Birds to See in North Macedonia in July
75 species listed for July · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in July9
Leaving after last month26
- Cuckoo
- Cetti's Warbler
- Eurasian Wren
- Black Redstart
- Whitethroat
- Mistle Thrush
- Woodlark
- Subalpine Warbler
- Water Pipit
- Little Ringed Plover
- Yellowhammer
- Eurasian Skylark
- Tree Pipit
- Common Pheasant
- Common Merganser
- Alpine Swift
- Northern Lapwing
- Dipper
- Little Bittern
- Pallid Swift
- Griffon Vulture
- Sardinian Warbler
- Blue Rock-thrush
- Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
- Booted Eagle
- Alpine Chough
Residents
(29)Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Regularly May–Mar
Summer visitors
(30)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly May–Oct
Cirl Bunting
Emberiza cirlusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly May–Sep
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senatorNT
Regularly Apr–Aug
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchosLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Regularly Jan–Sep
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Eurasian Scops-owl
Otus scopsLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Winter visitors
(8)Present outside the breeding season
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Passage migrants
(7)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Feb–Aug
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly May–Jul
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Oct
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
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