Birds of Algeria
199 species recorded at 10 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Rock DoveColumba livia
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropusMost recorded
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Northern RavenCorvus corax
Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
African Blue TitCyanistes teneriffae
White StorkCiconia ciconia
Western JackdawColoeus monedula
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Great TitParus major
Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Levaillant's WoodpeckerPicus vaillantii
White-headed DuckOxyura leucocephalaHotspots with the most records
- Retenue Collinaire El Mellah Salah DerrajiConstantine Province90 species
- Retenue collinaire El Aria, commune Ben BadisConstantine Province102 species
- Forêt de BouafrouneJijel Province82 species
- Ferme Messali, Djebel OuahcheConstantine Province67 species
- Gorges du Rhumel, Mellah SlimaneConstantine Province22 species
- gorges du Rhumel, route de SkikdaConstantine Province22 species
- Lac de ReghaiaAlgiers Province86 species
- Parc Djebel El OuahchConstantine Province57 species
- Retenue collinaire El Biar, commune Ben BadisConstantine Province52 species
- Forêt de DjimlaJijel Province43 species
All species recorded · 199
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- 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
- Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Common Pochard Aythya ferina
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Barbary Partridge Alectoris barbara
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- 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 Curlew Numenius arquata
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Great Snipe Gallinago media
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- 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
- Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- White Stork Ciconia ciconia
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
- 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
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- 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
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Maghreb Owl Strix mauritanica
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Levaillant's Woodpecker Picus vaillantii
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- African Blue Tit Cyanistes teneriffae
- Great Tit Parus major
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Mediterranean Short-toed Lark Alaudala rufescens
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata
- Dartford Warbler Curruca undata
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Algerian Nuthatch Sitta ledanti
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Atlas Pied Flycatcher Ficedula speculigera
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica
- Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- 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
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus