Birds to See in North Macedonia in April
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.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From North Macedonia’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 89 birds in April
89 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.11% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 2.96% in Apr
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.73% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Apr
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Apr
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 1.93% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.72% in Apr
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Apr
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.57% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 1.36% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Apr
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.19% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.13% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.89% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.89% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Apr
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.80% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.80% in Apr
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.80% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.77% in Apr
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.74% in Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Apr
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.71% in Apr
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.65% in Apr
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Apr
Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillansPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.62% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.59% in Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.59% in Apr
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.59% in Apr
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.56% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Apr
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.50% in Apr
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.50% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.47% in Apr
Mute SwanCygnus olorSummer visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.47% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.44% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.44% in Apr
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.41% in Apr
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.39% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.39% in Apr
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisSummer visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.39% in Apr
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.36% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.36% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusPassage migrantUncommon50–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.33% in Apr
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.33% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.33% in Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.33% in Apr
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaPassage migrantCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.33% in Apr
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.30% in Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.30% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.30% in Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.27% in Apr
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.27% in Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.27% in Apr
Common MerganserMergus merganserPassage migrantUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.24% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Apr
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesPassage migrantUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Apr
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.18% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Apr
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.15% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.15% in Apr
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Apr
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.15% in Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusPassage migrantCommon23–28 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.15% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.12% in Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.09% in 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