Birds to See in North Macedonia in January
57 bird species on our list for North Macedonia are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Magpie, Hooded Crow, Great Tit, Great Cormorant and Rock Dove. New this month: Mute Swan, Water Rail, Hen Harrier and Eurasian Siskin and 4 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
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 January
57 birds
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 4.39% in Jan
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.99% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.35% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 3.11% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.95% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.87% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.71% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.63% in Jan
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.52% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 1.44% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 1.44% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 1.44% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 1.36% in Jan
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.36% in Jan
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.28% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.12% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jan
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRegularly May–Mar · 1.04% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jan
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jan
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.88% in Jan
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.88% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jan
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantCommon41–52 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.80% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorCommon40–47 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.72% in Jan
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.72% in Jan
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.64% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jan
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.48% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.48% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusPassage migrantCommon23–28 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.48% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.40% in Jan
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisSummer visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.40% in Jan
Mute SwanCygnus olorSummer visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.32% in Jan
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantUncommon58–77 cmRegularly Jan · 0.24% in Jan
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.24% in Jan
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.24% in Jan
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