Common Birds in North Macedonia
Our list for North Macedonia has 100 common birds recorded regularly there: 29 residents, 24 summer visitors, 18 winter visitors, 28 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in North Macedonia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 100, most common first
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly May–Sep
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantCommon28–34 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–May
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRegularly May–Mar
WoodlarkLullula arboreaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorSummer visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
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