Birds to See in North Macedonia in May
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.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
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.
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All 111 birds in May
111 birds
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 3.15% in May
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.97% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 2.65% in May
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.35% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in May
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantCommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 2.25% in May
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in May
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.15% in May
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in May
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in May
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in May
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 2.03% in May
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorCommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.85% in May
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in May
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.65% in May
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in May
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.61% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in May
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.48% in May
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in May
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.42% in May
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in May
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in May
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.29% in May
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.28% in May
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.28% in May
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in May
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in May
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in May
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in May
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.99% in May
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.96% in May
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in May
Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillansPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.90% in May
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in May
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.81% in May
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.78% in May
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in May
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in May
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.72% in May
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.72% in May
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in May
WoodlarkLullula arboreaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.68% in May
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in May
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.62% in May
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.53% in May
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.53% in May
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.52% in May
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorSummer visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.52% in May
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in May
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.49% in May
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.47% in May
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.45% in May
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.43% in May
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in May
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.39% in May
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.37% in May
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May · 0.37% in May
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaPassage migrantCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.37% in May
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.36% in May
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.35% in May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in May
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.31% in May
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.30% in May
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.29% in May
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.29% in May
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.29% in May
Little OwlAthene noctuaSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.28% in May
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in May
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.28% in May
DunnockPrunella modularisPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Feb–May · 0.26% in May
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in May
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusPassage migrantUncommon55–65 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.22% in May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in May
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisSummer visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.21% in May
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in May
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in May
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in May
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixScarceUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.19% in May
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.19% in May
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May · 0.18% in May
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in May
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in May
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusPassage migrantUncommon21–23 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.17% in May
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.17% in May
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusPassage migrantUncommon50–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in May
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in May
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.16% in May
SerinSerinus serinusPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.15% in May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in May
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.13% in May
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.13% in May
Mute SwanCygnus olorSummer visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.12% in May
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusPassage migrantUncommon28–31 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.12% in May
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May · 0.12% in May
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.11% in May
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.11% in May
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.11% in May
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly May · 0.11% in May
Common MerganserMergus merganserPassage migrantUncommon58–68 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.10% in May
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.09% in May
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly May · 0.09% in May
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesPassage migrantUncommon40–49 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in May
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantUncommon43–47 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.08% in May
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaScarceUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May · 0.08% in May
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantUncommon93–122 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.07% in May
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.07% in May
Tawny OwlStrix alucoPassage migrantUncommon37–43 cmRegularly May · 0.04% in May
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