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
Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl
Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies
- Common Quail
- Barbary Patridge
Flamingos
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
Thick-knees
Stilts and Avocets
- Black-winged Stilt
- Pied Avocet
Oystercatchers
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
Pratincoles and Coursers
- Collared Pratincole
- Cream-colored Courser
Skuas and Jaegers
- Great Skua
- Parasitic Jaeger
Auks, Murres, and Puffins
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
Southern Storm-petrels
Northern Storm-petrels
Shearwaters and Petrels
- Balearic Shearwater
- Cory’s Shearwater
- Great Shearwater
- Sooty Shearwater
- Yelkouan Shearwater
Storks
Cormorants and Shags
- Great Cormorant
- Pygmy Cormorant
- European Shag
Boobies and Gannets
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
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
Owls
Hoopoes
Kingfishers
Bee-eaters
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
- European Bee-eater
Rollers
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
Bushshrikes and Allies
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
Cisticolas and Allies
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
Swallows
- Bank Swallow
- Barn Swallow
- Common House-martin
- Eurasian Crag-martin
- Red-rumped Swallow
- Rock Martin
Bulbuls
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
Kinglets
- Common Firecrest
- Goldcrest
Nuthatches
Treecreepers
Wrens
Dippers
Starlings
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
Waxbills and allies
Accentors
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
Auks, Murres, and Puffins
Bee-eaters
Crows, Jays, and Magpies
Cuckoos
Ducks, geese, and waterfowl
Falcons and Caracaras
- Red-footed Falcon
- Sooty Falcon
Flamingos
Grebes
Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies
- Red-legged Partridge
- Ring-necked Pheasant
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Common Gull
- Grey-hooded Gull
- Sabine’s Gull
- Yellow-legged Gull
Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Cinereous Vulture
- Greater Spotted Eagle
- Verreaux’s Eagle
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns
- Black-headed Heron
- Western Reef-heron
Larks
- Black-crowned Sparrow-lark
- Dunn’s Lark
- Horned Lark
Loons
Mousebirds
Owls
Sylviid warblers, Parrotbills, and Allies
- Moltoni’s Warbler
- Rüppell’s Warbler
Penduline-tits
Pigeons and Doves
Thrushes and Allies
Rails, Gallinules, and Coots
- African Crake
- Allen’s Gallinule
- Striped Crake
Northern Storm-petrels
Old World Flycatchers
Old World Parrots
Old World Sparrows
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow
- Italian Sparrow
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Longspurs and Snow Buntings
- Lapland Longspur
- Snow Bunting
Old World Buntings
- Black-headed Bunting
- Little Bunting
- Rustic Bunting
- Yellowhammer
Plovers and Lapwings
Sandgrouse
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
Sandpipers and Allies
Wallcreepers
Shrikes
- Masked Shrike
- Red-backed Shrike
Skuas and jaegers
Swallows
Leaf Warblers
Waxbills and Allies
- African Silverbill
- Cut-throat
- Indian Silverbill
Algeria is the second-largest African country, with much of its interior yet to be explored. However, there are some places where birdwatchers may see these birds in the wild. These include Bouafroun Forest, Lac Oubeïra, and Tamanrasset River.
