Birds to See in Algeria in May
84 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
84 bird species on our list for Algeria are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are Rock Dove, Common Raven, Blackbird, Eurasian Collared Dove and Kestrel. New this month: Cetti's Warbler, Black-crowned Night-heron, Great Crested Grebe and Common Quail and 9 more.
New in May13
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
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephalaLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactylaLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Summer visitors
(7)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly Mar–Sep
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Mar–Jul
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Winter visitors
(15)Present outside the breeding season
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Thekla's Lark
Galerida theklaeLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Sep–May
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Sep–May
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Passage migrants
(45)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Regularly Mar–Jun
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Cirl Bunting
Emberiza cirlusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchosLC
Regularly Mar–Jun
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senatorNT
Regularly Mar–Aug
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterusEN
Regularly Dec–Jun
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly May
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Mar–May
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–May
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly May–Jan
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly Apr–May
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Regularly Apr–May
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Regularly May–Dec
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian Scops-owl
Otus scopsLC
Regularly May
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly Dec–Jun
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Dec–Jun
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Mar–Jun
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Apr–May
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Mar–May
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly May
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Regularly Mar–May
Black Tern
Chlidonias nigerLC
Regularly May
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly May–Aug
Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila fasciataLC
Regularly May
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
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