Birds to See in North Macedonia in August
90 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
90 bird species on our list for North Macedonia are recorded regularly in August. Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, House Sparrow, Rock Dove, Magpie and Great Tit. New this month: Common Kingfisher, Whitethroat, Mistle Thrush and Wood Warbler and 20 more.
New in August24
- Common Kingfisher
- Whitethroat
- Mistle Thrush
- Wood Warbler
- Woodlark
- Sedge Warbler
- Subalpine Warbler
- Little Ringed Plover
- Green Sandpiper
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Tree Pipit
- Common Merganser
- Grey Partridge
- Egyptian Vulture
- Common Snipe
- Common Redstart
- Northern Lapwing
- Dipper
- Glossy Ibis
- Greenshank
- Little Bittern
- Pallid Swift
- Montagu's Harrier
- Squacco Heron
Residents
(28)Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(25)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly May–Oct
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Cirl Bunting
Emberiza cirlusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly May–Sep
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Regularly Jan–Sep
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senatorNT
Regularly Apr–Aug
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchosLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Winter visitors
(10)Present outside the breeding season
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Passage migrants
(27)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Oct
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly Aug–Sep
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Aug
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly May–Sep
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Subalpine Warbler
Curruca cantillansLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–Dec
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterusEN
Regularly May–Aug
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Feb–Aug
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Jun–Aug
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
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