Birds to See in Algeria in January
64 bird species on our list for Algeria are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Rock Dove, Eurasian Collared Dove, Blackbird, Yellow-legged Gull and Chiffchaff. New this month: Barn Swallow, Coal Tit, Ruddy Shelduck and Sparrowhawk and 6 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
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 64 birds in January
64 birds
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 5.72% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 3.71% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 2.51% in Jan
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Jan
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 2.26% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 2.20% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 2.14% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.95% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.95% in Jan
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.51% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Jan
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.44% in Jan
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.19% in Jan
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.07% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaWinter visitorCommon34–39 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.07% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.07% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.07% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.01% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 1.01% in Jan
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantCommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.01% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.94% in Jan
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.88% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusPassage migrantCommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.88% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.88% in Jan
SerinSerinus serinusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.88% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.82% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.75% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.69% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.69% in Jan
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.69% in Jan
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusPassage migrantCommon120–145 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.63% in Jan
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jan
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.57% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaPassage migrantCommon58–67 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.57% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.57% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterPassage migrantCommon10–12 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.50% in Jan
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.50% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.50% in Jan
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.50% in Jan
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.50% in Jan
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.44% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.44% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.44% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisPassage migrantCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.44% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.44% in Jan
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.38% in Jan
Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrioPassage migrantCommon45–50 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.38% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Jan · 0.31% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusPassage migrantCommon46–51 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.31% in Jan
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.31% in Jan
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantCommon36–41 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.31% in Jan
Thekla's LarkGalerida theklaeWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.31% in Jan
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiPassage migrantUncommon48–52 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.25% in Jan
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.25% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.25% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.25% in Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jan · 0.19% in Jan
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