Birds to See in North Macedonia in March
73 species listed for March · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
73 bird species on our list for North Macedonia are recorded regularly in March. Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Hooded Crow, Magpie, Common Starling and Rock Dove. New this month: Barn Swallow, House Martin, Hoopoe and Black-necked Grebe and 15 more.
New in March19
Residents
(29)Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Regularly May–Mar
Summer visitors
(14)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Cirl Bunting
Emberiza cirlusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Winter visitors
(15)Present outside the breeding season
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Passage migrants
(15)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Apr
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Feb–May
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Mar–Apr
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Mar
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Jan–Mar
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Mar
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