Birds of Albania
270 species recorded at 15 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
European RobinErithacus rubecula
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Great TitParus majorMost recorded
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmaeus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
European Red-rumped SwallowCecropis rufula
Crested LarkGalerida cristata
Great EgretArdea alba
Dalmatian PelicanPelecanus crispus
Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisHotspots with the most records
- Narta LagoonVlorë County184 species
- Grand Park of TiranaTirana District146 species
- Parku Kombëtar Divjakë-KaravastaFier County188 species
- King Zog's PalaceDurrës County73 species
- Butrint National ParkVlorë County161 species
- Rinia LagoonDurrës County109 species
- Lake ShkodërShkodër County146 species
- Rezervati Kune-Vain-TaleLezhë County139 species
- Bird Ringing Station – Orikum_AOSVlorë County104 species
- Divjaka ResortFier County139 species
- Orikum LagoonVlorë County107 species
- GjirokasterGjirokastër County104 species
All 15 hotspots
- Buna River to ShirokaShkodër County106 species
- TiranaTirana District120 species
- Orikum Hotel WatchpointVlorë County57 species
All species recorded · 270
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Common Pochard Aythya ferina
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Rock Partridge Alectoris graeca
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus
- Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea
- Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan
- Black Stork Ciconia nigra
- White Stork Ciconia ciconia
- Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
- Levant Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brevipes
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocoptes medius
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos
- Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius
- European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus
- Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Alpine Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Sombre Tit Poecile lugubris
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Willow Tit Poecile montanus
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Western Rock Nuthatch Sitta neumayer
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus