Finches in North Macedonia
Our list for North Macedonia has 8 finches recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 1 summer visitor and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in North Macedonia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRegularly May–Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
SerinSerinus serinusPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Jul
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Serin 11–12 cm
- Eurasian Siskin 11–13 cm
- European Goldfinch 12–13 cm
- Linnet 13–14 cm
- Chaffinch 14–16 cm
- Brambling 14–16 cm
- Greenfinch 15–16 cm
- Hawfinch 17–18 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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