Birds to See in North Macedonia in December
57 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
57 bird species on our list for North Macedonia are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are Magpie, Coot, Great Tit, Hooded Crow and Mallard. New this month: Corn Bunting, Common Raven, Cetti's Warbler and Pochard and 13 more.
Residents
(29)Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Regularly May–Mar
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(4)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(18)Present outside the breeding season
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Sep–Feb
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Dec–Feb
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Passage migrants
(6)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Dec–Feb
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–Dec
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