Birds to See in North Macedonia in June
92 bird species on our list for North Macedonia are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Nightingale, Chaffinch, Great Tit and Barn Swallow. New this month: Water Pipit, Alpine Swift, Dipper and Pallid Swift and 2 more.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
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 92 birds in June
92 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.16% in Jun
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 2.67% in Jun
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Jun
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.14% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 2.09% in Jun
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Jun
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.91% in Jun
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Jun
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.84% in Jun
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Jun
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Jun
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Jun
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Jun
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Jun
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.64% in Jun
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 1.59% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Jun
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.44% in Jun
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.41% in Jun
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.40% in Jun
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.31% in Jun
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.31% in Jun
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Jun
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.22% in Jun
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jun
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 1.18% in Jun
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jun
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.17% in Jun
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.10% in Jun
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.08% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jun
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.05% in Jun
WoodlarkLullula arboreaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 1.01% in Jun
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jun
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jun
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.88% in Jun
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jun
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.81% in Jun
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jun
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.69% in Jun
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.66% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Jun
Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillansPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.66% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.61% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jun
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.58% in Jun
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.57% in Jun
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.56% in Jun
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.54% in Jun
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.51% in Jun
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorSummer visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.50% in Jun
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.48% in Jun
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.42% in Jun
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.42% in Jun
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.40% in Jun
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaPassage migrantCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.40% in Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jun
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaPassage migrantUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Jun · 0.32% in Jun
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.32% in Jun
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.29% in Jun
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jun
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Jun
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisSummer visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.28% in Jun
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.25% in Jun
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jun
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jun
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Jun · 0.22% in Jun
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.22% in Jun
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jun
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusPassage migrantUncommon21–23 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.19% in Jun
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.19% in Jun
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.19% in Jun
DipperCinclus cinclusPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.17% in Jun
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.14% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorSummer visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.13% in Jun
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Jun
Common MerganserMergus merganserPassage migrantUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.12% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusPassage migrantUncommon50–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.08% in Jun
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusPassage migrantUncommon28–31 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Jun
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Jun
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantUncommon93–122 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.07% in Jun
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.06% in Jun
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.04% in Jun
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusScarceUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Jun · 0.03% in Jun
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