Birds of Algeria

Algeria is home to various birds, with southern Algeria having greater avian diversity than the northern part. They are most active between May and September, making it the best period to observe them.

For its beauty, the Barbary Partridge is the national bird of Algeria. The Algerian Nuthatch, the Levaillant’s Woodpecker, and the Moussier’s Redstart are endemic to this country, but only the first is exclusively endemic to the nation.

List of Birds Found in Algeria

Native Birds

Ostriches

Common Ostrich

Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl

Brant
Common Merganser
Common Pochard
Common Shelduck
Eurasian Wigeon
Ferruginous Duck
Gadwall
Garganey
Graylag Goose
Greater Scaup
Green-winged Teal
Mallard
Marbled Teal
Mute Swan
Northern Pintail
Northern Shoveler
Red-breasted Merganser
Red-crested Pochard
Ruddy Shelduck
Tufted Duck
Tundra Swan
Velvet Scoter
White-headed Duck
Whooper Swan

Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies

Common Quail
Barbary Patridge

Flamingos

Greater Flamingo

Grebes

Eared Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Horned Grebe
Little Grebe

Pigeons and Doves

Common Wood-pigeon
European Turtle-dove
Laughing Dove
Namaqua Dove
Rock Pigeon
Stock Dove

Sandgrouse

Black-bellied Sandgrouse
Crowned Sandgrouse
Lichtenstein’s Sandgrouse
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
Spotted Sandgrouse

Bustards

Arabian Bustard
Houbara Bustard

Cuckoos

Common Cuckoo
Great Spotted Cuckoo

Nightjars and Allies

Egyptian Nightjar
Eurasian Nightjar
Red-necked Nightjar

Swifts

Alpine Swift
Common Swift
Little Swift
Pallid Swift

Rails, Gallinules, and Coots

Baillon’s Crake
Corn Crake
Eurasian Coot
Eurasian Moorhen
Little Crake
Red-knobbed Coot
Spotted Crake
Water Rail
Western Swamphen

Cranes

Common Crane

Thick-knees

Eurasian Thick-knee

Stilts and Avocets

Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet

Oystercatchers

Eurasian Oystercatcher

Plovers and Lapwings

Black-bellied Plover
Common Ringed Plover
Eurasian Dotterel
European Golden-plover
Kentish Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Northern Lapwing
White-tailed Lapwing

Sandpipers and Allies

Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Common Greenshank
Common Redshank
Common Sandpiper
Common Snipe
Curlew Sandpiper
Dunlin
Eurasian Curlew
Eurasian Woodcock
Great Snipe
Green Sandpiper
Jack Snipe
Little Stint
Marsh Sandpiper
Red Knot
Red-necked Phalarope
Ruddy Turnstone
Ruff
Sanderling
Slender-billed Curlew
Spotted Redshank
Temminck’s Stint
Whimbrel
Wood Sandpiper

Buttonquails

Small Buttonquail

Pratincoles and Coursers

Collared Pratincole
Cream-colored Courser

Skuas and Jaegers

Great Skua
Parasitic Jaeger

Auks, Murres, and Puffins

Atlantic Puffin
Razorbill

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Arctic Tern
Audouin’s Gull
Black-headed Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Black Tern
Caspian Gull
Caspian Tern
Common Tern
Great Black-backed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Lesser Crested Tern
Little Gull
Little Tern
Mediterranean Gull
Roseate Tern
Sandwich Tern
Slender-billed Gull
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern

Loons

Arctic Loon
Common Loon

Southern Storm-petrels

Wilson’s Storm-petrel

Northern Storm-petrels

Leach’s Storm-petrel

Shearwaters and Petrels

Balearic Shearwater
Cory’s Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Yelkouan Shearwater

Storks

Black Stork
White Stork
Yellow-billed Stork

Cormorants and Shags

Great Cormorant
Pygmy Cormorant
European Shag

Boobies and Gannets

Northern Gannet

Pelicans

Dalmatian Pelican
Great White Pelican

Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns

Black-crowned Night-heron
Cattle Egret
Gray Heron
Great Bittern
Great Egret
Little Bittern
Little Egret
Purple Heron
Squacco Heron

Ibises and Spoonbills

Eurasian Spoonbill
Glossy Ibis

Osprey

Osprey

Hawks, Eagles, and Kites

Bearded Vulture
Black Kite
Black-winged Kite
Bonelli’s Eagle
Booted Eagle
Common Buzzard
Egyptian Vulture
Eurasian Griffon
Eurasian Marsh-harrier
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
European Honey-buzzard
Golden Eagle
Hen Harrier
Imperial Eagle
Lappet-faced Vulture
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Long-Legged Buzzard
Montagu’s Harrier
Northern Goshawk
Pallid Harrier
Red Kite
Short-toed Snake-eagle
Tawny Eagle

Barn-owls

Barn Owl

Owls

Eurasian Eagle-owl
Eurasian Scops-owl
Little Owl
Long-eared Owl
Maghreb Owl
Pharaoh Eagle-owl
Short-eared Owl

Hoopoes

Eurasian Hoopoe

Kingfishers

Common Kingfisher

Bee-eaters

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
European Bee-eater

Rollers

European Roller

Woodpeckers

Eurasian Wryneck
Great-spotted Woodpecker
Lesser-spotted Woodpecker
Levaillant’s Woodpecker

Falcons and Caracaras

Barbary Falcon
Eleonora’s Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
Eurasian Kestrel
Lanner Falcon
Lesser Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon

Old World Orioles

Eurasian Golden Oriole

Bushshrikes and Allies

Black-crowned Tchagra

Shrikes

Great Gray Shrike
Red-tailed Shrike
Woodchat Shrike

Crows, Jays, and Magpies

Brown-necked Raven
Carrion Crow
Common Raven
Eurasian Jackdaw
Eurasian Jay
Eurasian Magpie
Maghreb Magpie
Red-billed Chough

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

African Blue Tit
Coal Tit
Great Tit

Larks

Bar-tailed Lark
Calandra Lark
Crested Lark
Desert Lark
Dupont’s Lark
Eurasian Skylark
Greater Hoopoe-lark
Greater Short-toed Lark
Mediterranean Short-toed Lark
Temminck’s Lark
Thekla’s Lark
Thick-billed Lark
Wood Lark

Bearded Reedling

Bearded Reedling

Cisticolas and Allies

Zitting Cisticola

Reed Warblers and Allies

Aquatic Warbler
Common Reed Warbler
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Great Reed Warbler
Icterine Warbler
Marsh Warbler
Melodious Warbler
Moustached Warbler
Olive-tree Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Western Olivaceous Warbler

Grassbirds and Allies

Common Grasshopper-warbler
River Warbler
Savi’s Warbler

Swallows

Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Common House-martin
Eurasian Crag-martin
Red-rumped Swallow
Rock Martin

Bulbuls

Common Bulbul

Leaf Warblers

Common Chiffchaff
Iberian Chiffchaff
Western Bonelli’s Warbler
Willow Warbler
Wood Warbler

Bush Warblers and Allies

Cetti’s Warbler
Scrub Warbler

Sylviid Warblers, Parrotbills, and Allies

African Desert Warbler
Dartford Warbler
Eastern Subalpine Warbler
Eurasian Blackcap
Garden Warbler
Greater Whitethroat
Lesser Whitethroat
Marmora’s Warbler
Sardinian Warbler
Spectacled Warbler
Tristram’s Warbler
Western Orphean Warbler
Western Subalpine Warbler

Laughingthrushes and Allies

Fulvous Chatterer

Kinglets

Common Firecrest
Goldcrest

Nuthatches

Algerian Nuthatch

Treecreepers

Short-toed Treecreeper

Wrens

Eurasian Wren

Dippers

White-throated Dipper

Starlings

European Starling
Rosy Starling
Spotless Starling

Thrushes and Allies

Eurasian Blackbird
Mistle Thrush
Redwing
Ring Ouzel
Song Thrush

Old World Flycatchers

Atlas Flycatcher
Atlas Wheatear
Black Redstart
Black Wheatear
Blue Rock-thrush
Bluethroat
Collared Flycatcher
Common Nightingale
Common Redstart
Desert Wheatear
Eastern Black-eared Wheatear
European Pied Flycatcher
European Robin
European Stonechat
Isabelline Wheatear
Mourning Wheatear
Moussier’s Redstart
Northern Wheatear
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Red-rumped Wheatear
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
Rufous-tailed Scrub-robin
Spotted Flycatcher
Western Black-eared Wheatear
Whinchat
White-crowned Wheatear

Waxwings

Bohemian Waxwing

Waxbills and allies

Red-billed Firefinch

Accentors

Alpine Accentor
Dunnock

Old World Sparrows

Desert Sparrow
House Sparrow
Rock Sparrow
Spanish Sparrow
Sudan Golden Sparrow

Wagtails and Pipits

Gray Wagtail
Meadow Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
Richard’s Pipit
Rock Pipit
Tawny Pipit
Tree Pipit
Water Pipit
Western Yellow Wagtail
White Wagtail

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Brambling
Common Chaffinch
Crimson-winged Finch
Eurasian Bullfinch
Eurasian Linnet
Eurasian Siskin
European Goldfinch
European Greenfinch
European Serin
Hawfinch
Red Crossbill
Trumpeter Finch

Old World Buntings

Cirl Bunting
Corn Bunting
Cretzschmar’s Bunting
House Bunting
Ortolan Bunting
Reed Bunting
Rock Bunting
Striolated Bunting

Non-native Birds

African and New World parrots

Dusky Parrot