English Name Latin Notes Emrat ne Shqip - Journey to Valbona

Qty / Sa

English Name Habit in Albania (Resident,

Breeding, Migratory, Wintering)

CORMORANTS & HERONS 1 Cormorant

Latin

Emrat ne Shqip

Habitat (Aquatic, Forest, Rocky.

Grassland, Urban, Riverine, Scrubs)

National Status (Vulnerable, Endangered, Critical, LRnt, LRlc, LRcd, DD)

Phalacrocorax carbo

Karabullaku i Detit

Ardea cinerea

Kapka e Perhime

Pernis apivorus

Huta grenxangrenese

4 Egyptian Vulture

Neophron percnopterus

Kali i qyqes

5 Short-toed Eagle

Circaetus gallicus

Shqiponja gjarperngrenese

6 Gosshawk

Accipiter gentilis

Gjeraqina

7 Sparrowhawk

Accipiter nisus

Gjeraqina e shkurtes

8 Common Buzzard

Buteo buteo

Huta

9 Golden Eagle

Aquila chrysaetos

Shqiponja e maleve

Hieraaetus penatus

Shqiponja e vogel

11 Bonelli's Eagle

Hieraaetus fasciatus

Shqiponja bishtvizuar

12 Kestrel

Falco tinnunculus

Skifteri kthetrazi

13 Red-footed Falcon

Falco vespertinus

Skifteri kembekuq

14 Merlin

Falco columbarius

Skifteri i vogel

Falco subbuteo

Skifteri i drureve

16 Lanner Falcon

Falco biarmicus

Skifteri i mesdheut

17 Saker Falcon

Falco cherrug

Skifteri i gjuetise

18 Peregrine Falcon

Falco peregrinus

Krahethati

GROUSE & PARTRIDGES 19 Hazel Grouse

Bonasa bonasia

Pula me cafke

Tetrao urogallus

Gjeli eger

Alectoris graeca

Thelleza e malit

Perdix perdix

Thelleza e fushes

Charadrius dubius

Vraponjesi i vogel

24 Ringed Plover

Charadrius hiaticula

Vraponjesi i madh

25 Black-headed Gull

Larus ridibundus

Pulebardha e zakonshme

Resident

2 Grey Heron

Resident

BIRDS OF PREY 3 Honey Buzzard

Breeding Resident

Breeding Resident Resident Resident

10 Booted Eagle

Resident Resident Resident Resident Migratory

15 Hobby

Wintering Breeding Resident Resident Resident

Resident

20 Capercaillie 21 Partridge

Resident Resident

22 Grey Partridge

Resident

WADERS & GULLS 23 Little Ringed Plover

Breeding

Migratory Resident

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Aquatic Aquatic

Forest Rocky

Forest Forest Forest Forest Rocky Rocky Rocky Rocky

Forest Forest Forest Rocky Rocky Rocky

Forest Forest

Grassland Grassland

Aquatic Aquatic Aquatic

Notes

VU

EN

VU VU VU EN

VU EN EN EN

VU

VU VU CR CR

VU

CR CR

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WADERS & GULLS cont. 26 Yellow-legged Gull

Larus cachinnans

Pulebardha kembeverdhe

PIGEONS & DOVES 27 Rock Dove

Columba livia

Pellumbi i eger i shkembit

Columba oenas

Pellumbi i eger i pyllit

Columba palumbus

Gugashi

30 Collared Dove

Streptopelia decaocto

Kumuria

31 Turtle Dove

Streptopelia turtur

Turtulli

Cuculus canorus

Qyqja

Tyto alba

Kukuvajka mjekeroshe

Resident

Resident

28 Stock Dove

Resident

29 Wood Pigeon

Resident Resident

CUCKOOS 32 Cuckoo OWLS 33 Barn Owl 34 Scops Owl 35 Eagle Owl 36 Little Owl 37 Tawny Owl

Resident

Breeding

Resident Breeding Resident Resident Resident

Aquatic

Rocky

Forest Forest Urban

Forest

Forest

Urban

Otus scops

Urban

Bubo bubo

Rocky

EN

VU

Gjoni Bufi

CR

Athene noctua

Kukuvajka

Strix aluco

Kukuvajka e pyjeve

Urban

Forest

LRnt

38 Long-eared Owl

Asio otus

39 Short-eared Owl

Asio flammeus

Bufi vesheshkurter

Caprimulgus europaeus

Dallendyshe nate

Apus apus

Dejka

Wintering Wintering

NIGHTJARS 40 Nightjar SWIFTS 41 Swift 42 Pallid Swift 43 Alpine Swift

Resident

Breeding Breeding Breeding

KINGFISHERS & HOOPOE 44 Kingfisher

Wintering

46 Hoopoe

BEE-EATERS 45 Bee-eater WOODPECKERS 47 Wryneck

Breeding

Breeding

Breeding

Forest Forest

Urban

Urban

Apus pallidus Apus melba Alcedo athis

Urban Urban

Aquatic

Upupa epops

Forest

Bufi veshegjate

LRnt VU

VU

LRcd

Dejka gjoksbardhe Bilbili peshkatar Pupeza

Merops apiaster

Gargulli

Jynx torquilla

Qafedredhesi

Forest

Forest

LRcd

Dejka e zbehte

VU

EN

LRnt

48 Grey-headed Woodpecker

Picus canus

49 Green Woodpecker

Picus viridis

50 Black Woodpecker

Dryocopus martius

Qukapiku i zi

51 Great Spotted Woodpecker

Dendrocopos major

Qukapiku larosh kurrizbardhe

52 Syrian Woodpecker

Dendrocopos syriacus

Qukapiku i zakonshem larosh

53 Middle Spotted Woodpecker

Dendrocopos medius

Qukapiku mesem larosh

54 White-backed Woodpecker

Dendrocopos leucotos

Qukapiku larosh kurrizbardhe

55 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker

Dendrocopos minor

Qukapiku i vogel larosh

Resident Resident Resident Resident Resident Resident Resident Resident

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Forest Forest Forest Forest Forest Forest Forest Forest

Qukapiku i perhime VU

Qukapiku i gjelber LRlc LRlc

LRlc

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LARKS 56 Woodlark

Lullula arborea

Drenja

Eremophila alpestris

Lauresha me brire

Ptyonoprogne repestris

Dallendyshe e gureve

59 Barn Swallow

Hirundo rustica

Dallendyshe bishtgershere

60 Red-rumped Swallow

Hirundo daurica

Dallendyshe kerbishtkuqe

61 House Martin

Delichon urbica

Dallendyshe kerbishtbardhe

Motacilla cinerea

Bishtatundesi i malit

Motacilla alba

Bishtatundesi i bardhe

Cinclus cinclus

Mellenje uji

Troglodytes troglotytes

Cerri

Regulus regulus

Mbretethi

Regulus ignicapillus

Mbretethi vetullberdhe

Prunella modularis

Dredhuesi gusheperhime

Prunella collaris

Dredhuesi i alpeve

Cettia cetti

Bilbili i kenetave

57 Horned Lark

Resident Breeding

SWALLOWS & MARTINS 58 Crag Martin

Resident

Breeding Breeding Breeding

WAGTAILS & DIPPER 62 Grey Wagtail

Resident

63 Pied Wagtail 64 Dipper

WREN & CRESTS 65 Wren 79 Goldcrest 80 Firecrest

ACCENTORS 66 Dunnock

Resident Resident

Resident Resident Resident

Resident

67 Alpine Accentor

Wintering

WARBLERS 68 Cetti's Warbler

Resident

Grassland Grassland

Rocky

Urban Urban Urban

Rocky

Riverine Riverine

Forest Forest Forest

Scrubs Rocky

Scrubs

DD

69 Barred Warbler

Sylvia nisoria

Bilbilthi gjoks skifter

70 Garden Warbler

Sylvia borin

Bilbilthi i kopshtit

71 Blackcap

Sylvia atricapilla

Bilbilthi kokezi

72 Common Whitethroat

Sylvia communis

Bilbilthi i perhime

73 Lesser Whitethroat

Sylvia curruca

Bilbilthi i zakonshem

74 Subalpine Warbler

Sylvia cantillans

Bilbilthi gushekuq

75 Bonelli's Warbler

Phylloscopus bonelli

Fishkellyesi gushebardhe

76 Wood Warbler

Phylloscopus sibilatrix

Fishkellyesi i madh

77 Chiffchaff

Phylloscopus collybita

Fishkellyesi i vogel

Phylloscopus trochilus

Fishkellyesi gusheverdhe

Erithacus rubecula

Gushekuqi

Luscinia megarhynchos

Bilbili

83 Black Redstart

Phoenicurus ochruros

Bishtkuqi zeshkan

84 Redstart

Phoenicurus phoenicurus

Bishtkuqi i mureve

Saxicola rubetra

Ceku vetullbardhe

Saxicola torquata

Ceku kokezi

Breeding Breeding Resident Breeding Breeding Breeding Breeding

Migratory Resident

78 Willow Warbler

Breeding

THRUSHES 81 Robin 82 Nightingale

Resident Breeding Resident

85 Whinchat 86 Stonechat

Breeding Breeding Resident

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Scrubs Scrubs Scrubs Scrubs Scrubs Scrubs Forest Forest Forest Forest

Forest

Scrubs Rocky Rocky

Scrubs Scrubs

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THRUSHES cont. 87 Wheatear

Oenanthe oenanthe

Bishtbardha e gurit

88 Black-eared Wheatear

Oenanthe hispanica

Bishtbardha vetullzeze

89 Rock Thrush

Monticola saxatilis

Tusha bishtkuqe

90 Blue Rock Thrush

Monticola solitarius

Tusha blu

97 Blackbird

Turdus merula

Mellenja

Turdus pilaris

Tusha e madhe e fushes

Turdus philomelos

Tusha kengetare

Turdus iliacus

Tusha vetullbardhe

101 Mistle Thrush

Turdus viscivorus

Tusha e madhe e malit

FLYCATCHERS 91 Spotted Flycatcher

Muscicapa striata

Mizakapesi i perhime

92 Red-throated Flycatcher

Ficedula parva

Mizakapesi gushekuq

93 Semi-collared Flycatcher

Ficedula semitorquata

Mizakapesi krahevizuar

94 Collared Flycatcher

Ficedula albicollis

Mizakapesi qafebardhe

95 Pied Flycatcher

Ficedula hypoleuca

Mizakapesi i zi

TITS 96 Long-tailed Tit

Aegithalos caudatus

Trishtili bishtgjate

102 Crested Tit

Parus cristatus

Trishtili me cafke

Parus ater

Trishtili i zi

Breeding Breeding Breeding Resident

98 Fieldfare 99 Song Thrush 100 Redwing

Resident Wintering Wintering Wintering Wintering

Breeding

Migratory Migratory Migratory Migratory

Resident

103 Coal Tit 104 Blue Tit 105 Great Tit

Resident Resident Resident Resident

Rocky Rocky Rocky Rocky

Forest

Grassland Forest Forest Forest

Forest Forest Forest Forest Forest

Forest Forest Forest

DD

Parus caeruleus

Trishtili i kalter

Parus major

Trishtili i madh

Forest Forest

NUTHATCHES & CREEPERS 106 European Nuthatch

Sitta europaea

Zvarritesi i zakonshem

107 Rock Nuthatch

Sitta neumayer

Zvarritesi i shkrepave

108 Wallcreeper

Tichodroma muraria

Zvarritesi krahekuq

Certhia familiaris

Piku rrotullues

110 Short-toed Treecreeper

Certia brachydactyla

Rrotulluesi gishtshkurter

ORIOLES 111 Golden Oriole

Oriolus oriolus

Bengu

SHRIKES 112 Red-backed Shrike

Lanius collurio

Larashi kurrizkuq

113 Lesser Grey Shrike

Lanius minor

Larashi i vogel ballzi

114 Great Grey Shrike

Lanius excubitor

Larashi i madh i perhime

115 Woodchat Shrike

Lanius senator

Larashi kokekuq

CROWS 116 Jay

Garrulus glandarius

Grifsha

Pica pica

Laraska bishtgjate

Resident Resident

109 Treecreeper

Resident Resident Resident

Breeding

Breeding Breeding Breeding Breeding

117 Magpie

Resident Resident

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Forest Rocky Rocky

Forest Forest

Forest

Forest Forest Forest Forest

Forest Forest

LRnt

EN

DD DD

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CROWS cont. 118 Nutcracker

Resident

119 Alpine Cough

Resident

120 Cough

Resident

121 Jackdaw 122 Rook

Resident Wintering

123 Hooded Crow 124 Raven

Resident Resident

STARLINGS 125 Starling

Nucifraga cariocatactes

Bocethyesi

Pyrrhocorax graculus

Sterqoka e malit

Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax

Sterqoka sqepkuqe

Corvus monedula

Gala

Corvus frugilegus

Korbi sqepbardhe

Corvus corone cornix

Sorra

Corvus corax

Korbi

Forest Rocky Rocky

Forest

Grassland Urban Rocky

Sturnus vulgaris

Cerloi i zi pikalosh

SPARROWS 126 House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

Harabeli

127 Field Sparrow

Passer montanus

Harabeli i fushes

128 Rock Sparrow

Petronia petronia

Harabeli i gureve

FINCHES 129 Snow Finch

Montifringilla nivalis

Parosi i debores

Fringilla coelebs

Zboraks

Fringilla montifringilla

Zboraksi i malit

Serinus serinus

Zog bari sqepshkurter

Carduelis chloris

Verduni

Carduelis carduelis

Gardalina

Carduelis spinus

Cerla dimerake

Carduelis cannabina

Kerpngrenesi

137 Common Crossbill

Loxia curvirostra

Sqepkryqi

138 Bullfinch

Pyrrhula pyrrhula

Kuqalashi cafkezi

Resident

Resident Resident Resident

Wintering

130 Chaffinch 131 Brambling

Resident Wintering

132 Serin

Resident

133 Greenfinch

Resident

134 Goldfinch 135 Siskin 136 Linnet

Resident Wintering Wintering Wintering

139 Hawfinch

Wintering Wintering

Forest

Urban

Forest Rocky

Rocky

Forest

Grassland Forest Forest

Scrubs Forest

Scrubs Forest Forest

DD

DD VU

Coccothraustes coccothraustes Sqeptrashi Forest

BUNTINGS 140 Yellowhammer

Emberiza citrinella

Cerla verdhashe

141 Cirl Bunting

Emberiza cirlus

Cerla gushegjelber

Emberiza cia

Cerla e malit

Resident

142 Rock Bunting

Resident Resident

Scrubs Scrubs Rocky

143 Ortolan Bunting

Emberiza hortulana

Cerla e kopshtit

144 Black-headed Bunting

Emberiza melanocephala

Cerla kokezeze

145 Corn Bunting

Miliaria calandra

Cerla e zakonshme

Breeding Breeding Resident

Grassland Urban

Forest

DD

ADDITIONAL SPECIES SIGHTED 146 147 148

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149 150

Valbona Valley Bird Checklist

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