Birds of Algeria
Algeria hosts 302 regularly occurring species in this directory, 1 of them found nowhere else. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
Endemic to Algeria
Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.
All regular species
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- African Blue TitCyanistes teneriffae
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Algerian NuthatchSitta ledanti
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Maghreb MagpiePica mauritanica
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- African ChaffinchFringilla spodiogenys
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- White-crowned WheatearOenanthe leucopyga
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great TitParus major
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- Brown-necked RavenCorvus ruficollis
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Moussier's RedstartPhoenicurus moussieri
- White-headed DuckOxyura leucocephala
- Levaillant's WoodpeckerPicus vaillantii
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- House BuntingEmberiza sahari
- Barbary PartridgeAlectoris barbara
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
- Thekla's LarkGalerida theklae
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Sudan Golden SparrowPasser luteus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
- Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- African SilverbillEuodice cantans
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor
- Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourus
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Black WheatearOenanthe leucura
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Desert SparrowPasser simplex
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Desert LarkAmmomanes deserti
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- Rock SparrowPetronia petronia
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Trumpeter FinchBucanetes githagineus
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Atlas Pied FlycatcherFicedula speculigera
- Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Black Scrub RobinCercotrichas podobe
- Western Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus bonelli
- Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Pale Crag MartinPtyonoprogne obsoleta
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus
- Bar-tailed LarkAmmomanes cinctura
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Greater Hoopoe-LarkAlaemon alaudipes
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Namaqua DoveOena capensis
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Spotted SandgrousePterocles senegallus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciata
- Black-crowned Sparrow-LarkEremopterix nigriceps
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandra
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Scopoli's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedea
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Northern GannetMorus bassanus
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Cream-colored CourserCursorius cursor
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Red-rumped WheatearOenanthe moesta
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Western Subalpine WarblerCurruca iberiae
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Marbled DuckMarmaronetta angustirostris
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- African Green Bee-eaterMerops viridissimus
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Black-bellied SandgrousePterocles orientalis
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Temminck's LarkEremophila bilopha
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- Alpine AccentorPrunella collaris
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- African Grey WoodpeckerDendropicos goertae
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Vitelline Masked WeaverPloceus vitellinus
- Pygmy SunbirdHedydipna platura
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
- Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonorae
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Iberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus ibericus
- Thick-billed LarkRamphocoris clotbey
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- White-rumped SeedeaterCrithagra leucopygia
- Crowned SandgrousePterocles coronatus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- Western Olivaceous WarblerIduna opaca
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Cricket WarblerSpiloptila clamans
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Lichtenstein's SandgrousePterocles lichtensteinii
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Mourning WheatearOenanthe lugens
- Dupont's LarkChersophilus duponti
- Pharaoh Eagle-OwlBubo ascalaphus
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
- Pin-tailed SandgrousePterocles alchata
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Great SkuaStercorarius skua
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Streaked Scrub WarblerScotocerca inquieta
- Moltoni's WarblerCurruca subalpina
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
- Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata
- Senegal ParrotPoicephalus senegalus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- RazorbillAlca torda
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
- Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
- Egyptian NightjarCaprimulgus aegyptius
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Italian SparrowPasser italiae
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Tawny EagleAquila rapax
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Cut-throat FinchAmadina fasciata
- Dunn's LarkEremalauda dunni
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- Mediterranean ShearwaterPuffinus yelkouan
- Sooty FalconFalco concolor
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- African HoubaraChlamydotis undulata
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Red-necked NightjarCaprimulgus ruficollis
- Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- Great SnipeGallinago media
- Northern White-faced OwlPtilopsis leucotis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
- European Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus
- Chestnut-bellied StarlingLamprotornis pulcher
- Plain NightjarCaprimulgus inornatus
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica
- Little BustardTetrax tetrax
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- Aquatic WarblerAcrocephalus paludicola
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris