Birds to See in North Macedonia in July
75 bird species on our list for North Macedonia are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, House Sparrow, House Martin, Hooded Crow and Rock Dove. New this month: Spotted Flycatcher, Common Sandpiper, Sparrowhawk and Marsh Tit and 5 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
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 75 birds in July
75 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 4.68% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 4.33% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 4.04% in Jul
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.45% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.30% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 3.00% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.81% in Jul
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.77% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.72% in Jul
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.63% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jul
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.53% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Jul
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Jul
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.23% in Jul
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.13% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 1.13% in Jul
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.08% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jul
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorSummer visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.69% in Jul
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.69% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.59% in Jul
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.59% in Jul
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.59% in Jul
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.54% in Jul
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.54% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.49% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.49% in Jul
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorSummer visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.44% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.44% in Jul
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisSummer visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.44% in Jul
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.39% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.39% in Jul
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.39% in Jul
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.39% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.39% in Jul
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.34% in Jul
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.34% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.34% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Aug · 0.34% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.30% in Jul
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.30% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul
SerinSerinus serinusPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.30% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.30% in Jul
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.25% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.25% in Jul
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixScarceUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.20% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Jul
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.15% in Jul
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.15% in Jul
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.15% in Jul
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.15% in Jul
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