Birds to See in North Macedonia in December
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.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
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 57 birds in December
57 birds
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.77% in Dec
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 3.70% in Dec
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.42% in Dec
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.35% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.28% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 3.21% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.21% in Dec
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.07% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Dec
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Dec
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Dec
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Dec
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 1.68% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Dec
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 1.40% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 1.33% in Dec
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.33% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Dec
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantCommon28–34 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 1.19% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Dec
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Dec
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.12% in Dec
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.05% in Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 1.05% in Dec
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Dec
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.98% in Dec
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.91% in Dec
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.84% in Dec
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.84% in Dec
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Dec
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Dec
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.77% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Dec
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.63% in Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.63% in Dec
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.56% in Dec
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.56% in Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.49% in Dec
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.49% in Dec
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.42% in Dec
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.42% in Dec
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Dec
Common MerganserMergus merganserPassage migrantUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.35% in Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.35% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.28% in 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