Birds to See in North Macedonia in November
44 bird species on our list for North Macedonia are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Great Tit, Hooded Crow, Magpie, Rock Dove and Jackdaw. New this month: Western Marsh-harrier, Reed Bunting and Water Rail.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
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 44 birds in November
44 birds
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 4.63% in Nov
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 4.63% in Nov
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 3.95% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.81% in Nov
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.67% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 3.27% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.27% in Nov
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.13% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 3.13% in Nov
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.99% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 2.86% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 2.18% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Nov
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Nov
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 1.63% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 1.50% in Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Nov
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.22% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Nov
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Nov
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Nov
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.09% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Nov
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorSummer visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.95% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.82% in Nov
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Nov
Water RailRallus aquaticusPassage migrantCommon23–28 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.82% in Nov
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.68% in Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.68% in Nov
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.68% in Nov
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Nov
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

