Feb
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantCommon36–41 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.32% in Feb
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.32% in Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.27% in Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.22% in Feb
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.22% in Feb
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.22% in 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