Birds to See in North Macedonia in October
65 bird species on our list for North Macedonia are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Magpie, Hooded Crow, Great Tit, Jackdaw and House Sparrow. New this month: Eurasian Wren, Song Thrush, Eurasian Siskin and Grey Partridge and 1 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
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 65 birds in October
65 birds
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 4.23% in Oct
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.58% in Oct
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 3.54% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 3.46% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.93% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.85% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Oct
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.64% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly May–Mar · 2.32% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 2.03% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Oct
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Oct
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 1.71% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.59% in Oct
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentCommon30–36 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Oct
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Oct
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesResidentCommon17–18 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.98% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.93% in Oct
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.93% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.89% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSummer visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.81% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorSummer visitorCommon140–160 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.61% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.53% in Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.53% in Oct
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.49% in Oct
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.49% in Oct
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.49% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorCommon26–29 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.45% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.45% in Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorSummer visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.41% in Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.37% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesWinter visitorCommon9–10 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.37% in Oct
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.37% in Oct
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusSummer visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.33% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.28% in Oct
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.24% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusPassage migrantUncommon50–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.24% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.20% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.20% in Oct
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorCommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.20% in Oct
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.20% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosSummer visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.20% in Oct
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Oct · 0.16% in Oct
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Oct
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