Birds to See in Algeria in September
56 bird species on our list for Algeria are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Rock Dove, Eurasian Collared Dove, Kestrel, Blackbird and Woodpigeon. New this month: Blackbird, Great Grey Shrike, European Robin and Corn Bunting and 24 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
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.
Other months
All 56 birds in September
56 birds
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 6.57% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 3.89% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.77% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 2.25% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 2.07% in Sep
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.90% in Sep
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 1.73% in Sep
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.64% in Sep
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.47% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 1.47% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.47% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.47% in Sep
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.30% in Sep
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorWinter visitorCommon22–26 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.30% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Sep
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.12% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.04% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.95% in Sep
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.86% in Sep
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusPassage migrantCommon120–145 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.86% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.86% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusPassage migrantCommon32–35 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.78% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaWinter visitorCommon34–39 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.78% in Sep
Little OwlAthene noctuaPassage migrantCommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.78% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.78% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.78% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.69% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.69% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.69% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.69% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisPassage migrantCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.61% in Sep
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantCommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.61% in Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.61% in Sep
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesPassage migrantCommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.61% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.52% in Sep
Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrioPassage migrantCommon45–50 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.52% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesPassage migrantCommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.43% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.43% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.43% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaPassage migrantUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.43% in Sep
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaPassage migrantCommon58–70 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.43% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.43% in Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.35% in Sep
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraPassage migrantCommon16–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.35% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.35% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.26% in Sep
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaResidentCommon12–14 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.26% in Sep
Thekla's LarkGalerida theklaeWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.26% in Sep
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