Birds of Albania
Albania hosts 269 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great TitParus major
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Dalmatian PelicanPelecanus crispus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Eastern Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillans
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Black-headed BuntingEmberiza melanocephala
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Western Rock NuthatchSitta neumayer
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Sombre TitPoecile lugubris
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandra
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Scopoli's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedea
- Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculus
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius
- Rock PartridgeAlectoris graeca
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Black-throated LoonGavia arctica
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
- Mediterranean ShearwaterPuffinus yelkouan
- Common MerganserMergus merganser
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Eurasian BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- White-backed WoodpeckerDendrocopos leucotos
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Northern NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactes
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonorae
- Common GullLarus canus
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Eastern Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus orientalis
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- Semicollared FlycatcherFicedula semitorquata
- Rock SparrowPetronia petronia
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciata
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- WallcreeperTichodroma muraria
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Alpine AccentorPrunella collaris
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Eurasian Eagle-OwlBubo bubo
- Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
- Northern Bald IbisGeronticus eremita
- Olive-tree WarblerHippolais olivetorum
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Common CraneGrus grus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallus
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
- White-winged SnowfinchMontifringilla nivalis
- Cretzschmar's BuntingEmberiza caesia