Birds to See in North Macedonia in February
64 species listed for February · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
64 bird species on our list for North Macedonia are recorded regularly in February. Of these, the most often recorded are Hooded Crow, Magpie, Great Tit, Rock Dove and Jackdaw. New this month: Corn Bunting, Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler and Blackcap and 11 more.
New in February15
Leaving after last month8
Residents
(29)Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Regularly May–Mar
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(7)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Cirl Bunting
Emberiza cirlusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Winter visitors
(18)Present outside the breeding season
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Sep–Feb
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Dec–Feb
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Passage migrants
(9)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Feb–May
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Feb–Aug
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Dec–Feb
Scarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every year
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