Birds to See in Algeria in October
82 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
82 bird species on our list for Algeria are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Rock Dove, Blackbird, Common Raven, Eurasian Collared Dove and Kestrel. New this month: Chiffchaff, Pied Wagtail, Serin and Great Cormorant and 29 more.
New in October33
- Chiffchaff
- Pied Wagtail
- Serin
- Great Cormorant
- Greenfinch
- Common Starling
- Coal Tit
- Great Spotted Woodpecker
- Black Redstart
- Alpine Swift
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Blackcap
- Griffon Vulture
- Cirl Bunting
- Peregrine Falcon
- Sparrowhawk
- Meadow Pipit
- Great Crested Grebe
- Northern Lapwing
- Great White Egret
- Wood Sandpiper
- Eurasian Teal
- Red Crossbill
- Common Shelduck
- Buzzard
- Kentish Plover
- Eurasian Spoonbill
- Ringed Plover
- Black-necked Grebe
- Green Sandpiper
- Little Stint
- Northern Pintail
- Osprey
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
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephalaLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactylaLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(3)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(28)Present outside the breeding season
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Sep–May
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Sep–May
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Feb
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Thekla's Lark
Galerida theklaeLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Oct–Feb
Passage migrants
(34)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Oct
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly May–Jan
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Cirl Bunting
Emberiza cirlusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Oct
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Sep–Dec
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Purple Swamphen
Porphyrio porphyrioLC
Regularly Sep–Jan
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Regularly May–Dec
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Oct–Dec
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Oct
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Sep–Apr
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Oct–Dec
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