Birds to See in North Macedonia in April
89 species listed for April · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
89 bird species on our list for North Macedonia are recorded regularly in April. Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Barn Swallow, Magpie, Common Starling and Hooded Crow. New this month: Nightingale, Cuckoo, Golden Oriole and Common Swift and 30 more.
New in April34
- Nightingale
- Cuckoo
- Golden Oriole
- Common Swift
- Cetti's Warbler
- Little Egret
- European Bee-eater
- Whitethroat
- Sedge Warbler
- Subalpine Warbler
- Water Rail
- Common Sandpiper
- Coal Tit
- Woodchat Shrike
- Yellowhammer
- Hobby
- Sparrowhawk
- Whinchat
- Eurasian Skylark
- Crag Martin
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Tree Pipit
- Sand Martin
- Yellow-legged Gull
- Eurasian Scops-owl
- Common Merganser
- Grey Partridge
- Common Reed-warbler
- Common Redstart
- Wood Sandpiper
- Greenshank
- Pallid Swift
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Squacco Heron
Residents
(28)Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(25)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchosLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Cirl Bunting
Emberiza cirlusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senatorNT
Regularly Apr–Aug
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Scops-owl
Otus scopsLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Regularly Jan–Sep
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Winter visitors
(10)Present outside the breeding season
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Passage migrants
(26)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Subalpine Warbler
Curruca cantillansLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Apr
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Mar–Apr
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made