Birds to See in Algeria in May
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.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
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.
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All 84 birds in May
84 birds
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.33% in May
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 3.03% in May
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 2.55% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in May
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in May
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraPassage migrantCommon16–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 2.16% in May
SerinSerinus serinusWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.83% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in May
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.74% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 1.68% in May
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in May
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.62% in May
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in May
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.53% in May
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in May
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.35% in May
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.29% in May
GreenfinchChloris chlorisPassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.26% in May
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusPassage migrantCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 1.20% in May
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.20% in May
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 1.17% in May
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaPassage migrantCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.14% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.14% in May
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.05% in May
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.99% in May
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in May
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in May
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.93% in May
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesPassage migrantCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.90% in May
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusPassage migrantCommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.87% in May
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.87% in May
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.84% in May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in May
Thekla's LarkGalerida theklaeWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.78% in May
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.78% in May
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.75% in May
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.75% in May
LinnetLinaria cannabinaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.72% in May
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.72% in May
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusPassage migrantCommon55–65 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.66% in May
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.66% in May
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.63% in May
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly May · 0.60% in May
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.60% in May
House MartinDelichon urbicumPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.60% in May
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in May
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.57% in May
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantCommon93–122 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.57% in May
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.57% in May
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.54% in May
Coal TitPeriparus aterPassage migrantCommon10–12 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.51% in May
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusPassage migrantCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.51% in May
JackdawColoeus monedulaWinter visitorCommon34–39 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.48% in May
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusPassage migrantCommon46–51 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.45% in May
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.45% in May
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in May
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.42% in May
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.39% in May
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusPassage migrantCommon120–145 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.39% in May
Little OwlAthene noctuaPassage migrantCommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.39% in May
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.39% in May
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantUncommon28–34 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.36% in May
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaPassage migrantCommon58–67 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.36% in May
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.36% in May
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.36% in May
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly May · 0.30% in May
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.27% in May
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisPassage migrantCommon14–15 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.27% in May
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.27% in May
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.27% in May
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusPassage migrantCommon21–23 cmRegularly Dec–Jun · 0.24% in May
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantCommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.24% in May
WoodlarkLullula arboreaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.24% in May
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaPassage migrantUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.21% in May
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.21% in May
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May · 0.18% in May
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.18% in May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantCommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.18% in May
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesPassage migrantCommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in May
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.15% in May
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May · 0.12% in May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantCommon58–65 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.12% in May
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataPassage migrantUncommon65–72 cmRegularly May · 0.09% in May
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantCommon78–90 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.09% in May
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