Birds to See in North Macedonia in May
111 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
111 bird species on our list for North Macedonia are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are Nightingale, Blackbird, Barn Swallow, Great Tit and House Sparrow. New this month: Spotted Flycatcher, Grey Wagtail, Red-backed Shrike and Eurasian Wren and 26 more.
New in May30
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Grey Wagtail
- Red-backed Shrike
- Eurasian Wren
- European Turtle-dove
- Hawfinch
- Woodlark
- Marsh Tit
- Great Spotted Woodpecker
- Wheatear
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
- European Honey-buzzard
- Short-toed Treecreeper
- Dunnock
- Egyptian Vulture
- Common Quail
- Serin
- Northern Lapwing
- Little Bittern
- Griffon Vulture
- Blue Rock-thrush
- Treecreeper
- Montagu's Harrier
- Common Tern
- Short-toed Lark
- Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
- Wryneck
- Tawny Owl
- Booted Eagle
- Marsh Warbler
Leaving after last month8
Residents
(29)Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
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
European Green Woodpecker
Picus viridisLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Regularly May–Mar
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
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly May–Oct
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Cirl Bunting
Emberiza cirlusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly May–Sep
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senatorNT
Regularly Apr–Aug
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Regularly Jan–Sep
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Eurasian Scops-owl
Otus scopsLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Winter visitors
(12)Present outside the breeding season
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Passage migrants
(38)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Subalpine Warbler
Curruca cantillansLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactylaLC
Regularly May
Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinellaLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Oct
Dunnock
Prunella modularisLC
Regularly Feb–May
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterusEN
Regularly May–Aug
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Grey Partridge
Perdix perdixLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly May
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly May–Jun
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly May–Jul
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly May–Jun
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
Monticola saxatilisLC
Regularly May–Jun
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly May–Sep
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Regularly May
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly May
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Marsh Warbler
Acrocephalus palustrisLC
Regularly May
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvusLC
Regularly May–Jun
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Tawny Owl
Strix alucoLC
Regularly May
Scarce visitors
(2)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