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
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillansPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusPassage migrantCommon23–28 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantCommon41–52 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaPassage migrantCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorSummer visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
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