Birds to See in Algeria in January
64 species listed for January · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in January10
Residents
(17)Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephalaLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactylaLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Summer visitors
(2)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(31)Present outside the breeding season
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Sep–May
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Feb
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Oct–Feb
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Thekla's Lark
Galerida theklaeLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Dec–Feb
Passage migrants
(14)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Cirl Bunting
Emberiza cirlusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Purple Swamphen
Porphyrio porphyrioLC
Regularly Sep–Jan
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Jan
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly May–Jan
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Audouin's Gull
Ichthyaetus audouiniiVU
Regularly Jan–Mar
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly 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