Birds to See in North Macedonia in August
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.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
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.
Other months
All 90 birds in August
90 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 3.77% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.22% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.22% in Aug
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.11% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.00% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 2.82% in Aug
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Aug
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 2.27% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 2.12% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Aug
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Aug
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.39% in Aug
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.39% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.21% in Aug
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 1.13% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 1.06% in Aug
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.99% in Aug
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Aug
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Aug
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.91% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.80% in Aug
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.77% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorSummer visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.77% in Aug
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.73% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.69% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.66% in Aug
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.55% in Aug
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Aug
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.48% in Aug
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisSummer visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.48% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.44% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.40% in Aug
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.40% in Aug
Common MerganserMergus merganserPassage migrantUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.37% in Aug
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.37% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Aug
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.37% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.37% in Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.37% in Aug
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.37% in Aug
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.33% in Aug
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.29% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.29% in Aug
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.29% in Aug
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.29% in Aug
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Aug · 0.26% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.26% in Aug
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.26% in Aug
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.26% in Aug
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusPassage migrantUncommon28–31 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.26% in Aug
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.26% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.22% in Aug
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.22% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorSummer visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.22% in Aug
Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillansPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.22% in Aug
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.18% in Aug
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantUncommon43–47 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.18% in Aug
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.18% in Aug
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Aug
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.15% in Aug
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusPassage migrantUncommon55–65 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.15% in Aug
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.15% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.15% in Aug
WoodlarkLullula arboreaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.15% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.11% in Aug
DipperCinclus cinclusPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.11% in Aug
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesPassage migrantUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Aug
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