Birds to See in North Macedonia in June
92 species listed for June · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
Leaving after last month25
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Western Marsh-harrier
- Common Sandpiper
- Hobby
- Sparrowhawk
- Whinchat
- Marsh Tit
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
- Sand Martin
- Short-toed Treecreeper
- Grey Partridge
- Dunnock
- Egyptian Vulture
- Common Quail
- Common Redstart
- Serin
- Treecreeper
- Montagu's Harrier
- Common Tern
- Short-toed Lark
- Squacco Heron
- Wryneck
- Tawny Owl
- Marsh Warbler
Residents
(29)Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Regularly May–Mar
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(30)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchosLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Cirl Bunting
Emberiza cirlusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly May–Oct
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly May–Sep
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senatorNT
Regularly Apr–Aug
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Regularly Jan–Sep
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Eurasian Scops-owl
Otus scopsLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Winter visitors
(10)Present outside the breeding season
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Passage migrants
(22)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Subalpine Warbler
Curruca cantillansLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Jun
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephalaLC
Regularly Jun
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly May–Jun
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Jun–Aug
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
Monticola saxatilisLC
Regularly May–Jun
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly May–Sep
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvusLC
Regularly May–Jun
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly May–Jun
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