Birds to See in Algeria in November
60 species listed for November · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
60 bird species on our list for Algeria are recorded regularly in November. Of these, the most often recorded are Rock Dove, Eurasian Collared Dove, Blackbird, Kestrel and Pied Wagtail. New this month: Mediterranean Gull, Northern Gannet, Ruddy Turnstone and Sandwich Tern and 2 more.
New in November6
Leaving after last month28
- Barn Swallow
- Squacco Heron
- Yellow Wagtail
- Eurasian Jay
- Great Spotted Woodpecker
- Alpine Swift
- Short-toed Treecreeper
- Wheatear
- Griffon Vulture
- Sparrowhawk
- Greater Flamingo
- Common Kingfisher
- Common Reed-warbler
- Ruff
- Great White Egret
- Little Ringed Plover
- Wood Sandpiper
- Eurasian Teal
- Red Crossbill
- Buzzard
- Purple Swamphen
- Kentish Plover
- Eurasian Spoonbill
- Ringed Plover
- Black-necked Grebe
- Little Stint
- Northern Pintail
- Osprey
Residents
(16)Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year

Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year

Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul

Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year

Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year

Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephalaLC
Recorded all year

Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year

House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year

Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year

Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year

Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year

Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year

Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb

Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb

Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year

Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winterWinter visitors
(26)Present outside the breeding season
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar

Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Aug–Jun

Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun

Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr

Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr

Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun

European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun

Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Aug–Jun

Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar

Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Oct–Mar

Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar

Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Sep–May

Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Oct–Feb

Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun

Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar

Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly Nov–Feb

Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun

Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun

Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Feb

Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Sep–Apr

Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun

Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Sep–May

Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Oct–Feb

Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Sep–Mar

Thekla's Lark
Galerida theklaeLC
Regularly Sep–Jun

Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Sep–May
Passage migrants
(17)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar

Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Nov–Dec

Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Nov–Feb

Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun

Cirl Bunting
Emberiza cirlusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun

Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Feb–Nov

Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun

Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Sep–Jun

Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Sep–Apr

Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Aug–Jun

Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Oct–May

Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly May–Jan

Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Nov–Dec

Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr

Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Nov–Feb

Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Sep–Jun

Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
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
